Tony Lamair Burks Ii, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

Provide training, facilitating, coaching, and consulting services to educators, executives, leaders, schools, districts, universities, faith communities, nonprofits, and corporations. Support learners of all ages with Interactive Workshops, Seminars, Meetings, Lectures, StoryWeaving, Executive Coaching, and Partnerships. LEADright has helped organizations across the United States of America and abroad including these:• National Park Service, Southeast Region (Georgia)• City of Shaker Heights School Age Care Program (Ohio)• The Mary Parker Foundation (Georgia)• Center for Responsive Schools (Massachusetts)• Benjamarangsarit 2 School (Thailand)• Wendy McGhee & Associates (Georgia)• Magnet schools and other schools within the Durham Public Schools (North Carolina)• Middle colleges and other schools within the Guilford County Schools (North Carolina)• All schools within the Hyde County Schools (North Carolina)• Schools within the Fulton County Schools (Georgia)• Hartford Public Schools (Connecticut) • Peoria Public Schools (Illinois)• The Ivy Preparatory Academy for Girls (Georgia)• Cirrus Academy Charter School (Georgia)• Schools within the Dothan City Schools (Alabama)• Schools within the Atlanta Public Schools (Georgia)• All schools within the Bertie County Schools (North Carolina)• Schools within the San Diego Unified School District (California)• All schools within the Hertford County Schools (North Carolina)• Hillside International Truth Center (Georgia)• Schools within the St. Croix School District via EdPartners Group (United States Virgin Islands)• All schools within the Northampton County Schools (North Carolina)• All schools within the Warren County Schools (North Carolina)• Collins-Rhodes Elementary School (Alabama)• All schools within the Weldon City Schools (North Carolina)• Georgia Real Estate Educators Association (Georgia)• The Institute for the Development of Young Leaders (North Carolina)• ARRAY 101 (California)

United States

Turners Falls, Ma

LEADright, as an independent contractor (Interim Director Publications), provided strategic and tactical leadership for the publications department at the Center for Responsive Schools (CRS), including overseeing the development and production of all retail publications and working in close collaboration with colleagues across the organization to ensure the development and production of innovative, timely, and effective new materials that support the CRS mission. Defined, administered, and directed the work of editorial, design, and production staff of six. Identified potential new contributors to CRS publications (e.g., Doing Social Studies in Morning Meeting).Supported the production of new publications (i.e., The Power of Our Words for Middle School; Middle School Motivators!)Supported the launch of the fourth revision of a classic CRS publication (i.e., Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14 by Chip Wood)Developed a yearly budget.Served on directors’ team, playing a key role in setting and executing on organizational strategy.

Greater San Diego Area

Serve in-residence at NCUST to further its mission of helping urban school districts and their partners transform urban schools into places where all students achieve academic proficiency, evidence a love of learning, and graduate well prepared to succeed in post-secondary education, the workplace, and their communities. Assist the NCUST leadership team in refining district services in ways more likely to accelerate and sustain school transformation. Support school and district administrators in NCUST partner districts as they strive to improve learning results.

Atlanta, Georgia

Senior Instructional Leader and Chief School Transformation Officer at a comprehensive public high school.

Greater Atlanta Area

Provides professional, individual support to induction phase principals through collaboration and effective communication. Conducts weekly on-site visits. Develops a trusting and reflective professional partnership with induction phase principals. Coordinates and facilitates interventions and professional learning experiences to guide growth and development of induction phase principals.

Greater Atlanta Area

Supported 22 principals on 25 campuses serving 13702 students and their families who attend schools from Bankhead to Buckhead in the Douglass High School and North Atlanta High School clusters.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Communicated expectations of the State Board of Education to principals in schools identified for support by District and School Transformation Division. Assisted in the development of a framework for support, monitoring, and evaluation to ensure improved student achievement. Assistsed with analyzing the collected information and providing support and assistance for the school in developing innovative frameworks and plans that address performance objectives and organizational goals set forth by the State Board of Education. Assisted the Director of District and School Transformation Division in developing professional learning communities within the school to systematize a process for continuous improvement and coordinate the implementation and utilization of formative assessment to drive instructional decisions. Collaborated with other District and School Transformation personnel and other education partners as appropriate to ensure alignment of goals, communication, and action plans.

Greater San Diego Area

Supported and managed the instructional and operational functions of a cohort of 27 schools (i.e., seventeen elementary schools, two K-8 schools, three middle schools, four small high schools, and one comprehensive high school). Provided professional and leadership development to administrators to support the analysis of student achievement data and to align instructional/curricular programs to meet the needs of 16,215 students. Developed and sustained strategic community engagement efforts of the Crawford and Hoover High School clusters. Reviewed, approved, and monitored the development and implementation of school-level budgets to ensure the effective and appropriate use of a combined annual operating budget of $120 million.

Greater San Diego Area

Managed school district oversight policies and procedures and accountability guidelines for California’s second largest portfolio of charter schools (i.e., 37 schools serving 14,500 students, K-12).

Greater San Diego Area

First as High School Improvement Officer, then as Secondary School Improvement Officer: Supported a cohort of schools including two K-12 schools, ten small high schools, a virtual high school, an early college, an arts magnet school, and a middle college. Provided supervisorial oversight for the district’s AP Alliance Project as a part of a three-year Advanced Placement Incentive Program (APIP) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Provided data-differentiated professional and leadership development to principals and leadership teams. Visited schools to observe teaching and learning and provide technical support and direction.

Greater San Diego Area

Monitored budgets for grant-funded schools and served as the district liaison to the American Institutes for Research for an $11.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Supported 18 small, autonomous high schools by providing technical assistance with concept theory, coaching, and professional development.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Managed a portfolio of 44 magnet and choice schools representing 37% of the schools in the district. Coordinated and managed planning, development, media relations, and an $8.3 million budget for six Magnet School Assistance Program funded schools.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Collaborated with students, parents, guardians, faculty, and staff for vision, mission, culture, climate, and traditions for North Carolina’s first early college high school; developed and implemented an advanced academic program.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Served as “Chief Learner and Dream Maker” for a coeducational public school with children in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Developed and taught required and elective humanities courses; actively participated in curricular and extra-curricular activities; served on various faculty committees.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Planned and managed a co-educational program for adults and for students entering grades seven through twelve.

San Francisco Bay Area

Taught a required course in collaboration with mentor teacher; developed and taught curricula for elective courses; actively participated in school activities.

B.A., Philosophy With Honors

Morehouse Scholar. GTE Scholar.

Ed.D., Educational Leadership

Completed Dissertation "Testifying" 2008.

M.Ed., Educational Leadership

Wrote "The Tale of Imani the Bunny" 1997

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