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About Douglas Little

Douglas Little brings a professional lifetime of experience in special education to Key2Ed, Inc. After beginning his career as a teacher and principal in Tennessee, he has since served at the local, state, federal and higher education levels of public education. His experience in federal, state and local educational administration is as extensive as his experience in the interpretation and application of federal and state statutes, rules and regulations.

For the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Washington, D.C., Little served as Education Program Specialist and State contact person where he was responsible for monitoring States’ implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (Part B). While fulfilling the responsibilities of the position, he was honored with the 1994 Leadership Award from the US Department of Education.

Prior to joining OSEP, he worked for several years with the Tennessee Department of Education, Nashville, as an Education Specialist, Secondary Education Staff and Secondary Education Coordinator.

Within the State of Tennessee, Little served as Director of Special Education for the Bradley County Board of Education, (Bradley, TN) and Cleveland City Schools, (Cleveland, TN). While Director of the Cleveland City Schools program, the governor recognized the system as an A+ system, a highly coveted recognition. In 1984 the Honorable Lamar Alexander, Governor of the State of Tennessee, named Little Aid De Camp, Governor’s Staff.

In addition, he has also served as Director of Special Education for Montgomery Public Schools, (Montgomery, AL), and Assistant Superintendent for the San Francisco Unified School District.

About Joyce Little

Dr. Joyce Little began her special education career as a speech/language pathologist teaching students with language disabilities. For over seven years, she also worked as a diagnostic expert, identifying students’ disabilities and defining the programs necessary to serve their individual needs.

The scope of Dr. Little’s twenty-five years experience in education is extensive and includes administering local special education programs in Northern and Southern California school districts. For over ten years, she applied her analytical talents and facilitation skills to promote organizational change within these districts. The results of her work positively affected special education programs through dramatically improved communication and coordinated decision-making at the program director and coordinating agency levels.

Her commitment led to improved delivery of service to students through the initiation of Special Education Leadership Teams. The Teams were comprised of teachers, principals, and aides who continuously reviewed and revised processes and procedures within districts for special education programs.

In her work with special programs and projects, Dr. Little introduced multi-sensory reading programs that successfully improved LEP and special education student’s language proficiency for both English and their primary language. To foster positive patent involvement and participation, she established and improved thriving Community Advisory Committees (CACs) to focus on the development and implementation of dynamic parent information and training opportunities.

In addition to teaching at all levels, from preschool programs to high school, she has worked for districts as a fun-raiser and grant writer, and developed award winning school business partnerships.

A native Californian, Dr. Little holds the following degrees from the University of Southern California: Ed.D in Education Policy and Administration; M.A. in Communicative Disorders; and B.A. in Political Science.