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Transform Your Elementary School into Literacy Leaders!

Empower Teachers, Engage Students, and Elevate Your School's Reputation.

What We Do

Increase Teacher Morale

Fuel Student Confidence

Boost Literacy Rates

Attention Elementary Principals & Elementary Literacy District Leaders!

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According to the 2022 NEAP report only 33% of 4th graders performed at or above level in reading.

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Students receive instruction that lacks evidence-based elements and principles. Consequently, many students fall behind and teachers feel powerless to help them.

 

Elementary principals and teachers often find themselves:

  • overwhelmed by the number of students who have difficulty with reading.

  • feeling inadequate, doubting their effectiveness as educators.

  • frustrated by ineffective strategies and resources.  

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Your teachers should be heroes, not feel defeated. Let's change the story together.

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Develop Teacher Knowledge

In-Depth Workshops: Explore structured literacy evidence-based elements & principles for tangible results.

Ongoing Mentorship: Continual support ensuring that no teacher feels ill-prepared or overwhelmed.

Online Resource Library: Access to teaching materials and lesson blueprints.

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DRIVE STUDENT SUCCESS

Holistic Growth: Beyond just scores, foster a genuine love for reading in students.

Individualized Attention: Strategies that pinpoint and address individual student needs.

Future Readiness: Prepare students for success in higher grade levels and beyond.

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STRENGTHEN SCHOOL STANDING

Recognized Excellence: Increase your literacy rates and stand out as a leader of literacy advancement.

Invigorated Morale: Boost the spirits of educators, fostering a positive teaching atmosphere.

Community Magnet: Attract more families, fostering a stronger and more engaged school community.

TURN THE PAGE TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

We Are Uniquely Positioned to Help You:

Over a decade of hands-on experience in primary and upper elementary education.

Leadership roles at The DC Reading Clinic, successfully coached 65 teachers, transforming their teaching approaches.

100% recommendation from past clients whom also claim they were knowledgeable, effective, and confident helping a struggling reader.

Professional Development Specialist for The Reading League.

Teachers she has worked with name how helpful and meaningful her coaching has been. She is responsive to individual teacher needs and leverages her wealth of classroom experience in addition to her structured literacy expertise.

- Dr. Behr

Director, DC Reading Clinic

Because of Mrs. Bolden, my students have made tremendous growth with structured literacy and teaching them to read. I now know exactly what skills to target when planning my reading lessons and how to make adjustments when I need to. 

- Mrs. Adesanya

Primary Educator, District of Columbia Public Schools

I am so grateful to MeQuel for providing coaching not only to improve my practice, but also to explicitly plan according to the student data. With MeQuel's guidance I was able to get students who needed support with identifying letter sounds to read texts containing multi-syllable words with blends in less than a school year.

-Ms. Lee

Primary Special Education Educator

District of Columbia Public Schools

Services

 We help fill the gap in quality structured literacy professional development and instructional coaching for Primary Educators.

Structured Literacy Professional Development

Our professional development sessions are designed to equip educators with the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver structured literacy instruction. We offer customized training programs tailored to the specific needs of your school or district.

 

Benefits: Improve teachers' understanding of structured literacy principles, boost student engagement, and enhance reading skills.

Instructional Coaching

Our one-on-one instructional coaching sessions provide educators with personalized support and feedback. We work closely with teachers to enhance their instructional practices, adapt to individual student needs, and build confidence in structured literacy techniques.

 

Benefits: Empower teachers to implement structured literacy strategies effectively, leading to improved student performance and literacy skills.

Instructional Walkthroughs

Our instructional walkthroughs involve on-site visits to your school, where we conduct comprehensive observations of classroom instruction. Our goal is to provide actionable insights and collaborate with administrators to determine next steps for enhancing structured literacy instruction.

 

Benefits: Promote ongoing improvement in structured literacy instruction, gain valuable insights into teaching practices, identify areas for growth, and ensure consistency in literacy practices across classrooms. 

Meet

MeQuel Bolden

MeQuel Bolden has committed her career to pioneering a culturally relevant, evidence-based approach to teaching that specifically empowers black and brown children. As a transformative educator and an innovative educational consultant, she is challenging and replacing outdated, anecdotal teaching techniques that often fail to deliver the individualized learning experiences that children of color need to thrive. Instead, MeQuel’s consulting firm, MeQuel Bolden Consulting, equips educators with educational strategies and systems scientifically designed to neutralize teaching biases while capturing and retaining the attention of students in an increasingly diversified classroom environment. 

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Eco-Friendly Design

One of the ways in which we provide exceptional value is through the wide range of features that we offer. Our team created them to provide every customer with the best possible experience. Explore some of the main features below, and please get in touch to receive additional information.

24/7 Support

Our customers deserve the highest level of support, and we work tirelessly to maintain those standards. When you choose to work with our team, know that you are consistently choosing quality and excellence. Customer service is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you’d like more information about our features, get in touch today.

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Here are a few key takeaways from participants:

💬"I love how the information was presented to support schools with their small group planning! The importance of a screener vs. diagnostic is too important!

💬"My biggest takeaway was the need for a structured and continuous plan for small groups to ensure consistent and effective instruction."

💬"You empower admin to feel like they're moving in the right direction to help their staff and change literacy scores!"​​

© 2023 by MeQuel Bolden Consulting LLC. All rights reserved.

Certified in LETRS and trained in IMSE Orton-Gillingham approach.

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