Sunny Y Royal-Boyd

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Literacy educator with nineteen years in secondary education, peer mentoring, staff development, and transition counseling. Advanced certification in Educational Leadership and Varying Exceptionalities. Currently honing skills in curriculum, development, and instruction.

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Reading Teacher, Hillsborough County Schools, 2010-Current

H.W. Blake Senior High School/Brandon Senior High School, Tampa, FL

Diagnosed, assessed, prescribed, and evaluated the reading needs of individual students to determine level of need

Keeps parents, administrators, district, and community informed about the reading programs

Participates in regular professional development to improve personal knowledge and skills

Prepare students with strategies and skills for effective and comprehensive reading

Instruct and plan based on data from standardized assessments and informal assessments

Conduct parent and student conferences

Facilitated a student-centered learning environment

Collaborated with Reading Teachers, AVID coordinator, Administrators, and Staff

Increased student performance on the semester exams

Wrote and modified lesson plans as needed

Maintain the fidelity of the curriculum

Assistant Business Manager

Single Gender Educator

Single Gender Site/District Liaison

District Resource Teacher, 2010-Current

Hillsborough County Schools, Tampa, FL

Provide coaching to classroom teachers in order to improve English language acquisition and instruction.

Develop and conduct staff development for classroom teachers and bilingual education paraprofessionals in specified English language acquisition strategies, best practices and specific instructional resources.

Serve as a support to District Advisory Council.

Maintain and monitor implementation of ELL Program Guidelines and Procedures, inclusive of FTE auditing and compliance.

Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of best practices in specified content area.

Develop and conduct professional development for targeted audience in specified content areas regarding instructional strategies, best practices, and specific instructional topics.

Provide coaching to targeted audience in order to improve instruction, classroom organization and management, and effective implementation of district provided resources.

Assist specified content supervisor in developing model lesson plans and curriculum development.

Assist specified content supervisor in developing model lesson plans and curriculum development.

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Reading Coach, Hillsborough County Schools 2005-2010

Brandon Senior High School, Brandon, FL

Conduct regular meetings with classroom teachers to examine student work and monitor progress in order to support teacher reflection and action

Use assessment data to assist administrators with placement of students in appropriate instructional or intervention programs

Assist classroom teachers with analysis of formal and informal assessment data on their students to determine student response to instruction

Work with the school’s Leadership Team, Lead Literacy Team, and other constituent groups to determine the school’s strengths and needs for improvement in the area of literacy in order to improve students’ reading, writing, and communication skills and content area achievement

Work with feeder pattern staff to assure articulation from elementary to middle and from middle to high school

Coordinate school-based professional development in reading aligned with the K- 12 Research-based Reading Plan

Continue professional growth and strengthen professional teaching knowledge, skills, and strategies through an ongoing program of workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work

Participate in district-level in-service meetings and assisting in the coordination of district level in-service offerings

Provide in-service training and follow-up coaching to assist classroom teachers in the use of reading/learning strategies in their classrooms

Sponsor, Sophomore Class

Sponsor, Student Advisory Committee

Facilitator, Brandon High School Reading Leadership Team

Facilitator, Multicultural Reading Festival

Mentor, Preparing New Educators Program

Facilitator, Site Based Staff Development Dessert and Discuss

Coach, Varsity Women’s Track

Exceptional Student Education Specialist, Hillsborough County Schools 2004-2005

G.S. Middleton High School, Tampa, FL

Supervised a staff of fifteen Exceptional Student Educational(ESE) Personnel

Designed the overall staffing process to ensure consistency in meeting District goals and meeting all State Department mandates.

Served as a resource to school-based, District, private school, and agency personnel

Used effective communication strategies to interact with a variety of audiences.

Demonstrated initiative and a proactive orientation to recognizing and resolving issues, concerns, or problems.

Developed and conduct in-service to inform basic education teachers and administrators of ESE policies and services.

Assisted administrators and school personnel with F.T.E. and matrix data.

Consulted with parents on issues related to eligibility, placement, and services.

Monitored all records of ESE students.

Managed teacher case load

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Reading Teacher, Hillsborough County Schools, 2003-2004

G.S. Middleton High School, Tampa, FL

Diagnosed, assessed, prescribed, and evaluated the reading needs of individual students to determine level of need

Keeps parents, administrators, district, and community informed about the reading programs

Participates in regular professional development to improve personal knowledge and skills

Wrote and modified lesson plans as needed

Student Government Sponsor

Organized Homecoming Dance

Self-Contained Emotional Handicapped Teacher, 2001-2003

Hillsborough County Schools, M.S. Rogers Middle School, Riverview, FL

Establishes instructional/learning environment for students to reinforce appropriate pupil behavior; Conducted assessment/evaluation of student abilities and needs

Attended and served as a member of the Individual Education Plan (IEP) Team to determine eligibility of students for program

Evaluated student progress and submits reports in a timely manner to coincide with IEP review meetings

Yearbook Facilitator

Track Coach

EDUCATION

M.S. Educational Leadership

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Master of Arts, Special Education, 2002

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Bachelor of Science, Special Education, 2001

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

CREDENTIALS

K-12 Emotional Handicapped Certification (Florida)

K-12 English for Speakers of Other Languages Endorsement

K-12 Reading Endorsement

K-12 Reading Endorsement Facilitator

K-!2 Hillsborough County Public Schools Single Gender Training

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LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES

Howard W. Blake African American History Month Coordinator

SAT/ACT Saturday School Coordinator/Facilitator

Growth Mind Set Coach

Brandon High School Reading Leadership Team

Summer Reading Program Facilitator

Multicultural Reading Festival Coordinator

Literacy Week Coordinator

District Reading Endorsement Facilitator

REFERENCES

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