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Our Approach
About Us
At Collier Literacy & Learning,
we teach at your pace.
Our approach provides individualized support that builds on strengths and meets each child's unique needs.
We are passionate about creating a fun and engaging learning environment that helps children make effective progress and build confidence.
EXPERIENCED
EFFECTIVE
CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS
Our educators are certified teachers with advanced training in specialized instruction designed for students with learning differences.
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Heggerty Phonemic Awareness
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RAVE-O
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Story Grammar Marker
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Framing Your Thoughts
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Structured Word Inquiry
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LETRS
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Orton-Gillingham
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Wilson Reading System
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Lively Letters
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LiPS
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Visualizing and Verbalizing
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Seeing Stars
Corrie Collier, MS, CCC-SLP, C-SLDI
(she/her)
Speech-Language Pathologist & Owner
Orton-Gillingham Certified
Collier Literacy, LLC was founded in 2019 by Corrie Collier. Corrie is a licensed speech-language pathologist with advanced training in structured literacy. She has 12 years of experience working with children with speech-language and learning differences. Corrie lives in Seacoast New Hampshire with her husband, their son, and their dog Jasper.
Corrie holds a Master of Communication Disorders degree and a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. She is also a certified Structured Literacy Dyslexia Interventionist through the International Dyslexia Association's Center for Effective Reading Instruction and is Orton-Gillingham certified at the Associate level by the Orton-Gillingham Academy.
Beth Lupa, M.Ed., Ed.S., C-SLDS
(she/her)
Instructor
Orton-Gillingham Certified
Beth Lupa, M.Ed., Ed.S., C-SLDS is a special education reading teacher with 18 years of teaching experience.​ Beth lives in North Shore Massachusetts with her husband, two teenage children, their dog Bruin, and cat Luna. She has a Master of Education degree in addition to an Educational Specialist degree in Reading from Gordon College. Beth is certified in Orton-Gillingham instruction and holds a a Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist certification from the IDA's Center for Effective Reading Instruction.
Joy Cowles, MAT
(she/her)
Instructor
Orton-Gillingham Certified
Joy Cowles is a Certified Dyslexia Practitioner with experience providing literacy intervention for students in kindergarten through high school. Joy lives on the North Shore in Massachusetts with her husband, three sons, and their puppy Ellie. She has a Master of Arts in Teaching from Tufts University and is licensed as a Teacher of English as a Second Language from Gordon College. Joy is Orton-Gillingham certified through an IMSLEC accredited program where she is currently working toward her advanced certification.