Dr. Svetlana Cvetkovic

  • Svetlana was a K-3 classroom teacher for 10 years before receiving a Masters in Literacy Leadership with a Reading Specialist credential at San Diego State University. She served as a K-8 Reading Specialist for five years in California and Maryland. After receiving her PhD with Claremont Graduate University in 2022, Svetlana's research interests include dyslexia, RAN, spelling, and reading fluency.

    Her vision is to disrupt the reading failure status quo through evidence validated instruction so that far more students are on the path to becoming skilled readers and spellers from the very first day of Kindergarten.

    Svetlana currently works as a researcher-practitioner in collaboration with teachers and parents. Svetlana also serves as a private interventionist for clients of all ages with varying individual learning differences such as Dyslexia using EBLI’s structured linguistic phonics approaches.

  • Education

    • PhD | San Diego State University and Claremont Graduate University, CA [2022]

    • MA in Reading and Literacy Leadership/Reading Specialist | San Diego State, CA [2016]

    • BA in Liberal Studies and Multiple Subject Cleared Credential | Cal State San Marcos, CA [2004]

    Certifications

    • Reading Specialist| San Diego State University [2016]

    • Houghton Mifflin Reading Frist Certification K-3 [2004-2008]

    Training & Professional Development

    • Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI) | EBLI [2021]

    • Seeing Stars Program| Lindamood-Bell [2021]

    • Phono-Graphix [2021]

    • Reading Simplified [2021]

    • Orton Gillingham | IMSE [2019]

    • Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL) | WestED [2017]

    • Kagan Cooperative Learning Workshops Levels 1-3 | Kagan [2014-2016]

    • Nancy Fetzer Reading and Writing Workshops K-6 | Nancy Fetzer [2014-2016]

    • Helen R. Powel Dissertation Research Award | Claremont Graduate University [2022]

    • Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year| San Diego State University [2016]

    • Teacher of the Year [2012]

  • K-Adult Private Remediation Tutor | self-employed, Zoom [2022 –Present]

    • Follow EBLI’s remediation sequence using a Structured Linguistic Literacy approach.

    Title I Reading Specialist and Interventionist (K-8) | Elementary & Middle schools, CA/MD [2015-2019]

    • Plan, develop, organize, and teach small group literacy interventions (50-140 students)

    • Facilitate and demonstrate best practices for teaching staff and instructional assistants.

    • Administer, organize, and share ongoing literacy assessment data to include running records, STAR, NWEA MAP scores every 6-12 weeks.

    K-3 Classroom Teacher | Escondido, CA [2004-2015]

    • Facilitated as the 2nd grade-level lead teacher on the Site Leadership Team since 2007.

    • Collaborated side by side with the school principal and literacy coach to effectively unite teachers in all grade levels around a common vision for school-wide student academic success.