AIM Institute for Learning & Research
Megan Gierka, Ed.D., currently serves as Head of Implementation Strategy and Senior Content Developer at the AIM Institute for Learning & Research since June 2022. Gierka's recent experience includes a role on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee for the U.S. Department of Education from August to December 2023. Previously, Gierka was a LETRS Professional Learning Facilitator at Lexia Learning from 2020 to 2022 and worked from 2019 to 2022 as a Title I Reading Specialist and Instructional Coach for the Cumberland Valley School District. Gierka has also held positions as a Title I Reading Specialist, Head Coach of the Speech & Debate Team, and Classroom Teacher at North Schuylkill School District from 2014 to 2019, and as an Elementary and Middle School Aide through America Reads*America Counts from 2011 to 2014. Educational qualifications include a Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Liberty University, a Master of Education in Reading Education from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science in Education in Elementary Education, also from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.
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AIM Institute for Learning & Research
The AIM Institute for Learning & Research is part of AIM, an education provider based in Conshohocken, Pa., that transforms and empowers lives through literacy. In partnership with AIM Academy, a 1-12th grade school for students with language-based learning differences, AIM Institute supports evidence-based literacy instruction for students and educators alike and seeks to bridge the gap between literacy research and classroom instruction. The organization's AIM PATHWAYS™ online professional development courses are created by educators in collaboration with top researchers. The courses, which are provided to individual educators and to partners including schools, school districts and state Departments of Education, focus on evidence-based best practices in literacy instruction and are aligned to IDA Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading. Who Benefits from AIM Pathways? Classroom Teachers K-12 Learning Specialists Special Educators Administrators University Education Programs State Departments of Education AIM also works directly with literacy researchers as a member of the Haskins Global Literacy Hub to accelerate the rate of research to practice in schools and to create a professional learning community hub where top researchers and practitioners can advance the field of education working side-by-side.