The Neuroaffirming IEP Summit

Leroy received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Vocal Music and Pedagogy from Gettysburg College in 2012 and dual Master of Education degrees in Elementary and Special Education from Lesley University in 2014 as a fellow in the alternative teacher preparation program Urban Teachers. Leroy used his skills in music, education, empowerment, and advocacy to educate students from historically marginalized communities in Baltimore, Maryland, Prince George’s County, Maryland, and Washington D.C. as a career special education teacher, curriculum development specialist, instructional coach, and education advocate for 14 years.

 

In August of 2020, Leroy founded Realized Solutions, LLC (doing business as Realized Curriculum Solutions) to support parents, caregivers, and educators with increasing the academic outcomes of students with learning challenges and disabilities. This work has included developing culturally responsive English language arts and mathematics curriculum materials for historically marginalized students who receive virtual tutoring services through small to large educational companies like The Innovative Learners, LLC and Carnegie Learning, Inc. Some of his work includes his partnership with the Center for Civic Education with supporting social studies curriculum writers/educators, from across the country in 2022, with adapting their nationally recognized We the People civics curriculum for middle and high school students through the James Madison Project Legacy Expansion. He equipped curriculum writers/educators with the knowledge and skills to make lessons more inclusive and empowering for students with disabilities and students from historically marginalized communities by including training on how to maximize student efficacy in lessons, expand the choices students have to learn particular content, and modeling how to consider multiple modalities of learning for students with disabilities and different cultural backgrounds. In 2024, he was a contributing review to the Project Citizen Level 2 teacher manual to support secondary students with being more civically engaged within their communities. Over 1 million students received instruction from curriculum solutions Leroy supported the curriculum developers and social studies teachers, with the Center for Civic Education, implemented.

 

Currently, Leroy’s company, Realized Curriculum Solutions provides curriculum development services to Barbershop Books as they build their educational technology program Reading So Lit™. Due to his diligent work with his partners at Barbershop Books, Barbershop Books recently won the 2024 New Schools Venture Fund Award of $250,000.00 in the category of Learning Solutions. This learning solution will serve as a revolutionary technological tool to empower all students in school all across the United States.

 

Leroy continues to advocate for legislation on the local, state, and federal levels to effectively train educational professionals on how to increase the academic outcomes of students with learning challenges, students with disabilities, students from economically disadvantaged/impoverished communities, and students from different cultural backgrounds. He continues to fight against institutional challenges such as ableism, racism, classicism, etc. that maintains the status quo of students failing due to their backgrounds and perceived abilities. In conclusion, Leroy is committed to living in a nation and world where all students succeed, at high levels, regardless of their backgrounds and perceived abilities.