Joseph Robertson Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

As the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Early Elementary Math, I oversee the implementation of the Eureka Math Squared curriculum across K-3 classrooms in three schools. My responsibilities include:Implementation Management: Collaborating with coaches and vendor providers to ensure a smooth and effective curriculum rollout.Curriculum Planning: Overseeing the scope and sequence for the academic year, ensuring all standards are met within the allotted school time.Assessment Development: Creating and implementing assessments to measure student progress and curriculum effectiveness.Data Analysis: Leading data reviews of assessments to inform instructional decisions and improve student outcomes.Professional Development: Designing and executing a professional development cycle that enhances teachers' personal and pedagogical math skills.Key Achievement:Successfully led initiatives resulting in a 9.25 average percentile score increase and a 5-point increase in the average RIT score on the spring NWEA growth test across the network's K-3 grades.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

• Oversee the special education compliance for 697 students from a network of schools that includes 3 pk-8 schools, 2 early childhood centers, 1 therapeutic day program, and a community support team. • Directly managed 8 school-based special education coordinators • Launched a secure digital filing system for all special education documentation• Developed the guidelines for digital learning plans during facility closure base on federal, state, and city guidance• Piloted a new professional development series based on areas of growth identified through the auditing process

New Orleans, La

• Develop and maintain individualized coaching plans for 12 staff members• Implemented a continuum of support that required a new staffing model and schedule centered on specific needs of 127 students with exceptionalities • Made an IEP writing tool to produce a more detailed, individualized and data-driven IEP • Introduced a school-wide parent and student-focused IEP meeting protocol with clear expectations before, during and after the meeting • Created a more efficient printing system for case management compliance transforming a 180-minute task into a 15-minute task• Led professional developments for 83 staff members to build their knowledge of accommodations and modifications in the classroom

New Orleans, La

• Taught and managed an average caseload of 21 students in first and second grade• Piloted student-created digital portfolios for 18 students and their families as a way to track and share student data • Created IEP goal-driven scope and sequences for students in both the inclusion and special setting • Wrote and implemented 25 lessons weekly for Tier 2 and Tier 3 reading intervention plans for 1st and 2nd-grade students

B.A., Political Science, Economics (Minor) And Public Policy (Concentration)

Post-Conflict Transformation (Gulu, Uganda And Kigali, Rwanda)