Brittany Skipper Email and Phone Number

- Phonics Mastery: Implementing systematic and explicit phonics instruction to build a strong foundation for reading success.- Multisensory Techniques: Integrating hands-on, engaging activities to cater to diverse learning styles and foster a love for reading.- Data-Driven Instruction: Utilizing assessments to tailor interventions, ensuring targeted support for each student's unique needs.

-Work with third, fourth and fifth-grade teachers in coaching cycles to help develop teaching practice using Aguilar and Bamrick's coaching models -Develop literacy professional development scope and sequence, plan and deliver schoolwide professional development -Worked with the school's administration and secured grant funding to train all literacy staff in LETRS Volume 1 -Track student intervention data to support teacher efficacy -Designed and led a fellowship that focused on improving foundational literacy skills for emergent bilingual students

-Created and monitored progress on a school-wide plan for literacy, social and emotional learning, and MTSS implementation with a focus on equity-Coached and thought-partnered with educators on highly effective, globally competent, and culturally relevant instruction- Co-developed a three-year literacy plan to implement needs-based structured literacy practices in kindergarten-fifth grades - Facilitated the hiring process including developing screening tools and onboarding programs- Evaluated instructional and student support staff through holistic and classroom observations-Lead literacy professional development for 4-5th grade teams

-Implemented systems and coaching that helped raise student achievement in literacy by 22% on the PARCC-Trained classroom teachers in highly effective practices for structured literacy Writer’s Workshop, social-emotional development, and unit planning through a weekly professional development series -Facilitate weekly grade level and data meetings using the RELAY model -Co-wrote Comprehensive School Plan-Coordinated family engagement events to build parent capacity to support literacy at home

-Raised student achievement from 15% proficient to 74% proficient as measured by the TRC assessment -Served on the Local School Advisory, Personnel Committee, Primary Years Programme Pedagogical Leadership Team, Principal Selection Panel and Family Engagement Fellowship with Flamboyan -Served as grade-level chair: analyzed grade-level data, lead weekly data meetings

Provide substance abuse counseling for students at Patterson High School in Baltimore city.Rehabilitation Therapist in an after-school program serving youths, ages 4 to 17, in coordination with outpatient services. Provide a complete assesment of patients to determine a course of group treatment for the development of educational, social, and independent living skills.