Consultants

Dr. Craig Drennon

During his forty plus years as an educator, Dr. Craig Drennon has been a teacher, a professor, a coach, an administrator, and a national educational consultant; and has served South Carolina's youth at the middle school, high school, and university level. After having received degrees from Erskine College and Clemson University, he went on to complete a doctorate in Education at South Carolina State University. Read More...

Dr. Vicki Booker Holcomb

Dr. Vicki Holcomb is a Professional Development Associate for Achievement Link Educational Consulting Services. Vicki brings over twenty-five years of experience to her work as a primary teacher, a special education teacher, an elementary principal, Executive Director of Elementary Education for Buncombe Schools, Director of Elementary Education for Ashville City Schools, and a national Balanced Literacy consultant. Read MRead More...

Nancy Reid

Nancy Reid is a Professional Development Associate for Achievement Link Educational Consulting Services, and has been an educator for over thirty years. Nancy’s years of experience have included teaching elementary school, middle school Language Arts and Social Studies, gifted in both elementary and middle school, and ten years as an adjunct with the Education Department of the University of North Carolina Asheville teaching Reading and Writing in the Content Area. Read More...

Amara Camara

For the past six years, Amara Camara, master drummer from Guinea, West Africa, has provided drumming residencies, performances and cultural presentations in schools in South Carolina and throughout the southeastern United States. He enjoys sharing the rich musical tradition of his country with students, and they respond with enthusiasm to learning about the culture of West Africa. Amara offers a variety of programs to fit your schedule, budget, curriculum, or school event.Read More...

Dr. Jana Reiter

Dr. Jana Reiter is a Professional Development Associate for Achievement Link Educational Consulting Services and a master teacher who began her career eleven years ago as a high school social studies teacher. During this time she has taught in Missouri, Florida, and across the globe in Ghana, West Africa. Dr. Reiter has served in many capacities throughout her various tenures as an educator. Read More...

Linda Mook

Linda Mook is a lifelong educator with more than 17 years of experience in education as a staff development provider, literacy coach, facilitator of graduate courses and classroom teacher. Her professional focus is twofold: Working with teachers to implement Balanced Literacy and Working with Early Childhood Centers to implement structures that accelerate oral language acquisition. Data driven instruction is a key component in both areas. Read More...

Toby McQuerrey

Toby McQuerrey is a Professional Development Associate for Achievement Link Educational Consulting Services, and is the Social Studies Department Chair at Jennings High School, located in metropolitan St. Louis, MO. He has a M.A. in Education specializing in Information Science and Learning Technology from the University of Missouri and a B.S. in Advertising from Southeast Missouri State University. Read More...

Toni Jones

Toni Jones, a consultant from Columbia, South Carolina, is a Certified Grants Specialist, having obtained her certification through The National Grant Writers Association and Research Associates of Columbia, South Carolina. Toni has served as a writer, research assistant, and grant writer for Lower Richland High School in Columbia and Dorchester School District 4 in St. George, South Carolina. Read More...

"Right on Target" Building Principals

“Right on Target” Building Principals is a special designation given to current or former clients of Achievement Link who have been particularly successful in implementing “Leadership Best Practices” in their schools, resulting in a significant improvement in student achievement. These principals are talented, competent, and effective administrators who are enthusiastic and eager to assist your school throughout the implementation process.

Mr. Kory Roberts

Centerville Elementary School, Anderson, SC
High Poverty School – 70% Free / Reduced Lunch
Met Annual Yearly Progress 2009
Report Card Rating – Good Improvement Rating – Good

Pass Results...