*Brooklyn School Intervention Specialist*
By: Grace Paul and Andrew Starr
November 6, 2026
For this week’s Staff Spotlight, we have Mrs. Carlisle, a first-year intervention specialist at the Brooklyn School. Mrs. Carlisle went to Ashland University and then obtained her Master’s in Educational Leadership through Concordia University. A fun fact about her is that her maiden name is Claus.
Q. What is one personal-related rewarding aspect of your work day?
A. “To reward myself on a work day, I get a Starbucks coffee and love to eat lunch in my car on a beautiful day.”
Q. What is one thing that you try to avoid in your job?
A. “One thing I try to avoid in my job is having any conflicts with my team. We are partners in education.”
Q. What inspired you to become an intervention specialist?
A. “I was inspired to be an intervention specialist because I saw early on in my student teaching that I had a deep passion for understanding and helping children with disabilities.”
Q. Have you always enjoyed the school setting?
A. “I love the school setting but not always worked in it. I also enjoyed being home with my kids for five years and writing IEPs for various schools.”
Q. If you were to win the lottery, what would you spend the money on?
A. “If I won the lottery, I’d have to take my 88-year-old grandma and whole family to her home country of Italy.”
Q. If you could choose a superpower, what would it be?
A. “If I could choose a superpower, it would be to read minds.”
Q. What is your biggest wish?
A. “My biggest wish is that my children grow up to be strong, kind, loving adults who thrive and always find beauty in the little things in life, even on hard days.”
Q. What are you most afraid of?
A. “I am most afraid to ever lose my memory. Alzheimer’s runs in my family, and I’ve seen first hand how sad it is for everyone involved.”
Thank you for your responses, Mrs. Carlisle. We hope you have a great first year as an intervention specialist here at Brooklyn.
