No Time to Waste: 

Structured Literacy with Young Adults

With this site we share an example of effective instruction and programming in foundational literacy skills from our rural, public middle and high school.

Julie Burtscher Brown, M. S. Ed.

Literacy Facilitator and EL Coordinator, Mountain Views Supervisory Union, Woodstock, Vermont

Alongside her colleagues, Julie Brown is the founding teacher of Woodstock Union Middle and High School's Structured Literacy Program. She has served in a variety of roles including Structured Literacy Teacher, Special Educator, Literacy Facilitator, and EL Coordinator for Mountain Views Supervisory Union in Woodstock, Vermont. Julie is a licensed Special Educator, Reading Specialist, and EL Teacher. Julie holds a master's degree in Language and Literacy from Simmons College. She is currently a doctoral student at Mount St. Joseph University studying Reading Science with research interests in prevention and adolescent literacy. Her students are her inspiration.

email: Julie.Brown@mtnviews.org

Twitter and Instagram: @focusonliteracy