Hired to partner with clients on a portfolio of projects contributing to the organization's academic strategy and investing others in a vision that aligns work on individual projects with broader organizational priorities and goals for students.• Supporting senior district and state agency leaders in the West and Southwest regions to develop and execute a comprehensive academic strategy that incorporates a focus on curriculum, instruction, assessments, student supports, and systemic reforms.• Developing vision, goals, theory of actions, and specific approaches to academic strategy on various project scales, including a state-wide initiative involving the implementation of high-quality Instructional materials across 100+ school districts in Texas.• Managing the design and implementation of complex projects, strategies, and training for district leaders, school leaders, teachers, and state agencies to ensure progress toward ambitious goals that improve outcomes for students at scale.• Cultivating and managing high-level client relationships with district and state-agency leaders.• Designing and building systems to monitor progress against priorities and goals and aligning district systems to support evolving program needs and strategy.• Managing and building inclusive teams of diverse employees to be successful in their work and careers.

Hired to develop, launch, and manage a community pilot program by working closely with Aldine Independent School District (ISD), the superintendent, the talent and academic teams, and the Aldine community to develop a new approach to how Teach For America works in other districts with the goal of doubling the number of students reaching key educational milestones in all districts where the organization works. • Manage two Managers of Teacher Leadership Development who support the onboarding of new corps members placed in Aldine ISD• Support the recruitment and coaching of TFA corps members and alumni within Aldine ISD• Partner with Aldine ISD Talent team to design a recruitment strategy to increase the number of TFA alumni employed by the district and develop a placement strategy that will lead to strong retention of TFA corps members in the district.• Design the vision and direction for the Aldine Community Hub and garner support in the vision from the TFA Board of Directors, regional staff, and Aldine ISD community.• Proactively identify, foster, and cultivate partnerships to further the TFA mission in Aldine ISD (Good Reason Houston, Holdsworth Center, The New Teacher Project, WorkMonger, etc.).• Design and lead rapid learning and iteration cycles for the improvement of the pilot and capture, codify, and share those learnings to all stakeholders in an effort to develop a new agile work structure for TFA.

Hired to design and execute an effective 6-week summer training program that would accelerate corps member onboarding into TFA and continue through their two-year experience. • Designed the Houston Institute vision and led operations for the third largest regional summer training institute for TFA corps members, resulting in over 100+ corps members annually prepared to enter the classroom in the fall.• Designed, planned, and executed a full staffing strategy, including identifying necessary roles, developing job descriptions, recruiting and counseling potential candidates. Facilitated an effective hiring process valuing the candidate experience including scheduling and conducting interviews and successfully onboarding and training a staff of 15 part-time staff members annually.• Hired, trained, managed and coached a team of 2 school leaders, 10 instructional coaches, 2 operations managers, and 2 facilitators to develop in their role and support 100+ novice teachers to develop the necessary skills to be effective in their classrooms.• Set and oversaw the student achievement goals for two campuses that served 1000 summer school Title-1 students and resulted in over 90% student promotions to the next grade level.• Developed culturally relevant curriculum and assessments to meet the summer school learning standards for preschool – 8th grade by crafting course material and differentiated development plans resulting in 10% growth for over 1000 students.• Formulated teacher learning core curriculum, formative and summative assessments to measure teaching effectiveness ensuring optimized student academic, social, and emotional development.• Serves as lead administrator for state mandated formative and summative assessments to measure effective student learning and grown.• Managed corps member and staff compliance and retention.• Collaborated with external stakeholders to ensure alignment of programmatic vision and operations across organizations.

Hired to develop, implement, and manage the first-year corps member journey from their experience at Teach for America-Houston’s regional institute through their first year in the corps. • Managed, coached, and developed two Managers of Teacher Leadership Development to support 115 corps members across 7 school districts and over 35 school sites across Houston. This group of corps members serviced over 9,000 students in all subjects ranging from Pre-K through 11th grade.• Hired and trained Managers of Teacher Leadership Development to utilize the organizational vision, core values, mission, and programmatic systems to coach corps members to be effective teacher leaders by developing an ongoing coaching professional development series.• Collaborated with superintendents and teacher certifying bodies to ensure cohesion between Teach for America’s programmatic and the needs of novice teachers.

Hired to manage, coach, and develop a cohort of 24 first-year, secondary humanities teachers and five pre-K teachers reaching over 2,400 students across Houston.• Partnered with the administrations at twenty-five different campuses which spread over four school districts, including YES Prep Public Charter Schools, KIPP-Houston Charter School, Spring Branch ISD, and Houston ISD. • Observed corps member teaching classroom instructional practices. Provided real-time coaching support to improve classroom management and provided ongoing coaching around instructional techniques, engagement, and curriculum in order for students to reach expanded outcomes.• Provided coaching toward corps members’ long-term leadership and helping them connect their values and beliefs to their work.

Hired to provide training and coaching to teachers on how to best serve the lowest readers, students who are English Language Learners (ELLs), and students with dyslexia at YES Prep North Forest, in order to ensure the school is meeting the needs of all students.• Set clear expectations and standards for excellent literacy instruction in all content areas for the campus, serving over 1,000 students in grades 6-12.• Monitored supports for special populations (English Language Learners, non-fluent, and dyslexic students) to ensure all students were receiving appropriate accommodations in all classrooms by observing and coaching content teachers and collaborating with instructional leadership.• Tracked progress monitoring of reading intervention teachers and the performance of ELLs and dyslexic students. Utilized data to drive coaching conversations.• Directed campus’ Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and dyslexia programs to monitor the academic success of students and the campus’ compliance with state and federal law.• Coordinated and directed testing for special populations, including Maze and Reading Curriculum-Based Measurement (R-CBM)benchmarks, Oral Language Proficiency, and Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System, and dyslexia screenings throughout the year.• Managed, coached, and appraised four middle school English teachers using the district performance development rubric to ensure they were meeting the district's standards of performance and the needs of all students.

Hired to create pathways to opportunity for students, build transformative relationships, and eliminate educational inequities to advance social justice.• Leveraged culturally relevant pedagogy to lead a group of 160 7th grader English students to achieve an 70% passing rate on the state-wide academic exam; only 40% were projected to pass the exam, and only 47% were fluent readers upon entering the 7th grade, surpassing the district’s average.• Achieved “Practiced Teacher” status on the YES Prep Continuum, the district’s annual teacher assessment rubric. Practiced placement is the equivalent of a teacher with five years of excellent teaching and indicates the teacher is above average for 90% of the necessary baselines. • Was awarded the 2014 Texas Alternative Certification Association Intern of the Year Award and was a 2015 Sue Lehmann finalist, celebrating outstanding teacher leadership, achieving excellent outcomes in the classroom, and pursing systems change to expand opportunities for all children as a novice educator.• Served as a representative of YES Prep as the primary liaison between the Talent Acquisition Team and the YES Prep North Forest Hiring Team; planned and monitored the hiring experience of all candidates applying to work at North Forest.• Supervised and provided coaching for a team of seven teachers, including five first year teachers around grade-level policies, procedures, and their teaching practices. • Enforced discipline and attendance polices for the grade level by developing systems and providing coaching around restorative discipline practices for the grade level team.• Led ongoing grade-level and parent meetings to discuss student behavioral and academic progress and organized grade-level field trips and celebrations.