Hi, I’m Kate McQuiggan.
In 2007, my childrens’ school was looking for volunteers to help grade one students who were struggling with reading. That’s how I began, as a parent volunteer. I received the training and began working with a six-year-old student four mornings a week. Within a few months, I knew I had found my passion. There is nothing so wonderful as when you watch the joy on a child’s face as he or she begins to be able to read. When the teacher who was overseeing the program had to go back to work in the classroom, I took over and ran the program for the next five years.
Since then, I have gone back to school for my Bachelor of Education and done my training in the Orton-Gillingham method at the Claremont School in Toronto, ON (including a 100-hour practicum).
After training with Dr. Pete Bowers (WordWorks Literacy Centre), I began using Word Inquiry full-time in my practice in 2019. I continue to deepen my understanding by training with Word Inquiry experts such as Michel Mira-Rameau, Rebecca Loveless & The Nueva School, Fiona Hamilton and many others in the field.