Lisa Bates is an Educational Services Consultant with CORE. Lisa has been an Implementation Coach with Oregon Response to Instruction and Intervention (ORTIi) for the past 13 years. She began her career as a School Psychologist before transitioning to her position with ORTIi. Through her work as a school psychologist and ORTii, Lisa has become passionate about helping schools and districts build, maintain, and sustain MTSS in Reading.

She has trained numerous school districts in developing solid core reading instruction, assessments to drive instruction, intervention systems, data-based decision making and teaming, using Response to Intervention for Special Education eligibility, as well as infrastructure and capacity building. Lisa has also conducted site visits to these districts and provided feedback on their implementation. Lisa is particularly interested in helping districts develop systems to support the implementation of the Science of Reading.

Lisa earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Dickinson College and her Ph.D. from the University of Denver.