Amy Stephens Ed.D

• Leadership Lubbock Class of 2021
• National Distinguished Principal Finalist 2015
• TMEA Distinguished Administrator 2011
• TEPSA District 17 Assistant Principal of the Year 2007-2008
• Presented at the I-station state and national conferences about student growth and campus turn-around in 2016
• Member of the Junior League of Lubbock 2004-to present Roles included but not limited to Repeat Boutique asst. Chairman 2007, Repeat Boutique Chairman 2008, Provisional Membership Development Committee Chairman 2009 Training Committee Chairman 2011
• Member Lubbock Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association: Roles include President and Vice President (2006 to present)
• Inducted into Delta Kappa Gamma Educational Sorority in April 2002
• Inducted in Kappa Delta Phi Educational Honor Society in October 2000
• Selected to Present at the National Core Knowledge Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, in March 2002 and Phoenix, Arizona, in March 2003

Instructional Management and Academic Achievement

• Improved the overall academic achievement of all 18 campuses, with 14 receiving an A or B rating in 2022.
• The Monterey High School rating increased from C to B, and CCMR scores increased.
• Supervised the Estacado Early College High School model, increasing student enrollment in the program
• Worked through four campus redesign models through the Systems of Great Schools Network, one being a dual language model utilizing Gomez and Gomez curriculum and training.
• Created campus principal PLCs and instructional focus walks throughout the feeder schools.
• Developed a new principal training model implemented summer of 2023
• Created a new assistant principal training model
• Created the Academic Dean position at Monterey High School and expanded it to all secondary campuses in the district.
• Designed a principal data tracking and coaching meeting model

Facilities and Safety

• Worked with the district bond committee to harden all 18 campuses, supervised
• Increased Communities in Schools presence on all campuses
• Utilized ESSER funds to update aging buildings and decrease different maintenance needs.
• Implemented a Return of Investment Framework to strategically plan for budget shortfalls due to decline enrollment, loss of ESSER and Title 1 funds in 2024.

Human Capital

• Utilized OHI data at all campuses to increase teacher retention
• Developed campus operations teams to assess teacher needs better and address concerns to retain quality teachers
• Utilzied TIA to reward and retain outstanding teachers and celebrate their accomplishments
• Utilized ESSER finds to create a Teacher Excellence Framework so campuses could reward student growth and teacher leadership.
• Right sized high school and middle school staffing models to fit within the budget.

School and Community Relations

• Created feeder pattern liaison system to increase feeder alignment, parental involvement, and student retention
• Created weekly feeder pattern meeting format to increase communication and collegiality within each feeder pattern
• Created the PALS program to increase student retention through the feeder
• Increased social medial presence at all campuses
• Created a parent involvement model that increases parental and community involvement at all supervised campuses.

I have been married to my wonderful husband for 23 years. We are the proud parents of three children: two sons, Branson, a graduate of Texas Tech University, and Landon, a senior in high school, and a daughter, Madeline, a graduate student and student-athlete at Angelo State University.