She began her career in education teaching struggling preschool and kindergarten students early literacy, math and language skills and is now retired from the faculty of Notre Dame College, where she began and directed the master’s in Reading and Reading Endorsement programs. She has trained 100s of teachers in evidence based literacy instruction including Direct Instruction, and is a Certified Master Trainer in the Yoshimoto Orton-Gillingham Approach of structured literacy strategies. Charlotte is a former member of the Executive Board of the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities and is currently Chair of the Ohio International Dyslexia Association Legislative Committee. Charlotte continues to present at regional and national conferences and to teach courses in literacy and dyslexia.