Leslie Hesketh Email & Phone Number

Chevy Chase Village, Md, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

-Spearheads change management strategy for driving adoption of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) across Texas through building relationships and providing consultative support to district leaders-Manages team of 5 dynamic individuals to meet larger team and Agency goals-Creates data infrastructure to track program progress and adoption of instructional materials across Texas-Devised and executed an adoption strategy that led to 75 school districts adopting HQIM last school year-Developed program and executed $20M grant opportunity for school districts to engage in tailored foundational planning supports for instruction-Formalized trainings, roll-out plan, and deployed high-impact trainer of trainers sessions across all 20 Regional Service Centers and network of 20+ vendors in Texas on the science of how students learn in math and literacy

Austin, Texas, United States

-Created and implemented performance management and financial management data dashboards used by senior leadership across the office to improve decision making-Developed and led office-wide professional learning on Excel, PowerPoint, project management, data analysis, and data visualization-Operated as sole project manager for development of grades K-5 math and science high-quality curriculum used by over 350 school districts in Texas-Conducted market research, led procurement, negotiations, and contracting for $70M+ in contracts needed for COVID-19 response to provide free instructional materials and technology platforms to Texas educators-Built a case for a summer internship program to improve the Agency talent pipeline to senior leadership, created program, and managed 6 graduate interns

Austin, Texas Area

-Provided continuous coaching and leadership counseling to girls’ soccer players and planned daily practices to strengthen the teams tactical and technical skills-Mentored 2 student teachers working towards their teacher certification-Blended knowledge and experience working in a biochemistry lab with education to develop project-based learning experience for students

Houston, Texas Area

Katy, Texas

-Awarded "First Year Teacher of the Year"-Developed digital lessons and resources used by the team throughout the school year

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

-Used variety of biophysical methodologies to test protein kinase C interactions-Quickly learned Linux operating systems, new methodology like NMR spectroscopy, and biophysical techniques

Master'S Degree, Public Affairs

Master’S Degree, Biochemistry And Biophysics

Bachelor’S Degree, Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: Renee Crown Honors Program Phi Beta Kappa Syracuse University Women's Soccer Team American Chemistry Society.