Patricia F. Cook
Email: tcooktutoring@gmail.com
Website: www.myelbert.com
tcooktutor, dyslaxiahelp; @help_dyslexia @tcook2017
Education/Certification:
2015-University of Alabama Birmingham, Doctoral Student (Fall 2015 into PhD in ECE/Reading on hold)
2013-Orton-Gillingham, Greengate School of Tutor Training (AGOPE Program, Associate Certification-Dyslexia Interventionist)
2012-University of Alabama, Masters of Secondary Education Degree with P-12 Reading Specialist Certificate (H.Q. 2012/G.P.A. 3.67)
2008-Atlanta Montessori Teacher Education (Toddler AMS Certification)
2000-Auburn University Speech and Hearing Clinic (210 hours of SLP, Status 10 Program)
1998-Auburn University, Undergraduate in Early Childhood Education Degree with P-3 Teaching Certificate (H.Q. 2012)
Litterateur Experience:
2020- Nurture Their Nature By Looking To Heal Our Very Own [Learning] Difference
2020- Setting Up Montessori By Tricia Cook, Reading Specialist
2020- Pencils, Poetry, & Prose By Tricia Cook, Reading Specialist
2020-Overcoming By Overcompensation: Cook’s Comprehension Handbook
2020- Understanding Your Child’s Dyslexia Course By Tricia Cook, Reading Specialist
2020-I Signed My Own Permission Slip: Permission Taken (Co-Author, Contributor)
2020- ELBERT™: EVERYONE LEARNS BETTER EMBRACING REVOLUTIONARY TEACHING!!! (Literacy Program)
2020- Looking to Heal Our Own [Learning] Difference Through Our Very Own DNA: An alternative perspective from the spirit, soul, and body. (WordPress/Medium Article)
2019- Oh, Good Golly: Capturing Language in Students with Dyslexia from a Montessori Perspective (Literacy Program)
2019- Body Talk: Finding the Beauty In You (Co-Author, Contributor)
Education Experience:
- Cook’s Independent Tutoring, Coaching, and Consulting, LLC. (Dyslexia & Behavioral Interventionist)
- The Gathering Place Christian Academy (Behavioral and Literacy Interventionist)
- M-Power Ministries Adult Basic Education Center (Literacy Manager)
- Stonecreek Montessori Academy (Lead Teacher)
- Primrose School (Kindergarten Lead Teacher)
- Talladega City Schools-Hal Henderson (Lead Pre-K Teacher, Reading Interventionist Practicum Student)
- Alabama’s Office of School Readiness (Technical Assistant/Trainer)
- J.S.B Montessori Academy (Toddler/Primary Lead Teacher)
Tutoring Experience:
-Cook’s Independent Tutoring, Coaching, and Consulting, LLC. (Dyslexia & Behavioral Interventionist)
-M-Power Ministries (Adult Literacy Tutor)
-Reading & Math Center- Hoover (Tutor)
-Club Z Tutoring (Tutor)
-Reading Recovery (Tutor)
-Building Bridges (Adult Literacy Tutor)
-South Baldwin County Literacy Council (Adult Literacy Tutor/Trainer)
-Mount Laurel Elementary School (Reading Coach Intern)
-Alabama Game Changers (Tutor)
-Independent Tutoring (Tutor)
Presenting/Technical Assistance/Consulting:
- Office of School Readiness (OSR)- Montgomery, Shelby, Jefferson, Clay, Calhoun, Mobile, Baldwin, Lawrence, Talladega, Cleburne, Cherokee Counties (training/ technical assistance/presenter)
- Gulf Region Early Childhood Services (GRCMA)- Mobile & Baldwin Counties (training/presenter)
- South Baldwin County Literacy Council-Baldwin County (consulting/training/ presenter)
- UAB’s MidSouth Reading and Writing Conference (two consecutive years)- Jefferson County (volunteer/presenter)
- Bright Beginnings Academy- Mobile County (presenter)
- M-Power Ministries (Literacy Education Center)- Jefferson County (consulting/ presenter)
- Alabama PreK Conference (two consecutive years with OSR)- Montgomery County (training/program presenter)
- Community Action Partnership of North Alabama (partnership with OSR)- DeKalb County (training/presenter)
- Hoover Library (Teen Section)- Jefferson County (volunteer/presenter)
- Cook’s Independent Consulting (various)
Training/Professional Development:
-Jean Piaget- Constructivist Theory (Auburn University-Auburn)
-Reading Recovery (Auburn University-Auburn)
-Maria Montessori (Atlanta Montessori Teacher Education Center)
-Dr. Vincent Goetry MOOC Online Course from Dyslexia International’s Sharing Expertise (University of London’s Curriculum, Online)
-Dyslexia and Morphology & Logic of Sight Words with Ellen Meyer and Mary McBride, O-G Fellows, owners of LanguageInsights, LLC. (Online, 2020)
-Jill Hams- Children’s Dyslexia Center of Georgia (Handwriting Online Program)
-Juanita Copley- Mathematics in Action (OSR/JCCEO-Birmingham)
-Orton-Gillingham Math Training with Jennings Miller (Alabama Game Changers- Jefferson County)
-Teaching Trauma Informed YOGA FOR CHILDREN By Jennifer Cohen Harper
-Dr. Vincent Goetry MOOC Online Course from Dyslexia International’s Sharing Expertise (University of London’s curriculum, Online)
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-Becky Bailey’s Positive Discipline (NAEYC Conference-Dallas)
-UAB’s MidSouth Reading and Writing Conference (Jefferson County)
-GOLD and CLASS training with OSR (Montgomery County)
-Literacy Council of Central Alabama Tutor Training (Birmingham)
-Auburn Speech and Hearing Clinic- Status 10 Program for Audiology & Speech Pathology (Auburn University-Auburn)
-Creative Curriculum (JCCEO/OSR-Jefferson County)
-Dr. Jean Feldman-Music and Movement Training (OSR- PreK Conference- Montgomery)
-Train the Trainer (CCR-Birmingham)
–Conscious Parenting By Dr. Shefali Tsabary (Online Course)
-Harvard University-Catherine Snow’s Learning to Talk by Talking (Online Course)
-Alabama International Dyslexia Association- Dyslexia Simulation (Jefferson County)
-Houghton-Mifflin Teacher Training (Department of Children Affairs Office- Montgomery)
-Word Wise Tutor Training (Hoover Center-Birmingham)
-Samford’s Summer Institute Teacher Training (Cahaba Grand Conference Center- Birmingham)
-AMSTI- ECE Pre-K Kit Training (Alabama’s Math, Science, Technology Institute- Pelham)
-Dr. Jane Nelson- Positive Discipline (Online Class)
-Yetta Goodman- Language and Literacy (MidSouth Reading and Writing Conference- Birmingham)
-OSR Technical Assistance Training and ECERS-R by Kaplan (Department of Children Affairs Office-Montgomery)
-Educate Alabama Training (Talladega County)
-OSR Lead-Teacher Training (Department of Children Affairs Office-Montgomery)
-Mr. Greg and Steve- Music, Moving and Learning (Baldwin and Montgomery County)
-Kaplan-ECER-R: TA Training (Department of Children Affairs Office-Montgomery)
-High-Scope (Department of Children Affairs Office-Montgomery)
-IDA-AL Fall Conference: Rise To The Challenge Training (2018-2020, Mobile and Jefferson County)
Professional Organizations, Affiliations, and Memberships:
Member of The Dyslexia Foundation- An Affiliate of ACADEMIC CENTERS FOR EXCELLENCE (2018-Present)
AGOPE Member/Friends
Other
- ARA-Alabama Reading Association (past)
- BARC-Birmingham Area Reading Council (past)
- NAEYC, AAEYC & SECA (past)
- AMS-American Montessori Society (past)
- IRA- International Reading Association (past)
*reference upon request
