Gloria Spruce
Chief Program Officer
Gloria Spruce is a Certified Adult Education Trainer, Instructor, and Administrator whose experience ranges from elementary through post-secondary schools in the areas of instruction, administration, curriculum design, standards-based education/lesson planning, employability skills-infused lesson planning, workforce literacy, data management, grant compliance, professional development training, and grant writing. In the area of adult instruction and ESL curriculum design, she offers a vast array of knowledge in standards writing & implementation, soft skills-infused lesson training, forward-thinking teaching strategies, lesson design and coaching, and organization of learner-centered lessons. Her expertise in soft skills integration translates into customized coaching at the K-12 and adult program levels. Gloria is the current CEO/Founder of Refined Solutions Group of Houston, TX where she specializes in business consulting, business strategy, individual/corporate taxes, curriculum design, grant writing, and entrepreneurship training and webinars. Gloria also works full-time with the Adult Education Center as the Instruction & Professional Development Manager in Pearland, Texas which focuses on providing employability skills, high school equivalency test preparation, and ESL (English as a second language) classes to those in the community. In addition, Gloria is the co-author of English for Nail Salons a contextualized curriculum focusing on ESL within the Cosmetology industry.