Melodee Walker
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Research-based  practices to promote success for all students.

 

Educational Consultant Services

 

Melodee is an experienced educational consultant providing support and services with a particular focus on reading instruction, data-based decision making, special education, and students with language-based learning disabilities.

Customized professional development available in:

  • multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and data-based individualization (DBI)

  • the science of reading

  • evidence-based reading instruction

  • data-based decision making

  • differentiated and individualized instruction for learners

  • learning differences including dyslexia and ADHD (for individuals, teachers, or administrators)

Melodee is an experienced presenter who can tailor professional development across audiences, offering solutions and connecting with students, teachers, and schools to promote student academic, behavioral, and social-emotional success.

 
 

Tutoring (K-8): Virtual Sessions

Reading

  • Dyslexia (Kindergarten-adult)

  • Phonemic and phonological awareness

  • Word reading/decoding

  • Reading comprehension

  • Fluency

  • Vocabulary

  • Pre-reading skill development

  • Instruction across content areas in non-fiction/expository text for adolescent readers

Writing

  • Idea generation

  • Conventions

  • Organization

  • Encoding/spelling support

  • Content area writing support across genres and text structures

Executive Functions

  • Study skills

  • Time management

  • Organization

Methods Used

  • Multisensory reading instruction

  • Research-based instructional techniques

  • Individualized instructional components

  • Frequent goal progress monitoring and reporting

Summer Programming

  • Customized summer tutoring programs available

 
 

Diagnostic Assessments

Reading comprehension

  • Identify areas for tutoring support and classroom recommendations

  • Identify reading comprehension grade level

Word reading/decoding

  • Identify patterns for remediation

  • Tutoring and classroom recommendations

  • Conduct miscue/reading error analysis

  • Identify word reading grade level

Fluency

  • Identify goals and instructional plan for building reading fluency

 
 

Educational Advocacy and Support

Review of Individual Education Programs (IEPs) and 504 plans
Review of accommodations/educational program recommendations