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Meredith Claire Pugh, Ph.D., A/OGA, LLC
Educational Consulting
Meredith was born in East Point (a suburb of Atlanta), Georgia. She attended Woodward Academy and graduated from high school in 1988. In 1992, she graduated from The University of Georgia in Athens, with a Bachelor's degree in French Language and Literature, then taught elementary French for a number of years in Atlanta.
In 1995, she moved to New York in order to attend the graduate program in Linguistics at New York University (NYU). In 1998, she received her Master's Degree and spent some time teaching English as a Foreign Language, and French, in Slovakia and in France. In 2004, she received her Ph.D. in Linguistics (more specifically, Sociolinguistics) from NYU. She was an Assistant Professor of English at Utica College in New York State from 2003 to 2005, then moved to the west coast with her husband.
From 2006 to 2016, she was a senior lecturer in the Department of English at Western Washington University, where she taught for the Department of Linguistics, Department of French, as well as for the Department for English Language Learners (ELL). During that time, her first son was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Sensing that her other children were also on the spectrum, Meredith did some educational coursework in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
In 2016, she and her husband moved back to the east coast, to Massachusetts, where she has always wanted to be! While at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Meredith taught courses on linguistics (Introduction to Linguistics, African American English), literature (Monsters), and several composition classes. At Gardner Public Schools, she was the Director of English Learners, and the Grants Administrator. Meredith is Massachusetts' state certified to teach Reading, English Learners (EL), and English Language Arts.
In 2018, Meredith learned that one of her children had dysgraphia, and another had dyscalculia and dyslexia. In order to help the latter, she decided to be trained in the Orton-Gillingham method with the Orton-Gillingham Academy (https://www.ortonacademy.org/) As such, Meredith is certified as an Orton-Gillingham Practitioner (Associate Level, A/OGA), She also has licensure as a public school Non-Core Supervisor/Director, and is state certified to teach the Massachusetts' course "Sheltered English Instruction (SEI)" for both teachers and administrators. Meredith was the "Director of Literacy", the "Coordinator of Student Support (K-4)", and the "Federal Grants Coordinator" at Applewild School in Fitchburg for a number of years. Currently, she is a reading specialist in a Massachusetts Public School district. She is also a "Visiting Assistant Professor" in departments of EDLM and EDUC at Fitchburg State University.
After encountering issues with her own child's public school, Meredith decided to become a consultant so that other parents are armed with information about how to best help their children.
Meredith lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, with her husband and their three children.
PS. I made websites showing all the tools I've worked with for my "Instructional Technology" and "Google Apps for Educators" courses:
joseyit544projects.weebly.com
https://sites.google.com/view/educ7205meredithpugh/home
Educational Consulting
Meredith was born in East Point (a suburb of Atlanta), Georgia. She attended Woodward Academy and graduated from high school in 1988. In 1992, she graduated from The University of Georgia in Athens, with a Bachelor's degree in French Language and Literature, then taught elementary French for a number of years in Atlanta.
In 1995, she moved to New York in order to attend the graduate program in Linguistics at New York University (NYU). In 1998, she received her Master's Degree and spent some time teaching English as a Foreign Language, and French, in Slovakia and in France. In 2004, she received her Ph.D. in Linguistics (more specifically, Sociolinguistics) from NYU. She was an Assistant Professor of English at Utica College in New York State from 2003 to 2005, then moved to the west coast with her husband.
From 2006 to 2016, she was a senior lecturer in the Department of English at Western Washington University, where she taught for the Department of Linguistics, Department of French, as well as for the Department for English Language Learners (ELL). During that time, her first son was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Sensing that her other children were also on the spectrum, Meredith did some educational coursework in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
In 2016, she and her husband moved back to the east coast, to Massachusetts, where she has always wanted to be! While at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Meredith taught courses on linguistics (Introduction to Linguistics, African American English), literature (Monsters), and several composition classes. At Gardner Public Schools, she was the Director of English Learners, and the Grants Administrator. Meredith is Massachusetts' state certified to teach Reading, English Learners (EL), and English Language Arts.
In 2018, Meredith learned that one of her children had dysgraphia, and another had dyscalculia and dyslexia. In order to help the latter, she decided to be trained in the Orton-Gillingham method with the Orton-Gillingham Academy (https://www.ortonacademy.org/) As such, Meredith is certified as an Orton-Gillingham Practitioner (Associate Level, A/OGA), She also has licensure as a public school Non-Core Supervisor/Director, and is state certified to teach the Massachusetts' course "Sheltered English Instruction (SEI)" for both teachers and administrators. Meredith was the "Director of Literacy", the "Coordinator of Student Support (K-4)", and the "Federal Grants Coordinator" at Applewild School in Fitchburg for a number of years. Currently, she is a reading specialist in a Massachusetts Public School district. She is also a "Visiting Assistant Professor" in departments of EDLM and EDUC at Fitchburg State University.
After encountering issues with her own child's public school, Meredith decided to become a consultant so that other parents are armed with information about how to best help their children.
Meredith lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, with her husband and their three children.
PS. I made websites showing all the tools I've worked with for my "Instructional Technology" and "Google Apps for Educators" courses:
joseyit544projects.weebly.com
https://sites.google.com/view/educ7205meredithpugh/home