Elenn Steinberg was the founder and first executive director for Every Child Reading. It was her long held commitment to serve students, parents and educators with education, information and support. By establishing this non-profit 501(C)(3) she furthered the goal of supporting students with Dyslexia and all students who struggle with reading.

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Elenn began her journey into the world of education and literacy in 2006 when the school informed her that her son was at risk for reading failure. At that point she had no idea that that journey would result in her becoming a passionate voice for students, a highly skilled reading interventionist, an advocate for families, consultant and a nationally known speaker in the areas of dyslexia, literacy, student self-advocacy and literacy legislation.

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In her work as both a member of and the Co-Chair of the Colorado Special Education Advisory committee she was able to work with the Colorado Department of Education in various capacities including developing the Colorado Reading Summit and in the decision making process of the Response to Intervention implementation in Colorado. As a board member and then president for six years of the Rocky Mountain Branch of The International Dyslexia Association, Elenn built parent, family and educator programs that have received local and national acclaim.

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In addition to a thriving tutoring business, she was a co-director of Orton Gillingham International with Ron Yoshimoto, an organization devoted to training classroom teachers, interventionists, special educators and parents in the Orton Gillingham approach to ensure that all teachers are prepared to teach all students to read. In her spare time she tutored students with dyslexia and advocated for families. She was a founding board member and Vice President of Advocacy of Literate Nation, a national organization dedicated to literacy for all students and is a founder of Decoding Dyslexia – CO. She was a committed participant on the Colorado Department of Education's Dyslexia Task Force.

 

In 2024, we had to say goodbye to Elenn. She was a force to be reckoned with, and it is the goal of every member of Every Child Reading to carry on her legacy. Through her love and vision of how we can best affect the educational landscape, the staff works tirelessly at summer camp for students with reading difficulties and dyslexia.