Timothy Steffen Email & Phone Number

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania, United States

• Worked with the Head of School and Director of Finance to establish an appropriate annual giving goal for the school’s $4M operating budget.
• Designed an effective and cost-efficient direct mail and email campaign for all individual constituents of the school including the board, staff, alumni, and parents.
• Sent Annual Fund mailings, receipt of gifts, and thank you acknowledgment letters to donors.
• Worked with the head of admissions to coordinate open houses.
• Planned and implemented all marketing to promote the school, its brand, reputation, and increase enrollment
• Wrote and managed all grant proposals to foundations and corporations for financial aid, professional development, and facility maintenance.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

• Maintained congruence between the school’s mission statement and all activities of that division.
• Functioned as the chief articulator of the division’s programs, expectations, behavioral guidelines, and other information necessary to ensure that all constituencies are fully informed.
• Strived for unity, harmony, and cooperation through tact, helpfulness, respect, and a recognition of the individual differences, special abilities, and strengths of each teacher.
• Provided academic guidance of students; oversaw assessment and reporting of standards and methods used by teachers in measuring student achievement.
• Served as a consultant to teachers in matters of classroom management, teaching methods, and general school procedures.
• Led the innovative design and development of interdisciplinary, project-based curricula, including a Farm-To-Table project in which students designed, planned, cooked, and opened a pop-up restaurant in Lancaster, PA.

Greater New York City Area

• Collaborated directly with senior deputy officers on institute goals, roadmaps, and publications to maintain the organization as a think tank and community of practice.
• Advised superintendents, principals, and literacy coaches on best practices of teaching and how best to support and nurture the growth of their teachers.
• Led and taught professional development workshops and conferences at Columbia, across the US, and globally.
• Provided professional development, mentorship, and coaching for ELA and content area teachers including teaching methods, curriculum design, and reading and writing workshop structures and practices.

Greater New York City Area

• Designed and developed curriculum and workshops for interdisciplinary, project-based learning.
• Wrote the curriculum for Digital Citizenship for the Middle School advisory program.
• Team member for the development and implementation of Spy School, a weeklong interdisciplinary unit.
• Coordinated and facilitated Ode to Joy, an interdisciplinary unit with 5th Grade musicians and artist-in-residence, violinist Gil Morgenstern.
• Team member on the development and teaching of the 5th Grade interdisciplinary playwriting unit using the model of design-thinking.
• Developed and wrote the 5th Grade boys’ health curriculum.

Greater New York City Area

• Designed and developed curriculum and workshops for interdisciplinary, project-based learning.
• As a founding faculty member, worked with the inaugural team to develop the school’s curriculum and culture connected to the mission statement.

• Wrote curricula and lesson plans for this educational book design and publishing company, including lessons for the McGraw Hill Company.

• Developed and implemented Lewis & Clark: Corps of Discovery geography unit
• Redesigned social studies curriculum
• Initiated writing workshop model into language arts curriculum
• Integrated Smartboard technology into the curriculum
• Mentored assistant teachers
• Established and maintained positive relationships with students, parents, and colleagues, fostering an environment of open communication and support

• Assisted head teacher in developing lessons plans in all subject areas
• Planned writing workshop units
• Implemented an integrative computer curriculum

• Assisted in planning lessons and instructing children in reading, writing, math, and social studies
• Created and taught a neighborhood unit of study

• Wrote and edited articles for this summer newspaper

• Wrote reviews of theater, dance, and music experiences in New York City

• Wrote press releases and articles for distribution in nationwide media outlets

• Wrote grants and researched appropriate funding sources

• Worked with the Executive Director to manage state and private foundation grants.
• Led the development of funding strategies for major and individual fundraising campaigns, including a capital campaign to remodel rehearsal studios.
• Implemented fundraising strategies to build new long-term relationships with potential donors and sustain existing donors.
• Planned and supervised quarterly and annual fundraising events.
• Wrote corporate, state, and foundation grant proposals.
• Managed and maintained the donor database.

Produced, edited, and consulted on scripts for in-house productions

M.S. Ed, Early Childhood Education

Ma, Interreligious Studies And Education

Ba, English, Film Studies