AMY FALK WEINBERGER, M.S.Ed. 5949 Approach Road Sarasota, FL 34238

941.924.6373 www.thinkingcenter.com amy@thinkingcenter.com

Skype: Amy Weinberger https://www.facebook.com/thinkingcenter

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-weinberger-m-s-ed-3b4b396/

P H I L O S O P H Y I am a reading therapist and built my business to deliver reading skills and comprehension skills to students who struggle. Since 1991, my company has continued to serve 7500+ families whose children/teens experience a lag in their reading, math and/or writing development. In addition, I am an educational consultant specializing helping families navigate best fit school systems and programs, IEP/504 management, child advocacy, file reviews, and intervention options for cognitive and academic learning. In the past, I am the founder of a reading clinic, two schools, two social skills camp programs, a cognitive camp, and I have continued as Director of The Thinking Center, since 1991.an intervention center. FORMAL E D U C A T I O N Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA Master of Science (Instructional Media), August 2014

Georgia State University Teaching Certificate (7-12th Social Sciences), May 1987 Atlanta, GA

Emory University Bachelor of Arts, International Studies, May 1986 Minor, Education Atlanta, GA

Oxford College of Emory University Associate of Arts, Political Science, May 1984 Editor-in-Chief, The Spokesman Atlanta, GA

T E A C H I N G , C O A C H I N G , C O N S U L T I N G , P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E S

The Thinking Center (7500 + students since 1991) Sarasota, FL Founder, Director, Interventionist 1991- Current

• Creator and Strategic Education Director of award winning 1-1 cognitive, reading, math and writing clinic for students who need short-term training for long-term educational outcomes.

• Phono-Graphix™ Reading Therapist, Speaker & Trainer • Provide Strategic Family Consults for School Placements, Alternative Educational Choices, IEP/504 Development

and Support for School Meetings • Train students to move from dependent to independent learning • Consider sensory integration and automaticity of students when creating specific learning plans. • Develop Teacher Training Program for Paradigm Shift in Delivering Reading to Struggling Students • Manage Learning Specialists, Curriculum, Technology • Direct Communication with parents and students • Marketing Services and Website Management • Develop Outreach programs for parents regarding social media and children/teens • Developed the TRIPOD Assessment (Medical, Educational & Social Assessments) • Integrate e-learning education services via SKYPE Tutorial/Training Program for Local, State, National & Global

Students

• 1-1 SAT/ACT Training for Students with Learning Disabilities • Sensory Disorder, Attachment Disorder Therapeutic Educational Interventions • Expert Witness for Divorce and Custody Cases as they relate to education

The Thinking Center Academy Sarasota, FL Founder & Education Director 2009-2010

• Created a small middle/high school transitional program for students who needed to move from independent learning to dependent learning and matriculate back into the school of their choice for the following year

• Integrated e-Learning Solutions with Florida Virtual School • Collaborated with State College of Florida as Dual-Enrollment Participant

The GAP School Sarasota, FL Founder, CEO, Reading Specialist, Curriculum Writer, Classroom Teacher 2004-2008

• Created a not-for-profit school program for students who needed short-term interventions for long-term outcomes to “close the gap” educationally, socially, emotionally and developmentally.

• Assumed responsibility & accountability for innovative curriculum system and intake process of students • Hired and trained staff in reading delivery systems • Central Source of Strategic Planning • Directed and Responded to the implementation of current programs that result in innovation, student

engagement and improvement of student learning • Maintained Board of Directors, Annual Fiscal Budget, Website Management, Marketing Packets & Presentations • Developed Curriculum for K-10th Grade based on innovative badge system & Florida benchmark standards • Developed & Marketed School, Community Parenting Round Table Event and Community Art Project to Educate

Community about “Student Who Fall Through the Cracks” • Classroom Teacher for Basic Reading Skills • Create and Execute Marketing Strategy

Camp Arrow Sarasota, FL Co-Founder, Camp Director, Cognitive Therapist 1999-2002

• Developed camp as safe summer experience for children who didn’t fit into regular programming • Recruited and trained staff of 15 • Maintained Fiscal Budget • Created and Executed Marketing Plan • Planned Team Building, Cognitive & Reading Labs, Talent Shows, Special Events • Developed innovative cognitive, social and reading camp curriculum

Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee Sarasota, FL Instructor and Curriculum Director 2007-2012 The Communiteen program encouraged students in 8th through 12th grades to explore their Jewish identity using Jewish sources to discuss family, history, life issues and their personal relationships to the Jewish people. It gives students Judaism “their way.” Antilles School St. Thomas, USVI Classroom Teacher – 6th grade (English, Science Social Studies) 1989-1990

All Saints School St. Thomas, USVI School-Wide Librarian 1988-1989

Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas St. Thomas, USVI Religious School Teacher 1988-1990 Columbia High School Atlanta, GA Classroom Teacher (9th-12th Social Studies) 1987-1988

A D D I T I O N A L T R A I N I N G , S P E A K I N G E N G A G E M E N T S , V O L U N T E E R W O R K

• Speaker - Children Therapy Associates, The Missing Link to Reading Bradenton, Florida

September 2018 (TBA)

• School Connection Conference for Educational Consultants Washington, D.C. June 2-4, 2018

• Reaching the Wounded Student National Certification Orlando, FL June 30, 2018

• Speaker - International Phono-Graphix(™) Reading Conference - Seattle, Washington Refresh & Reimagine PG for Teachers June 23-24, 2018

• School Connections Conference for Educational Consultants Tampa, FL February 2-3, 2018

• National Council of Teachers of English Current Membership

• Reaching the Wounded Student Conference Orlando, FL June 25-28, 2017

• Speaker - Autism Symposium: A Family & Community Affair - Dependent Park City, Utah to Interdependent August 21-24, 2017

• Speaker - National Conference on Bullying & Child Victimization - Orlando, FL It’s Up to the Parents to Change February 22-24, 2016

• Speaker - Alliance for Family Engagement - Rethinking the Reading Model St. Petersburg, FL November 6, 2015

• Speaker - International Phono-Graphix(™) Reading Conference Altamonte Springs, FL June 27-29, 2015

• Community Outreach - Parenting Conversations in the Digital Age Sarasota, FL December 5, 2014

• FETC Educational Technology Conference Orlando, FL January 2014

• Educational Consult for YouScience Nashville, TN February 2014

• Neuronet® Learning Affiliate - Fluency in Academic Learning Jacksonville, FL 2013 - Current

• Highlands Affiliate - Aptitude Testing Larchmont, NY 2012-2016

• The HANDLE® Institute - Addresses Neurodevelopmental Irregularities Atlanta, GA Certified HANDLE® Screener 2009-Current

• Board of Directors for Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee Sarasota, FL Ad Hoc Education Committee 2009-2011 Local Grants Committee Chairman

Jewish News Committee, Older Adult Task Force Committee

• Center for Israel Emory University Atlanta, GA

Curriculum Reviewer for Special Needs Curriculum 2009/2010 Pre-Collegiate Teacher Education Workshop on History, Culture, Politics of Modern Israel

• Network of Families with Disabilities Sarasota, FL Executive Board of Directors 2009-2010

• Clinician Conference on Neurodevelopmental Variation Chapel Hill, NC For Physicians, Psychologists & Other Clinicians Oct. 26-29, 2003

• Judgeship for Entrepreneur of the Year Sarasota, FL March 2000

• The Listening Program® Provider Trainer Sarasota, FL Coordinator of Local Training Events 1999-2001

• Phono-Graphix™ Trained Reading Therapist Sarasota, FL Operated fastest growing Phono-Graphix™ reading clinic in the country 1998 - Current

• P.A.C.E. Trained Cognitive Therapist Pensacola, FL Granted first PACE Training Clinic License in country 1999-Current

• Nominated as Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Sarasota, FL 1999

• Co-Founded L’Chaim BBYO (B’nai B’rith Youth Organization) Sarasota, FL Youth Chapter 1993

S P E C I A L I T I E S

• Creative Innovator of Curriculum Design, Assessments, Feedback & Implementation that Meets and Exceeds Educational Guidelines and Standards

• Comparative Analytic Educational Relationships • Strategic Educational Partnerships • Communication Skills to get to “YES” for students and families - school advocacy • E-Learning Systems, Educational Social Media • Flexible, Organized, and Motivated • Veteran Teacher, Entrepreneur, Consultant, and Educational Planner • Most Recent Books: The 5 Second Rule, The Art of War, Night, A Best Practice Guide to Assessment & Intervention

for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Schools, Second Edition, Not By Chance, My Boyhood War, The Four Agreements, Five Minds for the Future, Uncovering the Logic of English: A Common-Sense Approach to Reading, Spelling, and Literacy

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