PPS Special Education Leadership Team
(Top Left to Right: Tilda Sorensen, Thomas Byrnes, Tomara Carmon-Rogers, Felicia Shepard, Tenisha Norvell, Jackie Tate, Teresa Howington-Vaughan, Lisa Gehring, Vanginette Benton.
Bottom Left to Right: Diane Hawkins, Nell King, Pamela Battle-Hardy, Marcy Pronovost)
Pamela Battle-Hardy, Coordinator of Special Education and Related Services
Portsmouth Public Schools
Office of Special Education & Related Services
2801 Turnpike Road * Portsmouth, Virginia 23707
757-393-8658 * Fax 757-393-5289
Vanginette Benton, Supervisor
Churchland Primary & Intermediate Lisa Gehring, Program Specialist
Churchland Middle Early Childhood Special Education
Hodges Manor Elementary Churchland Preschool
Mount Hermon Preschool
Olive Branch Preschool
Tomara Carmon-Rogers, Supervisor
Assistive Technology
James Hurst Elementary Melissa Gilliam, Program Specialist
I.C. Norcom High School Churchland Academy
Victory Elementary
Teresa Howington-Vaughan, Supervisor
Park View Elementary Felicia Shepard, Program Specialist
SECEP Programs Douglass Park Elementary
New Directions Center John Tyler Elementary
Private/Residential Placements/CSA
Hampton Roads Regional Jail
Nell King, Department Head
Tenisha Norvell, Supervisor Hearing Services
Autism Programs Orientation and Mobility Services
Lakeview Elementary Speech Therapy Services
Simonsdale Elementary Vision Services
Westhaven Elementary
Tilda Sorensen, Department Head
Marcy Pronovost, Supervisor Adapted Physical Education
Compliance/Data Occupational Therapy
Churchland High Physical Therapy
Woodrow Wilson High
Thomas Byrnes, Department Head
Jackie (Mary) Tate, Supervisor School Psychology
Brighton Elementary
Churchland Elementary
Cradock Middle Diane Hawkins, Department Head
William Waters Middle School Social Work