Sue Martin
Director of Training


Susan Martin is an experienced trainer, coach and implementation manager. For over 30 years she worked in Oregon public schools—27 years at Harrisburg Elementary School in Harrisburg and six years at Meadow View Elementary School in Eugene. She taught Direct Instruction reading, language and math programs for over 20 of those years. While at Meadow View, she also served as a Teacher On Special Assignment for the school’s K-3 reading program, with responsibilities of conducting observations of Direct Instruction reading groups, data analysis and curriculum training in addition to her regular teaching assignment.

Since 2003, Sue has been an implementation manager for NIFDI, with responsibilities for supporting schoolwide implementations of DI at a wide variety of sites, including the Lummi Tribal Schools in Bellingham, Washington, La Pine Middle School in central Oregon, several elementary schools in Guam and an elementary school in rural Nebraska.

Since 2010, she has been Director of Training for NIFDI, with responsibilities for creating, arranging and evaluating training sessions for teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals and NIFDI consultants. She is also one of only four trainers of the Institute on Becoming an Effective Direct Instruction Trainer, which is an integral component of the annual National Direct Instruction conference sponsored by the Association for Direct Instruction.

 

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