List of 5 frequently asked questions.

• Jane Childers, Virtual Instructor

  Jane Childers is the Founding Director of The Learning Center at The Lexington School. She led the program for the past eleven years and will retire in June 2021. Mrs. Childers graduated from Texas Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Science degree and is a certified K-12 Special Education teacher. She also holds a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Dyslexia Instruction from Southern New Hampshire University. Additionally, she is a Certified Academic Practitioner and a Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist. Her love of teaching students with dyslexia has inspired her to create an online option for students and families who need this specific instruction and do not have access to it due to limitations in programming and other issues.

• Whitney Epps, Virtual Instructor

  Whitney Epps graduated from the University of North Texas in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and is certified in early childhood through sixth grade. She also has an English as a Second Language endorsement. Whitney also has a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Texas at Arlington with a Reading Specialist certificate. Additionally, she has Systematic Instruction in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words (SIPPS) training. She has taught kindergarten and first grade. She has served as a district curriculum writer and an instructional coach at elementary campuses. She is currently an Instructional Specialist working with Kindergarten-Second grade students who have learning differences. One of her favorite quotes for her classroom is from W.B. Yeats, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

• Amy Brantley, Virtual Instructor

  Amy Brantley graduated from the University of North Texas in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and is certified early childhood through sixth grade. Additionally, she has an English as a Second Language Endorsement, Orton-Gillingham certification, and Systematic Instruction in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words (SIPPS) training. She has taught kindergarten, fourth grade, and is currently an Instructional Specialist working with third and fourth-grade students who have learning differences. She previously taught in The Lexington School summer program and is excited to return! One of her favorite quotes for her classroom is from Robert John Meehan, “Every child has a different learning style and pace. Each child is unique, not only capable of learning but capable of succeeding.”

• Liesl Fischbach, In-person Instructor

  Liesl Fischbach earned her Bachelor of Arts in Media Communication at Asbury University in 2006. Additionally, has a Master of Arts in Education specializing in Special Education and is certified LBLD P-12. She is also a Certified Academic Language Practitioner. Liesl has been a teacher in The Learning Center at The Lexington School for five years.  She has spent five summers teaching in The Summer Program and is looking forward to returning this year. Teaching is truly her passion, and she is dedicated to nurturing, teaching, and supporting each student in their journey to academic success.  

• Marti Thompson, In-person Instructor

  Marti Thompson graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Curriculum. In 2009, she earned a Master of Arts degree in Education for the Montessori Curriculum.  She is certified by the American Montessori Society and has completed her IMSLEC (International Multisensory Language Education Council) training. Currently, she is a third-grade teacher in The Learning Center and has taught in the program for two years. She has been a teacher at The Lexington School in various positions for the past 11 years. Her favorite quote for her classroom is from Maria Montessori, “Free the child’s potential and you will transform him into the world.”