Kimberly Davis Email & Phone Number

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Providing opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math at the new Hall STEM Academy, coming Fall 2021. Supporting teacher development in the areas of professional development, coaching and data driven practices that impact achievement for all our students.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Responsible for the observation process for teacher growth within 2 buildings, communicating district initiatives to schools, and navigating and instructing the use of software programs for the district.•Support over 70 staff members toward generating a collaborative, enthusiastic, and energetic environment.•Coordinate communication between 2 elementary schools and the MPS District Office.•Orchestrate and facilitate collaborative meetings, PLC’s and ILT’s with staff, leadership, Coordinators, and district leaders•Facilitated building-wide PLC work with teams of teachers. Coordinated the data-team process and helped teachers use data effectively to improve student outcome.•Ensured the district-wide implementation of Focused Instruction, which aligns all learning to the Minnesota and Common Core standards.•Helped teachers roll out the new Kathy Richardson AMC assessments and implement DNC curriculum•Participated on the Leadership Team to look at building-wide trends in teacher and student performance and develop professional development when needed.•Helped teachers use data to form guided reading and math groups and use best instructional practices to ensure student success.•Built trust in the school building to support peer observations, growth and reflective practice.•Did demonstration lessons in teachers’ classrooms to help teachers develop and grow their practice•Gave effective feedback to teachers after my observations which led to increased student engagement•Planned, coordinated and organized professional development and teacher trainings and presented to large groups of staff on various academic topics.•Worked with teachers on classroom management strategies to maximize instructional time.•Helped teachers to put new instructional strategies in place by modeling, co-teaching and supporting this process in each classroom.•Analyzing formative assessment data to guide our instructional decisions in the best interest of the students in our rooms.

St Paul Public Schools - Four Seasons A+ Elementary School

As a Kindergarten Teacher-Effectively implementing district curriculum: Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop model • Progress monitoring effectiveness and setting SMART goals to ensure student success and progress. • Aligning instruction with state standards and planning assessment that ensured every student met the goals• Differentiating instruction to meet all students at their level and move them toward the standard. • Providing a safe, rigorous and stimulating environment which fosters students to desire lifelong learning • Effectively managing a classroom to ensure high expectations and high achievement for all. • Working as part of a team PLC to look at data and use it to make decisions about instructional practices

Four Seasons A+ Elementary School

• Providing Reading and Math acceleration in small groups to students who are struggling • Facilitating PLC meetings with teachers • Demonstrating lessons for teachers • Analyzing student test data and setting SMART goals with teachers that helped them to track the effectiveness of various instructional strategies. • Comparing class data and identifying classroom strategies that are effective and get results. Naming these practices and finding ways to implement them in all spaces.• Creating an environment with teachers that encourages the sharing of successful strategies and a peer-coaching model • Using Cognitive Coaching strategies • Developing, organizing and facilitating monthly whole staff Professional Development based on teacher and student needs

•Developing Test Prep and Credit Recovery curriculum and courses for the district- wide ALC Extended Day and summer session program at all middle school sites, serving 3000 students.•Complete program management, set up, staff development and training of all employees of the program•Helping teachers and program managers design SMART goals for the district-wide Middle School ALC program •Creating an expectation-based, credit earning system for failing middle school students •Developing pacing guides and assessments for ALC •Building and facilitating teams of people toward a common goal •Coaching and training teachers in the areas of reading, math and best instructional practices •Tracking data and using it to drive decision-making for programming •Planning, organizing and executing the entire ALC middle School program- hiring, staffing, posting jobs, designing site leader manuals, setting up program expectations, working with building principals •Effectively communicated with: teachers, students, families, administrators/principals, curriculum coaches and supervisors •Gathered, organized, coordinated and shared resources among school buildings across the district•Helping design and implement an assessment model and accountability plan for ALC Programs. •Using ALC data management systems as they relate to attendance, grading, student registration, staffing and payroll. • Researching and selecting an online math program for use afterschool by 1500 students. Setting this up with extended day teachers, gathering data and reporting to the superintendent with regards to target goals and benchmarks •Observing and Evaluating teacher performance in our afterschool program district-wide •Designing, implementing and analyzing the middle school summer program,district-wide that serves over 1500 students at 11 sites.

• Creating an environment with structure and predictability to ensure learning is accomplished• Effectively implementing a Guided Math program and setting SMART goals to monitor progress toward grade level standards.• Effectively implementing Direct Instruction in Reading and morning drills• Assuming roles of a lead kindergarten teacher: mentoring, designing curriculum, planning and data analysis• Designing a kindergarten-readiness summer program using Core Knowledge curriculum and standards-based criteria• Planning and organizing curriculum for an after-school Enrichment Program• Ensuring that my students develop and excel both academically and culturally Partnering with parents and the community to ensure there are supports in place for the children.• Developing and implementing an effective discipline plan, which holds children responsible for their actions and encourages them to make smart choices for their lives and their learning.• Training and monitoring other teachers on curriculum, classroom environment and behavior strategies• Planning and implementing Core Knowledge curriculum for Social Studies, Science and Language• Creating morning drills to help students recall information, using Direct Instruction• Providing instruction in an academic, all-day kindergarten setting• Creating and implementing curriculum maps which incorporate school and state standards• Charting and graphing student progress and setting SMART goals• Using data to drive instruction• Participating in a program design committee for school expansion in a new site• Effectively teaching in an urban, low income environment, while maintaining high standards of achievement for every child AND getting results!

Education Specialist/ Administration, 4.0

Masters In Education

Bachelor Of Science, Foundations Of Education

Master Of Education

Masters In Elementary Education, Elementary Education

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