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Supervised a team of 5 staff members, partnered with senior leadership, and lead internal / external teams to strategize, define goals, plan, execute, and complete work within budget / deadlines across multiple agency-wide projects annuallyDeveloped, executed, and evaluated effectiveness of LDOE’s school system planning/school improvement strategy Established the Division of Operational Quality to educate leadership in lean principles, implement process improvement protocols across the agency, and train a cohort of Six Sigma green belts known as the “Green Berets”Utilized lean process improvement techniques to reduce the agency's contract approval time by 50 days on average per packageDeveloped LDOE Operational Cycle to facilitate agency-wide goal setting and progress monitoring towards indicatorsExecuted Achieve! and Super App processes: developed application and review process, coordinated multiple team's efforts to evaluate 190+ plans impacting all schools in the state annually, funding model team lead (awarded $395M)

Coordinate development and the annual Super App grant application, and associated school system planning materials Manage development, planning, and execution of annual Super App review process, including the determination of allocations for $74.2M in competitive funding across 100+ school systemsDevelop and oversee the Division of Operational Quality which facilitates the department’s lean strategy in training leadership in lean practices, identifying opportunities for systemic improvement across the agency, and leading teams to define, measure, analyze, improve, and control those processes

Developing, executing, and evaluating effectiveness of the Department’s school improvement strategy by analyzing data, identifying best practices, engaging external partners, large-scale coordination of DOE teams, and creating new/synthesizing old systems Planned, organized, and executed the Louisiana School Redesign Summit involving 48 partner organizations, 57 school systems, and 500+ attendeesCoordinated development of the Super App grant application which unified 20+ individual grant applications and funding streams into a single application Managed the School Redesign Grant and Super App application process: identified state priorities, developed application/application process/review process, coordinated multiple team's efforts to evaluate 103 school system plans impacting 537 schools, built and oversaw funding model which awarded $39.3M to funded plans in 2020Managed 215 state contracts

Created and analyzed reports and dashboards on health system wide data including budgets, turnover, recruitment, etc.Supervised analyst staff in calculating salary offers, running reports, creating dashboards, and other daily duties.Supervised large scale projects such as the process improvement initiatives, HR website overhaul, and employment verification contract negotiationsCreated the Merit Collection Tool, Leader Goal-Setting and Metrics Files, and Salary Calculation Tool.

Collated, performed linear and logistic regressions, and provided school-improvement directives from student dataCreated and executed professional development trainings for staff on data collection, analysis, and usageCoached thirty two teachers on an as-needed basis to ensure student data was being collected and utilized properlyCreated engaging data visuals/infographics for display in classrooms and in common areas

Developed and implemented highly effective instruction for Physical Science (2011-13) and Physics (2013-14)Owned data analysis for the school, provided learning experiences on data collection and usage to entire staff, held staff accountable for data usage and practices, created data visuals/infographics for display in classrooms/commons

Average annual impact: 220 students educated, 50 new teachers trained, 9 staff members managedCreated the vision for a five-week summer school program which served grades K-12 and trained new educators.Developed all school-based procedures and logistics for students, teachers, and staff including scheduling,enrollment, transportation, communications, student discipline, and data managementExecuted vision and managed all staff members to position-specific outcomes while evaluating student/ teacherprogress to craft professional development opportunities for our new teachers and maximize student learning

Created cost estimates and managed budgeting during construction of four buildings in excess of $10 millionCoordinated external vendors (Engineers/Consultants/Product Suppliers/Contractors) and BCB staff during the vision-setting, program creation, master planning, marketing, and construction project management of 8 buildingsConsistently met deadlines and client needs in high stress environments while juggling multiple concurrent projectsCreated graphic presentation materials including company website, 3D models, and marketing layout boards