Allison Slade Email & Phone Number

Des Plaines, Illinois, United States

Des Plaines, Illinois, United States

Inaugural Director of Student Services overseeing the regional safe school program in North Cook and charged with developing a continuum of Student Services including Student Advocacy ALOP and a robust Student Attendance Program to serve the 39 school districts in the region.

Strategic consultant providing guidance and counsel on leadership coaching, school structure and development, teacher professional development and curriculum development and application. Current clients include:-Leading Ed Partnerships, Illinois State University (COVID-19 recovery materials)-Chicago Public Education Fund (Provide professional development.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Developed Metropolitan Chicago Teaching Corps (MCTC) & awarded $1.625 million 3-year grant to create & initiate literacy tutoring corps-Re-design and Re-launch Master's Degree in Instructional Leadership Program with Principal Endorsement-Created a Principal Pathway aligned to the Dual Language Teacher Leadership Master's program to help increase.

-Dual Language Teacher Leadership Program Advisory Board Member-Developed syllabi and taught blended learning classes in the Teacher Leadership and Family and Community Development, Program Development and Others-In person and online delivery method-Maintained exceptionally positive relationships with students and staff

Chicago, IL

-Collaborative partner working directly with the Superintendent and Cabinet in North Chicago Community School District #187 to redesign, rebuilt and recreated K-5 educational expectations to prepare students for college and career-Designed and developed new schedules which reflected learning priorities of the district; trained principals on how to use and.

Long Grove, IL

-Created Title I after School Program and created partnership with Blessings in a Backpack to ensure food provision for students over the weekend-Supervised and managed all educational operations for K-5 elementary school including biliteracy program-Diagnosed staff need, provided weekly professional development for staff and strategic direction for school.

Greater Chicago Area

-Oversaw finance, fundraising, business management and strategic planning. -Served as a founding member of the Board of Directors and provided perspective and guidance. -Developed and Created Learning the Namaste Way- a leadership development program to share Namaste best practices nationwide.

Greater Chicago Area

-Wrote and obtained charter for Namaste Charter School and managed daily operation and education in the school including business operations, professional development and fundraising-Created innovative vision and mission for Namaste, continually creates partnerships and curriculum and provides general oversight and strategic direction.-Created and.

Highwood, IL

-Served as lead Bilingual Teacher modeling classroom bilingual balanced literacy instruction-Initiated internal staff development reading group around writing goals and facilitated weekly staff discussions-Created Parent Volunteer Center as part of the parent development committee

Greater Chicago Area

-Collaborated with university partner instructors to create scope and sequence for first year teacher seminar meetings-Created and conducted monthly learning team meetings for first and second year teachers-Provided professional development materials, corps member support and classroom visitation-Designed and implemented campus specific strategies for.

Greater Chicago Area

-Acted as lead primary staff developer at 3 Chicago Public Schools planning and conducting monthly training workshops for cohort of CPS teachers around balanced literacy; provided weekly coaching and mentoring to 15 teachers in grades K-3-Created and modified comprehensive primary literacy framework in Spanish and English-Modeled, assisted and evaluated.

Houston, Texas Area

-Initiated several community outreach programs as Parent Involvement Committee Chair-Participated in writing of school improvement plan, Annenberg Grant and Mayor’s After School Program Grant-Trainer for Peer Mediators and coach and member of critical friends group-Wrote and won Impact II Developer Grant

Doctor Of Education (Edd), Educational Leadership

Activities and Societies: Superintendent Endorsement Type 75, Principal EndorsementFocus on successful models of leadership teams in.

Mpp, Education Policy

McCormick Tribune Fellow Education Policy Focus

Ab, Spanish And Latin American Studies