Work from within the Office of Leadership to provide mentoring and support to new principals in New York City.

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Supported the city's accountability system by conducting Quality Reviews for schools throughout the city. Additionally, provided professional development to Achievement Coaches and Network Leaders on the transition to the Common Core Learning Standards and the use of the Danielson Framework to provide actionable and appropriate feedback to teachers that supports the instructional shifts needed for implementing the standards.

Planed and organized overall activities for high school with 460 students and 50 faculty members.  Scope of position included: staff recruitment, professional development and supervision; fiscal management; data management; goal alignment; administration organization; student discipline; program initiatives, team building; shared decision making; shared school values promotion; fostering relationships with community partners; Building Council coordination; and creation of a safe, respectful school environment.• Moved school’s Progress Report grade from a B to an A in one year through distributive leadership, a focus on inquiry and the creation of Grade Level Teams.• Increased credit accumulation in all grade levels, most significantly with 2nd year students who increased from 38% to 71% through the development of a clear and consistent school wide grading policy and use of on line grading program.• Increased attendance by 5% in one year through the creation of a cohesive attendance team.• Serve on the Steering Committee for the Transatlantic Schools Innovation Alliance. Help guide an international partnership focusing on the development and sharing of adolescent literacy practices that leads to increased student achievement in literacy.

Supported 26 Empowerment Schools in their charge to make school based decisions that directly impact student achievement.  Supported new principals in their development and in the growth of their newly established schools.• Assisted principals in understanding new accountability structures orientated around students• Served as a direct link between DOE support organizations and the Integrated Service Center for purposes of fulfilling principal and school needs• Identified complex and systematic needs of schools in the network and arranged for provisions of services to meet those needs• Created mechanisms to capture and disseminate best practices across the network• Supported principals in understanding methods of using data to drive instruction

Provided instructional leadership and support to a teaching staff in a comprehensive college preparatory high school.  Provided organizational leadership in student and parent support services.• Recruited and hired teaching professionals and support staff.• Created Master Schedule and programmed entire student body using both Rediker and HSST.• Developed budget for funds received from New Visions and New Century School grants.  • Introduced an Advisory and club program into the school day.• Established and implemented a Block Schedule Program.• Reduced teacher turnover.• Facilitated parent involvement with Helping Involve Parents (HIP) program.• Organized and evaluated student assessment data.• Designed and implemented weekly, 100 minute Teacher Professional Development Programs  • Represented the school in its compliance with City and State educational standards.  Coordinated and implemented ELL placements and testing.

Developed and taught English Language Arts curriculum to 9th, 10th and 12th grade Honors, non-honors and Advanced Placement Literature and Composition courses.• Partnered with the Theatre Development Fund (TDF) to introduce the Open Doors and Stage Doors programs, which provided students with numerous theatre-going experiencesCoordinator of Student Activities, Advisor to Student CouncilResponsible for all after school programming and funding.  • Balanced teaching and administrative duties implementing leadership programs, organizing fund raisers and other special events for the school and community.• Chaired the School Leadership Team with responsibility for the creation and development of the schools Comprehensive Educational Plan (CEP).