Qualifications

The Reading Connection was founded and developed by Carol Jacobson-Milano. Ms. Jacobson-Milano has thirty-four years of teaching experience in the Massachusetts public schools. She holds certifications in both Elementary Education and as a Reading Specialist. She has taught grades one through four and has worked as a reading specialist supporting teachers and students at grades kindergarten through grade five. Her background as a Reading Specialist has enabled her to both Chair and Co-Chair committees to develop and revise English Language Arts grade level curriculum guides for the school department where she was employed. 

She has designed and facilitated a developmental reading and writing course at the Masters level at a local college. The course covers the literacy continuum from early childhood to grade 6. She has also presented numerous workshops having a language arts focus for local school departments. 

She has been a member of the Grade 5 English Language Arts Assessment Development Committee and has worked with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the test publisher in that capacity. 

Test preparation is not new to Ms. Jacobson-Milano. She has taught MTEL Foundations of Reading review in the past to both large groups and in a private tutoring setting.