Teaching and Learning Coach for Greenwood Academy, a model school specializing in career and college readiness for students that have not found previous success in comprehensive schools and are finding it now through a small school environment, wrap around services, and responsive education practices.

Working with a dynamic SchoolWorks team we facilitate reflection and growth for schools across the United States.

Working with an international team of evaluators and educational leaders to conduct school inspections for international and American-curriculum schools in the United Arab Emirates.

• Collaborated with other members of Leadership Team to observe and evaluate teachers, plan professional development, establish and implement progressive discipline & schedule classes and supervision• Created strategic plan to implement International Baccalaureate (IB) Program at GT• Managed all co-curricular programs and their budgets including clubs, school trips, school-wide events & fundraising• Served on board of stakeholders to forge partnership with DePaul University… Show more • Collaborated with other members of Leadership Team to observe and evaluate teachers, plan professional development, establish and implement progressive discipline & schedule classes and supervision• Created strategic plan to implement International Baccalaureate (IB) Program at GT• Managed all co-curricular programs and their budgets including clubs, school trips, school-wide events & fundraising• Served on board of stakeholders to forge partnership with DePaul University, creating a common mission and vision, managing resources, communicating desired outcomes and expectations to larger community Show less

• Created new course to serve the needs of highest and lowest level readers based on data-driven planning and instruction• Co-taught with special education teacher to ensure all students received highest-level instruction and IEP support• Courses Taught: Reading Resource I (serving 1st to third grade-level readers) and II (serving at or above grade-level readers)

• Worked as literacy coach to mentor new teachers in best practice literacy techniques and school-wide literacy initiatives • Adapted California standards to meet needs of bilingual students and satisfy Colombian and U.S. graduation requirements• Courses Taught: English 10, Pre-AP English 10, Literature: The Graphic Novel, Literature and Humor

• Served as English Department Head and led weekly meetings with secondary English teachers to create and align school-wide standards and assessment• Attended two-day AP English Language and Composition Workshop and wrote College Board-approved syllabus • Courses taught: 6th grade English and Science, 9th and 12th grade English, and AP English Literature and Composition

• Collaborated with team teachers to create vertically aligned curriculum and standards for 9-12th grade English Literature • Participated in writing assessment workshops to create and apply scoring guides and rubrics based on AP model and select anchor papers which served as models for students in writing and revising and teachers in grading • Courses taught: 9th, 11th, 12th standard English Literature and Composition

• Served as a founding teacher for a new charter school serving under-represented students in the California Bay Area • Worked in conjunction with English and History teachers to create core curriculum and assessment strategies to meet California English and History standards • Designed curriculum, assessments, and determined attainable goals for ESL reading and writing class• Courses taught: ESL Reading and Writing, 9th grade English, 10th Humanities Core… Show more • Served as a founding teacher for a new charter school serving under-represented students in the California Bay Area • Worked in conjunction with English and History teachers to create core curriculum and assessment strategies to meet California English and History standards • Designed curriculum, assessments, and determined attainable goals for ESL reading and writing class• Courses taught: ESL Reading and Writing, 9th grade English, 10th Humanities Core English, and College Readiness Show less