Rebecca Stinson Email & Phone Number

Kuwait

Kuwait

Salmiya, Kuwait

Licensed Principal that ensures the AIS school mission, beliefs, and objectives are well articulated within the elementary school. Monitors initiatives closely and supports measures that support continuous achievement. Ensures feedback and data are timely and aligned to the standards because the students are the first and most important users of data. Manages the daily operations of the elementary school and works closely with the administrative council and the Business Office to maintain a fiscally sound elementary school. Collaborates with the Curriculum Coordinator on issues of curriculum development to ensure assessments are aligned with standards. Assists the PYP Coordinators with the implementation of the Primary Years Programme.

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Founder of The Stinson Group, LLC located in Chicago, IL. Prepared leaders to reach excellence through professional growth. It provides effective training for professional development and curriculum. These extensive trainings offer improvements in math, reading, and writing. Utilizing tools to support efforts to improve education by connecting research with practice, and facilitate the development of diverse leaders. PRESENTATION TITLES:• Leading in the Common Core: Rigor and Relevance for Results• 21st Century: Teach Less, Learn More, Think Well• Differentiating Instruction• Literacy Matters• Strategies and Formative Assessment• Differentiating Professional DevelopmentPAST FORMAL PRESENTATIONS“21st Century:Teach Less,Learn More,Think Well”, Learning Forward Conference, Indianapolis, IN “Prospective Principals”, Argosy University (Dr. Hammond-Watts), Chicago, IL“9 Best Practices”, Fogarty and Associates, El Paso, TX“Differentiation”, Fogarty and Associates, Benton Harbor, MI “Literacy Matters”, Fogarty and Associates, Jackson, MS“Strategies and Formative Assessment”, Fogarty and Associates, Detroit, MI “Differentiating Professional Development”, ASCD Conference, Anaheim, CA “Leading in the Common Core: with Rigor and Relevance for Results”, Leaning Forward Conference, Minneapolis, MN“Common Core”, Fogarty and Associates, Country Club Hills, IL

Provides educational workshops to school districts around the country. As a co-author of the book,School Leaders’ Guide to the Common Core: Rigor and Relevance, one workshop takes Common Core Standards by the horns because of the Framework of instructional rigor and relevance it provides. School Leaders receive a powerful seminar to move their schools from dissecting/unpacking the standards to real change with teacher and learning. Teachers and leaders leave the workshop energized with practical strategies they can implement as well as the thinking skills necessary to create better lesson design ultimately leading the school to sustainable student achievement.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Data based (NWEA/MAP) strategist that coordinates the establishment of team goals and action plans within the lower elementary school. Ensures all programs maintain a focus on student learning with a specific emphasis on ensuring instructional curriculum uses internationally recognized standards as the basis for personalized learning and assessment. Manages the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of all course programs. Assists with the development of the School Improvement Plan and policy development. Cultivates an open and trusting relationship with all stakeholders to produce a culture of calm and a warm school climate.

2300 W 64Th St, Chicago, Il 60636

Served as the educational leader, responsible for managing the policies, regulations, and procedures to ensure that all students were supervised in a safe learning environment that meets the approved curricula and mission of the school. Duties included: Preparing and monitoring an annual budget of more than $2,000,000; Provided daily leadership and supervision for students and staff members; Managed school budget to ensure school and district goals were met. Consistently aligned school strategies for academic stability and uniformity of students’ learning process. Recognized by CSP’s CEO, Arne Duncan, for a school that gained five percent or more in both reading and mathematics, placing the school in the top seven percent of schools that were accelerating, 2004 to present. Received the Principal Achievement Award in 2013 for providing exceptional leadership for Chicago’s school and students from the CEO and Mayor Rahm Emmanuel. Earned the highest rating (1+) possible for a Chicago Public School. 2012-2016HONORS AND AWARDS • Received Highest Scores for Yearly Principal Evaluations• Awarded Small Teacher’s Grant• Oppenheimer Family Fund Teaching Grant• Academic Improvement Award Illinois Honor School, Illinois State Board of Education• Received 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant, Illinois State Board of EducationSchool's Website: http://www.claremont.cps.k12.il.us

8300 S Saint Louis Ave Chicago, Il 60652

Selected among many to open a new school within Chicago Public School to develop strategies to coordinate a solid curriculum and recruited qualified staffing. Provided daily leadership and supervision for students and staff members. Developed and organize activities to address students’ and teachers’ needs. Developed a schedule to guarantee maximum instruction time for teachers and students. Implemented a professional growth instrument for administrators, while organizing a learning community to strengthen collaboration and maintain a continual learning atmosphere. Increased PTA membership from 8 to 123 members through planning various school programs and parent conferences, 2002 to 2004.

707 E 37Th St Chicago, Il 60653

Developed school wide curriculum and assessment for all grades. Formulated effective training for professional development activities. Provided cognitive coaching to teachers on their strengths and weaknesses which improved instruction, organization and classroom management. Assisted with school’s budget to ensure goals are met. Organized professional learning communities to strengthen collaboration and maintain a continual learning atmosphere, 2001 to 2002.

823 East Monroe Springfield, Il 62701

Recruited stakeholders for leadership groups for professional development. Facilitated weekly planning meetings to coordinate a vision and mission plan. Developed a customized strategic plan for each school to model best practices for teachers in the areas of reading, writing, science and math. Positioned as the liaison to the central office personnel to communicate our efforts with planning. Assist with implementation of intervention plan, 2000 to 2001.

936 E 54Th St Chicago, Il 60615

Coordinated and scheduled lead weekly staff meetings. Lead and wrote SIPAAA, monitored and evaluated staff. Provided positive and progressive discipline to the student body. Met the needs of at- risk students and creating a stimulating and challenging learning environment, conducive to the highest level of achievement, 1998-2000.

5335 S Kenwood Ave Chicago, Il 60615

4910 Willet Drive, Annandale, Va 22003

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Elementary Education And Teaching

Master Of Education (Med)