IMSE Foundation is awarding scholarships for educators!
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The nonprofit arm of IMSE, the IMSE Foundation, is an organization led by educators and built on decades of experience in providing the very best of literacy knowledge, tools, and training to teachers across the country.
Founder
Jeanne Jeup is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education (IMSE), launched in 1996 to transform literacy instruction across the U.S. As a former first-grade teacher, Jeanne recognized the need for a more effective approach to teaching reading. Using methods grounded in the Science of Reading and inspired by Dr. Samuel Orton and Anna Gillingham, IMSE has led professional development and trained over 300,000 teachers, helping create millions of confident readers. Jeanne’s contributions to education have earned her recognition as the 2018 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year for the Michigan and Northwest Ohio Region.
Executive Director
Krista became a passionate advocate for those who are neurodivergent when, as a parent of a child with dyslexia, she noticed that the access she was able to provide her child in remediation and STEM enrichment was denied to so many. From that experience, Krista created the award-winning non-profit Dyslexic Edge, a program that provides reading intervention and STEM enrichment to students in the Washington, DC region. Krista has over 15 years of experience in education, both as a teacher and as a researcher in educational theory and curriculum development as well as non-profit management. Her work with Dyslexic Edge has resulted in the creation of a vast network of non-profit organizations, corporations, government agencies, and schools that all work together to give the gift of literacy to all students.
Co-Founder and Vice President
Robin is the Founder of Decoding Dyslexia Idaho, a non-profit dedicated to advocacy for students and educators, particularly students with dyslexia. She has been instrumental in drafting and passing legislation to support education, most recently Idaho’s dyslexia policies, and supporting the development of official resources for Idaho State Education.
President
An educator with more than 28 years of experience, Kim has worked at the school level as a classroom teacher and a reading specialist and at the state level as an Implementation Specialist for statewide initiatives. She holds advanced degrees and certifications in literacy and has trained teachers across the country in IMSE methodologies. She currently serves as IMSE’s Director of Academics and is on the Board of Directors for The Reading League-NC.
Treasurer
For more than 26 years, Teresa has worked to support effective reading instruction by finding innovative ways to help educators meet the needs of students.
Secretary
Following her conviction that every child deserves the opportunity to read, Beth is a passionate advocate of reading instruction based on the science of reading.
Director of Academic Supports
Helen taught as a primary educator for 10 years in Michigan and has owned and operated a private tutoring company for more than 20 years. She has seen IMSE methodologies work firsthand with her private students as well as in a classroom setting and has trained many other educators in an IMSE approach.
IMSE Foundation Fundraising Advisor
After completing her IMSE Comprehensive practicum and passing the KPEERI in 2021, Katherine works as a reading intervention teacher and tutor. As the mother of children with dyslexia, Katherine is passionate about using structured literacy and a strengths-based approach to learning that allows families and students to grow in confidence during their literacy journey. Katherine also has extensive experience working with nonprofits as a Financial Development Director and volunteer for the past two decades. She enjoys building relationships with Boards, volunteers and funders to empower and connect individuals and corporations with organizations that solve community needs
