Eryn Coughlin, Founder of Sounds Apart Literacy Education:

Eryn is a passionate and dedicated teacher with over 15 years of experience in both public and private education. She completed her Classroom Educator and Practitioner training in the Orton-Gillingham approach through the REACH Learning Centre in Vancouver (2020–2021) and provides structured literacy intervention in both one-to-one and small group settings. Eryn is currently completing a M.Ed. in Reading Development and Instruction (June 2025).

She has supported MRU’s B.Ed. program by helping to train preservice teachers in structured literacy, provided ongoing professional development to Calgary schools focused on Tier 1 and Tier 2 literacy instruction, and presented at local literacy events including NetWORDing and the Calgary City Teachers' Convention.

Eryn is also a proud mother of two teen boys who play rugby and dedicate their winters to skiing at Lake Louise. Around Calgary, she and her family are always joined by their gentle and rambunctious golden retriever, Zoe, who loves Eryn’s reading students ALMOST as much as she does!

Shannon White, BEd., IMSE Training: Sounds Apart Literacy Education, CLINIC DIRECTOR

Rachel El-Hamamsy: BEd., EBLI Certification, SRSD Training: Sounds Apart Literacy Education, DIRECTOR of CURRICULUM and INSTRUCTION