Andra Barton, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

Dr. Barton is a national Speaker with over 20 years of leadership experience as a school administrator, non-profit leader, and business owner. Andra travels nationally to share data-driven strategies on creating long-term success, overcoming, and preventing employee burnout, cultivating workplace wellness, forming positive mental health habits, reclaiming.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Founded the Chance to Soar in 2017, a nonprofit that offers grants, supportive resources, and consulting to school districts. Established a Board of Directors, vision, mission, systems, policies, and procedures..
• Consults with district administrators to assess school staff effectiveness and operational excellence to identify opportunities to improve communication, shared responsibility, and workplace wellness.
• Conducts in-depth research projects to identify trends in employee wellness, burnout, and productivity.
• Supports campus planning and develops instructional strands that shape future campus goals.
• Writes grants to achieve financial goals and support outreach initiatives, including more than $2.5M in grant money being awarded across various programs and initiatives.
• Leverages a customized coaching model to mentor and develop organizational leaders.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Westlake, Texas

• Served as the Principal of the Middle Years Program for students in 6th through 10th grades. Spearheaded the Middle Years Program Reauthorization for the International Baccalaureate in 2016.
• Successfully aligned Middle Years program of study with IB Organization.
• Wrote grant proposals that resulted in more than $900K in grant monies being awarded.
• Developed and implemented GOAL-setting processes to improve team performance and learning outcomes.
• Implemented staff training to meet strict certification requirements for the IB program.
• Redesigned the grade approach to assess learning outcomes better and identify student needs.

Colleyville, Texas

• Served as the Principal over Pre-K through 8th grade and led a team of 100 employees across all levels and disciplines.
• Modeled and implemented strategic planning to strengthen campus outcomes, better engage the school board, improve community involvement, and facilitate community support initiatives.
• Raised funding that allowed staff to attend training on research-driven teaching strategies.
• Facilitate the realignment of curriculum documents with a vertical and horizontal focus.
• Developed and implemented a performance review system that enabled leaders to provide open feedback to team members and to coach, mentor, and develop teachers to improve performance and learning outcomes.
• Wrote grant proposals that resulted in winning more than $750K in grant monies.

Keller, Texas

• Served as the Director of Education, focused on creating, implementing, and managing community initiatives.
• Designed, established, and managed a summer reading camp that targeted literacy strategies to support children from low-income households; demonstrated a statistical significance of improved reading scores.
• Wrote and executed a federal grant proposal that secured more than $200K in grant monies.
• Coached, mentored, and led a team of Case Managers that assisted families with homelessness prevention.

Doctorate Of Education Administration, Education Administration

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Education Administration

Post Baccalaureate, Elementary Education With English Specialization

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Human Development And Family Studies, General