Dedicated to the work of helping people realize goals for growth and development, I utilize my teaching and training background to nurture and support people initiatives. My passion for people coupled with my enthusiasm for learning and teaching enables me to drive authentic and meaningful work around learning and development, training, engagement, talent management, organizational design and employee relations. I thrive on matching strong talent with strategic opportunities. I find it particularly satisfying when aligning strong people talent with opportunities to support and recognize business growth and company objectives. This proves to be most powerful when working closely with leaders to understand their personal and functional needs and how to harness people productivity through smart people and systems changes. My goal is to continue to build on my connections with leaders of functions to help their teams achieve mission critical objectives through seeking ground-truths and helping people achieve their developmental goals.

Classroom Teacher with a focus in Language Arts and Social Studies; 8 years of experience in designing and delivering 180 days of effective, creative curriculum programs to meet the needs of a diverse population using the following criteria:Analyze learning objectives, students' needs and prior knowledge of subject matter through pre-assessments while considering the time constraints for the unit.Determine type of learning materials to design in order for learners to best meet learning objectives.Create product for content and learning materials.Learning objectives are put into action through previously established proper procedures.Evaluation of students' success and of success of lesson by use of formative and summative assessments to gain appropriate feedback.Student population attained 94.6% on state-mandated tests-making expected growth by challenging all learners to succeed Professional Learning Team Leader: chosen to serve as liaison for beginning teachers and administration.Increased credibility of our program by preparing beginner teachers by serving as their mentor creating rigorous lesson plans to increase their results with their student population. Collaboratively created student-centered objectives using SMART goals.Received leadership training in Critical Conversations workshop to become an effective leader.Safely challenged the current educational resources and adopted new student-centered curriculum and approach to better meet the needs of a diverse population by building meaningful work relationships with colleagues based on trust.Team Leader for 7th grade team: chosen to serve as lead contact for administration, student services, community and parents for my organizational aptitude and relationship-mediating ability. Resolved issues among clients, parents, instructors and administration through weekly meetings focused on teamwork approach to secure positive growth and garner results.

Provide instruction for midde school students to develop skills in the following strands:Oral LanguageWritten LanguageMedia/Technology Use