Dianne Joustra

Dianne Joustra, M.Ed. has a bachelor’s degree in education with a master’s degree in reading.  She also holds a minor in mild disabilities, an endorsement in early childhood education and an administrative license.

In her 25 years as an educator, Dianne has taught kindergarten, readiness and first grade; served as a special education consultant to parochial schools, supervised early childhood special education programs and currently, teaches preschoolers with special needs.

Dianne’s passion to develop children’s literacy skills is not only evident in her classroom, but through her work with United Way and Project Reads.  Dianne is a founding member of the Allen County United Way Women’s Initiative. The Women’s Initiative is a local group focused on closing the reading achievement gap for students by third grade. Dianne also

volunteers for the Allen County Education

Partnership Project Reads, which is a reading

intervention program for young developing

readers.

Dianne is the co-author of Literacy Speaks! ®

Vowels. Literacy Speaks! ® is a comprehensive

program designed to improve overall speech

intelligibility while enhancing literacy skills.

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