Mahala Archer Email & Phone Number

Auburn, Ca, Us

Auburn, California

Sacramento, California Area

I worked on projects in the education field regarding school finance, human capital management systems, and school turnaround. *School Finance and Governance: Coordinator of Invest for Student Success (ISS), an integrated collection of policies, procedures, and tools that can be used to reorganize the finance and governance structures in a school district for the purpose of improving student learning in an equitable and transparent way.*School Turnaround: Part of a team developing a set of 100 profiles of school turnaround methods highlighting schools, districts, and states across the US. *Human Capital Management: Part of a team working with the state of Maine to implement a comprehensive and aligned HCMS for their Teacher Incentive Fund grant #4.

*Project Manager for the Strategic School Funding for Results project (www.schoolfundingforresults.org) *Change Management for district reform in the areas of district finance, accountability, equity, transparency, service culture, stakeholder engagement and innovation*Facilitation and design of the pilot Teacher and Principal Evaluation model for Highlands High School*Representative of Twin Rivers USD on the Education Committee for the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative grant design and writing

Sacramento, California Area

CREATING A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Course for EducatorsThe course focuses on the elements necessary to create and support a culture of continuous improvement at the classroom, school, and district levels. Topics covered include: engaging and communicating with stakeholders; facilitating buy-in from a wide range of entities; acquiring and coordinating the resources necessary to supporting teachers’ and principals’ use of data; change management in the field of education; identifying and addressing fears about data use; navigating the political intersection between data analysis and teacher evaluation.

Graduate School of Education: SacramentoInstructor of for the Intern Teaching Preparation Seminar for single and multiple-subject credential applicants

Review and edit items on all state science examsCoordinated Peer Review of California Science Assessments for federal compliance with No Child Left Behind

Facilitate professional development around standards-based common standards, instruction and assessments Facilitate in the research and evaluation of educational programs in the districtCoordinator of GJUHSD Gifted and Talented Program and BudgetsDistrict representative on school site program improvement teams

Sacramento, California Area

Life and Physical Science Teacher•Emphasized data-driven, standards-based curriculum based on district key standards•Acted as department chair from 2002 to present•Served as a member of the school leadership team from 2003 to 2005

Sacramento, California Area

Instructor of “Serving the Gifted and Talented Learner”

Austin, Texas Area

High School Biology Teacher

Austin, Texas Area

Science and Math Teacher 6-12th grade

M.A., Education

Masters and Credential program in Science and Math Education, conducted thesis work on identity formation of "at-risk" youth in career.

B.A., Environmental Studies

Majored in Environmental Studies