Tralise Howard
Prattville,Al
Summary
Hardworking, highly competent, enthusiastic, and devoted Reading Specialist with excellent communication and management skills. Possesses hands-on experience conducting district-wide reading and writing professional development with an extensive knowledge base in literacy. Collaborates seamlessly with adult learners; specializing in the science of reading and multi-sensory instructional methods that maximize learning opportunities in diverse classroom settings. Encompasses a history of successfully planning, delivering and assessing student reading intervention plans. Compliant with the Alabama Literacy Act guidelines and knowledgeable about a wide range of successful literacy strategies.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Local Reading Specialist
Autauga
Billingsley, Alabama
08.2016 - Current
- Built positive and productive relationships with teachers to drive improvements to reading programs.
- Wrote and delivered customized instruction to individual students and groups.
- Performed assessments and analyzed results to spot students in need of further help.
- Developed goals and realistic plans for achieving each target.
- Promoted memory, cognition and language development with hands-on activities and individualized instruction.
- Planned daily activities to keep students engaged and on track with learning goals.
- Provided professional development training to educate faculty and staff on laws and regulations of the Alabama Literacy Act .
- Coordinated regular meetings to share and analyze student performance data and success plans with colleagues and parents.
- Used approaches such as Orton Gillingham to achieve dramatic results with students.
Teacher
Autauga County Board Of Education
Billingsley, Alabama
08.2005 - 05.2016
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
- Directed after-school tutoring and mentoring program serving elementary school students.
- Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding.
- Developed and implemented lesson plans that addressed general students as well as those with individualized 504 plans as part of integrated classroom.
- Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
- Completed daily reports on attendance and disciplinary performance.
- Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers and course work.
- Held conferences with parents to address questions, discuss academic progress and encourage learning goals.
- Enhanced student knowledge of technology by integrating various web-based applications for research and assignments.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
- Collaborated with faculty to develop after-school tutoring program for struggling students.
- Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
Teacher
Five Points Elementary
Dallas, County
08.2003 - 05.2005
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
- Directed after-school tutoring and mentoring program serving elementary school students.
- Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding.
- Developed and implemented lesson plans that addressed general students as well as those with individualized 504 plans as part of integrated classroom.
- Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
- Completed daily reports on attendance and disciplinary performance.
- Instructed students in core educational principles, concepts and in-depth subject matter.
- Held conferences with parents to address questions, discuss academic progress and encourage learning goals.
- Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers and course work.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
Teacher
McGarrah Elementary, Clayton County BoE
Morrow, GA
08.2002 - 05.2003
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
- Directed after-school tutoring and mentoring program serving elementary school students.
- Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Auburn University-Montgomery
Montgomery, AL12.2001
Master of Science - Reading Teacher Education
Alabama State University
Montgomery, AL07.2005
Skills
- Title 1 compliance
- Alabama Literacy Act compliance
- Group facilitation
- Intervention planning
- Assessments understanding
- One-on-one support
- Improvement plans
- Teacher collaboration
- Orton Gillingham expertise
- Child development
- Group and individual instruction
- Lesson Planning
- Differentiated instruction
- Attention to Detail
Certification
Core Competencies and Trainings:
- ARI Foundations in Beginning Reading ( All Modules)
- IMSE (Comprehensive)
- IMSE (Intermediate)
- Brainsprings Phonics First
- LETRS Mastery (Completed Units 1-8)
- Lexia Core 5
- SPIRE
- DIBELS 8th Edition 2
- Renaissance STAR Reading and Math
Additional Information
- Collaborates with other teachers and professionals in the development of instructional programs
- Coaches and confers with staff members to plan and schedule lessons that promote student learning.
- Differentiates teaching methods and instructional materials to meet the needs of students.
- Plan, prepare, and administer school-wide assessments for data collection and analysis.
- Observes and evaluates students’ work to determine progress and make recommendations for improvement.
- Facilitates staff professional development in research-based ELA methods.
- Active member of the school’s leadership team assisting administration in the development of school-wide policy and programs
- Analyzes standardized, grade level, and classroom data to identify trends and patterns to guide instruction.
- Attends professional meetings, conferences, and workshops to expand and enhance professional competence.
Accomplishments
- Achieved Billingsley School Teacher of the Year 2021.
- Awarded 2022 Teacher Grant by the Autauga Education Foundation
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop academic tracking spreadsheets.
- Collaborated with team of 5 in the development of the Autauga County Student Reading Improvement Plans and Dyslexia plans.
Timeline
Local Reading Specialist
Autauga
08.2016 - Current
Teacher
Autauga County Board Of Education
08.2005 - 05.2016
Teacher
Five Points Elementary
08.2003 - 05.2005
Teacher
McGarrah Elementary, Clayton County BoE
08.2002 - 05.2003
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Auburn University-Montgomery
Master of Science - Reading Teacher Education
Alabama State University
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