Designed and implemented the year-long program for aspiring teachers to achieve their goal of becoming certified educators. By completing the fellowship, and the ASPIRE program with DPS, fellows were able to gain their educator licensure with CDE• Designed an intensive 4 quarter rubric and extensive progress monitoring check points for fellows to demonstrate evidence of mastery during their year-long fellowship• Designed and delivered weekly professional development around best teaching practices to 8 Fellows and 4 teachers• Delivered real time and scheduled feedback, evaluations and modeling, with in-depth debriefs, to all 8 Fellows resulting in an 80% success rate of Fellows becoming licensed, employed teachers • Trained, coached and debriefed weekly with the 8 mentor teachers assigned to Fellows. • Managed, coached and evaluated 4 teachers resulting in an 18.5% increase in student achievement as measured by the ELA portion of the 2015/16 CMAS scores

-Created and taught curriculum across all subject areas for a fourth grade classroom. Students represented over 10 nationalities.-Implemented multiple curriculums, Created differentiated materials to meet the needs of all learners. Used data from regular formal and informal assessments to determine reteach objectives, develop targeted small groups, and identify students’ intervention needs. -Worked on a Social Studies curriculum team to overhaul the school’s curriculum in that area.-Worked the first three months of the 2014-15 school year as a curriculum consultant revamping science and social studies units.

-Founding teacher at two of the 6 middle schools in the STRIVE Prep network. Instructed 6th and 7th grade World Studies to students at the college prep charter school where 98% of students are of Hispanic origin and 96% qualify for free/reduced lunch. -Created differentiated materials to meet the needs of all learners which aligned to state standards and benchmarks. Used data from regular formal and informal assessments to determine reteach objectives, develop targeted small groups, and identify students’ intervention needs. Students consistently obtained high levels of achievement on all interim assessments. -7th grade World Studies Curriculum Specialist: responsible for creating state standards aligned assessments for 6 schools across the Strive Prep network; provided network teachers with sample lessons and suggested curricular timelines; lead professional development and training sessions, communicated weekly with the WS team to share best practices, give feedback and coach through classroom techniques.-Compensation & Evaluation Task Force (2012): active member of a 12 member task force responsible for overhauling STRIVE Prep’s teacher evaluation system and developed a competitive compensation plan that ties teacher performance to pay. Helped implement a completely new evaluation system and lead discussions on the compensation framework.- Cooperating Teacher for University Education Students: Mentored, coached and evaluated two student teachers from Metro State University and University of Denver. -Holds a Colorado Professional Teacher license

Using the Core Knowledge Curriculum, prepared and taught many subject areas. These subjects include Ancient and Modern World History, Modern American History, Civics and Geography • Integrated primary and secondary documents into lessons to supplement class lectures and the textbook• Diligently researched opposing viewpoints of the content area to ensure a depth of information was taught to students• Highly praised and accepted by colleagues, observers, and administration•Coordinated, fundraised for and led a group of 16 eighth graders on a trip to Washington, DC.• Served as Middle School lead to handle student behavior, primary parent liaison and any pressing middle school matters

Prepared for and taught three subject areas in the Social Studies Department with a total of five classes each semester, including World History, Modern American History and Civics, worked collaboratively with colleagues and department head in following the curriculum guidelines to ensure proper content knowledge was being covered and cross-curricula opportunities were being met• Integrated primary and secondary documents into lessons to supplement class lectures and the textbook• Diligently researched opposing viewpoints of the content area to ensure a depth of information was taught to students