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Aurora, Colorado, Us

Aurora, Colorado, Us

• Presenting at CASE Winter Leadership Conference (Feb 2023) and NASSP Ignite Conference (July 2023) on building leadership capacity within schools.• Served as principal of North’s summer school program in 2021: 56% of students had significant growth in reading, and 67% in math.• Lead weekly alignment meetings with three admin TOSAs, focused on consistency in systems and procedures across grade levels and quality standard observation calibration, focused on school goals.• Lead and collaborate with content leaders to create, support, and refine professional learning initiatives including: cross collaboration, data driven cycles, professional learning, and opportunities for peer learning.• Create and monitor progress of North’s 90 day plans focused on moving North out of turnaround status, by increasing student proficiency. Collaborate with teacher leaders and MGT to monitor progress of goals.• Restructured North’s PLC structures to increase opportunities for collaboration around 90 day plan and UIP goals, within content teams, grade level teams, and whole school• Served as school assessment coordinator, ensuring equity and consistency within the testing environment.• Created a system to support progress monitoring and communication of student goals at North based on assessment data. • Support teacher growth through monthly observation cycles and coaching sessions. • Provide professional development to staff around Culturally Responsive Teaching, Multilingual Learner support, and DDI, leading to increased use of best practices and progress monitoring. • Piloted the micro-teach protocol in 2019-2020, allowing for teacher self-reflection as well as sharing of best practices within departments, and school wide. • Support teachers in utilizing the Neuro Sequential Model for Education (NME) practices in their classrooms, leading to a reduction in Tier 1 behaviors. • Led the hiring and recruitment process of multiple positions for the 2021-2022 school year

Columbia, Maryland, Us

Supervise and provide training for the high school staff (30 teachers)Create and monitor SIP GoalsComplete data analysis, entry, and reflection in UIPCreated and lead high school truancy processCommunicate regularly with students, parents, and other stakeholders regarding student progress and concerns.Screen and Interview for High School PositionsManage Social Studies and Language Arts DepartmentsFacilitate PLCs centered on data driven instruction.Provide weekly updates to staff highlighting important information and progress on current data goals. Lead biweekly individual data driven conversations with all high school teachersProvide monthly feedback on live lessons for all teachersPresented at corporate seminar on the impact of collaborative PLCsPlanning and organizing all aspects 2019 GraduationAct as Administrator of Record for IEP meetingsLead High School PBIS initiative

Denver, Co, Us

o Coach 15 teachers at 4 different DPS Schools (Sims-Fayola, Farrell B. Howell, Hamilton, and Place Bridge) on embedding literacy instruction in the content areaso Increasing in-building capacity of teacher leaders to support CSR teachers through differentiated coaching (feedback support, professional development and observational tools)o Provide strategies on classroom management and instructional delivery through model lessons and co-teaching, stressing the importance of cultural responsiveness.o Assist teachers in planning through appropriate text selection and technology integrationo Provide professional development for staff at 4 schoolso Presented at Social Studies instructional content professional development day (August 2014)o Presented at Center for Education in Law and Democracy Conference (Dec 2014)o Completed 40 hours of Promethean training o Completed 56 hours of Cognitive Coaching

o o Increased AP Human Geo scores and enrollment over 3 years (from 30%-80% pass)o Teacher Leader (2010-2011; 2013-2014)o Assisted in the development of a school wide travel policyo Creation and Leadership of AP boot camp (Summer 2011)o Cooperating Teacher (Spring 2011)o Pedagogical Knowledge Team (PCK) Leader (2010-2011)o Creation of 7th Grade District World History Curriculum through Collaboration (2009-2010)o EPIC Team member around student achievement and best practices (2008-2009)Creation and analysis of school-wide culture surveyo Led school wide PDU on learning visits and collaboration, using a hybrid modelo Used LEAP to evaluate and give feedback to teacherso Chair of CSC/ Assisted in the creation of UIPo Modified and published student handbook for 2013-2014 school year

Master’S Degree, Educational Leadership: Virtual School Focus

Ma Humanities, American History (United States)

Principle Licensure