Linda Camp, Early Childhood Director

Linda Camp received an A.B. with distinction in Psychology from Mount Holyoke College and her M.A. in Special Education at the University of Connecticut where she became a Ph. D. candidate in Special Education. Ms. Camp is a senior lecturer at Curry College, where she teaches students with learning disabilities and “Reading Assessment and Intervention” in the Master of Education program. Ms. Camp served as Director of Programs at ReadBoston, an early literacy initiative where she designed and implemented a language and literacy professional development project for early childhood teachers. Prior to that she managed several research projects at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the University of Massachusetts and directed a reading and study skills center at Emerson College.  Ms. Camp has also been an educational diagnostician on multi-disciplinary evaluation teams at two hospitals and a teacher of children with learning disabilities in two urban school systems.

Eleni Steadman, Senior HILL Facilitator

Eleni Steadman is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Certified Reading Specialist.  She earned a B.S. in Communication Disorders from Boston University and an M.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the Institute of Health Professions, an academic affiliate of the Massachusetts General Hospital.  Eleni also earned Certification in Reading from the MGH IHP.  Eleni worked in the North Andover Public Schools for five years, where she serviced a variety of students with oral and written language disabilities.  She co-taught during literacy blocks, providing explicit instruction to students and modeling reading lessons for teachers. She has been trained in several multi-sensory reading programs including LiPS, Project Read, and Fundations.  She has also received training in all 12 LETRS modules.  Additional work includes training for the BayState Reading Initiative, Reading First, and Landmark Summer Outreach; an instructor for The Reading Institute RS Certification Program; and consultant work for Lexia Learning Systems and Sopris West.  Eleni has been a facilitator for the HILL for five years and enjoys implementing school change.  Eleni stays involved with children's diverse learning needs by tutoring students in their homes.

Shira M. Cohen, HILL Facilitator

Shira M. Cohen is a Certified Reading Specialist who has been working in schools for over ten years. She received a BA from Barnard College, Columbia University in English and Education, an EdM in Language and Literacy from Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Certificate in Program Planning, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation from Boston University. Prior to working at the HILL, she served as a Literacy Coach in the Chelsea Public Schools, a Reading First Implementation Facilitator and Trainer for the Massachusetts Department of Education, and a classroom teacher in New York City and California. Her current interests include facilitating vocabulary development, integrating literacy skills and science inquiry, working with English Language Learners, and the school change process.

Etta Rosen, Early Childhood Literacy Facilitator

Etta Rosen received an A.B. in Psychology from Mount Holyoke College, a M.Ed. in Counseling from Northeastern University and a Sixth Year Professional Diploma in School Psychology from Southern Connecticut State College.  Her work in education includes fourteen years as a Guidance Counselor and School Psychologist in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Missouri public school systems working with and evaluating students from K to 12, and facilitating in-service training for professional staff.  Her special skills in early childhood led her to create and oversee a system-wide early identification program.  In addition, Ms Rosen has worked as a Reading Specialist in a residential treatment center for adolescents, has co-directed a child care resource and referral agency where she provided professional development for day care providers, and has sourced educational books and toys for a Japanese retailer.  As part of her responsibilities during thirteen years with an international au pair agency Ms Rosen has developed on-line educational materials with an emphasis on child development, age-appropriate learning activities, and safety.  She also designed and conducted regional and national workshop and conference sessions for the au pair supervisors, and provided direct supervision for young women from more than thirty different countries.