Cindy Silvert

Classroom & Teaching

• Deliver specialized instruction for students with dyslexia and other mild learning disabilities across grades PreK–5
• Provide instruction to ~30 students annually; ~80% demonstrate significant reading growth yearly
• Deliver instruction in executive function skills and social emotional learning to meet needs of exceptional students
• Use student data to drive instructional decisions and adjust teaching practices
• Supervise and direct assistant teachers by assigning tasks, clarifying roles, and ensuring instructional alignment
• Collaborate with families and school staff to support student success
• Maintain productive working relationships with building administrators and program director to insure optimal student outcomes

Leadership & Program Impact

• Lead implementation of structured literacy and math interventions
• Designed executive functioning curriculum across program serving ~180 students (grades 2–8)
• Led adoption of progress monitoring tools
• Directed math curriculum selection aligned with evidence-based practices
• Represented Woodward Academy Transition Program to parents and visitors during tours, meet and greets, and outside events to promote and market, develop understanding of the needs of exceptional students and the program
• Created and led team of WA Transition students, families, and friends to participate in IDA Georgia's Dyslexia Dash to promote spirit and market Transition Program

• Led a structured, student-centered Kindergarten classroom focused on academic, behavioral, and social-emotional growth
• Designed and delivered differentiated, standards-aligned instruction to meet diverse learner needs
• Used student data to drive instructional decisions and adjust teaching practices
• Supervised and directed a paraprofessional by assigning tasks, clarifying roles, and ensuring instructional alignment
• Modeled effective teaching and classroom management strategies to support paraprofessional effectiveness
• Monitored and guided paraprofessional-student interactions to maintain consistency and maximize learning outcomes
• Collaborated with families and school staff to support student success
• Hampton Elementary School