Tera Gall, M.Ed. Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

National

• Lead teacher teams in developing powerful instruction around rigorous content standards, relevance, and learner engagement
• Coach and model effective, data-driven planning during teacher PLCs (Professional Learning Communities)
• Provide feedback on essential components of a unit of study, including: priority standards, student-centered essential questions, engaging learning scenarios, and assessments.
• Collaborate with district leadership to successfully launch and support the implementation of new units of study
• Assess school strengths and professional development needs based on school-wide classroom observations and interviews

• Created a product roadmap to redesign the Wake Forest Advantage curriculum whose goal was to support international students’ portfolio development for admission to U.S. colleges and universities
• Revised and re-purposed lessons, PowerPoint presentations, and resources with a focus on the learner outcomes and a consistent, professional design
• Developed new content and resources to support an interactive curriculum

International

• Created resources, trainings, and projects to advance classroom assessment practices and data-driven achievement for our schools
• Launched the development and implementation of the company’s Blended Learning instructional model including writing a series of online professional development courses
• Led the company’s Common Core State Standards initiative to fully support, align, and transition our schools and internal resources to the new instructional and assessment shifts
• Refined the company’s educational model in collaboration with Professional Development Department colleagues to focus on a five strand design of support
• Customized resources for multiple learning environments: Alliance, Charter, and District Partnership schools (K-12), Magic Johnson Bridgescape Academies (high school drop-out prevention centers with a blended learning.

Colorado

• Designed and implemented professional development in topics ranging from Student Engagement to Reading and Writing in Math to Effective Vocabulary Instruction
• Observed classroom instruction in order to provide constructive teacher feedback and assess professional development needs
• Built strong, trusting relationships with classroom teachers, school leaders and district personnel to promote the change needed to affect student achievement
• Led data team meetings for K-12 teachers and principals with a focus on using data to drive instruction

• Collaborated with principals and district staff to identify professional development needs of their teachers and track benchmark progress and participation
• Trained teachers on navigating and analyzing data in the benchmark assessment system
• Served as a liaison between benchmark clients and Edison technology and content teams

Colorado

• Constructed the data teams and goal-setting process and supported implementation in a virtual environment
• Supported the Universal Improvement Planning process with the leadership team

Denver, CO

• Consistently raised the achievement level of my students through high-quality instruction, ongoing assessments, and creation of a safe, fair, and kind learning environment
• Planned and led math professional development sessions for all K-8 teachers in curriculum components, pacing, long-range planning, and effective benchmark analysis and embedding
• Observed math lessons and provided instructional and classroom management feedback to teachers
• Collaborated with theleadership team to create and drive the school’s Student Achievement Plan

• Raised the achievement level of my class, including the majority of the grade level’s special education students.
• Trained staff on integrating technologies as a member of the Technology Team

Promoted online teacher resources of conflict resolution and character education lesson plans, media literacy and youth violence prevention broadcast programs and teachers’ guides

Developed events to enhance the station’s image as a prominent educational resource in Washington D.C. such as Ken Burns’ Baseball premiere at the White House, Robert MacNeil’s retirement party from The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and guarding Barney at a congressional hearing on PBS funding

• Received rave reviews from PBS executives and Mr. Fred Rogers himself for arranging seminars and streamlining administrative processes for 1,500 attendees of the Public Television Annual Meeting.
• Volunteered regularly for the company-sponsored elementary school tutoring and homeless shelter programs

Principal Licensure, Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Completed program and earned an Initial Principal License through the Colorado Department of Education.

Masters, Curriculum And Instruction

4.0 GPA Information and Learning Technologies track

Bachelor'S Of Fine Arts, Communication And French