Percival Williams
Savannah
Summary
Compassionate Early Intervention Reading Specialist recognized for productive and efficient task completion. Skilled in literacy development strategies, phonemic awareness, and individualized learning plan creation to address diverse student needs. Excel in communication, problem-solving, and adaptability, ensuring successful reading intervention outcomes for young learners. Passionate Early Intervention Reading Specialist with a background in designing and implementing reading programs for struggling learners. Strengths include unique ability to quickly identify individual student needs and tailor educational plans accordingly. Past roles have demonstrated significant improvement in students' reading levels due to strategic intervention methods, as well as collaboration with teachers and parents to ensure overall success. Effective at developing, delivering, and evaluating reading improvement plans. Well-versed in Title I requirements and different instructional strategies. Strategic professional well-prepared to handle range of special needs of elementary-aged students. Ready to help each meet educational, social, and personal needs with proactive approach to classroom management and lesson planning. Talented in keeping classes learning-focused and welcoming to all.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Early Intervention Reading Specialist
Chatham County Board of Education
Savannah
01.1997 - 06.2024
- Integrated assistive technology into lessons as needed for students who require additional support.
- Created Individual Education Plans based on identified areas of need.
- Attended IEP meetings as necessary to discuss student progress and make recommendations regarding services or modifications.
- Provided direct instruction to young children with reading difficulties using evidence-based strategies.
- Planned, coordinated and implemented individualized interventions for students with reading challenges.
- Delivered specialized tutoring services to help improve reading skills.
- Advised parents on ways they can support their child's reading at home.
- Provided feedback and coaching sessions with teachers on how they can better support struggling readers in their classrooms.
- Established positive relationships with families to ensure active participation in their child's education.
- Mentored new staff members in best practices for early literacy instruction.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Reading
Armstrong University
Savannah, GA06-1995
Skills
- Assistive technology
- Individual education plans
- Evidence-based strategies
- Specialized tutoring
- Reading interventions
- Parent advising
- Data analysis
- Progress monitoring
- Curriculum development
- Collaboration skills
- Effective communication
- Literacy coaching
- Teaching reading
- Language arts
- English language learners
- Student engagement
- Parent-teacher communication
- Vocabulary development
- Early childhood education
- Collaborative planning
- Instructional strategies
- Phonemic awareness
- Response to intervention
- Special education
- Multisensory teaching
- Guided reading
- Orton-gillingham approach
- Reading assessment
- Reading fluency
- Reading comprehension
- Reading motivation
- Vocabulary expansion
- Individualized support
- Intervention planning
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Innovative lesson planning
- One-on-one support
- Differential instruction
- Literacy support
- Tutoring skills
- Phonics instruction
- Student remediation
- Fluency development
- Improvement plans
- Classroom leadership
- Dyslexia support
- Title 1 compliance
- Intervention strategies
- Group facilitation
- Program assistance
- Verbal and written communication
- Comprehension techniques
- Instructional best practices
- Materials preparation
- Teacher collaboration
- Learning style assessment
- Crisis intervention
- Teamwork
- Applied behavior analysis
- Attention to detail
- Music education
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Co-teaching strategies
- Self motivation
- Counseling techniques
Accomplishments
- Highest standardized test schools in 6th reading
- Award from state of Georgia , super teacher.
- Highest reading high school test scores in Savannah, Ga 2005
Timeline
Early Intervention Reading Specialist
Chatham County Board of Education
01.1997 - 06.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Reading
Armstrong University
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