Amanda Bikowski Email & Phone Number

Durham, North Carolina, United States

EdReports is at the forefront of the curriculum reform movement. By increasing the capacityof educators to identify and demand the highest quality curriculum, EdReports is bothdisrupting a multibillion-dollar market and transforming the way students are taught andultimately perform. With the firm belief that what is taught matters and that all studentsdeserve high quality materials, EdReports publishes free, online, evidence-rich reviews ofinstructional materials.Support a portfolio of projects with states/districts/organizations to increase the understanding and use of high-quality ELA instructional materials as a critical lever for student success and to increase educational equity and access.- Manage and coordinate across projects to ensure effective project management- Develop and lead presentations on reviews, tools, and adoption resources- Capture, analyze, and present data- Draft presentations, collateral and resources to support reviews- Stay abreast of standards and instructional materials research and adoption practices.- Support ELA material review cycles, resources, processes, and reports.

Durham, North Carolina

As Director of Development, I coordinate efforts around external development and internal development. Due to staffing needs, my role has been flexible to needs in needs of instructional coaching as well as elementary leadership.Co-Testing CoordinatorManage Interim Assessments testing by coordinating the daily testing schedule, testing accommodations, printing of assessments, teacher training, and data reports RTIOversee Response to Intervention (RTI) program for all scholars and teachers Hold regular professional development for teachers in the area of evaluating students, creating and implementing interventions, writing plans and holding meetings with parentsCreating exemplar RTI plans in a variety of subject areas as a resource for teachersHelp to expand and improve the school’s bank of intervention resources throughout the yearProfessional DevelopmentCreate and send out Professional Development schedule one week prior to each PD dayCreate, distribute, and collect sign-in sheets for all PD daysDevelop and facilitate monthly TLAC PD to small group of teachersSchool Community PartnershipsPartner with Executive Director to coordinate school community partnerships including non-profit organizations, colleges/universities, business partners, and fundersManage, update school’s website to ensure communication is accurate and alignedTeacher Recruitment and SelectionUpdate school website and recruitment brochures as necessaryManage Assistant Director of Recruitment and Recruitment/Selection TeamSetup and maintain job postings on various recruitment websitesAttend or coordinate attendance at local and state college career fairsOrganize all applications and actions made on each application including candidate communicationsSchedule on-campus interview dates, sample lessons with teachers, and interview timesSend reference surveys out before offers are made and follow up with ED regarding offers

- Develop and deliver Literacy Professional Development to middle school ELA teachers in grades 5-8.- Collaborate with Elementary Reading Interventionist and Response to Intervention Team to establish vision for school literacy and literacy intervention.- Create and modify processes and templates to support literacy intervention assessments, planning, and execution for K-8 teachers.- Design and gather resources for K-8 teachers in writing appropriate intervention goals, executing aligned intervention plans, consistently progress monitoring, and providing appropriate tools to scholars.- Analyze data and trends within and beyond our scholars in the scope of literacy gaps and strengths, English-language learning, socioeconomic and racial status, and academic history. Utilize this data to regularly modify and improve our targeted literacy instruction within the general classroom and literacy intervention.- Develop and push Middle School Independent Reading Initiative.- Certified Hill Reading Achievement Program instructor (research-based multi-sensory structured language approach to reading instruction).

Provided instructional coaching for a portfolio of 12 teachers (ELA, Social Studies, Specials, EC in grades 4th-8th).Planned and executed monthly professional development sessions around a variety of topics related to instructional best practices.Taught literacy remediation to small groups of elementary and middle school scholars.Designed curriculum materials including interim assessments, course maps, and scopes & sequence documents for ELA and S.S. courses.Served on the school's Instructional Leadership Team.

Durham, Nc

-Fourth-grade general education teacher (2012-2014), fourth-grade fiction teacher (2014-2015)- 3/4 Team Lead: mentor, lead, and supervise five third- and fourth- grade teachers in team culture, professionalism, planning, curriculum, and task management.-Book Club sponsor and coach for third-fourth grade students to foster a love of reading, learning, and peer discussion. (2013-2015)-National Board candidate 2013-2014. -Coordinated and taught 8-week summer school remediation for rising fourth-grade students at-risk for retention. (2014 - present)- Reviewed and interviewed applicants on Recruitment and Selection Committee for hiring of talented educators. (2013 - present)- Served on hiring committee for reviewing, interviewing, and selecting candidates for Executive Director in 2015.

Greater Chicago Area

- Supporting newly accepted corps members throughout the duration of Teach for America Chicago's five-week institute. - Led professional development sessions for corps members aimed at goal-setting, classroom management, data analysis, and instruction development.- Coached and analyzed corps member instruction, lesson-planning, classroom management, and teaching readiness.- Critically analyzed corps member data, student performance data, and personal coaching effectiveness.- Engaged in professional development of team leaders working to support incoming corps members through leadership, vision, and goal sessions.

Provide guidance and support for two first-year corps members with check-ins and resource materials. Served on the Development Team to recruit and organize resources and new and existing corps members.

Corps Member. Selected from over 46,000 applicants nationwide to join the national teacher corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in under-resourced public schools. Participate in intensive training program to develop the skills and knowledge needed to achieve significant gains in student achievement. Teach in a summer school program run by Teach For America for low-income students in the Chicago Public School District, under the supervision of a faculty of experienced teachers. Engage in a full schedule of professional development activities including seminars, discussion groups, workshops, individual and group reflections, readings, and learning teams specific to teaching license area.

Develop a supplemental third grade reading and math curriculum to struggling readers on all elementary levels for an average growth of 1.5 years. Analyze and differentiate state curriculum to attain 80% mastery on state objectives, resulting in more than 80% of students passing at or above grade level on state exam. Inspire and motivate students to drive their own success with individual and team investment systems. Serve as a member of the school's data team providing resources and support for a 20 member staff to improve data-driven instruction school wide.

Invested students through clear and purposeful positive classroom management and achievement-tracking systems. Developed supplemental reading and math curriculum as well as individualized learning plans for struggling readers. Created a strong classroom community focused on character building and emotional intelligence development. Served as a tutor and Spirit Team coach in our school's Breakfast Series tutoring program.- Teach For America St. Louis 2010 Corps Member- Community Impact Team

Saint Louis, Mo

- Assist in communications to develop and organize training for Emerson corporate and human resource leaders.-Communicate with international leaders, employees, and partnering companies.- Organize activities and itinerary for international 2011 Annual Learning Summit.- Develop print materials for bulletin boards, email, and training communications.-Observe and participate in hiring procedures for international employees.- Edit and revise training manuals for department leaders and employees.-Develop and edit internet material for training website.

Perform routine office duties including database management and RUNNER/INTERN. filing; communicate with publications for promotional and outreach initiatives; designed and organized production of business cards, various publications, and new firm Web site

Interviewed, assembled, managed, and trained an executive staff of 20 editors and more than 100 staff members for publication of student-operated daily newspaper. Oversaw $750,000 budget for readership of 32,000 as state's 15th largest newspaper. Managed nightly publication production including assignments, editing, page layout, photography, and multimedia.

Masters In Education, Elementary Education

Bachelor Of Arts, English Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: Student Media - The Daily Gamecock, Garnet & Black Magazine Kappa Kappa Gamma Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society.