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Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States

- Create and sustain a culture of high expectations and student achievement with students, staff, families, and community stakeholders in a turnaround school setting.- Create and implement a school improvement plan, yielding positive outcomes thus far, including a 75% increase in student engagement and 100% evidence-based adoption of school-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program within each classroom.- Retain at least 90% of students by creating a strategic plan that prioritizes rigorous instruction, and family and student engagement. - Retain at least 85% of teachers and staff by providing ongoing professional development, monitoring progress, and evaluating performance with certified employees, using OTES 2.0.- Design, supervise, and evaluate site intervention programs.- Plan and facilitate professional development across disciplines.- Lead professional learning community in instructional strategies, common formative assessments, rubric writing, and calibration scoring.- Monitor and evaluate school-wide career days and high school recruitment events.- Collect, analyze, and disseminate assessment data, with an emphasis on identifying data trends.- Serves as liaison in community partnerships.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

- Create and sustain a culture of high expectations and student achievement with students, staff, families, and community stakeholders in a turnaround school setting.- Create and implement a school improvement plan, yielding positive outcomes thus far, including a 75% increase in student engagement and 100% evidence-based adoption of school-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program within each classroom.- Retain at least 90% of students by creating a strategic plan that prioritizes rigorous instruction, and family and student engagement. - Retain at least 85% of teachers and staff by providing ongoing professional development, monitoring progress, and evaluating performance with certified employees, using OTES 2.0.- Design, supervise, and evaluate site intervention programs.- Plan and facilitate professional development across disciplines.- Lead professional learning community in instructional strategies, common formative assessments, rubric writing, and calibration scoring.- Monitor and evaluate school-wide career days and high school recruitment events.- Collect, analyze, and disseminate assessment data, with an emphasis on identifying data trends.- Serves as liaison in community partnerships with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Collinwood Recreation Center, John Carroll University, The Nottingham Public Library, The Salvation Army, and Scholastic.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

- Created and sustained effective school-wide routines and procedures with school culture, academics, and operations to grow school from a state letter grade of a "C" in 2019 to a state letter grade of an “A” in 2023.- Held an average staff retention rate of 86%, year-to-year.- Maintained an average of 560 students (89% of school capacity) year-to-year.- Observed, evaluated, and conferenced with certified employees, using state approved evaluation rubric.- Designed, supervised, and evaluated site intervention programs.- Planned and facilitated professional development across disciplines.- Led professional learning community in instructional strategies, common formative assessments, rubric writing, and calibration scoring.- Monitored and evaluated school-wide career days and high school recruitment events.- Collected, analyzed, and disseminated assessment data, with an emphasis on identifying data trends.- Served as liaison in community partnerships with Act One Theater Programs, Arizona Art Museum, Arizona Science Museum, Chicanos por la Causa, Future for Kids, the Phoenix Foodbank, the Phoenix Suns, and Scholastic.- Monitored and evaluated IEP process working closely with Special Education Department.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

- Observed, evaluated, and conferenced with certified employees.- Designed, supervised, and evaluated site intervention programs.- Planned and facilitated professional development across disciplines.- Led professional learning community in instructional strategies, common formative assessments, rubric writing, and calibration scoring.- Monitored and evaluated school-wide career days and high school recruitment events.- Collected, analyzed, and disseminated assessment data, with an emphasis on identifying data trends.- Served as liaison with community partnership.- Monitored and evaluated IEP/504 process working closely with Special Education Department.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

- Regularly designated as acting principal when administration team is called away to professional learning. I mentor teachers, oversee facility operations, and foster relationships with community stakeholders. - Create test schedules, proctor sessions and design data driven professional development in preparation for the Northwest Evaluation Assessment (NWEA) benchmark assessments.- Led ELA department with 85% of students (119 out of 140 students) in both 6th and 7th grade, meeting or exceeding projected growth target on ELA portion of the spring NWEA benchmark assessment.- Create and design curriculum and lesson plans aligned to Arizona Common Core Standards.- Mentor and coach teachers in implementation of effective instructional and culture building practices.- Create and design monthly newsletter for families, plan and execute culturally responsive field trips for academic enrichment and lead arrival and dismissal procedures for middle school.

United States

Created foundation and strategy for strong instructional, cultural, and strategic leadership within a K-8 school setting.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Prepared, organized, and facilitated course materials for aspiring school leaders.Facilitated online learning for a cohort of aspiring school leaders.Mentored and provided actionable feedback to prompt reflection in order to improve aspiring school leader performance.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

- Mentored and advised a cohort of incoming teachers in their development of instructional skills.- Designed and facilitated professional learning for teachers to analyze and implement effective instructional practice.- Leveraged relationships with stakeholders to equip teachers with effective resources for student achievement.- Earned distinction of "Exemplary" regarding leadership, collaboration and development of colleagues.- Led novice teachers in reaching 100% of academic growth goals for 7th grade English Language Arts on summative assessment created by Atlanta Public Schools

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

-Assisted teachers, in a collaborative model of observation, conversation and lesson demonstration, to analyze and reflect on practices to promote high-quality instruction and writing across the curriculum.-Facilitated professional collaborative groups to implement effective content instruction, discussed current research and writing on effective practice and analyzed student data to guide instruction.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

-Implemented designated curriculum and aligned lesson plans to Common Core curriculum.-Engaged in professional development and applied models to school and community activities.-Led the school’s ELA department with at least 70% of students in both 5th and 7th grade, meeting or exceeding projected growth target on ELA portion of the spring NWEA benchmark assessment.

Various Locations

-Developed and refined year-long professional and performance goals for current school site in regards to instructional practices that will be met through analyzing student data, facilitating professional development and peer to peer coaching.-Engaged in competency-based professional development conferences with the KIPP School Leadership Programs team and colleagues in various locations throughout academic year.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

-Mentored and fostered relationship with mentee throughout mentee’s college career.-Provided guidance on how to select area of study and career path, time management, organization, and how to navigate through hindrances.-Facilitated workshops and discussions at College Now events in regards to extracurricular involvement throughout the Northeast Ohio community.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

-Coordinated, organized and assembled yearbook content with staff. -Fostered relationships with local businesses through selling of business ads.-Increased sales by 72% between 2009 and 2014.

University Heights, Ohio

-Provided campus touring, answered inquiries and imparted knowledge of relevant and informational resources for prospective students and families.-Promoted diversity, inclusion, service learning and community building to campus visitors.

University Heights, Ohio

-Mentored and fostered connections with K-12 grade students in classroom, aftercare and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs.-Developed lesson plans and worked one-on-one and in small groups with students to improve academic comprehension, while integrating classroom technology.

Cleveland, Ohio

-Advanced news across all content delivery platforms.-Researched, recorded and edited audio and video recordings. -Performed live coverage of local festivities.

Lyndhurst, Ohio

-Established and utilized templates for media related documents.-Translated organization documents from English to Spanish.-Composed and edited organization news for website.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

-Researched, composed and edited stories for web.-Researched, recorded and edited audio and video recordings. -Performed live coverage of local sports events.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

-Provided clerical support for municipal court proceedings, such as arranging trial dates, scheduling court appearances, sending court orders and managing court fee payments.-Answered inquiries about judicial procedures and court logistics.

Master Of Educational Leadership And Administration, Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication, Spanish Language Minor, Gpa: 3.52, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Diversity Steering Committee: Advocating diversity, inclusion and cultural competency on campus. Mandel Grant.

Bachelor'S Degree, Communication And Media Studies