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Amanda MacLeod

Amanda MacLeod

East Bernard,Texas

Summary

Experienced professional skilled in working with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and students needing behavioral assistance. Actively involved in community initiatives, such as post-Harvey cleanup and volunteering with Lunches of Love. Instructional coach with a proven track record of assessing and improving educators' instructional abilities. Proficient in time management, problem-solving, and delivering personalized coaching through observation and data analysis to identify specific learning needs.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Instructional Coach

Adriane Mathews Gray Elementary
08.2023 - Current
  • In addition to Instructional Coach descriptors at Jane Long Elementary.
  • Assist in selecting, purchasing, inventorying, and organizing campus material to open a new elementary campus.
  • Developed learning expectations for students and classroom expectations for teachers on a new campus.
  • Lead Professional Learning Community meetings with teachers of all campus grade levels and subjects.
  • Guide teachers towards innovative planning to fill student learning gaps in order to increase academic achievement for students.
  • Developed and monitored progress monitoring systems for grades PK-5.
  • Organized and ran various parent involvement nights.


Instructional Coach

Jane Long Elementary LCISD
08.2019 - 05.2023
  • Assist in creating, reviewing, and adjusting the campus improvement plan
  • Assess need, purchase, and inventory ELAR materials for the campus
  • Lead data meetings including ongoing professional development at bi-monthly professional learning communities meetings
  • Train staff on new programs and teaching strategies then follow up with coaching teachers needing additional support
  • Lead weekly planning with ELAR teachers in grades K-2
  • Communicate with teachers about updates in instruction/testing
  • Coordinate campus parent involvement opportunities throughout the year
  • Conduct Tier 3 reading interventions for students in K-2
  • Assist in the interview process at the end of each school year
  • Attend monthly meetings with other ELAR instructional coaches at the district level to stay informed on updates, disaggregate data, and grow professionally
  • Communicate with parents as needed for student behavior, academic concerns and or progress, and many other campus information needs
  • Assist with the campus attendance review committee and the process of filing truancy

Special Education Inclusion Teacher

Jane Long Elementary LCISD
08.2018 - 05.2019
  • Provide instructional support and accommodations to students receiving inclusion support according to their IEP's
  • Bridge student gaps by providing intervention in the students areas of need
  • Collaborate with classroom teachers to track student growth and insure student success
  • Conduct ARD meetings
  • Assess students, create IEP's, and track data for student growth towards their IEP goal
  • Meet with principal weekly to report student progress

Reading Recovery Teacher

Jane Long Elementary LCISD
08.2015 - 05.2018
  • Conduct beginning of program testing and write an evaluation on each student chosen for the Reading Recovery program
  • Conduct individually planned reading recovery lessons to the 6 lowest performing first grade students daily

First Grade Teacher

Velasquez Elementary LCISD
08.2014 - 05.2015
  • Track data for students daily and report their growth to teacher leader weekly
  • Host parent meetings to provide information about the program
  • Provide professional development training to K-2 classroom teachers
  • Communicate students progress to parents, classroom teachers, campus principal, and teacher leader

First Grade Teacher

Cora Thomas Elementary LCISD
08.2011 - 05.2014

Student Teacher / First Grade Teacher

Velasquez Elementary LCISD
08.2010 - 05.2011
  • Team leader
  • Collected data and conducted a proposal to have the Reading Recovery program added to this campus
  • Proposal was accepted the following year
  • Teacher of the year for my campus
  • 2013/14 trained as a Reading Recovery teacher
  • Student taught in Second grade
  • Hired as First grade teacher in January

Education

Principal Certification Program

Lamar University
Beaumont, TX
05-2023

Masters - Reading Instruction

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS
Houston, TX
12.2016

Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI
Corpus Christi, TX
12.2010

Skills

  • Impact Coaching Cycle
  • Excellent communication
  • Goal-oriented and ambitious
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills
  • Multicultural experience
  • Diverse backgrounds
  • Behavioral assistance needs
  • Community involvement
  • Volunteering

Certification

  • Principal Certification
  • EC-4 Generalist
  • EC-12 SPED
  • ELAR 4-8
  • ESL Certified
  • Reading Recovery Certified

Timeline

Instructional Coach

Adriane Mathews Gray Elementary
08.2023 - Current

Instructional Coach

Jane Long Elementary LCISD
08.2019 - 05.2023

Special Education Inclusion Teacher

Jane Long Elementary LCISD
08.2018 - 05.2019

Reading Recovery Teacher

Jane Long Elementary LCISD
08.2015 - 05.2018

First Grade Teacher

Velasquez Elementary LCISD
08.2014 - 05.2015

First Grade Teacher

Cora Thomas Elementary LCISD
08.2011 - 05.2014

Student Teacher / First Grade Teacher

Velasquez Elementary LCISD
08.2010 - 05.2011

Masters - Reading Instruction

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS

Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI

Principal Certification Program

Lamar University

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