Ms. Merrill teaches 45-Hour Literacy and Pre-Service Alternate Route online classes through the Center for Effective School Practices (CESP).                                                                                                                                                                                  
As an educational consultant with Access Educational Advisors and IDE Corp., Ms. Merrill’s experience includes mentoring teachers, writing language arts and social studies curricula, and conducting workshops. At North Plainfield Adult High School, she mentored, taught, and supervised. She has also taught all levels of high school English in the New York City school system; as well, she coordinated a reading program for a high school with over 5,000 students.

Ms. Merrill holds an Ed.S. in Literacy with a minor in Supervision from the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education. Her M.S. in Secondary Education is from Richmond College, City University of New York. Her B.A. in English with a minor in Secondary Education was also conferred by Richmond College, City University of New York.