About BRLC
Blue Ridge Literacy Collective partners with schools and districts to turn research into practical, confident literacy instruction.
Everything we teach and share is grounded in evidence-based practice and built for real classrooms.
We believe teachers deserve professional learning that is practical, respectful of their expertise, and sustainable over time. We know when teachers feel confident, their students thrive.
Where Blue Ridge Literacy Collective Shines
Structured literacy implementation
Phonics and phonemic awareness
Small-group design and acceleration
Writing instruction foundations
Morphology
Vocabulary development
Comprehension systems
Data-driven instruction
MTSS alignment
Meet the Founders
Amie Burkholder
Amie is a K–5 literacy specialist and coach passionate about hands-on, science-aligned literacy instruction. After 5 years in the classroom and 7 years in coaching, she now supports educators in her district and through her business, Literacy Edventures, and membership, Route2Reading.
Amie discovered the Science of Reading while teaching first grade, when she realized balanced literacy and packaged programs weren’t reaching all students. Determined to better support struggling readers, she earned a master’s in reading and pursued Orton-Gillingham and LETRS training.
After years of study, research, and classroom application, Amie now confidently shares the strategies that transformed her instruction.
Savannah Campbell
Savannah Campbell is a K-5 reading specialist. She has taught her entire 11-year teaching career at the school she went to as a child. Recently, she was named Teacher of the Year for both her elementary school and all elementary schools in her district. She holds two master’s degrees in education from the College of William and Mary. Savannah is both Orton-Gillingham and LETRS trained. She has worked through transitioning from a balanced literacy mindset to structured literacy. Her greatest hope in life is to allow all children to live the life they want by helping them to become literate individuals.
Professional Development