Melodie Morris M.Ed. Email & Phone Number

Arlington

-District sponsored mentor providing instructional and professional leadership and training to new teachers, team leader, and science cohort team.-Collaborated with grade level academic team leaders and administrative personnel to achieve academic goals of the individual student, the campus, and the school district and represent the district mission, vision, goals and strategic plan.-Designed and developed academic course curriculum to include differentiated classroom presentation, instructional materials and teaching aids for elementary classrooms in core and elective subjects.-Present and train district personnel in new district curriculum expectations aligned with teacher appraisal system.-Identified gap around STAAR scores, implemented new teaching strategies raising STAAR Science scores from 50% to 77% passing.-Representative of district discipline procedures program responsible for campus wide roll out and training of staff through campus professional development.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

-Developed, implemented, and managed federal, state, and business grant-funded and private gift solicitation programs. -Maintained updated operational plans for all programs to assist in determining college resource needs, additionally developed and administered related budgets.-Researched and gathered data for statistical and narrative reports related to grants and gifts to ensure compliance with college and Foundation policies and procedures, contracts, external agencies and private donors.-Liaison between college administrators, district accounting and external funding sources.-Created solutions for documentation, interpretation of grant/gift use, objectives, and outcomes, including agency/gift requirements of considerable complexity.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

-Represented consortium in 3 community college districts, 16 college campuses, 65 ISDs, business and industry marketing career/technical preparation, and education programs..-Prepared local, state, and federal reports as required by federal grant budget guidelines.-Developed and recruited businesses such as AT&T, Grainger, Texas Airhogs, Hilton Hotels, Marek Bros., Royal Catering and DFW educators to participate in Summer Educator Program.-Researched, analyzed, and summarized budgetary information for presentations at conferences, board meetings, and workshops.-Provided leadership in various programs and events from development to implementation.-Successfully reconciled federal grant budget exceeding $600,000.

Master’S Degree, Educational Leadership And Administration, General, 4.0

Master's degree in Educational Leadership includes onsite mentor collaboration and oversight with extensive embedded work activities.

Bba, Management

Activities and Societies: Chi Omega