Christopher Mayes Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, La, Us

Oakland, California, United States

Develop and facilitate culturally responsive pedagogy to cultivate student logical reasoning skills and critical thinkingResearch and grow university practices around diversity, equity, and inclusion with content masteryInvestigate and adopt relevant instructional materials, media for students

New York, United States

Facilitating nationally designed Community of Practice sessions, structured to support participants with making equity-based decisions, facilitating equity-focused and racial justice conversations, using data to diagnose and solve challenges, and building a common language around effective leadership. Leadership Walks during which Adjunct Trainer, Principal Supervisors coach participants to develop a mental model of quality instruction; gather evidence of each participant’s ability to lead instruction and develop support plans; and identify district-wide patterns, which if addressed, would lead to better student outcomes. Coaching participants through virtual or in-person check-ins to learn more about how the work of the individual participant is progressing, hear individual updates, support the use of online resources recommended for their needs, and provide individual support.

United States

Greater New Orleans Region

Leadership coach for principals, assistant principals, and other school and network based leaders for multiple sites on strategic planning, school finance, legal compliance, state accountability models and data analysis to meet organization's enrollment targets, academic readiness standards of excellence, and commitment to a positive, creative, and inspirational learning environment on every campusInspire a team of more than 100 employees in alignment with our organization mission, vision, and core values across multiple campuses by directly recruiting, on boarding, training, and evaluating the effectiveness of multiple principals and other campus based and network based leadership teamsDemand high quality assurance leading to exceptional customer service to thousands of clients including students and families in grades preK-12Hold leaders and subordinates accountable to achieving significant gains in student achievement through wraparound support, strategic personnel placement and onboarding, creative recruitment and insisting on resultsManage organization portfolio including federal minimum foundation program funding, federal and state funding sources, donations, grants, emergency federal funds and all parish, state, and federal contractsCollaborate with chief executive officer, chief academic officer, and board of directors to optimize stakeholder experiences, uphold state and federal charter school legal and ethical complianceDirect organization crisis response including multiple health emergencies, hurricanes, and other natural disastersNegotiate agreements between charter organization and district authorizers while advancing the organization’s expansion goalsServe as chief Title IV compliance officer and Title I and IV implementation manager who insists on normalizing diversity, equity, and inclusion across multiple demographics including special education, section 504, gender and gender identity equality, students and employees protected under IDEA

Greater New Orleans Region

Redesign special education to prioritize teacher training, family involvement, and superior compliance for students with special needs including 504, ESS, ELL and severe and profound alternate assessment students resulting in a 6 point increase in the special education assessment index and a 15.8 increase in the Latino/ESL population assessment index in year 1Executed school culture turnaround, evidenced by a 70% reduction in major referrals including altercations by applying zero tolerance for violence and implementation of restorative practices for non - compliance on a 5A campus with just under 2,000 students and employees resulting in our school having the third lowest out of school suspension rate in the districtImplemented an aggressive staffing turnaround model to ensure that all students access high quality teaching and learning resulting in the school's highest school performance score in the past five years within my first nine months on the jobCreated and sustained an adult learning hybrid program which promoted credit recovery combined with an endorsed diploma through earning of industry based certifications with nearly 90% of graduates earning credentials in the first year of implementationCoached five vice principals to leverage leadership teams by building instructional, operational, finance, and community relations skills, resulting in the school increasing ACT composite scores, graduation rates, strength of diploma, and Algebra 1, Geometry, EnglishI, II, III, and Biology scoresDeveloped and executed a first - year cohort approach at new teacher institute which resulted in a 89% retention of all first year teachers from year one to year twoOrchestrated systems and structures to hold students and employees accountable to executing their responsibilities at a high levelCreated virtual systems to deliver high quality instruction at the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic

Blytheville, Arkansas

100% high school graduation rate, 100% of seniors accepted to at least one university, average daily attendance of5%, suspension rate cut by 50%, recruited and assigned staff with more than 60% of employees holding advanced degreesDesigned and implemented a school - wide vision for high quality instruction, a positive, inspirational, and constructive environment, and proactively collaborative relationships with families, community members, and local businessesObsessively collected and analyzed all layers of school data to strategically plan tactics to reach shared outcomes for student and staff performanceDeveloped, monitored, and course corrected the distributive leadership model to build capacity in teacher leaders, vice - principals, instructional coaches, and grade - level chairsCreated and sustained a balanced multimillion-dollar budget and positive cash flow from multiple sources of funding including federal, state, local per pupil funding, public and private grants, public and private donations,

San Antonio, Texas

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Oversee all aspects of the instructional program. Recruit, hire, and train highly qualified instructors. Contiously assess the strength and effectiveness of curriculum and instruction. Develop staff policies which ensure fairness and high quality instruction. Strictly enforce instructional alignment with school mission and vision, district guidelines, state instructional standards and professionalism. Serve as chief school administrator in the absence of the school principal.

Greater New Orleans Area

Design and develop curriculum and training materials to ensure first - year French and Spanish teachers across Louisiana are pedagogically superior classroom leadersFacilitate bi - weekly professional development sessions including unit and lesson development, classroom culture, diversifying assessments, data analysis, and lesson execution

Greater New Orleans Area

Assess skills and needs of faculty to determine professional development and instructional strategies needed to drastically impact student achievementOversee the development of a college - preparatory curriculum, scope, sequence, and assessments for secondary literacy and composition Assist new teachers in a collaborative, cyclical model of observation, reflection, constructive feedback and implementation to ensure that each student accesses the highest quality of educational servicesDesign and facilitate professional development sessions which provide teachers with research based and data proven methods for increasing student proficiency in the content area(s)

State Of Louisiana Office Of Juvenile Justice

Oversee implementation of aggressive instructional reform initiativesManage Section 504 complianceEnsure superior transition planning and preparation including housing, education, employment, and social services

Greater New Orleans Area

Delivered French and Spanish language, literature, and culture instructionProvided small group and individualized college and career counseling to high school juniors and seniors

Coordinate all performing arts programming and special projectsInstruct students in Theater I and IISupervise stagecraft, lighting, sound, costuming, marketing including promotions and bookings

Greater New Orleans Area

Coordinate program services for pre-college high school programManage interns, work - study and service learning students, and AmeriCorps volunteersSupervise instructional and tutorial staffOversee educational programming including curriculum, instruction, and assessment

Elementary Math and Science Instructor

Marrero, Louisiana

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Editor, producer, general assignment reporter

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Organizational Leadership

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Master Of Liberal Arts, Sociology, Plus 30

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Major: Broadcast Journalism, Minors: French And Spanish

Activities and Societies: Journalism Students of ColorJournalism French Spanish Secondary English Education