• Conducted over 500 presentations to more than 60,000 children and adults.• Messages are engaging, dynamic and inspiring and focus the relationship between perception and behavior and timely in our current culture.• Presentation topics include leadership, communication, bias, discrimination, ethics, personality, positive culture, bullying, motivation and more.. Messages and are universally applicable to any audience.• Perfect for school assemblies, staff development workshops, corporate team building seminars, leadership workshops, wellness trainings and more.• Keynote messages and follow up break out sessions.• If you want to learn, reflect and make a difference, let Chris help.Learn more at chriseberhardt.net.

• High school administrator assigned to evaluate student performance and make recommendations to improve systems, core curriculum and programs to improve student achievement in a comprehensive high school with 1500 students.• Aligned programs to ensure that student academic, social-emotional and intellectual needs are met through improved staffing, strategic planning, policies, interventions, structures, scheduling and pathways.• Initiated and guided the creation of a district wide rubric awarding credit for competency in core curriculums.

• Principal of the largest alternative education campus in Colorado, serving 900+ students a year, ranging in ages 14 through adult in the 35th largest district in the United States, Jefferson County Public Schools.• Managed 90+ staff, two budgets, two high schools while serving students from 7:30 am through 9:00 pm in seven programs, including a day care for teen parents and a day and night time adult high school.• Re-structured schedule to create and offer additional pathways to graduation without increasing FTE.• Increased course offerings through shared staffing solutions resulting in over 300 additional creditsopportunities for students.• Implemented new student orientations and award assemblies to honor student achievement.• Initiated and guided the creation of a uniform district online application for students served in alternativesettings.• Decreased absences by 35% and failures by 40% in the first year as principal.• Implemented school wide assessment and improvement plan for all students to measure growth in reading and math using three measures.• Created pathways with industry certificates in three areas.• Started concurrent enrollment with nearby community college.• Expanded mental health services for students.• Created a school café, including a related class, to provide school food service and vocational training for students.• Designed a new school website.• Initiated and implemented alternatives to suspension and expulsion classes for policy violations.• Worked to create a coalition of alternative education campuses in Jefferson County to more efficiently serve more than 6,000 at risk students in ten schools.• Designed a class to orient new students entering McLain Community High School.

• Sole administrator of alternative high school serving 140 at risk students, ages 16-21.• Reconfigured staff to employ more full-time teachers without raising FTE while increasing core and elective course offerings.• Implemented new student orientations and quarterly award assemblies to promote Eagle Academy and honor student achievement.• Increased enrollment by 30% while decreasing students on academic leave by 20%.• Expanded mental health services for students by advocating for, and hiring full time social worker.• Created a school store and related class to provide school food service and vocational training for IEP students.• Designed a new school website and became the first district school to implement teacher websites as a requirement for accessibility, accountability, assessment and transparent curriculum.• Initiated and guided the creation of a uniform district online application for students served in alternativesettings.• Initiated and implemented alternatives to suspension and expulsion classes for policy violations district wide.• Designed and co-taught a class to orient all new students entering Eagle Academy.

• Assisted in all daily operations to manage a school of 740 students, grades 9-12.• Designed staff development and student ethics program.• Conducted district wide in-services for creating a positive school culture.

• Researched, designed, implemented and directed an alternative education program.• Response To Intervention and Student Assistance Team Chairperson responsible for investigating and planning student interventions.• Created meaningful and relevant learning opportunities for at-risk students to earn credit toward graduation.• Implemented a Performance Based Diploma plan for credit deficient students.• Designed a GED school based tutorial program for students unable to earn sufficient credits for graduation.• Collaborated with community to organize various vocational and service learning experiences.• Raised reading scores 1.5 grade levels of students per year by implementing researched based readinginterventions.• Established a school store, investment program, school wide recycling, dog training, and assembly program.

• Taught psychology, sociology, American history, government, and athletic strength training.• Coached football and basketball for a combined 22 seasons.• Social studies teacher as part of a core curricular interdisciplinary team for 9th grade students.• Designed service learning projects for psychology students at local nursing home and daycare centers.