Sue Dickson

A seasoned professional with decades of experience in education, Sue Dickson is most well known for her “Sing, Spell, Read and Write” program, which is for children from pre-school through second grade. Revered by a plethora of peers in the field of education and parents alike, the award-winning program consists of brilliantly produced songs that teach phonics. She also has songs that teach a variety of subjects, including history and mathematics. Utilizing her 25 years of classroom expertise and her minor in music, Sue has also produced “Winning, The Race to Independent Reading,” which is for adult non-readers and “Canta, Deletrea, Lee & Escribe,” a musically based Spanish literacy program. Her most recent work in partnership with the University of Florida, Winning Reading Boost, is a musical phonics based program designed to teach 3-6th grade students to read proficiently in 90 hours. It was launched with children in “Failure Factory” schools in St. Petersburg, Florida and in Alachua County schools with lots of community excitement and support during the 2016-18 school years and in the summer of ’18. Students who had been failing in reading for years became fluent readers.

A graduate of James Madison University, Sue Dickson has written songs that teach and make learning fun for children, including “The Song of America’s Freedoms,” The Song of the U.S. Presidents,” and “Musical Math Facts I and II.” Throughout her career, she has earned a number of awards for her outstanding work, including a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award through James Madison University, a Teacher’s Choice Award from Learning Magazine, and the Patrick Groff Lifetime Achievement Award through the National Right to Read Foundation. For 10 years she served as President of International Learning Systems and trained faculties in school systems in the use of her programs throughout the United States.

In recognition of outstanding contributions to her profession and the Marquis Who’s Who community, Suzanne Dickson has been featured on the Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievers website.

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