Michael Kucera, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

Skokie, Il, Us

Skokie, Illinois, United States

• Drive equity initiatives that include diversification of the curriculum and antiracist training and practices; detract course placement and replace it with student information and empowerment initiatives• Collaborate with building-level leaders and stakeholders to identify areas of strength, growth and opportunity• Talent Management: Manage 27 people, with 95% retention rate for teachers and 66% for support roles• Create training and professional development materials and partner… Show more • Drive equity initiatives that include diversification of the curriculum and antiracist training and practices; detract course placement and replace it with student information and empowerment initiatives• Collaborate with building-level leaders and stakeholders to identify areas of strength, growth and opportunity• Talent Management: Manage 27 people, with 95% retention rate for teachers and 66% for support roles• Create training and professional development materials and partner new hires with mentors• Developed online trainings due to Covid: Planned and led seminars in microaggressions, culturally responsive practices, onboarding for LMS and creating demonstration videos Show less

Skokie, Illinois, United States

Niles West High School

Urbana-Champaign Area

• Instructed 15 graduate/master’s level students on Instructional Leadership and Teacher Evaluation• Updated instructional readings and supplemented the mandatory text with current research and topics

Urbana

• Taught PhD-level curriculum focused on development, analysis and assessment of organizational initiatives• Enhanced course by creating and executing equity audits within organizations

Urbana-Champaign Area

• Taught Master’s-level curriculum focused on intersectionality of culture, politics and policy in education• Engaged two cohorts at the Master’s and Doctorate levels and 20 students/semester in discussion and research on political and cultural issues in education

Chicago, Il

• Collaborated with stakeholders to develop curriculum that was academically and culturally relevant• Developed ongoing assessment and progress monitoring of curricular activities• Wrote common assessments for macro-evaluation of student progress

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Taught English to 150/year: Students increased test scores across the board, with 100% being accepted to a 4-year college/university• Developed viable academic curricula in 2 separate schools that showed substantial growth on standardized tests and college acceptances• Talent Management: Coordinated hiring fairs, recruited from across the country for all academic disciplines; oversaw all hiring and retention, including hiring one new team consisting of 10–12 members per year with 80%… Show more • Taught English to 150/year: Students increased test scores across the board, with 100% being accepted to a 4-year college/university• Developed viable academic curricula in 2 separate schools that showed substantial growth on standardized tests and college acceptances• Talent Management: Coordinated hiring fairs, recruited from across the country for all academic disciplines; oversaw all hiring and retention, including hiring one new team consisting of 10–12 members per year with 80% retention rate after four years• Developed material for self-assessment and monitoring Show less

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Co-Founder and Instructional Designer: Founded the progressive learning and development and instructional design for the entire instructional program; built curriculum from scratch• Worked with teachers and staff to perform needs assessment and identify measurable professional goals for advancing curriculum• 100% students were accepted to a four-year college of their choice• Differentiated materials to ensure all students could access, understand and experience… Show more • Co-Founder and Instructional Designer: Founded the progressive learning and development and instructional design for the entire instructional program; built curriculum from scratch• Worked with teachers and staff to perform needs assessment and identify measurable professional goals for advancing curriculum• 100% students were accepted to a four-year college of their choice• Differentiated materials to ensure all students could access, understand and experience success• Co-developed Special-Ed curriculum with lead teachers Show less

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Created rigorous, diverse and CCSS aligned curriculum for 9th grade students• Incorporated technology into the classroom as a tool for learning and assessment

Minneapolis, Mn

Doctor Of Education (Ed.D.), Educational Policy And Organizational Leadership

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Educational Leadership And Administration

Ma, Education

Ba, English

Education record

• General Administrative • Evaluator Training, English/Lang Arts • Secondary Education • Superintendent • Beyond Diversity I • Seeking.