• Provide one-on-one coaching to improve teacher practice through observations and direct feedback using researched best practices and standards to enhance overall classroom quality. • Analyze student data to develop teacher capacity through ongoing professional development.• Collaborate with campus leaders to improve student’s transition to Kindergarten.• Established an urban garden program and developed a curriculum to support teacher implementation.

Motivate teachers and staff to build relationships with school community by conducting and monitoring home visits, co-planning communications outreach to families, and celebrating goal achievement. Plan and implement school-wide quarterly academic partnership meetings that encourage and support families in developing their child’s academic skills at home. Collaborate, plan and lead regular family engagement sessions for teaching staff.

Design and deliver targeted site-based professional development for instructional staff. Analyze student achievement data, progress monitoring data, and observations to differentiate instruction for all children through a problem-solving Response-to-Intervention model.

Collaborate with school leaders (9 campuses) across the district to support design and implementation of campus-based professional development by; co-observation, providing feedback on coaching practices, development of coaching plans and conducting data-analysis to ensure all sites are implementing best practices in early childhood education.Plan, design and present professional learning for school networks.Created a scope and sequence, develop and facilitate weekly deliberate practice aligned to graduate work and program requirements for 21 Resident Teachers at AppleTree schools.

Conceptualized a scope and sequence, aligned activities and resources, and piloted “AppleTree Academy” -- an ongoing professional development program to increase teacher retention, impact teacher effectiveness, and enhance student outcomes.Created network-wide protocols for mentor teachers to use with resident teachers for observation, feedback, and coaching meetings.Assessed skill gaps to develop and execute coaching plans through classroom quality observations, student data analysis and bolstered teacher’s practice through modeling, live-coaching, regular observation, and weekly meetings.

Coach teachers and leaders in effective classroom and feedback practices.

Mentor Teacher (August 2014 – June 2015)Modeled effective instructional practices, provided feedback on lesson plans, and facilitated coaching sessions for an Urban Teaching Center fellow and a first year teacher.Pre-Kindergarten Co-Lead Teacher (August 2013 - June 2015)Rated “Exemplary” by school’s teacher evaluation rubric. Built strong relationships with students and parents to foster student growth and academic success. Lead students to 100% growth and an average of over 90% student proficiency for social-emotional, literacy and math skills.

• Collaborated with the owners of the national franchise Living on the Cheap to establish a local Washington, D.C. website. • Researched and wrote posts on how to live well on the cheap in Washington, D.C.• Managed content and advertisers.• Working knowledge of WordPress platform and website design.

Raised reading levels from a baseline of only 25% Kindergarteners reading on level to over 80% reading on or above grade-level by the end of the school year. Supervised a City Year Corps member in lesson planning and small group coordination. Increased parental involvement by establishing monthly class events and encouraging instructional involvement at home through individual home projects.

• Directed implementation of a company-wide system for email-marketing campaigns.• Managed company outreach strategy, including the maintenance of a 18,000 contact database. • Wrote contract proposals and managed contract execution; including final negotiations and initiating projects.• Interviewed and selected interns; oversaw and managed assignments for eight interns.

• Wrote and edited op-eds for placement in publications.• Cultivated and maintained strong working relationships with members of the local and national media.• Coordinated press campaigns by drafting releases, building media lists and maximizing placements.• Responsible for generating content for clients' social media outlets.

• Wrote editorial correspondence and press inquiries for multiple clients.• Proofread all material, including op-eds and press releases, before distribution.• Monitored multiple news clipping services to send out daily media alerts to clients and maintained a database that collected all media hits for our clients.

• Wrote destination guides for cities around the world.

• Drafted press releases and media alerts for clients, including Morton's Steakhouse andNFL players.• Researched media contacts and created a database to be used for press outreach.• Promoted events by distributing press releases and making follow up phone calls.