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Julie A. Livermore
A favorite life's quote: "What counts, is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is the difference we have made to the lives of others..." -( Nelson Mandela).
Livermore is an educator with over fifteen years experience in the field-molding young minds from various cultural backgrounds. This experience was garnered through teaching in her beautiful homeland Jamaica and the United States combined. Her time spent at the elementary level teaching within the construct of literacy and numeracy has equipped her with refined pedagogical competence that made her an exemplary teacher, teacher-mentor, colleague and team leader in the craft of developing life long learners. She thrives by being reflective on her practice and is propelled by her passion and dedication for seeing learners succeed.
A certified Elementary Educator and awardee of a Diploma in Primary Education via The Mico University College; Bachelors of Science in Education via the St. Joseph's Teachers' College and a Masters of Science (MSc.) in Curriculum and Instruction from Florida International University (FIU). Other related successful trainings include: The Institute For Multi-sensory Education's (IMSE) Comprehensive Orton-Gilingham's Plus (OG+) Course in Phonological Awareness and Phonics as well as IMSE's course in teaching Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension. She is also a current trainee on the Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) district level course.
As a Miconian at heart, she carries an ever-burning torch in the pursuit of her endeavors, along with her strong belief in the motto that for everything you do, you must "Do it with Thy Might"- The Mico University College.
Aunty Julie's Reading Room was born out of the insight gained through years of teaching elementary learners from different academic, social and cultural backgrounds. Some of these learners have had various learning gaps that hampered a smooth pathway to achieving at least grade level literacy skills. This insight further lead to the revelation that such learning gaps were highly due to a lack in a learner's literacy foundation skills like phonological and phonemic awareness.
We have experienced the academic struggles that a learner faces in trying to navigate the different subjects across curricula due to their limited reading abilities, as well as the emotional hardship of parents who are not sure how to help. We have collectively contributed to the high level of self-confidence gained by learners who have been exposed to strategically planned Phonics lessons that gave practice to phonological and phonemic awareness skills which resulted in developed vocabulary, language comprehension and ultimately reading comprehension abilities.
It often "only takes a spark"-that is, giving students the self-confidence that they can actually learn to read and combining this confidence with teacher guidance to help them explore reading in a way that allow them to see themselves progress. There are no doubts that teachers today go above and beyond to cater to learners' literacy needs. However, class size may not allow them to spend the time needed to give focus to a single learner's specific literacy demands, so as to launch them on their individual path to achieving reading success; and at this point in the literacy journey Aunty Julie’s Reading Room can help.
We assess learners' current reading abilities, identify the specific lack in foundational literacy skills and then strategically plan the learning experiences that will directly target and strengthen the weak areas identified. Hence, helping the learner to close those gaps that delay their progress towards achieving their optimal reading comprehension abilities.
If a reader lacks the required skills to achieve any aspect of the Simple View Equation, they will not achieve Reading Comprehension. That is, if a reader has little or no Word Recognition skills but has good Language Comprehension skills, they will not achieve Reading Comprehension; and if a reader has very good Word Recognition skills but little or no Language Comprehension skills, they still will not achieve Reading Comprehension. The equation must be BALANCED for Reading Comprehension to be achieved. We can help your learner achieve the balance they need!
If a reader lacks the required skills to achieve any aspect of the Simple View Equation, they will not achieve Reading Comprehension. That is, if a reader has little or no Word Recognition skills but has good Language Comprehension skills, they will not achieve Reading Comprehension; and if a reader has very good Word Recognition skills but little or no Language Comprehension skills, they still will not achieve Reading Comprehension. The equation must be BALANCED for Reading Comprehension to be achieved. We can help your learner achieve the balance they need!
Come on over to our place! We have the reading solution for you!
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