Ryan Ladage Email & Phone Number

Catharine Blaine K-8 School

Ellen Hopkins Elementary School

• Provide instructional leadership with rigorous expectations that focuses on student achievement while guiding the development of a caring and collaborative educational community for an ethnically and economically diverse school.o Design building and district level professional developmento Direct and promote the school district’s Spanish Immersion Programo Member of MN ESSA Advisory Councilo Member of MN Regional Centers of Excellence Advisory Councilo Collaborate on school district’s new teacher evaluation toolo Collaborate on the design of new teacher induction programo Facilitate the implementation of new literacy & math programso Oversee Building Improvement Team, AdvancEd School Improvement Plan, PBIS & Character Education Teams

Kennedy Elementary School: Fargo, Nd

• Worked with administration to analyze assessment data, provide instructional coaching, and deliver student interventions for an ethnically diverse school.o Led the analysis of student assessment datao Provided resources and feedback on instructional materials and techniqueso Design building and district level professional developmento Facilitated school-wide RtI Teamo Collaborated on school-wide improvement goals and action planso Provided instructional and behavioral interventions for studentso Organized formative and summative assessments

Woodstock, Il

Wrote articles and opinion pieces on a variety of topics of interest in the educational field.

Prairiewood Elementary School

• Provided leadership and implemented the School Improvement Plan with growth and achievement goals aligned to the district’s benchmarks for a culturally diverse school.o Design building and district level professional developmento Improved MAP growth scores in Reading and Matho Improved IL State Achievement scores in Reading and Math over a 2-year spano Reduced the number of student discipline referrals over 40% by implementing PBIS strategieso Directed literacy program analysis and redesigno Mentored staff from Spain in the school’s Dual Language programo Led the successful completion and recognition of school-wide application of Bronze Level Status for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation

Alden-Hebron Elementary School

• Guided the overall academic and behavioral activities to provide a positive, student-centered environment to adapt to the needs of a socioeconomic diverse school.o Design building and district level professional developmento Increased performance on Stanford Achievement Test in Reading and Matho Directed Guided Reading literacy program designo Steered Special Education needs and meetings by meeting with parents and staffo Developed school-wide learning community by having students share their learning during all-school assemblies

Maplewood Elementary School & Prairie Hill School: Cary, Il

• Developed lessons to provide individualized and small group instruction using a balanced literacy program, along with lessons in math, social studies, and science.o Wrote and mapped a redesigned curriculum in the creation of Concept-Based Units of instruction for 1st – 8th grades focused on CORE Knowledge conceptso Collaborated with Gifted Resource and Learning Disability Resource Teachers to help meet the needs of students in my classroomo Collaborated to develop School Improvement Plan and PLCs

Certificate Of Advanced Studies, Educational Leadership, 4.0

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Curriculum And Instruction, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science, Elementary Education/History, 3.32

Activities and Societies: Student intramural athletics

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Swimming, Baseball, Student Council