About Our Educator

Hi Parents, Readers, and Educators!

My name is Tasha A. Roberts, and I have been an educator and school teacher for over 30 years. With a Master’s degree in Elementary Education and a Dyslexia Endorsement Certification, I have dedicated my career to helping students thrive. Watching my students grow, progress, and achieve success along their educational journey has been both my passion and my purpose for as long as I can remember.

Early on in my career, I noticed that many of my students struggled with reading. This difficulty often led to a lack of motivation around schoolwork and, in many cases, behavior challenges. In my quest to become a more effective educator, a colleague introduced me to the book The Marva Collins’ Way by Marva Collins. That book—and her story—transformed my approach to teaching and ultimately changed my life.

Marva Collins continues to be my greatest inspiration, especially when it comes to teaching students how to read. I have been using her method for over a decade with tremendous success. Her approach, rooted in the original Open Court Phonics program developed in the 1960s by Siegfried Engelmann, is both systematic and explicitly phonics-based.

While teaching phonics using the principles of the Marva Collins Method, I’ve expanded on it by developing my own stories, word wall cards, and additional materials. These tools help students understand how vowels work together, making it easier for them to decode words and read with confidence.