Mariann Marchant

Mariann Marchant is a 1^st-thru-5^th grades reading specialist at South Summit Elementary School in Kamas, Utah. She began her career in 1991 as a 4^th/5^th-grade teacher at McKinley Elementary School in Tremonton, Utah, upon graduating with her bachelor's degree in elementary education at Utah State University. She taught in Tremonton for two years and then began teaching 4^th grade in Coalville, Utah, at North Summit Elementary School for the next five years. Marchant has been at South Summit since 1997. She taught 4^th grade for four years and has been the school's reading specialist ever since. In 2005, Marchant received her master's degree in education, with an emphasis in reading, from Southern Utah University.

Marchant has been using many different methods to help students with specific reading difficulties. She has been trained in psychoneurotherapy and has used those skills to help struggling readers in conjunction with other reading-intervention programs. Since 2005, Marchant has used Reading Horizons with her 1^st-thru-5^th grade reading-intervention students. She has seen her students develop increased decoding skills, reading fluency, and self-confidence. Marchant loves teaching school and spending time with her wonderful husband and three "awesome" girls.