Faith Borkowsky

Faith Borkowsky is the founder of High Five Literacy and Academic Coaching with over thirty years of experience as a classroom teacher, reading and learning specialist, regional literacy coach, administrator, and tutor. Ms. Borkowsky is Orton-Gillingham trained and is a Wilson Certified Dyslexia Practitioner listed on the International Dyslexia Association’s Provider Directory.

She provides professional development for teachers and school districts, as well as parent workshops, presentations, and private consultations.

Ms. Borkowsky is the author of the award-winning book, Failing Students or Failing Schools? A Parent’s Guide to Reading Instruction and Intervention, Reading Intervention Behind School Walls:Why Your Child Continues to Struggle, and a series of graphic plays entitled "If Only I Would Have Known...": What I Wish My Pediatrician, Preschool Teacher, and Librarian Told Me About Language, Literacy, and Dyslexia. She is also a board member of Teach My Kid to Read, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to support and empower students, teachers, and parents through education so all kids, including those with dyslexia, learn to read.