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United States

• Manages and provides leadership to ensure the team’s goals and tasks are in synch with and support the broader goals and objectives of the school district. • Manages the overall Student Management Systems to meet state and school district standards and requirements. • Designs and develops training programs and curriculum. Conducts and leads district-wide training sessions. Establishes evaluations and measures learning outcomes. Works cross-functionally with various departments to assess learning and developmental needs for the district. Provides support (large and individual settings in person and virtually) in the use of the Student Management Systems (PowerSchool, PowerTeacher, Parent/Student Portal, EIS). • Works cross-functionally with the Division of Information Technology to maintain, test and upgrade the school district’s Student Management Systems. • Implements reporting processes and collaborates with district and school personnel to ensure district compliance with federal and state requirements sent to the State Department of Education, which in turn, has annually exceeded the operational goal by recovering millions of dollars in state and federal funding for the district. • Directs and assists with organizing and researching multiple and complex tasks to be executed successfully from inception to completion.• Conducts interviews to evaluate and recommend candidates for open positions within the SIM department.

United States

• Assisted with reporting processes to ensure school district compliance with federal and state requirements to guarantee accuracy and timely submission of TN Educational Information System (EIS) data, which impacted and recovered millions of dollars annually in funding from state and federal sources.• Provided training and on-going customer support and created documentation in the use of the Student Management Systems (Chancery, SMS, PowerSchool SMS, PowerTeacher, ParentCONNECT). In turn, 98% of personnel became efficient in the use of the systems and less errors occurred.• Performed testing of software updates and upgrades within the Student Management Systems.

• Provided direct oversight of day-to-day operations of the main office. • Initiated and processed new employee paperwork, setup and maintained employee’s daily reporting schedule, purchased and kept inventory on school equipment and supplies and processed retirement data on employees into Memphis City Schools’ HR benefits’ management system. • Record keeping of AP/AR and HR files. • Researched and updated policies pertaining to Charter Schools and liaison between Memphis City Schools, COSLA Board, and other schools. • Maintained and processed all students/ teachers’ information into Memphis City Schools’ WinSchool & Open District Student Database Management Systems. • Coordinated meetings; prepared special reports, agendas and presentations; recorded, documented, and distributed minutes of Circles of Success Learning Academy monthly board meetings and any other official school related meetings, and provided excellent customer service.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Project Management

Bachelor, Business Administration: Management