Casey Sullivan Taylor is the Policy Director of Early Literacy for ExcelinEd. A former reading teacher, interventionist, and literacy coach, Casey most recently served as an Early Literacy Consultant at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction where she worked to implement the Excellent Public Schools Act, North Carolina’s comprehensive early literacy policy. Prior to this, she supported the implementation of Mississippi’s Literacy-Based Promotion Act as an Assistant State Literacy Coordinator at the Mississippi Department of Education.
Casey earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from William Carey University, a Master of Arts in Intercultural Communication/Missiology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Specialist in Education degree from William Carey University.