About Us Director: Erin Smith, M.Ed. has been an academic therapist for over eight years.  While her primary passion is math education, she has also studied and taught literacy remediation for the last 10 years.  Trained in LiPS, Seeing Stars, Step-Up to Writing, On Cloud 9, Language!, Bernard Reading EASE, PACE and many other literacy and math programs, she designs learning programs that are both motivating and effective. Early in her career, she taught mathematics to both Gifted and At-Risk students in Long Beach, where she also served as the Mathematics Department Head for several years.  In 2000, she trained to be an educational therapist at a center in Los Angeles, where she became the Literacy and Mathematics Programs Coordinator and Mentor. In addition to her continued work with students, Erin has been a guest lecturer for the Education Department of Loyola Marymount University and designed educational games for early reading and math skills. FableVision, a multi-media educational company contracted her to create a series of math computer games for Ah-ha! Math© based in Portland, Oregon.  The software is currently available and being used in K-5 classrooms.  Consequently, Aha! Math was part of the Readers Choice Top 100 Products Award for 2007-2008. Erin holds a Master’s degree in Math Education from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She helps her students find their own reasons to learn, and has helped many students successfully overcome challenges.

Contact Erin for a free educational consultation.  erinsmith@reason2learn.com