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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Greater Chicago Area

Led project team in conducting comprehensive school diagnostics from conception to deliverable and translating findings for various practitioners and stakeholders to inform strategy development; Consulted with district and school leaders on implementation and execution of their instructional priorities; and provided advice and support in key areas such as classroom observation visits, quality of instruction assessment; and Common Core alignment; Managed multiple direct reports as a project supervisor for research analysts and program associates; Developed and managed relationships with district leaders, school leaders, teachers, and other stakeholders; Set up and maintained multi-site data systems and execute a strategy to monitor changes in instruction; Assessed the instructional culture of “Improvement Required” schools and delivered recommendations for improvement and alignment to professional development strategy

Oakland, Ca

Managed a portfolio of internal and external clients’ program evaluations, preparing clear and compelling deliverables and presentations for stakeholders; Designed research work plans, led data collection, conducted quantitative and qualitative data analyses, and reported findings to a variety of stakeholders; Partnered with site directors in generating recommendations for the fellows pipeline program

Ann Arbor, Michigan

School Of Education

*Participation in both basic and applied research and intervention projects focusing on the promotion of positive academic and socio-emotional development in predominantly minority community settings; SEL intervention evaluation; critical consciousness; service-learning and youth participatory action research*Co-authored publications using both quantitative and qualitative methodology in peer-reviewed empirical social science journals; Secured seven grants for research funding *Organized teacher PD in which educators learned to implement a social emotional learning curriculum to middle school students, while running a formative program evaluation of the curriculum and training model; Evaluation used focus groups with teachers and classroom observations.

Detroit, Mi

*Prepared and instructed 2-hour, bi-monthly lessons for 1st year Teach for America corps members teaching in Detroit Public Schools, Conducted quarterly field observations of corps members teaching followed by debrief sessions

School Of Education: Ann Arbor, Mi

GSI-Developmental Psychology (Psych 250)GSI-Educational Psychology (Psych 356) GSI-Educational Psychology (Educ 391)*Co-constructed course syllabus and curriculum and taught three 1.5 hour classes (18 students): designed lecture material and activities, facilitated class discussion, Course examined breadth of the field of educational psychology and its application to the secondary English classroom environment and educator pedagogy.

Brooklyn, Ny

*Conducted robust statistical analysis investigating the relationship between Free/Reduced Lunch status and state-assigned Economic Disadvantage indicators. *Examined large-scale data sets assessing charter school achievement scores with that of matched traditional public schools in comparative analysis for charter school renewal process using SPSS statistical software.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

9th grade English teacher at Ballou Senior High School*Coauthored and implemented 9th grade reading, writing,, and literature curricula, collaborated with special educator to provide differentiation for students with learning differences, initiated home visits with parent-student mediation, raised external funds for 200 copies of Lord of the Flies*Led fellow educators in interdisciplinary curriculum and created individualized behavior management plans for students, elected as DC Achievers scholarship teacher and was responsible for managing the application process for 35 11th grade students to receive a $50,000 college scholarship, developed and organized the 9th grade orientation for all incoming students and parents, organized and led 9th grade field trips, restructured, scheduled and managed the after-school tutoring program while a permanent tutor, acted as a liaison between Teach for America and Ballou SHS first year teachers, conducted panel interviews for prospective teachers

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Education & Psychology

M.S, Psychology

B.A, English, Psychology, Education