Supply leadership and oversight to BRICK Education Network’s departments and programs, including strategic plan implementation and grant management; develops performance and population accountability measures, protocols, and procedures across the 50+ employee organization and the public schools under its management. ▶︎Project manager for all federal grant programs (valued over $6 million in 2022), including reviews of school plans and budgets▶︎Internal fact finding and writing of Annual Progress Reports submitted to the federal Department of Education, including quantitative & qualitative data analysis of school and department data▶︎Develops a model to support the use and interpretation of the academic department’s student achievement data, including writing, monitoring, and reporting Student Growth Outcome metrics for use in teacher and school leader formal evaluations▶︎Fostering a sustainable data culture among stakeholders with growth mindset, analysis skills, meeting protocols, and calendarized data cycles▶︎As a member of BRICK’s Performance Team, helps to build a Data Management System that solves data engineering challenges such as warehouse storage, user access, and data visualization through reports and dashboards.

Manages curricula, data analysis, and the professional development of teachers and supervisors around student literacy outcomes and high-impact instructional practices; founded a history program and curriculum for grades 3-12 in five elementary-middle schools and one high school in Newark’s Central and South Wards. ▶︎Founded Achieve Community Charter School; Executed Turn-Around Model for Avon Academy, Peshine Academy, and Marion P. Thomas Charter Schools▶︎From 2015-2018, decreased below-proficient PARCC scores by 19% (Avon) and 23% (Peshine), increased Meets/Exceeds PARCC scores by 12% (Avon) and 16% (Pehsine); In 2017, Peshine ELA teachers achieved the highest PARCC Student Growth Percentile in Newark Public Schools and second highest in Newark▶︎Wrote a history curriculum for World and U.S. History in grade bands 3-4, 5-8 and High School; created assessments, rubrics, and lesson materials aligned to AP History standards and the principles of culturally responsive teaching. ▶︎Designed and implemented literacy curricula that ensures all students receive instruction with grade-level texts and standards regardless of incoming reading ability; provides culturally responsive and engaging content; fosters student voice

Classroom English teacher successful at building relationships with students and increasing their literacy scores and college acceptance rates▶︎Rated Highly Effective in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 on the district’s evaluation framework (including a $5,000 and $10,000 award for effective teaching)▶︎Served as Instructional Coach responsible for the professional development of the high school’s 15 ELA and history teachers

▶︎Wrote summative assessments and holistic scoring rubric for the district’s Common Core history curriculum Reading Like a Historian (2014-2015)▶︎Wrote a grant proposal and secured $10,000 to fund a program that taught decoding and fluency skills to lower elementary students (2011-2014)▶︎Selected by NPS Curriculum Office to evaluate Common Core alignment of four ELA curricular programs; instrumental in selecting the HMH Collections for all district high schools (2014)▶︎Developed a Sophomore English credit recovery curriculum with units, daily objectives, and assessments aligned with core curriculum content standards (2008-2009)▶︎Chairperson of the curriculum and assessment committee during Middle States Review accreditation (2005)

Developed a student data system to measure student success on learning standards and assessments, and provide data reports for school leaders. ▶︎Provided continuous professional development of Weequahic instructional staff to improve instruction and increase HSPA scores; from 2009 to 2011, number of students who achieved Proficient on HSPA (ELA) increased by 34% for general education students and 17% for special needs students; from 2008 to 2014, percent of students who achieved Proficient on HSPA (ELA) increased from 48% to 78%▶︎Spearheaded effort to transition the instructional staff from outgoing state standards and assessments to Common Core State Standards, PARCC and the ACT; Lead content groups and whole faculty in professional development sessions on Common Core shifts and standards-based instruction; Trained all teachers on writing Common Core/NJCCCS-aligned summative assessments, ensuring all students received engagement with complex informational texts and text-based tasks in each every class (2012-2013)

Taught Fluent to Experience Literacy, a required course on literacy instruction for current middle and high school teachers earning their master’s degree in the Childhood Education Graduate Program; evaluated each teacher's course work and assigned them a grade for the course. Trained teachers how to perform miscue analysis; arranged for literacy scholar Sandra Wilde to coach my class

Successfully completed two year training program as a Teach For America Corps Member (2005-2007). Managed 12 corps members through their first teaching experience in a six-week Summer Institute (2008).