Sasha Keefer, Owner and lead teacher

Sasha Keefer has over 25 years’ experience in early childhood education. Sasha has inspired many children through her interactive approach to learning reading and writing. Sasha has helped hundreds of students over the years to gain confidence with reading skills and fluency. Sasha treats each student as an individual with different talents despite where they are in reading. She believes that EVERY child can succeed when they feel confident about their progress. With an additional background in theatre and performing arts, she incorporates many fun interactive activities and engage students and make learning fun. She also created an after-school Drama program called “Stars on Stage Kids” where she incorporated her love of theatre and literacy.  Sasha created an after-school reading club which was very successful for many years. Many students achieved well-beyond expectations for proficiency at the kindergarten level. Although Ms. Sasha is Orton Gillingham trained, she uses various approaches and techniques to engage her students based on their individual needs. Sasha assesses each child to see the skills they may be struggling with and then creates a personal plan for each child.

Ms. Sasha’s resume includes:

• BFA, University of Georgia | K-5 Certification Mercer University
• International Preschool Midtown Atlanta – Kindergarten
• Cross & Crown Day School – 2nd Grade
• AJA (Greenfield Hebrew Academy) – 1st Grade
• American International School/ Tel-Aviv, Israel – 1st Grade
• Gwinnett County Schools – 2nd Grade (Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year 2004)
• DeKalb County Schools – 2nd and 3rd Grade
• AJCC Preschool
• Orton Gillingham training