LITERACY SPECIALISTS

Literacy Specialists will provide training and technical assistance related to understanding and acquisition of literacy skills within multi-tiered systems of support.

Kelly Rowland joined the CRPC in July 2021. Previously, she held the position of Coordinator of Special Education for Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Career and Technical Education and Alternative Education programs. Prior to pursuing administration, she was tenured as a special education teacher, receiving master teacher status for New Hartford Central School District, New Hartford, NY.

Kelly began her teaching career as a pre-kindergarten teacher at Rutland County Head Start, Rutland, VT. She then moved on to teach at the Bridgewater Village School, Bridgewater, VT and Ilion Central Schools, Ilion, NY. She is an experienced educator teaching students across grade levels at the kindergarten, first, and fourth grade levels as well as middle and high school. In those roles she has taught various disciplines including, reading, English Language Arts, resource room, co-integrated, and self-contained special education classes. In addition to teaching, she has served on advisory committees for curriculum, instruction, policy, school safety, as well as serving on her home district school board as Board President from 2016-2019.

Born and raised in Ilion, NY, Kelly, attended Ilion Jr. Sr. High School, earned her B.A from SUNY Potsdam in Elementary Education and Writing/English. She holds a Master's of Education degree in Literacy B-12 from Castleton State College, Castleton, VT.

Kelly’s experiences and knowledge allows her to specialize in the areas of: curriculum, instruction, special education, and literacy. She completed the Leadership Academy at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA in 2019 and has obtained her School Building and District Leader certifications.