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Literacy Project Foundation
3334 East Coast Highway, Suite 177
Corona del Mar, CA 92625
T: 949-721-1319
F: 949-721-1779
info@literacyprojectfoundation.org
Gina Gearn
Master Teacher
Gina Gearn has a bilingual multi-subject teaching credential and a masters of science degree in educational technology and works primarily with economically disadvantaged, second-language learner, Hispanic students as a 4th grade teacher at San Juan Elementary School in San Juan Capistrano. She has seven students at the "at-risk" level, needing intensive intervention in English according to a tri-yearly assessment of their Basic Early Literacy Skills. These seven students are participating in a 10-week, in class reading program using the Get, Set, Read! literacy products for about 20 minutes a day.
Gina has been instrumental to the Literacy Project Foundation since the initial research and pilot programs and was one of the first teachers to adapt the Get Set Read! product into an after school program. With a thorough understanding of the need for an effective practice tool for students performing under reading grade levels, Gina is an advocate and master teacher of the Get Set Read! literacy product.
Kim Crecelius
Assistant Master Teacher
Kim Crecelius began working for Long Beach Unified School District in 1999 in a mild to moderate (M/M) Special Day Class (SDC) for five years with pre-kindergarten to 3rd grade students. She also has four years experience as a Resource Specialist (RSP) with kindergarten through 5th grade students. She has worked with students that qualify for SPED under the eligibilities of: Specific Learning Disabilities, Autism (high-functioning), Speech/Language Disorders, Health Impairments (ADD/ADHD), and Mental Retardation (Mild). She has experience in both Title 1 and high socioeconomic areas in Long Beach. She has an Education Specialist M/M Credential and Cross Cultural Language Academic Development (CLAD) Certificate, which enables her to work with students that are English Language Learners (ELL).
Kim helps train teachers, staff and volunteers on the use of the Get Set Read! literacy product. She serves as a consultant and helps promote the reading product in the Long Beach/LA School Districts.
Kathleen Hurst
Program Coordinator
Kathleen Hurst completed her undergraduate degree in multi-subject teaching at the University of Southern California and her Masters of Education in Cross Cultural Teaching at National University. She is currently teaching the Get Set Read! literacy program at two locations in Orange County: Martin Luther King Group Home and Project Hope. As well as her role in the classroom as a Master Teacher of Get Set Read!, Kathleen serves as the Literacy Project Foundation’s Program Coordinator and is responsible for placement and management of all master teachers in the Get Set Read! after school programs. She also serves as the Foundation’s grant writer and seeks funding through private and government sources.
