Daphyne Burnett Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Vast experience and expertise in heading a big team, managing a school with 28 teaching staff, 20 non-teaching staff, and 419 students from Pre-K to 8th grade. Provides academic student-centered instruction with an emphasis on embracing diversity and creating a learning environment in which students from different cultures learn from each other. There is a strong sense of building a community that is able to solve its problems peacefully through learning skills on conflict resolution. Ensure… Show more Vast experience and expertise in heading a big team, managing a school with 28 teaching staff, 20 non-teaching staff, and 419 students from Pre-K to 8th grade. Provides academic student-centered instruction with an emphasis on embracing diversity and creating a learning environment in which students from different cultures learn from each other. There is a strong sense of building a community that is able to solve its problems peacefully through learning skills on conflict resolution. Ensure students are educated in an inclusive learning environment with a strong emphasis placed on student achievement and teaching with rigor. A Post—Katrina neighborhood school that has grown each year. Very diverse population of students that mostly live in the immediate community. Ninety-five percent of students are free and reduced lunch, but the parents are very much involved in the school. Monitors and maintains a safe, healthy, peaceful school environment. Monitors the attendance of students and teachers. Reward teachers for attendance and student gains within their classes.Implemented Positive Behavior Support program Continuing the community based partnership that was in place with the Vietnamese Community to institute an after school enrichment program through 21st Century Grant.Applied for $60,000, Laura Bush Grant in order to build library.Implemented grade level teams and professional learning communities/job-embedded professional development.Created leadership team with systematic weekly leadership team meetings.Created systematic data teams to look at the data from assessments and to find research based strategies to drive instruction. Show less

Provided academic student-centered instruction, which focused on parental concerns & social adaptiveness. Helped many students who started with me in the 5th grade to move into fully inclusive learning environments and to move to grade level instruction from below grade levels as much as 1st grade to 5th & 6th grade level equivalencies. Provided immediate guidance and assistance to students with special needs/difficult students with solutions to more complex matters.… Show more Provided academic student-centered instruction, which focused on parental concerns & social adaptiveness. Helped many students who started with me in the 5th grade to move into fully inclusive learning environments and to move to grade level instruction from below grade levels as much as 1st grade to 5th & 6th grade level equivalencies. Provided immediate guidance and assistance to students with special needs/difficult students with solutions to more complex matters. Developed and modified curriculum helped to implement Individual Educational Plans and rendered appropriate services to students with Special needs in an empathetic, respectful, and positive manner. Maintained confidentiality and security of case information on each student. Ensured that the program developed for a child had parental and community involvement as part of the student’s individual plan. Provided creative learning opportunities for students to work in cooperative groups and complete research projects that prompted students to find out more about themselves and the world around them. Show less

Planned, controlled, and directed the overall activities of the night programs in the high school building. Scope of position included: staff recruitment for night classes, development, and evaluation; fiscal management, record and administration organization and maintenance; program initiatives; team building, shared decision making with advisory council; advisory council coordination; and creation of a safe and respectful environment for night programs.Planned and developed programs… Show more Planned, controlled, and directed the overall activities of the night programs in the high school building. Scope of position included: staff recruitment for night classes, development, and evaluation; fiscal management, record and administration organization and maintenance; program initiatives; team building, shared decision making with advisory council; advisory council coordination; and creation of a safe and respectful environment for night programs.Planned and developed programs, services and classes to meet the needs of the community within the school building after the normal school day hours. Worked with staff and advisory council to establish goals of the programs. Utilized public relations skills by doing heavy phone work and contacted community leaders, organizations, churches, and agencies that could benefit from using the Pearl Cohn facility. Trained & supervised employees and evaluated their performance bi-annually. Performed administrative duties of keeping statistical and accurate personal records of internal/external groups that utilized the building. Wrote narrative and statistical reports bi-annually, along with semester reports that were compiled for each semester term. Accounted for all monies received, established and maintained a budget, and was guided by it. Attended community meetings and workshops to knowledge and visibility of program within the community. Show less

Dealt primarily with social, behavioral, and economic problems by providing guidance to families that had students with special needs like Bi-Polar, ADHD, ADD, Asperger’s Syndrome, Schizophrenic, Oppositional Defiant, etc. Planned, controlled, and directed overall activities of a case load of forty children.Restored, suspended, and determined services that needed to be wrapped around students with special needs that had fell through the cracks. Responsible for bringing all team players… Show more Dealt primarily with social, behavioral, and economic problems by providing guidance to families that had students with special needs like Bi-Polar, ADHD, ADD, Asperger’s Syndrome, Schizophrenic, Oppositional Defiant, etc. Planned, controlled, and directed overall activities of a case load of forty children.Restored, suspended, and determined services that needed to be wrapped around students with special needs that had fell through the cracks. Responsible for bringing all team players to the table along with community supports to ensure the success of the student.Utilized public relation skills while contacting and solidifying prospective employers for high school students. Counseled families of special need students in order to help them find other organizations that would aid the family by providing food, clothing, and shelter. Provided follow up, assessed the family’s needs, and made recommendations concerning the well being of the child, relative to the family, church, school, and community as a whole. Advocated for the student and family in IEP meetings, S-Team meetings and suspensions hearings making sure that the student and family's rights had not been violated under ADA. Show less

Answered inquires for providers and patients. Researched and provided information concerning current medical statistics. Completed grant proposals with the information given from each department. Supervised a staff of six in order to insure current medical information and statistics of the company was competitive with other insurance companies. Researched the salaries and job descriptions of employees and kept those records current.

Planned, controlled, and directed overall activities for the preschool with 186 students and 30 to 35 faculty members. Provided a quality learning environment at a low cost by Kindling Individual Development for Success with preschool children. Scope of the position included: Budgeting, team-building, classroom management, instructional programming, child-centered instruction, staff recruitment, fiscal management, record and administration organization and maintenance.Supervised a… Show more Planned, controlled, and directed overall activities for the preschool with 186 students and 30 to 35 faculty members. Provided a quality learning environment at a low cost by Kindling Individual Development for Success with preschool children. Scope of the position included: Budgeting, team-building, classroom management, instructional programming, child-centered instruction, staff recruitment, fiscal management, record and administration organization and maintenance.Supervised a staff of 30-35 people. Processed payroll, Accounts Receivable, and Payable. Created the curriculum for the childcare center. Supervised the day to day activities of the childcare center. Was responsible for making sure that the curriculum, food program, and staff were in compliance with the Department of Human Services regulations. Show less

M.Ed, Special Education

M.Ed., Administration & Supervision

B.S, Political Science & History

B.S, Pursued Political Science & History

M.Ed., Education/Teaching Of Individuals Inspecial Education Programs