About Your Instructor – Cathy Collier

Uniquely Qualified Instructor

Cathy Collier is an enthusiastic, engaging national presenter and author with extensive experience in teaching first graders. As a primary teacher and reading specialist, Cathy brings to her seminars an exceptional depth of knowledge about current practical strategies for all struggling students. Her passion for teaching emergent students and her belief that all students should be given tools, not excuses, drives her work. You will find her seminar highly interactive, energizing and exactly what you need to support your struggling First Graders. You will also receive an extensive digital resource handbook, Catching Up FIRST GRADE Students Who Have Fallen Behind, that Cathy developed specifically for this seminar. In addition, you will receive dozens of online resources and a free digital download packed with ready-to-use materials. You will leave this seminar equipped with many new and innovative strategies you will be able to use immediately for helping your students become successful.

What Your Colleagues Say About Your Presenter

"The course on how to support young learners who are behind was extremely helpful and full of good ideas and best practices. This is impactful to their reading, spelling and writing. For that reason, I am looking forward to taking additional courses with BER. The course truly was a game changer for me!"
– Kimberly O'Hara, First Grade Teacher

"Loved the resources and feel they were explained how to implement in the session very well."
– Heather Albert, First Grade Teacher

"This was a great presentation. I cannot wait to begin implementing the resources in my classroom."
– Kristen Shambaugh, First Grade Instructor

"Cathy did a great job! Lots of useful information and wonderful ideas to use in my classroom."
– Brenda Pavatt, First Grade Teacher

"The speaker was very knowledgeable, and very resourceful."
– Duha Dabbouseh, First Grade Teacher

"Thank you for all the additional resources."
– Isabel Segoviano, First Grade Teacher