Your Name
Summary
I have served highly diverse students in Arizona for the past 16 years as a school/district administrator in both large urban and small rural school districts. More specifically, I have been a district-level administrator for the past twelve (12) years with responsibilities to lead programs in the areas of Curriculum/Instruction, Professional Development, State/Federal Programs, and District/School Improvement.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
School Improvement Specialist
Dougherty County School Systems
Albany, GA
10.2014 - 05.2015
- Coached/mentored teachers to improve classroom instructional strategies, engagement strategies, and grouping practices which resulted in gains in District-wide assessment data.
- Demonstrated content expertise in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics
- Collaborated with ADE Turnaround personnel to support state intervention.
- Assisted teachers in using data to inform and improve instructional practice.
- Facilitated Professional Learning Communities (grade level teams) in using data to inform curriculum planning (mapping), scaffolding learning activities, and responsive monitoring of student learning.
- Assisted school leadership in evaluating curricular and instructional programs.
- Applied AZ LEARNS and NCLB to school improvement efforts.
- Applied leadership theories, practices, and change processes to school improvement work.
- Presented on-going and job-embedded professional development to support the implementation of the digital curriculum.
Director of Federal Projects
Window Rock Unified School District
City, STATE
08.2014 - 10.2014
- Assisted in the determination and recommendation of various instructional programs needed by schools to the Superintendent.
- Supervised the following state/federal programs: Title I-VII Programs; McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program; Johnson O'Malley Program; Impact Aid Program; Parent Educators and Family Resource & Wellness Centers; and District Volunteer Program.
- Served on the District Proposition 301 Committee.
- Developed the District Improvement Plan under NCLB/ESEA.
- Supervised the NCLB Cycles 1-6 Monitoring Process to effectively demonstrate compliance each year.
- Mentored principals through the process of designing their respective School Improvement Plan.
- Prepared reports to the Governing Board, as needed.
- Facilitated the NCLB Parent Education Committee (PACs) in collaboration with the Parent Educators.
- Maintained liaison with social, professional, civic, volunteer, and community agencies, including the Navajo Nation and its five (5) local chapter houses.
- Administered state and federal grant budgets, amendments, completion reports, and reporting documentation to ADE.
Director of State & Federal Programs
Amphitheater Unified School District
City, STATE
07.2005 - 06.2014
- Assisted in the determination and recommendation of various instructional programs needed by schools to the Associate Superintendent.
- Supervised the following state/federal programs: Title I-VII Programs; McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program; Johnson O'Malley Program; Student-Family Advocates and Family Resource & Wellness Centers; District Volunteer Program; AIMS Augmentation Program; State Tutoring Grant Program; Early Childhood Education Block Grant and EQUIP Programs; Refugee Program; Parents as Teachers Program; and District Summer School Program.
- Developed the District Improvement Plan under NCLB/ESEA.
- Supervised the NCLB Cycles 1-6 Monitoring Process to effectively demonstrate compliance each year.
- Mentored principals through the process of designing their respective School Improvement Plan.
- Prepared reports to the Governing Board, as needed.
- Facilitated the NCLB Parent Education Committee in collaboration with the twenty (20) school principals and district department chairs.
- Maintained liaison with social, professional, civic, volunteer, and community agencies.
- Administered state and federal grant budgets, amendments, completion reports, and reporting documentation to ADE.
- Supervised the District's Desegregation Budget and Plan.
- Served as a committee member of the following district-level committees: District Software Adoption Committee; District 21st Century Teaching & Learning Conference Planning Committee; District High School Course Adoption Committee; District Intervention Team.
- District trainer for the Generating Expectations for Student Achievement (GESA) Workshop.
Director of Curriculum & Instruction
Casa Grande Elementary School District
City, STATE
01.2003 - 01.2005
- Assisted in the determination and recommendation of various instructional programs needed by schools to the Superintendent.
- Supervised the following state/federal programs: Title VII Programs; McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program; Johnson O'Malley Program; Impact Aid Program; Parent Educators and Family Resource & Wellness Centers; and District Volunteer Program.
- Served on the District Proposition 301 Committee.
- Developed the District Improvement Plan under NCLB/ESEA.
- Supervised the NCLB Cycles 1-6 Monitoring Process to effectively demonstrate compliance each year.
- Mentored principals through the process of designing their respective School Improvement Plan.
- Prepared reports to the Governing Board, as needed.
- Facilitated the NCLB Parent Education Committee (PACs) in collaboration with the Parent Educators.
- Maintained liaison with social, professional, civic, volunteer, and community agencies, including the Navajo Nation and its five (5) local chapter houses.
- Administered state and federal grant budgets, amendments, completion reports, and reporting documentation to ADE.
Education
Doctorate of Education (Ed. D.) - Educational Policy Studies & Practices
University of Arizona
2010
Master of Education - Educational Leadership
Northern Arizona University
1996
Bachelors of Science - Biochemistry
University of Arizona
1990
Skills
- Leadership - Program Development & Evaluation
- Budget Allocation & Administration
- District & School Planning and Improvement Processes
- NCLB Technical Guidance
- Grant Compliance and Monitoring Practices
- Staff Development, Principal/Teacher Induction, and Principal/Teacher Mentoring Programs
- Leading Community Outreach and relation pro
Accomplishments
- Led a professional development teams that provided Structured English Immersion and Summer Learning Program training with over 700 teachers.
- Met annual compliance indicators as part of the NCLB Cycle 1-6 Monitoring processes.
- Supervised the Parents as Teachers Program to promote kindergarten readiness for 350 children birth to age 5 in over 125 families
- Brought the state and federal programs in a rural school district of 2,200 students into compliance within 10 weeks.
- Collaborated with a colleague in the development of a proactive District Intervention Team process in a large urban school district--each school involved corrected systems and processes to keep itself out of formal state and federal accountability.
- Facilitated district-level committees of administrators, teachers, and parents to improve curricular and instructional programs in both large (17,000 students) and small districts (2,200 students).
- Coached and mentored principals into effective leadership practices.
- Coached and mentored teachers into effective instructional and classroom management practices.
- Adeptly led effective district-wide textbook and supplemental material adoptions
Certification
- Superintendent Certification (2003)
- Principal Certification (1997)
- Standard Secondary Certification, Grades 6-12 (1992)
Additional Information
Timeline
School Improvement Specialist
Dougherty County School Systems
10.2014 - 05.2015
Director of Federal Projects
Window Rock Unified School District
08.2014 - 10.2014
Director of State & Federal Programs
Amphitheater Unified School District
07.2005 - 06.2014
Director of Curriculum & Instruction
Casa Grande Elementary School District
01.2003 - 01.2005
Doctorate of Education (Ed. D.) - Educational Policy Studies & Practices
University of Arizona
Master of Education - Educational Leadership
Northern Arizona University
Bachelors of Science - Biochemistry
University of Arizona
- Superintendent Certification (2003)
- Principal Certification (1997)
- Standard Secondary Certification, Grades 6-12 (1992)