Brenda Nahlen
CALT-QI
Conway,AR
Summary
ALTA National Committees
- 2023 to Present: Chapters Committee
- 2023 to Present: Instructor Standards Committee
ALTA Arkansas Chapter Leadership
- 2022 - 2024: Past President
- 2020 - Present: Arkansas Chapter Legislative Committee
- 2020 - 2022: President
- 2018 - 2020: Vice President
- 2016 - 2018: Secretary
ADE Dyslexia Resource Guide Committee Member
- 2015 to Present: Responsible for editing, revising and maintaining to follow the Arkansas Dyslexia Law for the AR Department of Education
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work History
CALT-QI
Arkansas Department Of Education-Vicki King
05.2021 - Current
- Instruct Arkansas Public School educators to become Certified Academic Language Therapists using the Take Flight Program
- Assist Vicki King, AR Department of Education Dyslexia Specialist & CALT-QI, in the process of training 500 CALTs for the state initiative grant
Reading Interventionist/Dyslexia Therapist
Conway Public School District
08.2003 - Current
- Committee member at district level to develop and implement Response to Intervention protocols and to refine curriculum effectiveness
- Collaborate with school leadership to implement Science of Reading into K-4 classrooms
- Provide professional development for K-4 teachers in areas of Tier I, Tier II and Tier III instruction
- Provide Dyslexia Therapy for identified students in K-4
Kindergarten & First Teacher
Conway Public School District
08.1987 - 05.2003
- Classroom teacher: 11 years in Kindergarten and 5 years in First Grade
Education
5 Day Take Flight Retraining For QI
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children
Dallas, Texas03.2020
Alphabetic Phonics And Qualified Instructor
LEAD
Dallas,TX07.2019
Certified Academic Language Therapist
Take Flight - Vicki King, CALT-QI
Beebe, AR05.2013
Teaching English As A Second Language (ESL)
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, AR05.2009
Master of Science - Reading Specialist
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR 05.2001 -
Qualified Instructor of:
- Alphabetic Phonics
- Take Flight
- Build: A K-1 Early Reading Intervention
- Rite Flight
Timeline
CALT-QI
Arkansas Department Of Education-Vicki King
05.2021 - Current
Reading Interventionist/Dyslexia Therapist
Conway Public School District
08.2003 - Current
Master of Science - Reading Specialist
University of Central Arkansas
05.2001 -
Kindergarten & First Teacher
Conway Public School District
08.1987 - 05.2003
5 Day Take Flight Retraining For QI
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children
Alphabetic Phonics And Qualified Instructor
LEAD
Certified Academic Language Therapist
Take Flight - Vicki King, CALT-QI
Teaching English As A Second Language (ESL)
Henderson State University
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