Corey Triassi is a Title I reading teacher (intervention specialist) at Smoketree Elementary School in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. She holds a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Arizona and a master’s degree in education with a reading endorsement from Northern Arizona University. She also has an English Language Learner endorsement on her certificate from the University of Phoenix. She has been teaching at the elementary level since 1986 and also taught at the college level for four years. She is currently a member of the International Reading Association. In 1999, Triassi received the Walmart Teacher of the Year Award. In Lake Havasu Unified School District #1, she is currently serving on a Reading Committee that is reviewing researched-based intervention materials for very intensive readers. She is also a member of the District Curriculum Council, which allows her to have input in areas of the district regarding curriculum, school calendar, tutoring programs, English-language learners, and assessments. At the school level, she is providing professional development in the Big Five areas: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
Triassi has used the Reading Horizons program since 1987 and has served on both the Advisory Council and the Curriculum Committee for Reading Horizons. She says, “I would recommend Reading Horizons to a professional peer because it is a research-based, high-quality program that helps children unlock the code to reading. It gives children the basic tools they need to be successful, lifelong readers. They learn to enjoy reading because the program makes reading an easy task.”