Prepare for the launch of the new KRESA Career Connect Campus for the fall of 2025.Onboard 18 new CTE instructors directly from industry fields into education.Establish a Professional Development program, including budgets, goals, and tracking process for maintaining learning for certified, and non-certified staff.Design and deliver professional learning for 26 instructors and 20+ technical assistants on the topics of curriculum, instruction, student support, and assessment.Design the curriculum cycle process for creating and equipping 15 new curricula with newly hired instructors, including meeting specific CTE requirements.Designed and coded a large-scale Excel-based project management system for maintaining all non-construction projects related to opening the Career Connect Campus.Establish a Canvas LMS platform and a OneDrive/GoogleDrive curriculum warehouse solution for housing curriculum resources.Supervise and collaborate with new instructional staff and an instructional coach to meet curriculum and instructional learning goals.

- Curriculum and Instructional Design- Instructional Leadership Coaching- Professional Writing and Content Creation Support- Custom Curriculum Workshops- Curriculum Warehousing

Member of the Portage Public Schools Executive Leadership. Primarily focused on providing: K-12 curriculum leadership, team learning, integration of departments to solve complex problems, advocating for students, and implementing continuous improvement.Led over 20 subject matter expert teams on curriculum, assessments, and instruction to improve student academic and behavioral outcomes.Managed a curriculum purchases and operations yearly budget of approximately 1.25 million, with sources from the general budget, as well as government grants.Created and managed a comprehensive teacher training program using Google apps for Education, Camtasia, Looop, and other tools.Led a community-based stakeholder council of 60+ members for curriculum, program, and instructional and material purchase recommendations.Reported regularly on academic and project goals to the Board of Education and public, including local, state, and federal accountability metrics.Produced, hosted, and directed professional learning events and symposia for groups of 4 to 1200.Designed curriculum and materials warehousing procedures, including asset and artifact management, standards application, and aligned local assessments.

Led and designed, and modified school systems to build trust, empower students, and center our focus on student learning rather than teaching.Managed student discipline, teacher growth, and teacher evaluation systems for a 1300-student high school. Implemented Professional Learning Community processes and academic standards building-wide.Designed and implemented an MTSS that reduced semester course failures from 650 to less than 100 per semester.Designed and executed the logistics and processes for a complete building remodel in 2008-2011.

Served as the Science Department Co-Chair and Site-Based Team Leader from 2006-2009, building-wide leadership, organization, learning activities, and departmental success.Co-designed and developed first-year chemistry courses, including coursepack, lab activities, and essential standards selection.Co-developed the Southwest Michigan Science Educators Symposium, hosting over 150 state-wide science teachers in a collaborative learning conference to improve classroom engagement and instruction through shared practices.

Taught High School Chemistry and Middle School Science & Mathematics.Led the Science Olympiad Middle School Team.Designed a new STEM extension course for middle school students.

Supported the initial launch of the radio station in Kalamazoo.Curated music library and scheduled music rotation.Hosted Friday night in-studio events for youth.

Supported air launched missile readiness and missile maintenance.Implemented, piloted, and certified a new air launched missile system.