Kira Morin Email & Phone Number

Memphis, Tn, Us

Memphis, Tn, Us

Memphis, Tn, Us

Memphis, Tn, Us

• Engage with stakeholders from district chiefs to front-line staff to identify obstacles to student achievement. Leverage training in usability and design thinking to produce user-friendly and aligned business intelligence tools.• Provide guidance and recommendations to central office staff on data management and continuous improvement processes.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

The EP Program and Fellowship provided me with an excellent opportunity where I could blend my teaching experience with my technical skills in data visualization and analytics while continuing to combat the opportunity gap in the education sector. At Shelby County Schools, our first priority is to strengthen Early Literacy, such that 90% of third graders will read on grade level by 2025. My project involved developing, designing, and maintaining The Third Grade Commitment program dashboard, which tracks the progress of over 21,000 K-2 students towards meeting specific literacy-focused success criteria. By tracking performance in real time and providing reading interventions that directly target student literacy, we hope to make measurable progress towards our Destination 2025 goal.Programming and networking events with my cohort and alumni advanced my career and my leadership potential. I remain connected to individuals passionate about equity in education and their expertise in other domains of education (e.g. finance, policy, and strategic planning). The experience inspired me to invest in the local EP presence as founding Memphis Alumni Board Co-Chair. Because of EP, I feel ready to embrace this new challenge as a leader.

Nashville, Tn, Us

• Engaged stakeholders in design thinking process to re-structure data collection and reporting. Built automated dashboard using user-defined functions to aggregate college persistence data to track progress toward Key Performance Indicators. Decreased preparation time spent on monthly and quarterly KPI reports by 83%. • Initiated and consulted on data-driven strategy to proactively identify client segments of incoming caseload and inform deployment of appropriate interventions and resources. Accurately assessed client needs by collaboratively developing research-based intake survey with psychometric expert.

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

• Individually coordinated the development of 5 interdisciplinary learning projects through research, outreach, and in collaboration with relevant local and regional field experts for 2018-2019 school year.• Designed and implemented 4-week student-driven project to build community disaster resilience through data collection and mapping in ArcGIS for Wilson community stakeholders to create Emergency Operations plan. 1st place High School student entry in Arkansas ERSI ArcGIS Online competition.• Planned and delivered math curriculum to 28 6th-9th graders in April and May to meet urgent organizational needs.• Compiled and analyzed formative and summative assessment data for 32 Intermediate students to inform intervention.

Nashville, Tn, Us

- Achieved Level 5 TVAAS rating based on 2016 TCAP achievement, with a Growth Standard between 8.40 and 9.50. - Designed 5th grade science curriculum in alignment with Tennessee state standards for 88 students, including lesson differentiation for English Language Learners and students with exceptional needs (as stipulated by Individualized Education Plans). - Independently implemented communication system Remind with translating capabilities to improve weekly and daily communication with families.- Elected by School Leadership to serve on the local Teacher Leader Network Committee alongside School Leadership members with the goal of increasing the organization’s capacity in the 2017 – 2018 school year by engaging teachers through leadership opportunities and the implementation of collaborative practices.- Tutored 5 - 7 girls twice a week after school to build confidence with science and overall academic performance.

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

- Built relationships with 145 scholars and their families as the primary 5th grade science teacher.- Mentored 22 5th grade boys and engaged them in a social-emotional curriculum twice a week. - Co-designed 5th grade science curriculum in alignment with Tennessee state standards for 270 students, including lesson differentiation for English Language Learners and students with exceptional needs (as stipulated by Individualized Education Plans). - Implemented weekly feedback on instructional quality, lesson planning, and classroom management through coaching

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

- Supported six 7th and 8th grade students in math, writing, science, and history tutorial on a weekly basis and served as point-person for students’ academic success through weekly communication with families, teachers, and staff.- Compiled and designed math tutorial materials for 90 7th grade students. Co-monitored implementation by 40 tutors. - Provided push-in support for 7th grade math classroom for 55 minutes twice a week.- Performed all responsibilities of a full-time teacher during Friday and Saturday Academies, including lesson planning, assessing student work, and communicating with families. Implemented weekly feedback on instructional quality, lesson planning, and classroom management from coaching staff.

Us

• Structured and implemented Basecamp project management system to improve client experience, streamline workflow, and better communicate client needs to creative team. Built capacity of designer from 11 events in FY13 to 27 events in FY14.• Managed eight client accounts and provided customer service for events with up to 120 guests and budgets up to $30,000.

• Streamlined behavior management and academic data collection process by independently vetting, implementing and managing data management system (Kickboard) for 402 students. Provided training and technical support to 42 users. Integrated new data reporting and accountability systems into existing organizational structures to strengthen data-driven culture.• Responded to parent engagement challenges by collaboratively developing and engineering tri-annual accountability system (Parent Report Cards) from ideation to distribution.

As a Data Coordinator, I coordinated the activities of school staff and partner organizations to use Early Warning Indicators and other assessments to inform interventions provided to students. I worked to support the rollout of the Academic Achievement Framework at the E Greenwood, working alongside specialists, teachers and school administrators to facilitate discussions, review real time data and support the design and implementation of appropriate interventions for a focus list of students.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Investigated the neuroanatomical and functional differences in memory across human development using fMRI. Responsibilities included data compilation and analysis, subject recruitment and outreach, image correction, subject scanning, quality assurance, and literature reviews.

Explored the neuroanatomy underlying olfactory cue-­‐induced drug craving and the evolutionary implications of one trial administration of gustatory aversive stimuli in conscious animals via fMRI

Boston, Ma, Us

Investigated the neuroanatomical basis of reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior of animals that were intracranially injected with drug following long periods of extinction.

Charleston, Sc, Us

Conducted neuroanatomical study exploring orexin afferents involved in cocaine-seeking behavior during conditioned place preference via stereotaxic microinjections of a retrograde tract-tracer. Wrote a scientific paper and designed a Powerpoint presentation that documented the process.

Columbia, Sc, Us

Neuroscience summer internship, studying the orexinergic system, namely its involvement with the basal forebrain cholinergic system and Alzheimer's disease, using invivo microdialysis and HPLC.

Master Of Professional Studies, Informatics

Master'S In Effective Teaching, Mathematics

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Behavioral Neuroscience

Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Science

High School Diploma, Science And Mathematics

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