Kayla Leck Email & Phone Number

Clarksville, Tennessee, United States

Clarksville, Tennessee, United States

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Reading Instructional Coach•Support the development of district level guidance for assessment, data-based decision making, scheduling, and instruction/intervention•Assist in providing support and feedback to ensure successful implementation of MTSS, including Tier I instruction, Tier II intervention, data-based decision making, and infrastructure for teachers, administrators, interventionists and instructional coaches in grades 1 and 2•Work collaboratively within and across departments/divisions (schools, district, ECRI external coach) to clarify, strengthen, and communicate connections across district initiatives and support data-based decision making•Provide support for the use of curriculum-based measures for screening and progress monitoring in literacy•Analyze district and school-level student data from multiple sources to identify trends and formulate instructional strategies and adjustments to improve student outcomes•Continued professional growth and strengthening professional knowledge, skills, and strategies, including attending the Ayres Institute Coaching Academy; Coaching Models and Practices•Create and facilitate monthly professional learning opportunities for foundational skills, data-based decision making, differentiated small group instruction, and intervention in literacy•Create and facilitate monthly MTSS-R leadership meetings to review student assessment, MTSS-R implementation data and assess progress towards goals•Facilitated summer ECRI MTSS-R Training for teachers, administrators, instructional coaches, district representatives, school psychologists, interventionists, and teacher residents

•Teacher in grades 1 and 2, ELA Teacher in grades 3 and 4•Enhanced Core Reading Instruction (ECRI) instructor for Foundational Literacy with Benchmark Advance•Tier 2 and 3 Reading Interventionist•Knowledge and use of the Science of Reading, Explicit Direct Instruction teaching model, Backward Design unit planning, Kagan Cooperative Learning strategies, and Digital Blended Learning Instruction•Level of Effectiveness (LOE) Score with TVAAS growth data for the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 school years were each a 5 out of 5 as a 4th grade ELA teacher•Developed grade-level and district-level reading assessments using district-wide scope and sequence, Common Core Standards, and Edulastic Formative Assessments, PowerTeacher Assessment and Analytics•Active in professional development, completing 319.25 training hours and 443 in-service hours

Montgomery Central High School

Montgomery Central High School

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Elementary Education And Teaching

Activities and Societies: Phi Mu, Delta Epsilon Chapter, PC '07

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Educational/Instructional Technology, 4.0

Distinguished Graduate Honors