Hello, I’m Ebony.
I love literacy and I believe reading is a human right. Literacy knowledge is often limited to a select class of educated professionals and researchers, but literacy and all of its nuances is the passage to stability.
Therefore, we should have unrestricted access to the knowledge of language and reading to empower the next generation with strong comprehension skills and communication skills.
I aim to share this knowledge with anyone who is willing to listen, for the betterment of our children.
Join me as tell you about my work in Chesterfield County Public Schools over the past ten years as a special education teacher and a reading specialist. I completed Longwood University’s Reading, Literacy, and Learning program in the summer of 2025, and I am eager to receive my Reading Specialist endorsement.
Use the menu at the top of this landing page to explore my philosophy, advocacy statement, and work samples based on the standards of the International Literacy Association (ILA).
Grounded in Growth: My 3 Core Beliefs
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Explicit Instruction in word knowledge is foundational to student success
Phonological Awareness
Orthography
Morphology
Semantics
Syntax
Etymology
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A Growth Mindset is non-negotiable
Asset-based thinking
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Effective teaching begins with student motivation
Duke & Cartwright’s Active View of Reading 2021
Coaching Highlights
VCU Clinical Faculty Member (Center for Teacher Leadership) -completed the New Teacher Center Santa Cruz mentoring model for coaching (2021)
Currently support K-5 teachers in Evidenced Based Literacy Instruction aligned with the Virginia Literacy Act
Credentials
I am a Literacy Specialist in Chesterfield County Public Schools with an M.Ed (2010) from Umass Boston, in general education ( grades K-6) and special education (grades K-8). I proudly completed my Reading Specialist Endorsement through Longwood University in Summer 2025 and I am eager to network with like-minded professionals who share an interests for increasing literacy scores on Staewide and Division wide assessment measures among striving readers.
CV Highlights
Orton-Gillingham trained through the renown Riverside School for Students with Dyslexia
10 + years as a Special Education teacher -Chesterfield County (2015-2024)
Current Literacy Specialist & Mentor Coordinator- Curtis Elementary School,Chesterfield County
“The science of reading is inextricably linked to the love of reading. To teach and inspire the next generation, we simply can’t have one without the other.”
-Moats 2020, from Teaching Reading is Rocket Science, p. 3-American Federation of Teachers