Our Team

Certification from the Center for Effective Reading Instruction (CERI)

Posie is certified as a Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist by the Center for Effective Reading Instruction.

Posie Boggs has a Masters in Educational Diagnostics and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Ms. Boggs hunts research sources on reading and dyslexia, from the Institute of Education Science to the Annals of Dyslexia™ to The Reading League™ and The Society for the Scientific Study of Reading™, to keep her knowledge on the cutting-edge of literacy science. She has received training in, and utilizes the following scientifically evidenced methods for teaching literacy and reading:
The RAVE-O™ program, Lindamood-Bell™ programs, including On Cloud Nine Math©, LIPS©, Visualizing Verbalizing©, Seeing Stars©, LAC3 Test©, Slingerland™ - Level 1, & 2, Orton Gillingham International, and the Writing Institute™.

Extraordinary Tutors! Vicki Campbell

Vicki Campbell is retired teacher with 21 years in the Anchorage School District. She taught First Grade for 17 years and was an Instructional Coach for her last 4 years. More importantly Ms. Campbell was trained in an Orton-Gillingham program for whole classroom instruction, Slingerland. She has all three certificates and is qualified to train other instructors. As a first grade teacher her classroom consisted of students who had been identified as at risk for dyslexia or other language difficulties. She received her Master's in Education in 2010 and continued with professional development through out her career, mostly focused on staying current with research in reading and teaching students with dyslexia. As a parent of a child with dyslexia and having dyslexia herself she understands the importance of a strong language foundation and increasing student's ability to comprehend the written word and to express themselves verbally and in writing.
Vicki and Ella
Vicki and Ella discussing Ella’s essay on Archimedes.

Extraordinary Tutors! Janet Tillman

Hello, my name is Janet Tillman. I have been a educator for over 25 years. I earned my B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Idaho in 2000. I have taught preschool-8th grade in both private, charter, and public schools. I am Slingerland trained as well as Lindamood-Bell trained. I taught as a 1st grade MSI teacher at Baxter Elementary for 7 years. My passion is teaching students to read and gain confidence in all academic areas. I especially enjoy helping those students who struggle and my be dyslexic, or have other learning difficulties. Currently, I am working as a lead preschool teacher at Credit Union 1’s Early Learning Center. I joined Connections That Work as a part time tutor this year.

A man with two boys sitting on his lap

Extraordinary Tutors! Lucas Boggs

Lucas Boggs is our Center Director and lead tutor.

Lucas has worked in early child hood education for the past 16 years. Since 2009, he has worked in managerial positions in different early learning centers in Anchorage. He likes to bike, is fluent in Spanish and he enjoys spending time with his nephews.  Lucas is involved in teaching and working with children with learning delays and making sure that as an administrator, he goes through the same training as the instructors to help the children in our care.

As a person with dyslexia and ADHD, Lucas has a keen understanding of what success and challenges mean for students and parents. He has the distinction of being the only 2nd grader who ran away from his summer dyslexia program making it all the way home. (One block away.)