ABOUT ME

• Mary McCool Berry is an experienced educator, serving as a teacher, reading specialist, dyslexia educator/practitioner, dyslexia advocate, and literacy consultant for 35 years.

 

• Mary is certified with a  Master's Degree in Reading and is a Wilson Language (dyslexia) Practitioner.

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• Mary is a Certified Dyslexia Advocate. She advocates on behalf of students and parents.

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• Mary taught hundreds of students in grades 2-6 in an inner-ring public school district in Ohio for 32 years. 

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• Mary earned Teacher of the Year twice while working in the Lakewood City Schools.

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• Mary was awarded the Outstanding Educator by the State Support Team in Ohio for her work with dyslexia. (2015)

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• Mary was a keynote speaker at the 2018 Lakewood City Schools Convocation.

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• Mary has written and received grants totaling $30,000 for her school and classroom.

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• Currently, Mary is involved with a number of literacy projects.

 

• Mary teaches students virtually 1:1 with dyslexia across the United States (grades 2-9).

 

• Mary serves as a content contributor to the literacy organization, Global Dream (India).

 

• Mary serves as a literacy teacher-leader at Gros Islet School in Saint Lucia.

• Mary is a podcast host and is developing a new show after completing her time with The Literacy View podcast.

 

• Mary was featured on the D-Talks (Disruptive Literacy) broadcast in India with a talk titled ‘The Literacy Crisis in the United States.’ (2021)

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• Mary volunteers as an adult literacy teacher in Cleveland, Ohio with Seeds of Literacy, (nonprofit).

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