Director Of Education & Community Engagement
Detroit, Michigan, United States
*Coached and led Detroit high schools to effectively develop and implement high-quality college and career pathways and programs of study*Improved school leadership teams continuously by supporting them with effective facilitation and leadership strategies, monitoring progress, and determining issues that need intervention*Modeled data driven dialogues, reflection, and continuous improvement conversations*Determined appropriate professional development and technical assistance to build site leadership capacity*Enacted distributive leadership to build capacity of staff and promote sustainability of quality pathways with a district system of equitable pathways*Supervised a diverse team to oversee school turnaround, strategic planning, and funded partnerships in Metro Detroit high schools and increased graduation rates from 67% to 80% *Promoted for demonstrated leadership, strategic thinking, and meaningful corporate and community engagement*Increased capacity in high schools while managing and evaluating a multimillion-dollar portfolio of non-profit organizations specializing in education and support services *Executed and delivered the first Detroit GradNation Summit- a $50K budgeted major education conference in partnership with America’s Promise Alliance of Washington DC