Jade Shields Email & Phone Number

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Founding Principal of Durham Charter High SchoolDemonstrated effective leadership by supervising and providing guidance to a diverse team of over 25 staff members, fostering a collaborative environment, and ensuring adherence to educational standards and organizational objectives.Collaborated with Director of School Culture and Culture Coordinator to develop and maintain systems and structures that promoted strong school culture and allowed for the development of strong teacher-student relationshipsFacilitated a comprehensive feedback loop by coaching teachers in receiving and implementing constructive feedback, fostering continuous professional growth, and ultimately enhancing instructional effectiveness and student outcomes.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Principal Resident•Collaborated with faculty and staff to implement effective and proven teaching strategies (TLAC, Get Better Faster) resulting in measurable student growth as indicated through EVAAS designation of exceeding expected growth in 22-23 SY.Provided personalized coaching and professional development sessions to empower teachers in refining instructional methods and classroom management techniques, resulting in consistently positive outcomes and enhanced student performance metricsPlanned and executed registration processes for over 250 middle and high school scholars.Instructional CoachTrained and developed well-equipped and high performing teachers through observation and feedback, data analysis and research-based instructional practices resulting in all teachers coached exceeding growth in EVAAS in SY21-22.Created and facilitated professional development for faculty in accordance with school vision and goals for the academic year on topics such as academic monitoring, actionable student feedback and performance training .Creation of schoolwide Social-Emotional Learning curriculum for grades K-6.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Durham, Nc

Organize and supervise the Hope Valley YMCA After School program serving grades K-8.Plan and coordinate activities for the program including devotions, arts & crafts, field games and other activities.Serve as liaison between program and parents in creating effective plans for behavior interventions & support.Pro-actively provide support and inclusion activities for participants with special needs, autism and developmental delays.Assisted in recruitment, hiring, training and evaluating staff/volunteers as well as supervision.Serve as a part of the leadership team of Camp Frontier Day Camp as well as plan and implement all special programmatic aspects of camp serving ages 4-11. Develop engaging activity and lesson plans for ages 3-5 as participants of Kindercamp.Effectively train, supervise and evaluate all Kindercamp staff in addition to overseeing the Kindercamp experience as a whole.

Durham, Nc

Planning, preparing and implementing daily activities and for participants grades K-6.

Greenville, Nc

Effectively supervised and conducted various facets of literacy program for at-risk K-2 grade emergent readers and counters.Pro-actively recruited, interviewed, trained program participants.Served as liaison between Volunteer Center and elementary schools administration/teachers.Successfully developed and updated lesson plans/curriculum and training manuals as well as planned and implemented in-service opportunities and special events.Prepared and proposed fundraising ideas as well as sought funding in conjunction with the Community Development Consultant.Collaborated with community leaders to expand program from one location to three.

Greenville, North Carolina Area

Performed clerical tasks; i.e. filing, uploading purchase documents to SharePoint site.Managed financial accounts for Purchasing/Reimbursements and maintained spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel) and electronic databases.

Greenville, North Carolina Area

Recruited, interviewed, trained, and supervised ECU students participating as pen pals to local elementary school students. Served as liaison between Volunteer Center and elementary schools administration/teachers.Evaluated all program participants and managed all supplies associated with the program.Developed progressive success results which advanced participation population from 50 elementary and college participants to 165 elementary participants and 145 college participants.

Master'S Degree, Secondary School Administration/Principalship

Bachelor Of Science, Family And Community Services

Activities and Societies: ECU-Council on Family Relations, NC~ACTS/Americorps