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Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Created professional learning workshops and customer-facing resources, including slide decks, facilitator scripts, and participant guides, to support the implementation of new curricula.• Presented a customized professional learning workshop, resulting in 4.88/5.00 effectiveness rating from participants.• Initiated and facilitated a multi-team book study leading to increased team cohesion and refinement of processes, enabling improvements in workshop development.• Collaborated with a professional learning team to create and revise customer-facing resources, including checklists, templates, and observation tools.

Houston, Texas, United States

Coordinated instructional services for 30 institutions in Houston, Alief, San Antonio, Austin, Temple, Killeen, and El Paso. Supported intervention curriculum implementation, resulting in an 85% growth rate in reading and an 84% growth rate in math among Title I students.• Hired, trained, and provided individualized instructional coaching to 35 staff members annually, ensuring quality of services and development of teacher skills.• Analyzed staffing data to develop and facilitate targeted professional development programs for 150+ staff members annually, including new-hire training, continuing education, and employee recognition.• Utilized Gallup Q12 Employee Engagement Survey data to increase annual staff retention from 50% to 85% among part-time, hourly staff.• Monitored contractual agreements and financial spend down, generating over $2,600,000 in revenue in FY23.• Drove geographic expansion of programs, contributing to doubling of team revenue over FY22-23, by optimizing and managing operations.• Engaged external and internal stakeholders in strategic planning to maximize funding streams while also ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines.• Ensured accurate data collection, monitoring, and maintenance to meet team and company-wide goals, using Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, and proprietary systems.

Led a team of 14 teachers, aligning curricula and instructional practices across 13 history, humanities, and social science courses.• Supported team members’ professional growth through coaching cycles, resulting in 93% staff retention from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021 school years despite the COVID-19 impact.• Led collaborative teams in developing departmental mission statement and DEI guidelines for the teaching of sensitive topics.• Facilitated grade-level team meetings which resulted in curricula for four new history courses.• Analyzed data and adjusted instruction to improve student outcomes, resulting in Advanced Placement exam scores more than double the national average.

Filled a mid-year vacancy teaching eleventh-grade Advanced Placement U.S. History and mentoring students completing an online Dual Credit U.S. History course through Lone Star College.

Led team of 9+ social studies teachers in data monitoring and strategic planning, which raised student passing rates on state exams from 75% to 99% over 2 years• Created and presented staff development for 75+ teachers and led Critical Friends Groups using National School Reform Faculty protocols as part of a multi-year professional development program.• Led collaborative team of Advanced Placement teachers to develop a summer “A.P. Bootcamp” and afterschool sessions that annually provided skills instruction to over 300 students. • Analyzed data and adjusted instruction to improve student outcomes, resulting in A.P. U.S. Government students earning an average student score of 4.42 on national exam and 100% of World History II students passing state exams in 2010.

Led team of 10+ social studies teachers ensuring alignment between practice and organizational goals• Provided school-wide professional development on Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol, leading to improved instructional support for emergent bilingual students.

Filled a mid-year vacancy teaching eighth-grade Civics and Economics.

Taught eleventh-grade U.S. History and Advanced Placement U.S. History.• Named Fort Bend Independent School District’s “Rookie Teacher of the Year,” 2003.

Mentored 4 student teachers working toward Texas state secondary certification, observing and debriefing their classes on a daily basis for 6 weeks.

• Created history curriculum utilized by teachers in the Houston Independent School District, resulting increased use of Rice's Community in History program.• Planned and facilitated professional learning workshops for 15+ Houston-area educators.• Assisted in the drafting of grant proposals and progress reports to the National Endowment for the Humanities, leading to continuation of grant funding.

Mat, Social Studies

Activities and Societies: Awarded James Madison Fellowship for Virginia, 2010 Action Research Project – “Untangling the Gordian Knot: Test.

History

Activities and Societies: Awarded Donald I. Wood Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2002