Melody Gerard, Mpa Email & Phone Number

United States

During this tenure, I designed and delivered engaging professional learning sessions, both in-person and virtually, to strengthen literacy instruction across the district. I led in-class observations, offering actionable feedback to drive meaningful improvements. I had the privilege of coaching over 40dedicated educators across four campuses, resulting in higher teacher retention and enriched observational data. I also managed the secondary Harlingen account and coordinated specialist assignments to ensure smooth operations and support.Some of my proudest achievements during this job included:- Improved teaching effectiveness and student performance by coaching educators and school leaders in best instructional practices and product use.- Ensured smooth operations and project execution by spearheading projects for mid-size district contracts and coordinating team travel, schedules, and assignments.- Contributed to strategic goal achievement by planning and executing professional learning in collaboration with district and school partners.- Supported instructional goals and provided teachers with valuable resources by creating standards-aligned curriculum documents and supplemental materials.- Ensured accurate revenue recognition and effective resource allocation by managing service requests and consultant assignments in Salesforce.- Achieved positive participant feedback by facilitating tailored professional learning sessions for secondary educators, leveraging my background in secondary literacy and curriculum.- Mastered Salesforce, Qualtrics, and the internal supply center system to manage service request forms, dispatch jobs, and maintain documentation for two out of six regions, improving turnaround timesfor processing SRFs, recognizing revenue, and fulfilling orders for professional learning sessions.

Houston, Texas, United States

During this job, I was committed to supporting the district's efforts to offer quality education during pandemic learning by authoring daily lessons for intervention and emergent bilingual teachers for in-person delivery then translating those lessons to digital, asynchronous modules for students engaged in virtual learning. This allowed me to develop more skills in instructional design, coding, and Google Suite.Some of my key contributions during this job included:- Designed, developed, and facilitated professional learning sessions for best practices in literacy instruction for campus departments and district sessions for both in-person and virtual.- Created curriculum materials and daily lessons for secondary ELA, intervention, and emergent bilingual classes.- Created lessons and lesson materials for in-person delivery and asynchronous learning using digital tools and itslearning learning management system.

Houston, Texas Area

During this job, I was committed to advancing in-person and virtual instruction, delivering impactful professional learning sessions on literacy best practices for campus and district-wide teams. By designing targeted development for Tier 2 school leaders, I drove effective leadership and instructional strategies. Mentoring educators and school leaders allowed me to enhance instructional methods and improve student outcomes. I collaborated with district and school teams to create and implementprofessional learning, planning, and coaching initiatives aligned with our district’s goals.Some of my key contributions during this job included:- Ensured instructional improvement by conducting in-class observations, providing feedback, and modeling lessons.- Contributed to the launch team for a district-wide middle school literacy initiative.- Built capacity within the educational community by overseeing multiple district training initiatives and facilitating trainer-of-trainer sessions.- Improved educational content by creating curriculum materials and daily lessons for secondary ELA, intervention, and emergent bilingual classes.- Utilized assessment data to assist campus leaders and teachers in making informed instructional decisions and enhancing educational effectiveness.- Boosted the confidence of new teachers and received positive feedback from colleagues for effective session preparation and delivery by leading development and delivery of all-day new teacher academy session on content-area standards, instructional strategies, and lesson planning.- Amplified district-wide ELA scores by establishing detailed lesson materials new secondary ELA curriculum, including standards alignment and assessments.Additional experience as Classroom Teacher, ELAR, 2005 – 2015- Coordinated and led a successful writing boot camp for 7th-grade students, such as training teachers, managing schedules, and overseeing the event.

Houston, Texas Area

During this role, I helped ignite teachers' enthusiasm by developing comprehensive literacy curriculum materials for grades 5-9 and providing tailored training. I optimized educational frameworks by mapping and consulting on curriculum development for charter and private schools. One of my favorite projects was leading a cross-curricular summer initiative whereby students integrated literacy and social studies to explore and present their family migration stories and cultural traditions.Some of my key achievements included:- Maximized instructional and classroom effectiveness by organizing professional learning sessions for teachers.- Promoted strategic alignment and collaborative development of educational objectives by arranging planning sessions at department and grade-level meetings.- Encouraged interdisciplinary learning and enriched student engagement across subjects by leading a schoolwide, cross-curricular project.

Bba, Business, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Delta Sigma Theta, Student Government Association, Sttudent Fee Advisory Committee, Academic Judicial Board.

Masters, Management/Public Administration