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Kathy Sikes, Executive Director
Kathy Sikes joined the SCALE staff in 1998 as Executive Director. She is responsible for supervising SCALE programs, organizational management, fund development and strategic planning. Kathy also participates in curriculum development and training activities with program staff and is committed to connecting SCALE and campus-based programming to national literacy, advocacy and social justice movements.
Before joining the SCALE staff, Kathy worked as the Education Director for a community agency where she facilitated participatory education and small group tutor training, implemented portfolio assessment for learners and tutors, and initiated outreach efforts to local community, homeless, jail and residential treatment programs. Kathy also taught GED and basic literacy classes and designed a basic computer class for service employees at a local university. In addition, Kathy worked as a consultant for Literacy South, assisting with staff development projects related to lesson planning, authentic assessment and inquiry-based staff development.
Kathy graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in English and has a Masters degree in Education from North Carolina Central University.
Priscilla Wood, America Reads Director
Priscilla joined SCALE in 1999 as director of the America Reads Program. In this capacity, she works with 40-50 work-study students who tutor struggling readers in grades K-3, five graduate students who serve as coach mentors to the America Reads tutors, and five elementary schools.
Priscilla has taught on the secondary and post-secondary levels, and she has experience supervising preservice elementary teachers. She has compiled handbooks for America Reads tutors and for America Reads Coach Mentors. Additionally, she has had an article published in Foreign Language Annals. Priscilla received a B.A. from Wake Forest University, an M.Ed. from Salem College, and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.