Loading…
HISD Interventions Office Conference has ended
Our Vision is to empower and engage the Houston ISD employees, and educators alike and our vendors and partners to drive strategies by our learning strands that guide us on the tracks of our work.  With engaging in opportunities for learning, adding to our  toolbox and planning for our future, we can only anticipate success during and after this pandemic.  Cicely Bailey, Director of the Interventions Office, welcomes you to our first Interventions Office Conference.

Need support joining sessions?
avatar for Elizabeth Van Der Pol

Elizabeth Van Der Pol

Houston ISD
Dyslexia Interventionist, Garden Oaks Montessori

Elizabeth Van Der Pol is the mother of 2 very active boys, both with ADHD. She is a Montessori certified for lower elementary and taught in the 1st-3rd grade classroom for 8 years, where I developed a passion for whole child literacy. For the last 3 years, she has been the lead Dyslexia interventionist at Garden Oaks Montessori.  She is currently attending Midwestern State University to obtain a master's in Special Education with an emphasis on Dyslexia intervention and earn her Educational Diagnostician certification. She is also in training with Neuhaus, to earn my Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) certification. Dyslexia and reading interventions are her passion.  Ms. van der Pol truly believes that all students can and will learn to read with the right tools and support.


Elizabeth Van Der Pol es madre de 2 niños muy activos, ambos con TDAH. Ella es un Montessori certificado para la primaria inferior y enseñó en el aula de 1er-3er grado durante 8 años, donde desarrollé una pasión por la alfabetización de todo el niño. Durante los últimos 3 años, ha sido la principal intervencionista de Dislexia en Garden Oaks Montessori. Actualmente asiste a Midwestern State University para obtener una maestría en Educación Especial con énfasis en la intervención de la dislexia y obtener su certificación de diagnóstico educativo. Ella también está en entrenamiento con Neuhaus, para obtener mi certificación de Terapeuta de Lenguaje Académico Certificado (CALT). La dislexia y las intervenciones de lectura son su pasión. La Sra. van der Pol realmente cree que todos los estudiantes pueden y aprenderán a leer con las herramientas y el apoyo adecuados.