Education Administrator / TRAC Program, (residential program serving unaccompanied minors arriving into the U.S).

Responsibilities include organizing and facilitating seminars for leadership students, course evaluation and development, acting as a liaison to NYC schools, and teaching the following courses: Diversity in Education - Focuses on issues of diversity in schools, the achievement gap, learning how to use data. Developed strategies to work with academic at-risk student populations (ELL’s, special needs, and African-American and Latino students). Educational Policy - Planned to provide an overview of the major issues and controversies related to policies. Developed at all levels of government, NCLB policies, guiding school leaders in the development of school policies to support successful learning communities, working with the press, public relations and preparing and reviewing accountability reports. Administrative Internship - Prepares future school leaders with knowledge and skills needed for creating change in schools, focus on using data to improve student outcomes, instructional supervision, team building for success, managing resources, working with staff and community, developing instructional strategies for diverse student populations. School Leadership/Instructional Management – Focus is on becoming an instructional leader, use of research based professional development, use of classroom observation and teacher data to make instructional decisions, conducting classroom observations and learning how to lead instructional walks, analyzing student work as a tool to focus on student achievement and closing the achievement gap.

Consultant for The Principal Candidate Pool and Office of School Leadership, that provides rigorous system-wide standards for Principal selection. Experienced in the development and the the use of rubrics to evaluate candidates applying for admission to the Principal Candidate Pool. Process includes moderating group discussions, instructional analyses and case study discussions. Trained in the use of the various assessments designed to select candidates based on the NYC Leadership Competencies

As Superintendent of Community School District 6, lead the largest school district in Manhattan with over 29,000 students in 26 schools (20 elementary and 6 middle schools) across Inwood, Washington Heights Hamilton Grange and Harlem. The student population included the largest number of English language learners in NYS (over 9,000 students) In District 4/ Region 9, worked with Principals to implement student accountability tools as a means of improving student outcomes, utilization of data information to bring about improvement in classroom practices. Initiated, validated, and disseminated innovative learning strategies based on research and data.Provided professional development and support for principals and teachers related to instructional management, guidance in developing leadership strategies, conducted staff workshops and focused learning walks.Worked with school leaders in the use of data to improve instructional practices, lead staff discussions around student assessments, identifying strategies to meet AYP, in depth inquiry on achievement gaps by subgroups, andcomparative case studies. Lead restructuring of low performing schools, created small learning communities with the goal of increasing accountability and accelerating student achievement.Served as an advisor in the development of several new Charter Schools in East Harlem, NYC.