SAIL
Special Assistance in Learning
The SAIL Team consists of learning specialists and other
consulting professionals that work with students, faculty and
families. The mission of the SAIL Team is to be proactive in
identifying signs of risk for learning differences; to provide
referrals for diagnostic evaluations; to support the educators and
families of children with learning differences and to provide
individualized intervention programs for students diagnosed with
different developmental profiles. The success of the program
depends on the collaborative management of learning issues between
home and school.
Meet the Whitby School Sail team:
Maha Shannon, Head of SAIL, mshannon@whitbyschool.org
Certified - American Montessori Institute
Certified - Albanessi Montessori-Institute of Dallas
Certified - Shelton School Dallas: "Montessori Applied for
Children at Risk"
Certified - Orton Gillingham, Windward Teacher Training
Institute
Certified - Orton Gillingham Associate Training, Kildonan
School
Certified - All Kinds of Minds Program
Certified - International Baccalaureate Organization
BA Honors, English Literature
University of Virginia, Graduate School, Special Education
Academic Language Therapy Association, Dallas, Texas
Upledger Institute
Padma Iyer, piyer@whitbyschool.org
Certified - All Kinds of Minds Program
Certified - International Baccalaureate Organization
Certified - All Kinds of Minds Program
Certified - International Baccalaureate Organization
Montessori Trained for the Ages 6-12
Center for Montessori Education, NY
Fordham University, MS in Special Education
Susan Leitner, slietner@whitbyschool.org
Certified- Orton Gillingham
Certified - All Kinds of Minds Program
Certified - International Baccalaureate Organization
University of Nottingham in England, BA Sociology & Psychology
Manhattanville College, Duel Masters Degree in Education &
Special Education
Long Island University, Post Graduate Studies in Literacy
Stephanie Aldworth, saldworth@whitbyschool.org
Certified - Elementary Education
Certified - Special Education
Boston University, BS Elementary and Special Education
Lesley University, M.Ed Special Education
