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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Support the delivery of DEIJB programming to meet Sheridan’s short- and long-term strategic school-wide goals.Collaborate with the admissions team, including evening and weekend events as necessary, to support diverse student outreach efforts and retention of a more diverse adult and student population.Develop, create, implement, and assess educational workshops and professional development experiences for faculty and staff to deepen their working knowledge, skills, and dispositions of equity, inclusion, and belonging topics. Support teachers in incorporating culturally responsive and equitable social justice curriculum. Facilitate student and staff DEIJB affinity groups including but not limited to: Students of Color, Faculty of Color, LGBTQIA Students Groups, and LGBTQIA Staff groups. Serve as a resource and collaborator with Division Heads to ensure the equitable delivery of Social Justice standards and culturally responsive pedagogy in the content areas K-8 Cultivate relationships with students, faculty, staff, and families across divisions to promote DEIJB best practices that foster a culture of community of belonging and to respond to equity and inclusion issues as they arise.Empower students, faculty, staff, and parents to embrace multiple viewpoints and to engage with others with integrity, respect, and empathy.Manage and oversee collection of DEI metrics to target growth and improvement in areas related to the school’s strategic plan and overall school mission and vision. Develop an annual programming calendar highlighting DEIJB events in the Sheridan Community and surrounding area.Ensure consistent implementation of processes and policies related to student discipline, instructional support, academic programming and co-curricular activities

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Designed and taught inclusive, intersectional and anti-racist history curriculum for grades 6-8.Updated school Social Studies curricular traditions to be more inclusive and equitable.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Collected and analyzed biannual diversity metrics, reported to school administration along with recommendations and areas of concern. Crafted a DEIJB mission statement to guide work for the year and reported it out to administration and key stakeholders. Served as point person for faculty culturally relevant teaching support. Designed, planned and facilitated all schoolwide DEIJB Professional Learning experiences. Developed and chaired a committee of stakeholders in creating inclusive school policy around student gender identity and sexual orientation. Created, managed and maintained school wide DEIJB programming and calendar. Advised the Gender and Sexuality Alliance and the Faculty of Color Affinity Group and LGBTQIA Student and Faculty Affinity Groups.

Led Professional Development training sessions in schools, districts and to hundreds of teachers across the country in History/ Social Science, College and Career Readiness, School Culture, Culturally Relevant Teaching, Anti Racist Pedagogy and Inclusive Classroom Environments. Served as a resource for teachers, principals and district level administration on how to increase student achievement and engagement through culturally relevant teaching practices. Facilitated Site Team Training across the country to help school leaders create plans for implementation of the AVID program schoolwide.

Charlotte, North Carolina

Documented and oversaw collection of data and evidence of schoolwide college and career readiness.Served as liaison with district and school on communication and policies related to AVID initiatives. Led both schoolwide and district professional development on both best instructional practices and culturally relevant teaching.Designed and provided training to the entire staff on Anti-Racism, Active Student Engagement, and Disciplinary Literacy. Served on the School Leadership Team as the AVID representative. Created and executed a plan to recruit and retain students into the AVID Program.

Charlotte, North Carolina

Plan meetings, delivered professional development, and supported teachers as the Social Studies Department Chair.Selected by the entire instructional staff to be the school’s 2018 Teacher of the Year.Led schoolwide Professional Development series on equitably teaching LGBTQ students.

Concord, North Carolina

Created and implemented Common Core and NCESS aligned lessons for over 130 students including AIG, ESL, and EC students.Selected to serve in a county wide cohort of teacher leaders to lead conversation about culturally relevant literacy instruction.Collaborated with a team of teacher leaders on ways to implement best literacy practices across the district and throughout the local school.Assisted teachers at Harris Road with implementing balanced literacy within their content through support and training.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Exceeded growth on Social Studies North Carolina Final Exam.Used Data Driven Instruction to assess plan, teach and re-loop literacy strategies for an intervention block targeting informational reading Common Core strands.

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), K-12 Literacy

Action Research Project: The Impact of Effective Professional Development on Teacher Attitudes Towards Disciplinary Literacy

Graduate Certificate In Teaching, Secondary Education (History/ Social Studies)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science, Africana Studies, History (Minor)