Kristyn Kahalehoe is a 2024-2025 Teach Plus Pennsylvania Senior Policy Fellow. She is a kindergarten teacher at John Hancock Demonstration School for the School District of Philadelphia. Kristyn focuses on teaching children early reading and writing skills to help lay a strong literacy foundation. She spoke on a literacy panel with state legislators in 2024 and presented for the New Jersey chapter of the International Dyslexia Association’s Winter Institute Food for Thought in 2022. Kristyn is Orton Gillingham-certified through Fairleigh Dickinson University and recognized by the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council. She earned her BS in elementary education from The College of New Jersey and her Orton Gillingham certification from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
