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Miami, FL, US

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Provide strategic leadership for The Children’s Trust by working with the board of directors and stakeholders to establish a strategic plan that includes long-range goals focused on improving the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade. Lead The Children’s Trust in funding and supporting high quality programs delivered by approximately 150 agencies to.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Led, directed and managed the functions of Labor Relations and Compensation Administration. Served as Chief Negotiator and was responsible for negotiations and the collective bargaining process with five recognized.
• Supervised the M-DCPS Compensation Administration program for all employees. This involved planning, developing, and managing the employee compensation and classification management components of the District's.
• Assisted the school site and region/district administrators in labor contract implementation, interpretation and administration
• Prepared and presented cases before the Public Employees Relations Commissions (PERC), Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services (FMCS), and American Arbitration Association (AAA), handled impasse resolution hearing.
• Defended the Board against charges of unfair labor practices (ULP)

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Supervised 90 schools with over 100,000 students
• Provided leadership and guidance to school principals and assistant principals in the areas of teacher evaluations, professional standards, employee investigations, and grievance procedures
• Worked with the Office of Professional Standards, School Police, and the Employee Assistance Program to assist in resolving personnel issues
• Provided assistance and monitored all schools’ Crisis Intervention/Critical Incident Response plans, and ensured the safety and security of students enrolled in schools within the authority of the Region; deployed.
• Monitored and evaluated the performance of school

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Supervised 80 schools with over 90,000 students.
• Provided support services to secondary schools related to curriculum and instruction, State accountability standards and school improvement. Provided leadership to ensure that all students have the necessary academic.
• Provided leadership in the area of School facilities which included monitoring new school construction, maintenance and safety to life concerns. Conducted monthly meetings with maintenance Directors and construction.
• Provided leadership in coordination of the Magnet enrollment and student transfer process

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Responsible for negotiating, administering, implementing, and interpreting labor contracts and other employee agreements. Served as Lead Negotiator for assigned bargaining unit(s). Collaborated with administrators’.
• Represented the school board in grievance procedures and impasse hearings
• Represented the board at hearings before the public employees relations committee (PERC) and in arbitration cases
• Looked for trends in local, state, and national labor issues
• Developed a differentiated salary model for principals

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Transformed a comprehensive high school with approximately 280 employees and over 3000 students from an average school to one of prestige with high academic achievement and expectations
• 2010 Region IV Principal of the Year
• Improved the school grade received on the State of Florida’s Governor’s A+ Plan for Education from a “C” to an “A”
• Southwest was selected as one of only seven schools in the nation to receive a Distinguished Recognition from the National Academy Foundation (NAF)
• Selected to serve on the State of Florida’s Successful Principals Committee
• Served as Lead Principal and Assistant Lead Principal of the Southwest Miami High School Feeder Pattern

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Led a school with approximately 200 staff members and 1800 students
• School received an “A” on the State of Florida’s Governor’s A+ Plan for Education

Post Graduate Studies, Educational Leadership

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Education

Associate Of Arts - Aa

Improving Schools: The Art Of Leadership, Education