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Atlanta, Ga, Us

-Strategized and made decisions with the administrative team in efforts to drive the school’s mission and vision forward, resulting in achieving a 96 achievement score, 20 points higher than the district. -Recruited, hired, and interviewed a diversity of over 55 staff members for positions in our school, while maintaining 95% retention of staff over the last 3 years. -Designed and facilitated professional development trainings around equity, belonging, and diversity to over 150 staff… Show more -Strategized and made decisions with the administrative team in efforts to drive the school’s mission and vision forward, resulting in achieving a 96 achievement score, 20 points higher than the district. -Recruited, hired, and interviewed a diversity of over 55 staff members for positions in our school, while maintaining 95% retention of staff over the last 3 years. -Designed and facilitated professional development trainings around equity, belonging, and diversity to over 150 staff members quarterly. -Developed school wide staff and student programming/engagement activities that contributed to the increase in the School’s Climate survey and a 46% increase in staff’s overall job satisfaction.-Evaluated and coached over 25 teachers utilizing the TKES teacher evaluation tool and the coaching cycle in assessing best teaching practices, culturally relevant teaching, equity, and data driven instruction. -Created and implemented professional growth plans for 25 teachers resulting in 100% of teachers meeting their goals by the end of the year and increasing their evaluations by a minimum of 20%.-Oversaw the strategic planning, organization, and logistics of key areas including transportation, safety, family engagement, attendance, and discipline for a school body of over 900 students and staff. -Designed and facilitated the Virtual Learning Strategic Plan and Staff Handbook for the implementation of School based Virtual learning for the 2020-2021 School year in grades K-5. Show less

-Developed the master schedule and programming across 6 grade levels for the implementation of the Academic Recovery Initiative-Managed over 50 staff in the implementation of the Summer Academic Recovery program that was designed to target gaps in knowledge due to virtual learning and increase educational outcomes for over 250 low performing students-Coordinated partnerships with community stakeholders to provide STEM programming for students and after care services for staff and… Show more -Developed the master schedule and programming across 6 grade levels for the implementation of the Academic Recovery Initiative-Managed over 50 staff in the implementation of the Summer Academic Recovery program that was designed to target gaps in knowledge due to virtual learning and increase educational outcomes for over 250 low performing students-Coordinated partnerships with community stakeholders to provide STEM programming for students and after care services for staff and students.-Hired and recruited over 40 summer personnel ranging from teachers, paraprofessionals, counselors, and instructional coaches Show less

7th Grade Level Chair-Led and coordinated the 7th grade-level team’s meetings, organizational practices, parent communication, and grade-wide activities-Established structure and implementation of setting team norms, effective team collaboration, decision making, and grade level team meetings.-Led the grade level team’s tracking and analysis of student-related data and worked with teachers to plan for the differentiation of instruction based on student academic and behavioral… Show more 7th Grade Level Chair-Led and coordinated the 7th grade-level team’s meetings, organizational practices, parent communication, and grade-wide activities-Established structure and implementation of setting team norms, effective team collaboration, decision making, and grade level team meetings.-Led the grade level team’s tracking and analysis of student-related data and worked with teachers to plan for the differentiation of instruction based on student academic and behavioral data.-Provided mentoring for new to Atlanta Public Schools district and new to Sutton Middle School teachers and cultivated a spirit of engagement in their new environment through one-on-one monthly meetings-Collaborated with teachers to create multimedia enhanced and technology rich curriculum and lesson plans 6th and 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher-Planned and implemented original and engaging lessons differentiated for a diverse group of approximately 135 social studies students-Fostered and maintained a classroom environment conducive to student achievement and ownership of learning-Critically analyzed data and adjusted curriculum to meet individual student needs by maintaining acomprehensive database of mastery of specific curriculum standards-Inspired students to reach their maximum academic potential through direct goal-setting, backward designed IB lesson planning, inquiry based learning, and one-on-one mentoring, resulting in over 87% student mastery Show less

Tier 1 Leadership Certification, Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Masters Degree, Secondary Education And Teaching

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science, Sociology