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 More...

Dr. Denise Forrest

Dr. Denise Forrest is a mathematics educator for Achievement Link Educational Consulting Services. She brings over 25 years of classroom experience ranging from teaching mathematics to students of all ages to being a mathematics teacher educator for PK – 12 preservice and inservice teachers.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...

Dr. Harold Long

Dr. Harold Long is a Professional Development Associate with Achievement Link Educational Consulting Services. Dr. Long is a career educator who has worked at every level of public education- from elementary school to university professor. Including an appointment at the prestigious Strom Thurmond Institute as an education policy analyst and director of research and evaluation, he has assisted with federal agencies, as well as a number of state and local initiatives. Read More...

Megan Keiser

Megan Keiser began her education career in 1990 coordinating a peer mediation program, in the District of Columbia’s public middle schools. From 1994-98, she taught in multi-age, inclusion-based classrooms in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and earned her National Board Certification. From 1998-2003, Megan taught at Isaac Dickson Elementary, the nation’s only public Foxfire school, developing hands-on methods to engage diverse students in a love of learning and to succeed on the state’s End of Grade tests. Read More...

Alison Burroughs

Alison Burroughs is a Professional Development Associate of Achievement Link Educational Consulting Services, and has been in education for over twenty years. Alison’s years of experience have included serving as Reading Specialist for 2nd and 3rd graders, and serving as a classroom teacher for 1st, 3rd, and 4th grades in elementary school. She has also served as middle school assistant principal. Read More...

Renee Matthews

Renee Mathews has more than twenty-four years of experience in K-12 teaching and administration. Also, she has more than six years experience teaching adult learners at the post-secondary and graduate levels. Renee has served as a Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer, High School Principal, Elementary and High School Assistant Principal. 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...