Meet Our Founder & CEO
Leroy Smith, M.Ed.
Leroy is an educational consultant with over 14 years of experience as a licensed and highly effective special education teacher, curriculum development specialist, educational advocate, and instructional coach in Maryland and D.C. public schools, charter schools, and nonpublic special education schools.
Leroy founded Realized Curriculum Solutions in 2020 to address the needs of students from underserved communities struggling with the negative impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic. He became an educator to ensure that Black and neurodivergent boys would receive the best education possible after he witnessed the curricular and intellectual harms done to his younger brothers in their schools that still impact them today as adults.
In 2024, Leroy was a contributing reviewer for the Center for Civic Education's Project Citizen Level 2 Teacher Manual to engage middle and high school students in civic actions within their communities with a focus on culturally responsive pedagogy.
Since 2024, Leroy has been the lead curriculum reviewer and developer on Barbershop Books award-winning reading application Reading So Lit TM. This reading application supports the love of reading for students of color, neurodivergent learners, students from economically disadvantaged communities, and multilingual learners.
Leroy maintains active membership in several professional organizations. Those organizations include: the Council for Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), and the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI).
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