Constance Blaylock

• Functions described are in support of all 43 schools and all content areas:
• Support and develop initiatives relating to learning loss and recovery
• Present and facilitate professional development for adult learners
• Support intercession, tutoring, summer school, and drop-out recovery
• Develop instructional materials for use with outside of district instructional partners
• Provide support and monitor the progress of at-risk students by exhausting all resources to remedy academic learning loss

Literacy Coach/Director of Summer Learning (July 2021-July 2022)

• Provided instruction for literacy and language development
• Evaluated all grade levels progress and adjusted techniques accordingly
• Coached teachers in best practice strategies based on student data
• Presented and developed professional developments for adult learners
• Provided intervention instruction
• Developed PST & RTI protocols
• Facilitated all functions of summer learning including but not limited to: curriculum development, hiring, scheduling, lesson planning, and all functions related to the Alabama Literacy Act
• Collaborated with Dean of Curriculum of Instruction & Head of School on progress plans for increasing proficiency

Lead Second Grade Classroom Teacher (July 2020- July 2021)

• Instructed diverse student populations
• Provided instruction for literacy and language development
• Evaluated each students progress and adjusted techniques accordingly
• Developed unit plans and problem based learning projects
• Facilitated a equitable and culturally responsive environment through a variety of instructional strategies

• Instructed diverse student population
• Facilitated training in technology & teaching reading for tutors
• Assessed students and determined groupings using data
• Scheduled sessions for individual students
• Completed all related paperwork
• Analyzed data to make instructional decisions and develop necessary instructional materials
• Developed curriculum assessments for implementation with early learners
• Created all unit 1 assessments relating to phonological awareness and vocabulary acquisition

Instructional Literacy Coach (August 2019-July 2020)

• Provided instruction for literacy and language development
• Evaluated all grade level’s progress and adjusted techniques accordingly
• Coached teachers in best practice strategies based on student data
• Developed and presented professional developments
• Collaborated with district-based instructional leaders Participated in and facilitated professional developments in the science of reading

2nd Grade Reading Teacher (August 2015- July 2019)

• Instructed diverse student populations
• Provided instruction for literacy and language development
• Evaluated each students progress and adjusted techniques accordingly
• Developed unit plans and problem based learning projects
• Facilitated a equitable and culturally responsive environment through a variety of instructional strategies