Natasha C. Gray, M.Ed., SpLD

Experience

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  School Board of Broward County

  Jan 2002 - Jun 2006

  Special Education Teacher
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  Chesterbrook Academy

  Aug 2006 - Jun 2008

  Visual Arts Therapy Teacher
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  Focus Educational Trust

  Jun 2008 - Aug 2015

  Special Education Needs Manager

  Responsible for supporting and administering psycho-educational assessments to students of Focus Learning Schools with locations in Barbados, Jamaica, St. Vincent and Trinidad & Tobago and supporting their Learning Disabilities department. Responsible for designing and implementing SEN (Special Education Needs) policy, SEN identification support procedures, SEN school performance and recruitment of SENCO’s. Supported teachers through professional development workshops on topics such as differentiated instruction and understanding children with learning disabilities. Show less

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  Inclusive Education Consultancy Limited

  Sept 2008 - now

  Executive Director

  Overall responsibility for the management of special education programs for a diverse customer base. Highly experienced in curriculum development, standards, learning assessments (e.g. literacy, numeracy, and IQ tests), education leadership, classroom management techniques and a variety of effective instructional strategies. Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with supervision and evaluation administrators, instructional, and support staff. Plan and deliver workshops and seminars in 21st century education. Show less

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  Spark Learning

  Sept 2014 - now

  Executive Director

  Currently conduct and administer full comprehensive diagnostic psycho-educational assessments and access arrangements along with SEN (Special Education Needs). Registered specialist (Reg.#398326) to support to children in numerous private schools, academies and government schools in Barbados and the Region. Provide training on Specific Learning Difficulties, Access Arrangements, Screening and Assessment, SENCo and TA (Teacher Assistant) training, effective teaching, classroom differentiation and reasonable adjustments for SEN pupils. Provide interventions for children and adults using Orton-Gillingham Multisensory approaches to reading with proven success rates. Conduct training and workshops to schools, teachers and parents on various topics in SEN. Show less

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  Partners of the Americas

  Feb 2015 - Aug 2015

  Consultant, Vocational Literacy Program (The A Ganar Alliance)

  Worked as a Consultant for the A Ganar Alliance and Partners of the Americas on a post-secondary vocational course for one year. Responsible for assessing 20 school-leavers who have been identified as being at-risk for and providing them with life skills through a mentorship programme. 18 students graduated from this programme.

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  Derrick Smith Secondary and Vocational School

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

  Special Education Consultant

  Collaborated with instructional staff on special education programs and equitably improving the quality of special education. Participated in the development and implementation of appropriate special education services. Provided instructional support services and ongoing counsel in curriculum development. Responsible for developing individual educational plans for children with a wide range of disabilities.

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  Inter-American Development Bank

  Jan 2016 - Nov 2017

  Responsible for developing two (2) pre-programme assessment instruments; one, short and easily completed by Household Facilitators (HF); and the other more in-depth to be used by tertiary institutions. Designed a blended learning English and Mathematics curriculum that was tailored to the varying learning levels of recipients including those with low levels of literacy and include a life/soft skills component. Designed a primary and secondary teaching resource for English and Mathematics as well as post assessment and progress monitoring tools. Responsible for conducting training seminar/workshops for facilitators who will administer the literacy and numeracy tests to qualified participants. Show less Responsibility for enhancing teacher performance by designing, developing and maintaining learning and performance support materials. Performed curriculum skill gap analyses and made recommendations for improvements. Conducted training needs and analysis to determine training objectives, instructional strategies, and project scope. Partner with educational administrators to monitor completion, comprehension, and retention of the content deployed to identify content effectiveness, as well as continuous improvement opportunities and lessons learned. Show less

  • Consultant

    Feb 2017 - Nov 2017

  • Consultant Curriculum Specialist

    Jan 2016 - Mar 2017
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  Hodder Education

  Mar 2016 - Sept 2017

  Regional Officer

  Serve as a liaison and subject matter expert (SME) for Hodder Education's Caribbean-specific resources. Hodder Education specializes in working with schools and colleges, expert authors and awarding organizations to create quality print and digital resources. The organization also provides CPD training and student revision events to help equip everyone with the skills they need to progress and succeed.