Tamieka Thomasson, MA
Director of Educational Services
The Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children

Tamieka Thomasson serves as the director of educational services for The Reginald
S. Lourie Center’s Lourie Center School (LCS), a Maryland State
Department of Education (MSDE) accredited non-public school that serves
children with complex emotional and developmental problems. She also
oversees the Before and After School Program. Since 2005, Tamieka has
managed and overseen the LCS, with responsibilities including but not
limited to developing and maintaining policies in adherence with MSDE,
assisting with staff recruitment, overseeing implementation of the
students’ individualized education plans (IEPs) and overseeing
day-to-day operations of the LCS.

Tamieka joined the LCS in 1998 as an assistant teacher. Within the
next two years, Tamieka’s level of responsibility increased as she
became a lead teacher in the school; developing curriculums, conducting
student psycho-educational assessments, monitoring IEPs, developing
individualized material for classrooms and providing in-service training
to LCS staff. Prior to joining the Lourie Center, Tamieka was a
teacher’s assistant and lower camp director for Barrie Day School in
Silver Spring, Maryland. Tamieka also served as special education
advocate for James E. Brown & Associates, PLLC, a law firm that assists
families and children with identifying the children’s special
education needs within the educational system in order to provide them
with an appropriate academic setting.

Tamieka earned a bachelor’s degree in human development with a minor
in early childhood education from Howard University. She received her
master’s degree in education and human development with a
concentration on early childhood special education from The George
Washington University. Tamieka has advanced professional certification
from MSDE in generic special education, infant through grade eight.