Meet Us

Randee Williams

Center Director

Randee Williams comes to KnowledgePoints with a successful and varied career in both direct student instruction and education administration.

She has been a third-grade teacher, a high school English teacher (all grades), and a special education teacher, working with students who had learning disabilities. She has taught large groups, small groups, and one-on-one individualized education instruction.

For ten years, Randee was the state director for America Reads-Mississippi, a national AmeriCorps program, with a cadre of 350 full-time reading tutors who tutored elementary students across the state. The program was nationally recognized and became the largest AmeriCorps program of its kind in the nation. Prior to Mississippi Reads, she worked at the Mississippi State Department of Education, where she served on a team that provided assistance to low-performing schools. Most recently, Randee served as Volunteer Programs Supervisor for Pasco County Schools.

Originally from Minneapolis, Randee has lived in Germany, Mississippi and 20 years in Florida. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, certification in secondary English and special education, and a master’s degree in education leadership.

Randee believes all children can learn and be successful, and she understands the importance of students believing they can learn. She says, “My son did poorly in middle school math and really hit the wall when he started high school. He was sinking fast, so I got him tutoring. After two sessions, the tutor told me my son did not believe he could learn math because he thought his brain was wired differently than other students. Once the tutor was able to convince my son that he COULD learn math, he went on to do well in high school math. Several years later, when he graduated from college, his first job was a middle school math teacher! So I know both personally and professionally that every student can be successful given the right encouragement and instruction.”

Monica and Rocky Contreras

Owner

Rocky Contreras has enjoyed a successful business career primarily spent teaching, training and leading others. A winner of the “World Class Service Award” for superlative service and support, Rocky looks forward to providing Land O’Lakes families with an outstanding experience as they help their children succeed.

Mr. Contreras is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Rollins College, where he played varsity baseball, was a GTE Academic All-American, and won the Gunderlyke Scholarship.

Monica Contreras has been teaching elementary education for 18 years. She was named Teacher of the Year at McKitrick Elementary School in 2014 and at Pembroke Pines Charter School in 2000. She received the Most Influential Teacher Award at Dodson Elementary in Nashville, TN, and served as the Special Events Director for Western School in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

For the past ten years, Ms. Contreras has been teaching at highly regarded McKitrick Elementary School in nearby Lutz. McKitrick is a recipient of both the “5-Star” and “Golden School” Awards. Ms. Contreras is ESOL Certified and currently teaches third grade. She is also a member of the Van Dyke Day School Advisory Board.

Dedication
Focus on providing opportunities for children, parents, and educators to realize their goals while helping students achieve success in school and in life in communities across the nation.

Teamwork
Encourage communication, collaboration, and partnering with others in our system to grow and build on the success of our program.

Excellence
Strive to achieve excellence in the quality of our tutoring programs that we provide to communities across the nation.

Accountability & Integrity
Build trust and operate with the highest level of integrity.

“Creating Success by Changing Lives”

Provide superior supplemental education services to benefit children, parents, educators, and communities.