Amanda Rau Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Camden, Nj

Assistant Principal of Instruction for Mathematics and Science, working to develop an elite, experienced faculty focused on giving traditionally underserved students access to the post-secondary STEM field

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I proudly served as the principal resident and then 7th grade administrator at one of Denver's six traditional middle schools. In this role I employed data analysis, strategic planning, systems thinking and innovative approaches to drive student and teacher achievement in the middle school environment.

Denver, Colorado

• Designed, developed and implemented standards-driven, performance portfolio-based curriculum and assessments for 8th grade U.S. History course• Collaborated with Language Arts team to develop interdisciplinary units• Applied data analysis to planning of differentiated skill and content • Moved students from 15% to 95% proficiency in 8th grade Social Studies• Developed blended learning curriculum to accommodate one to one classroom • Served as Student Government advisor• Built and delivered standards-based intervention curriculum to 6th through 8th gradestudents assigned to summer school for mathematics credit recoveryo Coordinated with middle school and high school math teachers to build bridge between 8th and 9th grade math readiness needs

• Supervised planning and execution of biannual student exhibition night where culminating projects from all students was displayed• Designed and implemented standards-driven, performance portfolio-based 6th grade Social Studies curriculum• Served as Student Government advisor• Attended Expeditionary Learning national conference on differentiation• Catalyzed an average 2.4 years of growth in 9th grade students during the 2009-2010 school year• Taught math intervention courses for sixth and ninth grade students• Reduced percentage of students with gaps in computational skill from 67% to 5% during the fall semester

Denver, Co