Susan Gerhart Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co

• Manage all facets of the athletic program, including scheduling, hiring coaches, promoting programs and events, ordering equipment, constructing budgets, and facilitating operations. • Play a key role in supporting fundraiser events, supervise sports personnel, and serve as a mentor to student-athletes, providing guidance when needed. • Work to resolve a variety of administrative issues and work collaboratively with individual coaches to ensure there are no scheduling conflicts with shared equipment and workout rooms, game days, practice days, and days off.Notable achievements while in the position have included:- Nominated and appointed as “Administrator of the Year” in 2017 and “School Principal of the Year.”- Selected as the first “Athletic Director of the Year” for the Colorado League, 2021.- Played a key role as an essential component to the success of Skyview High's Athletic Department, with participation and registration numbers for student-athletes in all sports throughout all seasons increasing.- Produced results that had led Mapleton to have more league championships within the Colorado League than ever before and more teams reaching state playoffs. - Delivered results, including the boys’ soccer team having 4 consecutive years of being league and undefeated champions, making history this fall season by becoming the 4A State Champions.- Produced outcomes that have included both the boys' and girls' basketball teams and the boy's football team, progressing to more playoff games in Skyview High history. - Oversaw individual sports, including wrestling, track and cross country, where the number of students who qualified and placed for state has increased and the number of students making All-Conference across all sports also continuing to increase.- Produced outcomes that have had more coaches nominated and selected as “Coach of the Year.”

• Provided wide-ranging strategic direction in the school system while serving in a leadership role.• Developed standardized curricula, assessed teaching methods, monitored student achievement, encouraged parent involvement, revised policies and procedures, administered the budget, hired and evaluated staff, and oversaw facilities.• Ensured that academic policies and curriculum were followed and developed and tracked benchmarks for measuring institutional success.• Worked in collaboration with teachers, providing assistance to help them maximize their teaching potential. • Met and listened to student concerns on a regular basis and encouraged, guided, and assisted student leaders and teachers. • Engaged parents and administration on a regular basis to resolve issues and enforced disciplinary actions as needed. • Provided and maintained an atmosphere free of bias where students could achieve their maximum potential. Notable achievements while in the position included:- Placed in schools that were low scoring, demonstrating strong leadership that encouraged faculty and staff to focus on student's academic achievement and excellence in instruction to raise state test scores. - Devised and implemented key strategies that resulted in increasing graduation rates. - Addressed current educational issues and applied best practices while directing professional development and instructional leadership.- Increase the staff’s instructional focus through comprehensive feedback and evaluation.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Secondary English Education

Master Of Education - Med, Secondary Education Administration