Michelle Poelsterl is a Teach Plus Illinois Teaching Policy Fellow. A National Board Certified teacher, Michelle is a reading specialist at Anderson School in St. Charles. She is a candidate support provider for teachers seeking National Board Certification through the National Board Resource Center at Illinois State University. Michelle has been a member of the school improvement team at her school, and has presented on the state and national level at a variety of conferences on literacy instruction. She holds a BS in Elementary Education from Eastern Illinois University and an MS in Teaching and Learning: Reading from University of St. Francis.