Highland Park Elementary Dyslexia Supports:

Jodi Leach

• Role: Special Education Teacher
• Email Contact: joan.leach@gmail.com
• Credentials: Basic Language Skills and Reading by Design

Mackenzie Gandomi

• Role: Dyslexia Interventionist
• Email Contact mackenzie.gandomi@austinisd.org 
• Credentials:  Reading by Design Certified 
• Licenses and Certifications: M. Ed; EC-6  Generalist; EC-6 Bilingual Generalist, EC-6 English as Second Language; Special Education 

Lee Lazarine

• Role: Special Education Teacher
• Email Contact: lee.lazarine@austinisd.org
• Credentials:
  • Dyslexia Training: Reading Readiness and Basic Language Skills; Reading by Design 
• Licenses and Certifications:
  • Core Subjects EC-6
  • SPED EC-12
  • ESL Supplemental EC-12

Elizabeth Davis

• Role: Dyslexia Interventionist
• Email Contact: elizabeth.davis2@austinisd.org
• Credentials: Reading by Design
• Licenses and Certification: M.Ed in Reading Curriculum and Instruction from UVA; Reading Specialist Certification (MD and VA), Science of Teaching Reading (TX); Special Education; English as Second Language; General PreK-8th Grade

Kalene Jones

• Role: Dyslexia Interventionist
• Email Contact: kalene.jones@austinisd.org
• Credentials: Reading by Design
• Licenses and Certification:
  • Certified Academic Language Therapist-ALTA-national-Trained and sponsored through Rawson Saunders Institute: Basic Language Skills
  • Special Education Certified
  • General Ed Certification 1-8
  • Early Childhood Certified