- support school leaders in utilizing strategies and existing school structures to support teachers in their 21st century skills-based curriculum planning, implementation, and assessment. - coach teachers through a combination of classroom visits, Guided Lesson Study, whole group learning, and individual feedback sessions to:a. design and implement new instructional strategies and resources for teaching, assessing, and giving feedback on students’ 21st century skills development.b. identify and utilize existing classroom structures and resources that best support 21st century skills learning experiences for students.c. develop school-wide professional development sessions in an effort to share and scale promising teaching practices that facilitate the growth of 21st century skills mastery and student self-efficacy

- Conduct quantitative analyses of state and federal level data to examine the effects of earlychildhood educational intervention on adolescent and adult behavioral and academic outcomesas part of two multi-year grants funded by the U.S. Department of Education- Institute forEducational Sciences and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health andHuman Development- Create data sets and prepare manuscripts for public dissemination

- Use qualitative research methods to conduct case studies examining how teachers acrossUnited States foster racial literacy and implement culturally responsive pedagogy- Design and develop curriculum that promotes storytelling as a means for mathematics learningand engagement as part of a three-year project funded by the National Science Foundation

- Designed, modified, and conducted experiments using mixed methods approach to better understand how children in different contexts conceptualize and react to failure- Analyzed collected pilot data to improve experiment, measures, and analysis design

• Managed a cohort of school leaders and Skills Fellows to support the integration of 21st century skills learning into formal and informal programming in an effort to increase college and career readiness• Coached a cohort of Skills Fellows and principals to integrate instructional strategies and resources for teaching, assessing, and giving feedback on 21st century skills within the context of an already planned lesson, task, or project • Conceptualized, executed, and monitored such integration through a combination of monthly classroom visits, monthly one-on-one coaching sessions, quarterly group training and workshops, and systematic performance assessment tools• Maximized program impact by collaborating with other Model Redesign teams within the Office of Postsecondary Readiness Office, MHA Skills Lab, and the GE Foundation to ensure programmatic coherence, managing the dissemination of best practices, and working with 9 - 14 NYC P-TECH Schools to systematically gather and synthesize successful practices

Special Education Department Chair, Member of the Instructional Leadership Team • Coordinates and directs weekly SPED department meetings focused on developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating curriculum within an Expeditionary Learning School model and promoting collegial sharing of effective ideas and strategies• Collaborates with the Principal, Assistant Principals, and other Department Chairs during bimonthly Instructional Leadership Team meetings to: (i) plan, monitor, and implement the curriculum; (ii) enhance cross–curricular articulation; (iii) inform on progress and plan for needs through the year; (iv) engage in consultancies to trouble shoot challenges• Plans and leads monthly school wide Professional Development sessions designed to support classroom teachers in educating students with special needs• Leads School Implementation Team and Special Education Department in the yearly Student Inquiries Special Education Teacher • Teaches 9th and 10th Grade English Language Arts to mixed learners in an Integrated Collaborative Teaching model • Taught 11th Grade English Language Arts to mixed learners in an Integrated Collaborative Teaching model • Provided Special Education Teacher Support Services for English Language ArtsSpring Musical Director• Directs Annual Spring Musical with two associate directors and 35+ student performers; productions include Aladdin and Peter Pan

• Taught 9th, 10th, and 11th grade English Language Arts in both Integrated Collaborative Teaching and the Self-Contained model• Taught 9th, 10th, and 11th grade Integrated Algebra in both Integrated Collaborative Teaching and the Self-Contained model• Awarded the “Perseverance Award” for demonstrating and embodying one of the school’s founding character values

Grounded in the belief that achieving educational equity is possible within our lifetime and that alumni of color play a unique role in eliminating educational inequity, The Collective is committed to continuous development of alumni of color as transformational leaders, thought partners and agents for change. We are anchored in both our collective experience as corps members and alumni of color as well as our belief in the solvability of this issue. Our vision is that through the exchange of ideas, resources and vision we will change the educational trajectory of children in low-income communities.