• Collaborates with school personnel to develop a college and career readiness program • Assists in the creation of a coherent vision for the multiple student support programs• Provides leadership, monitors and supports the PGCPS dual enrollment program • Facilitates post-secondary planning with students and parents; provides student andfamily support and referrals as needed; disseminates information to students and families•Coordinates collaborative partnerships and manages relationships with colleges,universities, businesses and military representatives•Collects and manages college and career readiness data to include, but not limited to records ofattendance and participation in all program activities and events•Provides leadership in the planning, monitoring and use of effective best practices inincreasing student college and career preparation and matriculation rates

Riverdale, MD July 2017-PresentYouth Career Connect (YCC) Coordinator • Assists in the creation of a coherent vision for the multiple student support programs• Coordinates collaborative partnerships and manage the day-to-day activities in the assigned school as it relates to the PGC-YCCP grant;• Develops and implement student recruitment strategies and enroll students in the PGC-YCCP program• Ensures data collection and grant reporting requirements are met• Maintains records of attendance and participation in all program activities and events

A.V.I.D. COORDINATORCommunity Relations• Serves as liaison among college admissions offices, community organizations and students• Organizes college tours and visits from college representatives • Maintains partnerships and recruits students for the following early college awareness programs: TRIO (Minority Access), Way2GoMD and First Generation College Bound (FGCB)• Established and oversaw the school’s first college fair with more than 12 colleges and universities • Organizes and schedules guest speakers to share their educational and professional background • Manages the implementation of WWMS’s annual Financial Literacy Day via partnerships with Bank On Our Future and Capital One BankProgram Planning & Development• Develops, implements and oversees WWMS’s A.V.I.D. program and conducts professional development sessions on AVID methodologies• Identifies, plans and implements A.V.I.D.’s 11 essentials to ensure WWMS became compliant and achieved and maintains its National AVID Certified School status• Analyzes, maintains and records student data to guide decision-making • Collaborates with feeder schools to articulate program and recruit students• Facilitates AVID meetings to provide information to AVID’s national center and receive and evaluate feedback about the program• Monitors, evaluates, and trains AVID tutors from University of Maryland College Park• Selected for leadership positions at WWMS, including School Planning Management Team (2008-2014), Leadership Team (2012-2014), and DataWise Team (2012-2014)Teaching and Evaluation• Conducts instruction on and supervises students creating accounts on the college and career readiness platform, ConnectEdu• Administers ReadiStep assessment to 8th grade students• Instructs a variety of lessons including: issues affecting the community, the achievement gap, college and career research, goal setting, Cornell note taking, financial literacy, philosophical chairs

LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER• Designated Team Leader for 7th grade cluster of teachers from various disciplines• Lead teacher for Cross-Age Tutoring, focused on elementary and 8th grade students• Instructed Readers and Writers Workshops and generated other literacy lessons, including:executive summary, journalistic feature article, author study, and drama units; thereby establishing and honing the students’ analytical, interpersonal and communicative skills

LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER• Administered Read 180 Program and a reading course for a group of mixed-ability learners• Designed reading comprehension and creative writing units to hone students’ communication and critical thinking skills in preparation for standardized testing• Taught nonfiction units that focused on feature articles, editorials, literary essays, and narratives