Kristin Algier Email & Phone Number

• Report directly to Managing Partner, manage a multi-million-dollar portfolio of client engagements/contracts focused on increasing student access and achievement, introducing high-quality instructional.
• Lead, manage and develop multiple, diverse, regionally dispersed teams (from 4-25 employees), ensuring that all partnerships are successful, meet ambitious equity-centered goals/client needs, and innovate where.
• Engage in new client acquisition, in addition to contract renewals and extensions, to support new business development and the sustainability of the overall org

• Led contract with Texas Education Agency (TEA) supporting 28 districts in Covid recovery strategic planning and execution
• Created and supported a consortium of 25+ New Mexico rural and charter schools/networks in accelerating learning and change management
• Led educators across New Mexico in the creation of a culturally and linguistically responsive rubric aligned to the Office of CLRI’s research-based curricular materials
• Managed the evaluation of learning model effectiveness and the subsequent creation of coordinated improvement cycles for TEA schools across multiple districts
• Created and launched an arc of development to train leaders to support accelerated learning and provide teacher coaching to ensure students have access to rigorous instruction

Hones political communication skills with a focus on working across partisan dividesStrengthened policy and advocacy strategies as a national storyteller and thought leaderEstablished a deep understanding of innovation in interconnected, student-center education system

Uplift Heights Preparatory- West Dallas

• Increased 3rd-5th grade Reading/Math STAAR year over year percentages meeting state accountability with student population comprised of 93% economically disadvantaged students
• Lead school from a D to a B+ state rating over 3 years with a 15 pt. gain in academic growth, a 6 pt. gain in overall achievement, and a distinction earned for Comparative Academic Growth
• Expanded college preparatory campus from founding kindergarten and 1st grades with enrollment of 200 to fully built out pre-kindergarten through fifth grade elementary with 1000+ students
• Supported and developed three assistant principals and sixty-four staff members, earning a 4.71 out of 5 point scale from direct reports on Gallup Survey, ranking in the top 2%
• Developed leadership capacity of six internal staff members who were promoted to director and five staff members promoted to dean through adaptive and instructional coaching
• Mentored four principals, two elementary and two secondary directors on people management and academic results, all meeting their state accountability in their first year in the role

Houston, Texas Area

• Provided vision and values to over 760 students and directly supported and appraised sixteen teachers
• Coached kindergarten through second grade teachers on implementation of balanced literacy approach aimed at increasing student choice, differentiation, and engagement
• Lead a DonorsChoose campaign resulting in over $20,000 worth of instructional materials donated in less than six months
• Created and implemented several school-wide tracking programs, resulting in School at St. George Place ranking 5th in Houston ISD list on number of lessons completed in Think Through Math

• Earned highest rated campus in “culture and satisfaction metrics” out of eleven schools at Teach for America’s rigorous, hands-on training for incoming corps members
• Supported institute’s only two school site team designing one cohesive vision to train eighty-seven new teachers through immersive teaching practice and coaching
• Collaborated with corps members to create a “Super Saturday” where corps members tutored their students at a local park to ensure target learning goals were achieved

• Implemented intervention plan for special education students, resulting in an average of two-years academic growth in one calendar year
• Assisted in planning, implementation, and evaluation of all English enrichment classes, 90% of student met or exceeded their growth goals of 1.5 years growth in fluency and comprehension metrics
• Worked collaboratively with campus leadership to develop targeted growth plans around key objectives for English Language Department in middle and high school
• Chaired Limited Proficiency Assessment Committee to provide instructional methodologies and interventions for English as a second language learners to ensure academic success in

• Served as member of highly selective national service corps of individuals from diverse backgrounds who commit two years to teach in under-resourced public schools and become lifelong leaders in a wide range of careers.
• Recipient of “Principal’s Leadership Award”
• Created and implemented small group interventions resulting in an average literacy increase of 1.5 grade levels all three years
• Appointed as Grade Level Chair to establish strong teaching practices and alignment within grade level team using data to track mastery of content and plan for effective reteach
• Chaired Intervention Assistant Team Committee ensuring struggling students received proper academic support and facilitating special education testing when appropriate

• Selected from approximately 19,000 applicants to serve in a highly acclaimed service corps committed to ending the achievement gap in public schools.
• Broke down Texas Essential Knowledge Standards into daily learning objectives for new corps members. Created assessment questions that align with the learning objectives for the Institute Toolkit.

• Maintained budgeting tasks such as reimbursements, bills, and financial coding for the Houston office.

• Coordinated the school placement of the 2008 Houston Corps (234 teachers).
• Facilitated communication between school leadership and corps members throughout institute.
• Planned "Interview Day" during Induction in which 70% of the incoming corps has interviews on-site.
• Placed approximately 90% of corps members before July 14th.

Aldine, Texas

• Attended monthly agenda setting meetings and community meetings with Aldine I.S.D.
• Received training in school board governance and educational reform at the district level.
• Participated in conference calls discussing school policies
• Final Project Paper: "Giving Direction to Debate: How Parents, Teachers, and the District Shape School Board Policy in the Midst of Budget Cuts."

M.B.A.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science