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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 for principals in creating PLCs)-Mindful Practices, L.L.C. (Senior Advisor working to create sustainable HR and management systems)-Schools That Can (STC- Development Advisor and Strategic Planning Coach)-Grace Educational Resources (ELL teacher and leader professional development)-Legacy Charter School (Leadership coaching for members of the leadership team)-Providence Englewood Charter School (Literacy Professional Development)-Catherine Cook School (Balanced Literacy Professional Development)-Steans Family Foundation (Coaching around literacy practices in North Chicago District 187)

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 bilingual principal candidates-Creator of the Aspiring Multilingual Principal's Network-Pilot & manage South Cook Teacher Residency Program which provides teachers a route to alternative certification in the 66 partner districts-Completed Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Qualifier Training (QA) to lead future DEI work

-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 implement-Designed and managed team of Teacher Leaders to increase agency and employee and student voice and develop a career ladder in the district-Designed coaching protocol and professional development schedule district-wide-Supervised and managed team of coaches providing balanced literacy professional development to teachers-Continually innovated to drive improved results for all students

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 improvement plan, created professional development plans for teachers and conducted teacher evaluation & growth plans-Participated actively in Principal Job Alike and Administrative Council meetings at a district level- Appointed District 96 representative on the Consortium Social-Emotional Learning committee- Worked actively with school based leadership team and problem solving team to meet all student need through using data to drive instructional decisions-Managed Professional Learning Community visits from other districts looking to develop PLCs

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 implemented development plan raising approximately $1 million per year in corporate, foundation and individual gifts through the development of relationships with key donors-Modeled teaching practice, evaluated teachers and coordinated and provided professional development for staff; monitored and measured the progress of the school through a variety of qualitative and quantitative measures-Worked closely with chair of Board of Directors to create strategic plans for the Board and growth of the school; participates on Governance, Finance and Development board committeesKey School Accomplishments Include:-Outscoring Namaste’s “comparison school” by more than 10 percentage points in every subject area each year during leadership tenure on the Illinois State Achievement Test;-Only school in Chicago to achieve Gold award recognition status from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and Gold Award of Distinction Status with the HealthierUS Schools Challenge;-Pioneered a new approach to character development, violence prevention and inclusive practices through Namaste’s unique and innovative Peaceful People Tools curriculum and being recognized as an Illinois School of Character and an Ashoka ChangeMaker School-Received three unconditional 5 year renewals at the conclusion of each charter contract-Maintained more than 90% staff retention over a 10 year period-Maintained a balanced budget and healthy surplus through substantial sustained fundraising to ensure Namaste Charter School’s long-term viability

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 recruitment of corps members and conducted application worships and information sessions

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 teacher implementation of the framework in network schools-Led school visits and conducted coaching and debriefing sessions with teachers, literacy coordinator and principal or school leadership-Created comprehensive tutoring curriculum and training modules for use in schools-Led research in development of Spanish language assessment materials and analyzed research on school initiative projects including teacher professional development and literacy-Compiled and analyzed using SPSS literature reviews and program evaluation

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.

Mpp, Education Policy

McCormick Tribune Fellow Education Policy Focus

Ab, Spanish And Latin American Studies