Kristen Gonzales is the founder of Elevation Educational Consulting, LLC and is currently a trainer for the Washoe County School District in the field of education; 18 years of instructional experience includes the following:

• Classroom teacher for 8 years in grades kindergarten through 2nd paired with simultaneous Reading Recovery tutoring
• English as a Second Language teacher and program coordinator for 3 years, instructing all ELL students, grades K-6th
• Final year in classroom spent as 1/2 time ESL teacher, 1/2 time literacy coach.
• 5 years Nevada Reading First Literacy Coordinator
• Northwest Regional Professional Development Trainer, Northern Nevada

 Additional Experience and Relevant Topics

•  Two years as Nevada Early Literacy Intervention Program mentor
• Six years providing large group workshops which topics include classroom management, guided reading, data analysis, strategic teaching, balanced literacy instruction, reading interventions, learner engagement, and utilizing professional learning teams.
• Professional learning team facilitator and model instructor
• Master of Science Degree, Education
• Reading Recovery Certified
• CELL/ExLL trained  and workshop presenter
• District Trainer for Nevada Reading First Academy I
• CORE Literacy Leader training, 2003
•  On-site literacy trainer and program coordinator, Washoe County School District
• Co-developer of intensive intervention instructional models
• Completion of Action Research Training, Washington University
• TESL certified
• English Language Learner Family Program Developer
• Co-developer of Washoe County School literacy program recognized by the state of Nevada as a Platinum School for literacy progress
• Co-developer of Washoe County School literacy program recognized by the Nevada Department of Education as a Mega-school for 2006, 2007
• Co-presenter at Nevada Department of Education Mega-school Conference, 2007
• University presenter for topics of literacy coaching and establishing a culture for successful program restructuring
• Completion of the Professional Development Reading Institute, 2006
• Make a Difference Teaching Teachers 2007 Seminar, Dr. Meggin McIntosh
• Published author