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Lewisville, Texas, United States

Little Elm, Texas, United States

Little Elm ISD substitute teacher for grades Pre-K through 12. Administer lesson plans as directed, adhere to school policies for conduct and safety, and provide a safe learning environment for all children.

Washington, Dc

Assesses progress of schools towards offering all students a complete, high quality academic schedule that meets requirements set by DC Municipal Regulations, the student’s IEP, career interests, and long term goals. Tracks department metrics for reporting out to the Director, College & Career Readiness and the Deputy Chief, Academic Programming & Support. Manages the DCPS Course Catalog and partners with the Office of Teaching and Learning to add, modify, or close courses offered within DC Public Schools. Similarly, manages creation and modification of diploma types and requirement tracking within DC STARS system.Administers the DCPS Schedulers’ Online Portal, processes case management concerns from schools, including concerns around graduation requirements, course credits, grade point averages and transcript analysis. Collaborate with team members to develop and drive new or updated academic policies and ensure fidelity to said policy.Drives the gathering and analysis of data for internal and external reporting on both the school and student level to ensure fidelity to scheduling expectations and high quality benchmarks. Identifies scheduling issues and works with schools and other departments to resolve in a timely manner. Spearheads the graduate verification process for all high school programs, communicates with schools regularly to maintain on track diploma ordering and issuance, analyzes student level data to improve graduation rate. Partners with the Office of Special Education to process non-public graduates according to DCPS policy. Collaborates with OSSE and the Office of Data & Accountability to report annual graduation rates.

Washington, Dc

Manage high school graduate verification and diploma issuance, organize the DCPS Middle and High School Fairs, develop DCPS Guide to High School Options and DCPS Graduate Verification Manual, support DCPS Counselors in transcript analysis, and collaborate with the offices of Data & Accountability, Special Education, Youth Engagement, and Curriculum & Instruction to support District level projects and goals. Position includes data analysis and data support for other team members, case management, document editing and communications management, team procurement support, and special projects for the Director and Deputy Chief.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Managed marketing projects to raise awareness of magnet programs in the Pittsburgh Public School system. Created the 2011-12 Offerings & Options Guide, magnet application, magnet program brochures, and Magnet Fair postcard in collaboration with graphic designer, relevant departments, and school principals. Designed new magnet program Web site, regularly added updates throughout application cycle.Interacted with parents through email and phone calls regarding admission and applications to the magnet program, enrolled and transferred students, analyzed enrollment data, processed new applications.

South Louisiana Region

Led 81% of students to passing grade level requirements of "Approaching Basic" or higher on the 2009 iLEAP. Student average score was a 295, compared to the district average of 284 and the school average of 280 out of a possible 500 points. Honors students scored an average of 333 out of 500. Achieved Teach For America's benchmark of "Significant Gains" during first and second year of instruction, with 60% of students scoring higher than the school average of 280 in the spring of 2009. Instructed curriculum by integrating technology in a results-oriented classroom. Experienced in effective lesson planning, designing rigorous assessments, facilitating classroom culture and management, setting classroom goals, and analyzing student achievement. Leadership activities included coaching the Cheerleading team, service on the Black History Month Committee and coordinating National Education Week activities

Master Of Science, Public Policy And Management

Activities and Societies: Activities: Internship Opportunity Fund, Copy Center Office Assistant Project Manager, Capstone Project.

Bachelor Of Arts, Government & Literature

Activities and Societies: Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College elected dorm senator (4 years), Writing Center Tutor, IM.