Meighan R. Endress-Abolins, M.S. Ed.

Reading Specialist

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Credentialed teacher and Reading Specialist with twenty years experience teaching reading in small group and one-on-one settings.  Dedicated to supporting children socially and emotionally as well as academically.  Value open parent communication and the rapport between teacher and student.  Organized, detail oriented, and reliable.  


Experience

Self-Employed, Lafayette, CA

Plan and teach one-on-one reading lessons with individual elementary and middle school-aged students addressing specific reading and writing needs and goals as identified by parents, students (when appropriate) and myself.  Assess initial reading and writing skills, reassess skills at regular intervals, provide assessment reports and monthly payment statements to parents.  Maintain student files and regular communication with parents.


Lafayette Elementary School, Lafayette, CA 

Planned and taught small group reading and writing lessons for grades kindergarten through five addressing letter-sound relationships, blending, decoding, sight words, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, and writing skills as needed.  Assessed students in grades kindergarten through five at regular intervals.  Organized and implemented Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention program.

Assisted second grade teacher with reading and math groups and other instructional activities as needed.  Assisted with assessments, lesson preparation, and planning.  Substitute taught for classroom teacher.

Coordinated biannual assessments of students.  Managed invitations to the program.  Organized teachers and student groups.  Provided teachers with materials.  Supported teachers during sessions.

Taught small group math intervention lessons for first and second grade students addressing number sense, counting forwards and backwards, skip counting, place value, adding, subtracting, and estimation.


Active Reading Clinic, Dublin and Walnut Creek, CA 

Set up and opened Dublin site.  Oriented and supervised teachers.  Purchased resources, supplies, and equipment.  Implemented Active Reading Clinic standard procedures for head office.  Presented quarterly informational overviews.  Assisted with teacher training.  Wrote initial student evaluation reports.  Taught one-on-one reading lessons as outlined under Active Reading Clinic Teacher below.

Planned and taught one-on-one reading lessons with students ranging in age from kindergarten through high school using the Reading Revolution method.  Taught skills for mastery of letter sounds, decoding, fluency, comprehension, and spelling.  Maintained student files, progress reports and communication with parents.


Education & Certifications

Reading Specialist Credential ~ 2003

Master of Science in Education with a concentration in Reading Instruction ~ 2003

California State University, Hayward; Hayward, CA

Reading Revolution Certification ~ 1998, Reading Revolution, LLC; Walnut Creek, CA

Multiple Subjects Credential ~ 1998, Saint Mary’s College of California; Moraga, CA

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology ~ 1993, Humboldt State University; Arcata, CA