1. Dr. Tracie Shelley Prichard (843) 513-0009 | tprichard@prolca.com
3255 Banks Mill Road | Aiken, SC 29803
EDUCATION CONSULTANT/ LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT ANALYST
Coordinator of Special Programs Learning Specialist Educational Diagnostician
Supervisor of Instruction Academic Dean Wilderness Chief
Published Author Qualitative Researcher Professor
Accomplished and dedicated educator with over 20 years of experience in teaching, planning, and
evaluating lessons for students and teachers. As a teacher, collaborator, academic dean, and
coordinator of special programs, etc., worked with faculties to help improve student performance,
motivation, test scores, and social growth. Worked as Supervisor of Instruction at a charter school
for students who had been expelled from their home schools and provided students with
educational, behavioral, and medical care. Attended Special Education Director’s Training in the
Spring and Fall from 2010-2014. Developed a complete special education program at a residential
care facility that provided help to students who were at their last step before entering DJJ.
Completed all State Department reports and grants necessary to ensure the agency was in
compliance with all state and federal laws and that all students were being provided a free,
appropriate, public education.
EDUCATION
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Doctor of Philosophy in Education Leadership, 2013
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee
Master of Arts in Special Education, 1988
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee
Bachelor of Science in English/Secondary Education, 1985
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Taught grades three through twelve for over twenty years. Utilized inclusion, co-teaching, as well
as seminars to increase general education teacher’s skills, tools, and comfort levels in working
with special education rules and regulations. Led teacher groups in fun ways to collaborate, teach,
and learn. Insured there were fun activities away from the school where teams could decompress
and talk in casual settings about the best ways to implement inclusion and co-teaching.
Developed and implemented extensive IEPs. Supervised teacher’s understanding and
implementation of IEPs. Maintained extensive knowledge of special education law and updates to
policies and procedures and shared this information with faculty and staff.
Trained teachers and administrators in special education policies. Completed reports for the SC
State Special Education Department. Developed and designed curriculum and trained in Common
Core. Advised on student selection policy for residential school for troubled children, as well as
the hiring board for the presidents, superintendents, and principals.
2. Wrote federal and state grants. Served on Strategic Five Year plan committees, SACS committees,
Principal’s Leadership Teams, Formative and Summative Assessment of Educators, Trained in
Adept, Excent, Power School, and Enrich, Mind Set, Think Kids, CPR, and AED. Certified in
Suicide Prevention Training and Tailoring Instruction for the At-Risk Learner. Served as a
Wilderness Chief to students who had more serious emotional issues.
BOOKS/MANUALS/RESEARCH
Diminishing disruptive behaviors in a child diagnosed with ADHD (pending)
Dialogue in the Relationships Between Principals and Teachers: A Qualitative Study. (2013).
Tracing the history of education for African Americans in the South from before the Civil War
through the present. (2010).
Theories of educational relationships. (2009).
The effects of using a balanced literary approach with students diagnosed with learning
disabilities. (2005)
Are we adequately preparing students with learning disabilities to re-enter the general education
classroom? A closer look. (2005)
Quick and easy special education: A guide for administrators and general educators. (2002).
Comparing classroom cultures of general and resource language-arts classes for students with
learning disabilities. (1999)
Writing Rangers: Breaking through the barriers of learning. (1998)
Positive parenting manual for parents of children with special needs. (1993).
Positive Parenting Manual. (1992)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
South Carolina Association School Administrators
Council of Special Education Administrators
Tennessee Administrator Council for Special Education
ASCD
Council for Exceptional Children
Delta Kappa Gamma
Pi Lambda Theta
Kappa Delta
National Education Association
South Carolina Education Association
Vice-President Tennessee Education Association
Student President Tennessee Education Association
Student Historian Tennessee Education Association
