About Us
As a division of The Windward School, The Windward Institute is dedicated to advancing understanding of evidence-based instruction and reading science. The Institute accomplishes this through professional development offerings for educators, free resources, free reading screenings for children in our local communities, and more.
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Our Focus
The Windward Institute (WI) is a division of The Windward School and fulfills the School’s mission by sharing Windward’s expertise through world-class, accessible, and affordable resources for educators, parents/guardians, and policymakers with the aim to ultimately improve literacy rates worldwide.
Expanding access to proven methods
Our Focus
The Windward Institute (WI) is a division of The Windward School and fulfills the School’s mission by sharing Windward’s expertise through world-class, accessible, and affordable resources for educators, parents/guardians, and policymakers with the aim to ultimately improve literacy rates worldwide.
Evidence-Based Instruction
The Institute leverages the most current research to translate science into practice in the classroom, through extensive professional learning offerings, community education, and school-based trainings. Courses for educators continuously evolve to reflect the most current research, bringing evidence-based methods to life for practical, immediate implementation.
Advocacy
The Institute continues to push for educational reform for students with language-based learning disabilities and all children. Every child deserves to be successful in school, regardless of background and circumstances.
Collaboration
The Institute partners with leading educational institutions to advance and share research in the field, informed by an advisory board that includes top university researchers in the fields of reading science, dyslexia, mathematics, neuroscience, and cognitive developmen
Outreach
The Institute offers free reading screenings to communities in the tri-state area, to help inform families of the signs of potential reading difficulties and effective interventions. Participating families receive research-based recommendations from expert Windward teachers, as well as resources for school and for home.
Who We Are
Meet the team at The Windward Institute
Alexis Pochna
Interim Head of School
Marcus Soutra
Acting Director of The Windward Institute
Alison Leveque
Assistant Director of The Windward Institute
Betsy Duffy
Special Projects Advisor
Dana Carr-Ford
Content and Implementation Director
Kinjal Nicholls
Content and Implementation Director
Harri Ramkishun
Learning Technologies and Media Production Manager
Jennifer Lawlor
Project Manager of E-Learning
Sonya Giacobbe
Manager of Outreach and Partnerships
Kelly Marx
Outreach and Partnerships Associate
Julie Parelli
Administrative Assistant
Our Advisory Board
Including top university researchers in the fields of education, neuroscience, and cognitive development, The Windward Institute’s advisory board guides and informs the Institute in translating research to effective practices in the classroom.
Who We Are
Dave Anderson, PhD
Robert Carroll, JD
Philip Capin, PhD
Lori Holt, PhD
Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD
Tiffany Hogan, PhD, CCC-SLP
Lakeisha Johnson, PhD
Devin Kearns, PhD
Nicole Landi, PhD
Amy Margolis, PhD
Tim Odegard, PhD
Yaacov Petscher, PhD
Paul Riccomini, PhD
Meghan Tomb, PhD
Maryanne Wolf, EdD