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Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

Trombonist and Singer!

Chicago, Illinois

Greater Chicago Area

Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center

Chicago, IL

• Lindblom Math & Science AcademySelective Enrollment, Grades 7-12, 70% African-American, 26% Latino, 64% Low-incomeInstructional and Vision Leadership
• Supported and developed 15 first-year teachers (20% of the teaching staff) by refining the teacher mentor program, individually supporting leadership capacity among veteran teachers.
• Led team of 7 teachers and counselors to develop a clear vision of academic and behavioral support for struggling 7th grade students and to pursue a grade-wise growth mindset curriculum.
• Assessed 40 teachers’ effectiveness via REACH by celebrating their strengths and providing actionable feedback to target areas for growth, resulting in a majority of teachers requesting follow-thru coaching and.
• Developed history teacher to lead literacy development of 7th grade teachers, resulting in cross-curricular usage of mentor texts through a data-driven cycle of inquiry to improve student writing abilities.
• Oversaw yearlong school-wide deep-dive into proficiency-based learning to improve accuracy and transparency of student grades, resulting in staff-wide acceptance of the revised policy.Operational and Community Leadership

Gary, IN

• Lighthouse College Prep AcademyCharter School, Grades 8-12, 85% African-American, 10% Latino, 90% Low-income
• Collaboratively developed school-wide vision, mission, and goals on administrative team
• Observed, coached, and evaluated 13 science and social studies teachers in data-driven cycles of inquiry
• Improved Indiana biology test passage rate by 14% in 6 months through targeted data analysis, and observation/debrief cycle
• Co-planned and taught remedial algebra course, with 92% passage rate on Indiana Algebra Test
• Raised ACT scores among participating juniors from 17.6 to 19.0 in five months

Chicago, IL

• Emmett Till Elementary SchoolsNeighborhood School, Grades K-8, 99.7% African-American, 99.2% Low-income
• Fostered strong trust and rapport among 11 first year SPED teachers, instilling collaborative norms and settling conflicts. (100% of teachers reported I was crucial to their development)
• Observed, coached, and critiqued lesson plans for 11 teachers daily, noting strengths and areas for growth to obtain their goals. (100% reported feeling ready to enter classroom and 100% still in classroom today)

1017 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL

Tutor of math (pre-algebra through calculus), ACT prep, and whatever else I'm called upon to tutor.

Chicago, IL

• Reviewed and critiqued scopes of work among 36 Illinois districts receiving $21.4M in Race to the Top funds
• Improved teacher retention rate by writing an RFP for $1.1M to oversee a mentoring program
• Facilitated statewide stakeholders meetings with university partners to improve superintendent education programs by presenting data on current practices and suggesting improvement

Chicago, IL

Through Teach For America Alumni Policy and Advocacy LeadershipWrote memos and e-bulletins regarding new policies, to schools, districts, and the boardDevised new system to ensure 100% state-wide compliance to highly qualified teacher requirementsAnalyzed data and summarized results to present new No Child Left Behind accountability system to districts.

• Noble Network Hedgehog Team
• Developed, aligned, and adapted CRS-aligned interim math assessments for the Noble Network
• Composed and facilitated quarterly PD to network algebra teachers to share best practicesJohnson College PrepCharter School, Grades 9-12, 90% African-American, 8% Latino, 92% Low-income
• Created rigorous assessments, unit plans, and lesson plans on a team of 2, resulting in students’ average growth of 2.52 points on their EXPLORE test in one year, from 13.74 to 16.26
• Identified upper-level students through disaggregated data midway through the school year; designed and instructed honors geometry course to foster their further development

• One of the 250 finalists (of 25,000 CPS teachers) for a CPS teaching (“DRIVE”) award, Oct 15, 2009
• Founded the NLU Service Learning Award-Winning GPHS Tutoring Program; trained and managed 12 HS tutors who instructed 26 ES students, who grew 10% in mastery after each session
• Advised the Anime Club to provide students with afterschool opportunity to experience the Japanese art form and improve their reading abilities through viewing foreign films with EnglishCreated the GPHS Tutoring.
• Facilitated and oversaw monthly 10th grade/5th grade tutoring days
• Devised system of quantitative and qualitative data to demonstrate program’s effectiveness
• Won National Louis University Award for Service Learning Project with Best Integration of Curriculum, May 2009

Observed and oversaw five freshmen Teach For America corps members, and their 20 studentsProvided daily written and verbal feedback to the corps members on best practices in lesson planning and time management, classroom management and discipline, and effective instruction high school mathematics to underperforming inner-city students

Provided tutoring in 12 different college-level math courses at JMU’s tutoring centerCoordinated and provided upwards of 10 hours of tutoring sessions a week to private clients

Mpp, Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Education Policy Student Association, Women in Public Policy

Education record

Teach For America: Illinois State Board of Education Approved Alternative Certification June 2009 Type 24 Initial Alternative Secondary.

Bachelor, Arts; Rhetoric

Senior Thesis: Rhetoric and Mathematics: Reviving the Exploration of a Transdisciplinary Bridge