About me
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<h3>Claire Ashmore
#Growing Choices with Dyslexia</h3>
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The world sees the unique benefit of the dyslexic mind strengths such as leadership ability, great imagination and creativity and ideas come shining through.
We are bringing dyslexia education to Kakamega, Kenya.
The world needs dyslexics now more than ever.
I am working in collaboration with Rachel Barwell (NZ) and Geoffrey Ashiono (Kenya) and connected to The Whole Dyslexic Society Charity of Canada.
We are here to FUND our project which has been in planning stages for 18 months. We are supporting a maths institute in 4 locations in Kakamega County, Kenya.
My career path has included:
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<li>Primary school teacher (NZ)</li>
<li>English as a Second Language (ESOL) in Japan, Korea and NZ</li>
<li>Writing specialist in South Korea and Aotearoa/NZ</li>
<li>Literacy professional development ( especially written skills )</li>
<li>The Virtues Project TM schools and organisations</li>
<li>Community Education Coordinator</li>
<li>Life skills for youth offenders</li>
<li>Embedded literacy and numeracy - tertiary
Team Leader (Literacy) National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults NZ</li>
<li>Professional literacy support services for Maori and Pasifika</li>
<li>System Mapping intergenerational trauma work</li>
<li>Masters in Applied Linguistics</li>
<li>Diploma in Teaching (Primary)</li>
<li>Dip.TESL; CELTA ;ESL</li>
<li>Current: Licensed Davis Dyslexia Programme Facilitator</li>
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<div>I am the author of a book "The Boy who Could See Only Purple, That's Right!" Encouraging Children to Embrace Change.</div>
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Our priority in 2023 is to pilot the first parent/tutor workshops in Kakamega Kenya in collaboration with EZee Maths Tutoring Centre, Director Geoffrey Ashiono.
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