Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Affiliations
Timeline
Teacher
Tracie Romo

Tracie Romo

Chandler,AZ

Summary

An educational leader with in-depth experience providing resourceful, innovative, forward-thinking, equitable solutions to the literacy crisis. Professionally & academically experienced in the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy. Well-versed in the psychoeducational applications of the neurodiverse perspective in student learning, ability, and capacity and the corresponding need for staff and faculty support, coaching, and mentorship. Passionate about the generational shift in dyslexia education.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1

Structured Literacy Dyslexia Interventionist, CERI, KPEERI, IDA

1
1

Certified Slingerland Teacher, IMSLEC

Work History

Resource Coordinator & Teacher

Christ The King Catholic School
2023.08 - 2024.05
  • In-house & district-level IEP student support, coordination, and planning
  • Assess & Evaluate for learning differences
  • Evaluate data for alignment with state and curriculum standards
  • Create cooperative instructional improvement plans
  • Train and mentor teachers on effective and equitable teaching techniques, classroom management strategies, and behavior modification
  • Establish and promote the positives of learning differences
  • Monitor student progress and implement intervention strategies to support student success
  • Small group tier II ELA Student Support
  • 1:1 or 1:2 Tier III ELA Student Support
  • Structured Literacy Approach to Instruction & Teaching
  • Multi-Sensory Instruction & Teaching
  • Slinglerand & Making Math Real

Dyslexia Interventionist & Teacher

Stellar Academy For Dyslexics
2015.06 - 2023.06
  • Conduct a battery of assessments using formal and established testing protocols to define core reading difficulties, uncover performance gaps, and determine key strategies for remediating concerns
  • Teach ELA, Math, SS, Science, & Art using Structured Literacy & OG methods through evidence-based practices
  • Monitor and analyze progress, performance, results, and overall effectiveness of instructional strategies
  • Utilize media and technology to support executive function and memory
  • Teach and model metacognitive, self-reflection, and self-regulation awareness
  • Teach dyslexia self-affirming skills and awareness to faculty, students, and families
  • Resource and construct meta-analysis for staff development, family and support team education, and student instruction

Educational Consultant & Teacher

Private Practice
2014.09 - 2023.06
  • Counsel clients on concerns and relationships with the student support team
  • Create SMART goals that target client concerns
  • Formulate and execute plans to address goals
  • Analyze various data for student learning goals compliance
  • Provide document review, analysis, and report
  • Collaborate with school faculty to assess areas for improvement in curricula, classrooms, testing, and student activities
  • Provided personalized family support to the student success team, parents, and guardians regarding the academic needs of students through phone calls, email and live video chat
  • Teach using evidence-based instruction: Structured Literacy, Slinglerand, Making Math Real


Faculty Senate Member

Slingerland Literacy Institute
2022.04 - Current
  • Active committee member
  • Review applicant materials
  • Apply time management skills for deadlines
  • Work with the team to assess applicant readiness
  • Detail actionable needs for applicants
  • Detail applicant qualifications

Instructional Intern & Teacher

Slingerland Literacy Institute
2024.06 - 2024.07

Teacher Preparation & Professional Development

Model Strategies

Communicate & Collaborate

Plan, Deliver, Review & Reorganize

Differentiated Instructional Strategies

Structured Literacy Instruction

Structured Reading

Structured Writing

Explicit & Direct Instruction

Structured & Sequential Instruction

Diagnostic & Cumulative Instruction


Education

Bachelor of Arts - Art, Multimedia Studies

California State University - East Bay
Hayward, CA

Master of Science - Reading & Literacy

California State University - East Bay
Hayward, CA

Certification - Education, Structured Literacy

University of San Diego
San Diego, CA

Skills

  • Education Technology: Google Workspace, Amplify, Renaissance, Riverside Insights, Gradelink
  • Curriculum Alignment, Planning, and Development
  • Staff & Family Coaching, Mentoring, and Development
  • District & Private Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Student Educational Data Collation & Management
  • Student Screening, Assessments, & Evaluations
  • Leaning Differently Promotion & Support
  • Twice Exceptional, Executive Functioning, ADHD, Dyslexic Thinking
  • Science of Reading, Structured Literacy, & Orton Gillingham
  • Multisensory Math, Making Math Real
  • Inclusivity, Neurodiversity, & Educational Equity

Certification

Certified Structure Literacy Dyslexia Interventionist

C-SLDI E181690

Center for Effective Reading,

IDA International Dyslexia Association

Certified Slingerland Teacher

CST 029

Slingerland Literacy Institute,

IDA International Dyslexia Association

IMSLEC International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council

Affiliations

International Dyslexia Association

International Literacy Association

Timeline

Instructional Intern & Teacher

Slingerland Literacy Institute
2024.06 - 2024.07

Resource Coordinator & Teacher

Christ The King Catholic School
2023.08 - 2024.05

Faculty Senate Member

Slingerland Literacy Institute
2022.04 - Current

Dyslexia Interventionist & Teacher

Stellar Academy For Dyslexics
2015.06 - 2023.06

Educational Consultant & Teacher

Private Practice
2014.09 - 2023.06

Bachelor of Arts - Art, Multimedia Studies

California State University - East Bay

Master of Science - Reading & Literacy

California State University - East Bay

Certification - Education, Structured Literacy

University of San Diego

Certified Structure Literacy Dyslexia Interventionist

C-SLDI E181690

Center for Effective Reading,

IDA International Dyslexia Association


Certified Slingerland Teacher

CST 029

Slingerland Literacy Institute,

IDA International Dyslexia Association

IMSLEC International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council

Tracie Romo