Over three short years with Magnolia, first as our Curriculum and Instruction Director and then CAO, she has made a real difference, bringing discipline, professional development, and support to our academic team. Some of her contributions have been:Implementing the data cycle to include IBA, ICA;Implementing peer-led and professional training and Symposiums org-wide with focus on Explicit Direct Instruction, Culturally Relevant Teaching Practices, Curriculum, etc;Increasing site… Show more Over three short years with Magnolia, first as our Curriculum and Instruction Director and then CAO, she has made a real difference, bringing discipline, professional development, and support to our academic team. Some of her contributions have been:Implementing the data cycle to include IBA, ICA;Implementing peer-led and professional training and Symposiums org-wide with focus on Explicit Direct Instruction, Culturally Relevant Teaching Practices, Curriculum, etc;Increasing site support-modeling the walkthrough process and how to provide constructive feedback;Coaching school site instructional teams on data analysis and goals;Facilitating/introducing the process of implementing Teachboost, Illuminate, and Myon;Supporting the reviews and renewals of MSAs;Managing a small but mighty team, including creating sense of purpose and joy in supporting our students in their math, EL and SPED development;Started our summer school program;Set agendas for Deans of Academics based on session outcomes; and,Establishing our weekly academic newsletter.When she arrived, Magnolia was unprepared for the major change in curriculum and instruction required under Common Core. Now, we are on our way to developing deep implementation success. She will continue her role until the end of her contract June 30; however, she will immediately begin training our Interim CAO, Erdinç Acar, so that all of the summer and start of the school year programs and plans can move forward without skipping a beat. Our COO, Suat Acar will pick up Erdinç Acar's Regional Director responsibilities in the meantime.This revised structure will remain in place until a new CEO & Superintendent is selected and makes choices regarding the leadership team.Congratulations to Kenya (and UpLift) on her new role! (And, many thanks to Erdinç and Suat for taking on the increased workload.)With infinite gratitude,Caprice Show less

My work as a Middle School Director is captured in this book:The Urban Challenge in Education: The Story of Charter School ...https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1475814453Joseph Scollo, ‎Dona Stevens, ‎Ellen Pomella - 2014 - ‎EducationThe Story of Charter School Successes in Los Angeles Joseph Scollo, Dona ... to the school share that vision,” according to Kenya Jackson, director (principal).