Gretchen Brown Email & Phone Number

Sandy, Ut, Us

Sandy, Utah

• Hire, train and supervise a team of Connections Learning teachers and adjuncts who work from their homes and teach students online• Develop positive working relationship between Connections Learning teaching and program management staff and the client’s staff at districts, schools and other organizations• Develop and track specific measures of student and program success• Ensure teacher intervention in the case of low student participation/performance• In conjunction with other Managers, develop and implement orientation program for new hires• Support the mentoring program for new hires• Support and lead professional development sessions • Communicate regularly with regional Program Managers to ensure full implementation of program policies and procedures to teachers • Conduct performance evaluations for a team of regional teachers• Assist teaching staff with implementing any program changes and/or new software application introductions

• Provide exceptional support, training, communication, and advocacy services to the Connections Learning division of Connections Education• Identify training needs of various full-time online, blended learning, and part-time programs in the Connections Education organization• Develop training tools and materials to be delivered to school-based teachers and staff in face-to-face and online settings• Collaborate with multiple corporate departments to facilitate the creation of parent, student, and teacher orientation courses and programs• Revise a weekly publication delivered to all Connections Education employees to meet specific Connections Learning program needs• Organize and facilitate weekly collaborative meetings with all department leaders to review and analyze program needs• Visit nationwide program locations to further assess needs• Assist program staff in problem solving issues throughout the year

• Facilitated learning in an online forum through the use of numerous technology tools• Designed highly engaging synchronous lessons delivered through Adobe Connect• Created an online community through use of technology tools• Personalized education to meet the needs of students while maintaining the highest performance standards• Provided feedback on student work in a timely manner• Proctored state tests• Created a self-paced reading intervention program for primary students• Made bi-weekly contact with all students and parents to discuss academic goals and progress• Supervised a team of five teachers; conducted observations and reviews• Created and facilitated the Student Support Team process• 504 plan coordinator• ELL facilitator• Teacher trainer

•Acted as liaison with the State of Nevada Department of Education for a proposed Charter School•Wrote curriculum for grades K-5 aligned with Nevada standards

• Created a highly engaging classroom environment for large population of ELL students• Designed rigorous lesson plans based on Bloom’s Taxonomy and Marzano’s High Yield Strategies• Differentiated classroom instruction across all academic areas• Completed regular assessment measures to guide instruction; regularly monitored progress in response to instruction• Participated in collaborative reading intervention program for all first grade students in the school• Mentored new teachers in the building• Participated on Student Intervention Team• Participated on Literacy team

Taught scheduled lessons in regular teacher's absence. Maintained positive classroom environment in teacher's absence.

B.S, Elementary Education, 4.0

M.A, Curriculum And Instruction, 4.0