Anthony Andre Zarate, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

+ Self-made business aimed at helping organizations, traditional and non-traditional, particularly in education to be radically inclusive, safe, and brave for all students. This includes culture, climate, and academic achievement. I focus on storytelling, innovating education, and centering the brilliance of people of color and queerness.+ With 228Accelerator: creating asynchronous professional development for a network of schools in a large urban district centered around historically & culturally responsive literacy and literacy strategies for close reading; holding office hours and lesson review plans.+ With The Equity Lab & Sesame Street: reviewing, editing, and polishing 8 professional development modules related to Race, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI).

+ We are designing a liberatory space that aims to create new worlds and universes for LGBTQIA+ youth of color by using our imagination and dream space. Through the use of imagination, healing, literacy, art, and passions, we co-design a world that makes for a safer, braver world.

Washington D.C., Us

+ Networking with other education entrepreneurs of colors to learn about strategic planning, financing, and business decisions.+ Participating and receiving mentorship conversations, coaching, and guidance on the Z Factor Project and House of Legends while taking courses through the edX community on designing healing spaces and thinking like an organizer.

New York, Ny, Us

+ Writing elementary and middle school social studies modules that are directly tied to social studies standards and literacy standards.+ Collaborating with editors to make sure the standards align with the performance task given.+ Modules Written: Columbus and Age of Exploration, Perspectives of Abraham Lincoln, Sanctuary Cities, and Voting Rights.

Bronx, Ny, Us

+ Teaching two sections of EN-111 College Writing and Critical Analysis and one section of EN-121 Research, Writing, and Analysis

Washington, Us

+ Designed, developed, and implemented interdisciplinary humanities units in reading, writing, and social studies for middle school students that is rigorous, culturally responsive, and follows anti-racist pedagogy.+ Created and customized social emotional equity curriculum to implement a safe, brave, and inclusive classroom for all students in a mixed-grade classroom.+ Customized Montessori teaching practices to align with pedagogy that is culturally responsive and anti-racist.+ Cultivated strong, collaborative relationships with families and students to ensure achievement and academic success for all students. + Co-founded the school’s first Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA), providing a safe, brave, and inclusive space for LGBTQIA+ students by allowing them to lead projects like Pride Month.

Washington, Dc, Us

+ Participated in seminars that design and scale equity-centered solutions to D.C.’s most pressing issues.+ Designed and implemented an identity-centered pilot activity centered on LGBTQIA+ students of color to vocalize the definition of a safe, brave space.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

+ Coached and managed two 7th and 8th grade reading and writing teachers in a virtual setting format that supported teacher fellows in the writing of lesson plans, developing instructional techniques, and implementing classroom management. + Collected, evaluated, and provided feedback for teachers on lesson plans and classroom culture based on the Breakthrough Teaching Excellence Rubric.+ Facilitated a weekly extended professional development session based on teacher observation and needs around instruction.+ Modeled excellence in teaching through demonstration lessons and coaching meetings.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

+ Created and designed a microlab school, House of Legends, which is an innovative school model that centers the needs of students of color who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community.+ Designed a business plan for The Z Factor Project, a launch plan for House of Legends, a recruitment plan, and a business pitch+ Designed and implemented multiple identity-focused pilots in both classroom culture and curriculum that centered the needs of LGBTQIA+ students of color through High Jump Chicago and 7th & 8th grade social studies classrooms.+ Applied the EquityXDesign Framework and innovation design models to ensure that model includes community input and student voice in the process.

Chicago, Il, Us

Lead of the Anti-Racism & Justice Committee (2020 - 2021)+ Facilitated a professional development with committee members that focused on the EquityXDesign framework.+ Led the school leadership team through a SWOT analysis of equity projects within our school and a discussion around the continuum for being an anti-racist organization. + Designed and facilitated a culturally responsive curriculum audit for K-1 with a team of 9 teachers in conjunction with the Teach for America ASPIRE Fellowship. Middle School Team Lead & ELA Department Chair (2016 - 2018)+ Led Middle School ELA teachers to create rigorous and culturally responsive reading units for students in Grades 5 to 8, which led to the strongest growth in ELA according to the NWEA MAP test.+ Facilitated professional development for teachers that aligned to teacher competency and school aligned goals as it relates to rigorous instruction in English Language Arts.+ Supported STEM teachers’ professional development to include literacy practices, such as writing instruction. 8th Grade High School Coordinator (2016 - 2018)+ Designed and implemented an application program for parents and the community that ensured 8th grade students apply to strong and rigorous college preparatory high schools based on students’ interests and fit that resulted in 100% student acceptance in the Classes of 2017 and 2018.

Chicago, Il, Us

2020 to 2021 SY: 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher2017 to 2018 SY: 7th & 8th Grade Mathematics Teacher2016 to 2017 SY: 2015 to 2016 SY: 7th & 8th Grade English Language Arts Teacher2014 to 2015 SY: 5th & 6th Grade English Language Arts Teacher2013 to 2014 SY: 5th Grade Founding Teacher+ Designed and created a culturally-relevant English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Mathematics curriculum that focused on representation, anti-racism, critical thought, and writing instruction by using the Universal by Design model. + Led and implemented reading intervention programming for middle school (Grades 7 & 8) while teaching the Tier 2 and 3 clusters of the RTI model. + Facilitated professional development for new teachers around building strong classroom culture through relationship building and classroom management. + Lead students through double digit growth in reading and mathematics according to the NWEA MAP assessments in percentages above the national norm and educational attainment.+ Collaborated with families by creating community initiatives and school culture initiatives to ensure the success of all students in the classroom.

Chicago, Il, Us

+ Managed, coached, and evaluated the entire middle school team (12 teachers total) including special education teachers, bilingual teachers, and the art teacher for excellence.+ Created and improved the school's teacher competency skills framework by focusing on characteristics of excellent teaching, particularly on student-led classrooms.+ Implemented and customized middle school culture, such as behavior management systems and schoolwide celebrations.+ Designed and facilitated English Language Arts (K-8) professional development related to best practices for increased literacy achievement. + Coordinated and implemented schoolwide assessments (K-8) such as Northwest Evaluation Association Measures of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP), Fountas and Pinell, and formative assessment benchmarks.+ Supported the middle school classrooms (5th-8th Grade) as a dean of students during crisis and situations between students by building relationships with teachers, students, and families.+ Coordinated the hiring process for new staff by leading screening calls, interview panels, and demonstration lessons.

Chicago, Il, Us

July 2020 to June 2021 | 7th Grade Issues and Ideas TeacherJune 2015 to August 2015 | 8th Grade Algebra I TeacherJune 2014 to June 2015 | 8th Grade Writing Workshop Teacher+ Designed and implemented a self-created curriculum (humanities and math) that focused on culturally responsive teaching and anti-racism pedagogy for the 5-week summer program and the school year program.

+ Developed and formalized a process for overseeing NWEA MAP Assessments for all 126 Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese, which resulted in 100% schools and classrooms with winter and spring data and 75% decrease in suspended tests from the previous years.+ Analyzed standardized test data (NWEA MAP and New York State tests) to discover trends, curricula, and pedagogical patterns across the system.+ Facilitated discussions around student assessment data with Catholic school principals and provided professional development.+ Supported principals' needs for their teachers in terms of suggested professional development for their particular school.+ Assisted and collaborated with the Associate Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction with the Accreditation of Catholic Schools by writing detailed narrative reports, analyzing quantitative data, and the creation of presentations.

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Educational Leadership

Master Of Science (M.S.), Elementary Education And Teaching

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Urban Studies

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