Keri Hefferin, Ed.S. Email & Phone Number

Southeast Learning Community

• Coordinate, provide and make available desired expertise in the area of Exceptional Student Services to help over 40 schools within the learning community to achieve desired priorities in response to needs and disparities identified at the school and classroom level• Facilitate, upon request, communication with parents, students and staff resolving problems, and critical and complex issues involving Exceptional Student Education services and appropriate student placements• Assist in directing and supervising the Exceptional Student Services staff in terms of their performance responsibilities and productivity in achieving district goals• Provide professional development to principals, teachers, and other staff related to Exceptional Student Education policies, procedures, and best practices• Develop leadership in subordinates

Orlando, Florida Area

• Responsible for coaching teachers and other faculty at underperforming schools to increase the school grade• Created dynamic math lessons for use by STO district schools • Provided regular expertise in the areas of ESE, including academics, behavior, and compliance• Collaborated on a regular basis with administrators, school leadership team, and classroom teachers in all areas of planning instruction, implementing best practices, coaching faculty resulting in improved pedagogy, and analyzing performance data to make instructional decisions

• Responsible for all areas related to school administration and operations in an underperforming turnaround school• Responsible for planning, organization and implementation of all KCC Board goals and objectives coordinated and integrated all activities toward achievement of established goals and objectives; assisted in the development and implementation of school policies and procedures• Responsible for recruiting, screening, hiring, training, assigning, and evaluating of the school’s personnel• Responsible for implementing and monitoring school-wide systems, and policies and procedures in the areas of Exceptional Student Education, Gifted, Muti-Tiered Systems of Support, Section 504, and English Speakers of Other Languages• Planned, attended, and conducted staff meetings to discuss policy changes, instructional programs, potential problems, and resolutions of existing problems and other school related issues; interpreted and enforced all district policies, State Statutes, and State Board Rules as appropriate for charter schools

Ocoee, Fl

• Assisted and supported school principal in all areas related to school administration and operations within KCC Board guidelines and policies in an underperforming turnaround school• Responsible for teacher observation and evaluations, professional development, instructional support in all areas, and recruitment and hiring staff

• Assisted and supported school principal in all areas related to school administration, including teacher supervision and evaluation, instruction and assessment, and recruitment and hiring in a differentiated accountability, state monitored underperforming turnaround school• Interpreted and enforced all district policies, State Statutes, and State Board Rules

Orlando, Fl

Former Exceptional Student Education Staffing Specialist and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Coach, Community and Mentor Coordinator, Behavior Specialist, and ESE Teacher at Fern Creek Elementary School

Educational Specialist (Ed.S.), Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Exceptional Education, K-12

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), General Studies