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But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
Today, I recognize that everything that has made me who I am uniquely prepared me to fulfill my purpose by the grace of God.
About Dr. Sheila Tillett Holas - Innovator in STEM Preschool Education
Blue Ribbon Results Academy
"Nurturing Children, Developing Minds, One Brain At A Time"
Blue Ribbon Results Child Care Center was birthed out of the love and compassion for children who struggle to read, write, and solve basic math problems. All of Dr. Holas' experiences and education led her to believe that it is not that students can’t learn, but a matter of how to best teach students the way their brain learns. Jensen (2008b) wrote, “Brain-based education is best understood in three words: engagement, strategies, and principles” (p. 410). Brain- based education is learning in accordance with the way the brain is biologically designed to learn.
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Dr. Holas, earned her doctorate June 2015 in Education Leadership and a minor in Brain-based leadership. In addition, she has trained extensively for 9 years in the area of brain-based education, principles, and strategies in hope of developing a program for improving and designing instruction that will deliver significant results. Blue Ribbon Results' instructional program utilizes knowledge of Brain-based principles and strategies, pre assessments, observation data to create initial Individual Learning Plans.
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Prior to Blue Ribbon Results, Mrs. Holas served as an elementary principal at a Title I school for four years and built an impeccable history for demonstrating effectiveness in increasing student academic achievement while increasing appropriate student behaviors. Under her leadership, 90% - 100% of Grade 3, 4, and 5 students met or exceeded the benchmarks on reading, writing, math, science, and history on the Virginia SOL test. In addition, her school received Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and full accreditation. In 2006, the school was named a Title I Distinguished School. Academic achievement soared in 2008 and the students were recognized for scoring 25% above the state benchmarks. By 2009, the school received the highest honor for academic achievement, receiving the 2009 Blue Ribbon School Award. That same year, Mrs. Holas was 1 of 8 principals in the country awarded the Terrel Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership in Increasing Academic Achievement. Blue Ribbon Results has replicated the Brain-based instructional model used to improve student learning at a preschool level. The end of the year PALs indicated that our fulltime students were at and most above grade level. DRA showed that our 4 and 5 year old students were reading between a first and second grade level. Teaching with the brain in mind gets Blue Ribbon Results!
In 2022, Dr. Holas earned the distinguished title of author releasing two curriculums! First, the Virginia Department of Education approved (for use in licensed daycares, preschools and homeschools throughout VA) Teaching Children with The Brain in Mind and (for churches and homeschools) the AMAZED! Children's Ministry Curriculum.
