Senior Literacy Coach, The Core Collaborative Learning Network
Erik Lepis is a national consultant and literacy leader with The Core Collaborative, specializing in literacy learning across the K–12 continuum. His work helps schools design coherent systems of reading and writing instruction that honor both the science of how students learn to read and the art of how they use literacy to think, communicate, and create.
Trained in Orton–Gillingham and experienced in structured literacy, Erik bridges foundational reading development with the complex demands of comprehension and composition. His current work expands into secondary education through the Active View of Reading Model (Duke & Cartwright, 2021), which emphasizes active self-regulation, executive function, and motivation as central to skilled reading. He supports educators in translating this model into disciplinary literacy practices that help adolescents read, write, and reason like experts in each content area.
Earlier in his career, Erik partnered with Columbia University’s Teachers College as a literacy coach across New York schools, where he deepened his expertise in evidence-based reading and writing instruction and supported teachers in strengthening their literacy ecosystems. He continues to integrate this foundation with emerging reading science to help schools build literate communities where every learner experiences voice, agency, and access.
