Syd Young Email & Phone Number

Utah, United States

As Director of Teaching and Learning at KnowledgeWorks, Syd Young works with learning communities across the country to build, scale and sustain personalized, competency-based learning. Syd came to KnowledgeWorks from the Utah State Board of Education, where she served as an Education Specialist supporting local learning communities implementing blended.

Salt Lake City, Utah

• Leading projects, programs, and communications for Digital Teaching and Learning (DTL) and Personalized Competency-Based Learning (PCBL) initiatives:
• Overseeing the continued development of professional learning communities (PLCs) within the Digital Teaching and Learning and Personalized Competency-Based Learning communities to foster the implementation and spread.
• Collaborating with stakeholders, both within the Utah community as well as on a national scale, to envision ways to more effectively translate innovations into reality for K-12 public school systems
• Collaborating with the USBE DTL and PCBL teams to plan, design, and carry out professional development experiences and promote local innovation
• Annually budgeting related to a fiscal year’s worth of activities
• Utilizing the Utah Grants management system to review and approve annual budgets and reimbursements for grant awardees

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Providing consulting services for innovative technology initiatives while making a career transitionDiverse leadership and management skills developed over the last decade spent in the education sector translate well to ed tech/business:*Leading and managing cross functional teams in a dynamic environment*Utilizing communication, productivity, and.

South Jordan, UT

Throughout tenure at ELA, actively sought opportunities for continuous improvement and professional development, willingly embraced change and increasing levels of responsibility, acclimated quickly to new roles and changing conditions, adapted and learned to apply new skills/perspectives with enthusiasm. Pushed for innovative, future-ready initiatives in.

South Jordan, UT

Worked side-by-side the Executive Director, taking on additional responsibilities and duties on an ongoing basis to facilitate the success of the school, exceeding expectations on all assigned tasks:*Mentored and evaluated JH teachers; Continued to lead JH meetings*Enhanced JH culture, academics, student behavior/discipline, conflict resolution.

South Jordan, UT

JH Team Lead and Integrated Science Teacher for 7th & 8th grade during inaugural start-up phase of new, independent charter school:*Shaped school culture and traditions in the early years, including serving on the Leadership Team and several committees: Safety, Curriculum, Hiring, and Scheduling. *Utilized exceptional customer service skills to attract and.

South Jordan, UT

Initially hired as a part-time employee (10 hours/week)Within a month promoted to Child Center Department Head (full-time, club leadership team)*Ongoing hiring, training, managing, evaluating, supporting, and leading a team of 70 staff responsible for up to 700 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years old, daily*Facilitated a department culture of teamwork while.

Women'S Leadership Certificate, Executive Education

Anticipated completion: January 25th Participating in this program has strengthened foundational business and leadership skills and.

Ms, Botany: Biological Science Education

Activities and Societies: Dean’s list; TA for Biology, Plant Taxonomy, SEMMaster's Thesis & Field Study: A Scanning Electron Microscopy.

Bs, Conservation Biology; Biology Composite Teaching

Activities and Societies: Dean’s ListStudent teaching: Orem High School (Orem, UT) AP Biology & Biology