Yvonne Alm (Schroeder) Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Design, implement and evaluate a pilot principal residency program aimed at developing the leadership ability of future principals through a leader intern experience under the guidance and mentorship of a highly effective principal resulting in over 90% of residents ascending to a leadership position upon completion; secured $1.4M in grant funds to launch program• Develop, launch and execute a rigorous, multi-step principal selection process and associated performance measurement tools resulting in higher quality candidates assuming the principal role and a 50% decrease in principal vacancies• Collaboratively develop educational leadership master’s degree cohorts including recruitment and admissions strategies with 3 partner universities aimed at providing high-quality pre-service preparation for future school leaders that is aligned to district leadership core competencies resulting in over 80 participants with over 80% ascending into leadership upon graduation• Design and execute quarterly leadership development to establish and support district-wide structures, tools and signature practices for all levels of leaders including over 20 Principal Supervisors, 230 Principals and over 450 Assistant Principals including a 3-day “Summer Intensive” conference

Dallas, Texas, United States

Accelerating Campus Excellence or ACE is a network of turnaround campuses that require intensive support to improve• Led the improvement of literacy instruction for a turnaround campus through research-based best practices and structured implementation resulting in 84% growth on the 5th grade reading state exam and school removal from the “Improvement Required” list as designated by the state of Texas• Provided targeted feedback and coaching support to campus principals and leadership teams in response to district and assessment data to accelerate instruction in high-needs areas

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Designed and coordinated tiered intervention/enrichment class based on student achievement data leading to 50% increase in MAP reading goal attainment for lowest performing students, representing highest gains in district• Analyzed data from a variety of tools including classroom observations and assessment data to collaboratively design instructional adjustments with 19 intervention teachers• Led campus-wide response to intervention team in developing mastery and growth tracking systems to plan and execute on-going data-driven academic interventions for low-performing students• Provided extensive feedback on lesson plans and coaching on lesson execution to 7 core-subject teachers and developed weekly growth goals aligned to end-of-year teacher evaluation rubric; adjusted coaching approach to meet the needs of each individual teacher while still maintaining high expectations and realizing rigorous achievement goals • Elected as 7th grade-level chair (2015 – 2018), humanities department chair (2015 – 2019), and testing coordinator (2016-2019)

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Designed unit/lesson plans, and assessments for all district 7th grade humanities teachers using research-based practices• Prepared and facilitated over 30 hours of professional development per year for humanities teachers about high-yield instructional strategies, lesson planning, data analysis, and instructional delivery based on observed instructional trends to address classroom needs leading to a 19% increase in student pass rates for district exams

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Designed and facilitated weekly professional development including rubrics to assess implementation for team of 3 humanities teachers about research-based instructional practices and disaggregating data to diagnose and address needs of each student • Evaluated implementation of new strategies through classroom observations and developed rubrics• Individualized additional coaching supports for teachers to strengthen implementation

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Planned rigorous curriculum resulting in average 86% mastery as measured by classroom and district assessments• Tracked academic progress of 150 students each school year, identified areas of weakness, and conducted individual and small group remedial lessons leading to an average 15% increase in overall student mastery year-over-year• Built, implemented, and evaluated data-driven intervention plans with a success rate of 94% as measured by rigorous in-class assessments, district exams and end-of-course exams

Dallas, Texas, United States

Teach For America - DFW hosts a yearly summer institute to train new corps members which includes teaching summer school in partner districts• Managed vendor relationships and negotiated contracts to procure supplies, transportation, and dining services in excess of $360,000 while remaining at or under budget• Coordinated logistics for daily lunch delivery for 200 teachers at 4 school site locations using 8 vendors resulting in a 27% increase in corps member satisfaction in dining services from 2015 institute• Created and managed a comprehensive system to collect and track proper budget documentation, inventory, and purchase requests for staff while remaining 100% audit-compliant * Summer Role completed between 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years

Dallas, Texas, United States

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

3.7 GPA

Master Of Ed, Educational Leadership

4.0 GPA

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Public Relations, Concentration In Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Gamma Phi Beta Sorority (served as Panhellenic VP and later as Chapter President), Public Relations Student.