Gregory Leap Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Orlando, Florida, United States

- facilitated professional learning for large groups of high school math teachers, coaches, and leaders from across the country at the week-long, semi-annual Standards Institute; Sessions focus on disrupting educational inequities by embracing the shifts called for in the Common Core State Standards

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Facilitated learning in first and second year Secondary Mathematics graduate courses
• Modeled best teaching practices for teacher development and to keep students engaged
• Reviewed content and provided feedback to the designers to better align to the demands of the Common Core
• Achieved a 100% satisfaction rating on the student end-of-course survey

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Coached and evaluated 15 principals and assistant principals in an innovative leadership training program
• Developed, piloted and implemented an evaluation systems designed to gauge leader readiness at the end of summer training
• Co-created and facilitated Common Core professional development sessions for the national network of leaders
• Co-created programmatic and operational systems with school leaders in Philadelphia to support the inclusion of more effective practices in multiple school environments (district, charter, private, parochial.

Greater Philadelphia Area

- Demonstrate teaching and learning leadership by modeling best practices and leading professional development - Observe classroom instruction and meet with Assistant Principals and Instructional Coaches to discuss and drive teacher effectiveness - Partnered with an external consulting company to increase teacher coaching, feedback, and support - Analyze.

Greater Philadelphia Area

- Attended the KIPP School Leadership Program Summer Institute, a five week summer training designed to prepare future school leaders for succession - Organize and execute a professional development sessions around data driven instruction, lesson planning, and classroom management - Observe classroom instruction and meet with teachers to discuss.

Philadelphia, PA

- Designed and executed differentiated lessons that focus on reaching all learning styles by including the use of hands on activities and various technologies - Analyzed student data to make strategic decisions about instructional practices - Improved students’ Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) passing rate from 53% to 93% in one academic.

Greater Atlanta Area

- Developed and executed professional development for 60 Teach for America Corps Member Advisors - Observed day-to-day operations and provided consultancy for School Directors and other staff members - Earned a 100% approval rating from direct reports on their end of year survey indicating my ability to lead and provide valuable feedback

- Managed a team of nine people to provide effective guidance to the 84 new Teach For America corps members at Long Middle School - Analyzed survey data and communicated with staff to make informed professional development decisions regarding new teacher instruction - Observed and evaluated classroom instruction to ensure adequate growth in student.

Long Middle School, Atlanta, GA

- 2006 Teach For America Alumnus - Selected from a competitive field to serve as a member of national service corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in under-resourced urban and rural public schools - Improved students' Georgia Criterion Reference Competency Test (GCRCT) passing rate from 37% to 93% in one academic year.

Greater Atlanta Area

- Provided mentorship and professional development to 12 new Teach For America corps members by conducting classroom observations and by delivering workshops - Earned a 100% approval rating from my corps members on their end of year survey indicating my ability to lead and provide valuable feedback - Collaborated directly with the Atlanta Public Schools.

Greater Atlanta Area

- Organized and executed a corps member match event for all new Atlanta corps members and 50+ Atlanta Public Schools and Fulton County Schools principals and upper administrators - Created a database and organizational system for cataloging new corps member information

Masters Of Arts, Teaching, Social Studies

Ba, History

Activities and Societies: THON, Phi Alpha Theta International Honors Society in History-Worked as a student manager at the White Building.