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Angela McKenzie

Kannapolis,NC

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Principal of Instruction

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Hawthorne Academy of Health Science and Military Global Public Safety Academy
11.2023 - Current
  • Serve as administrative lead for Science, EC, and Math Department, supporting Professional Learning Communities
  • Serve as administrative liaison for Counselors and 504s.
  • Serve as attendance committee/dropout prevention administrator.
  • Lead the work as the school’s master scheduler, developing schedules that lead to completion of magnet pathways.
  • Serve as Advanced Studies administrative lead for AP, AVID, and ACT/SAT Prep programming.
  • Serve as the administrative liaison to the Student Services Department
  • Serve as administrative lead for intervention support for the core, supplemental, and intensive instruction and behaviors.
  • Interview qualified and effective staff aligned to the vision, mission, values, beliefs, and goals of the school.
  • Provide targeted support through schoolwide professional development.
  • Serve as the administrative lead for Endorsements support.
  • Accomplishments:
  • Led sustainable change for the revitalization of schoolwide AVID and the start of Pre-AP World History
  • Increased the percentage of high school graduates taking and passing at least one college-level course or a 300 or 400-level Career and Technical Education course by 38.8 %. Results: 96.8% for 22-23
  • Increased schoolwide letter grade for both academies by one letter grade. For Health Science, moving from a C to a B, and for Military and Public Safety, moving from a D to a C.
  • Met expected EVAAS growth for the 22-23 school year for both academies
  • Decreased the percentage points of OSS for Black and Brown students by 10.1% in the Health Science Academy and by 19.2% in the Military and Public Safety Academy for 22-23
  • Overall increase in GLP and CCR from 21-22 to 22-23 school year in Health Science Academy Results: (GLP increased 7.8% and CCR increased 9.7%)
  • Increased percentages for GLP and CCR from 21-22 to 22-23 school year in Biology. Results: (GLP increased 2.5% and CCR increased 10.6 %)

Assistant Principal, Former Dean of Students

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, J. M. Alexander Middle School
06.2020 - 11.2023
  • Serve as administrative liaison for Science Departments and Professional Learning Communities
  • Serve as coordinator for the Civil Rights Data Collection Process
  • Serve as the school’s master scheduler
  • Serve as AVID Administrator
  • Serve as lead facilitator for the School Instructional Team and manager of the school improvement plan
  • Serve as mentor contact for beginning teachers and mentors, conducting professional development, and guiding monthly support meetings
  • Serve as administrative liaison for schoolwide use of restorative/relational practices through development and evaluation of the schoolwide universal discipline plan
  • Serve as the administrative liaison for the Counseling Department
  • Serve as administrative liaison for MTSS, offering instructional and behavior support to families, teachers, and students
  • Provide schoolwide professional development
  • Interview qualified and effective teachers
  • Provide targeted support to eighth-grade science students through the Academic Enrichment intervention
  • Coordinate and facilitate all aspects involved with the eighth grade to ninth grade transition process
  • Accomplishments:
  • Supported growth across all grade levels with EOG Reading-2021, resulting in 6th and 7th grade meeting expected growth and 8th grade exceeding expected growth.
  • Led sustainable change in 8th Grade Science, increased exam performance Results: 2015-16: 68.3% GLP/57.4%CCR on EOG; 2016-17-increase of 1.3% GLP/3.3 % CCR; 2017-18: increase of .7% GLP/2.9%CCR; 2018-19-increase of 13% GLP/12.9% CCR. 2021-22- increased GLP by 1.3%
  • Developed and implemented a structured intervention approach for all grade levels. Results: Students received additional targeted support in behavior and academics. Teachers learned how to meet the needs of their students better, both academically and behaviorally.
  • Decreased number of total school-wide suspensions through the implementation of restorative practice from 2014-15 to 2015-16 school year; Results: 58% decrease.

Multi-Tiered System of Support Coach

Cabarrus County Schools, Concord Middle School
01.2015 - 10.2015
  • Managed the overall framework of the CARE grant MTSS Model
  • Analyzed monthly discipline data to develop implementation plans to support teachers and students at all levels of intervention.
  • Facilitated and managed the school’s Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS) through collaboration
  • Facilitated and supported the implementation of the Team Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS) model
  • Provided targeted support for Math and Science PLCs
  • Provided targeted support to students transitioning from the Opportunity School
  • Provided implementation support to counselors of the student’s check-in/check-out process
  • Provided instructional support through differentiated strategies to tiered II classroom teachers
  • Coordinated, managed, and facilitated community outreach programming for tier II and tier III support
  • Served as site coordinator for the ASPIRE (STEM) program for summer and after-school
  • Accomplishments:
  • Developed systems of support for students and teachers; Result: Decrease in behavior referrals by 20%
  • Developed Intervention Tool Kit, increasing the use of interventions at the core
  • Facilitated and organized activities to increase community outreach involvement with students identified at the Tier 2 and Tier 3 levels of MTSS
  • Result: Decreased suspension rates for the targeted population of students by 85%
  • Increased interest in pursuing careers in STEM by 88%, indicated by post-survey results
  • Increased interest in school participation for the 2015-2016 STEM afterschool program; Result: 40% increase in applications submitted for Fall enrollment

Dean of Students, Acting Grade Level Assistant Principal

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Community House Middle School
08.2013 - 01.2015
  • Served as the administrative liaison to the Science Department and PLC
  • Co-conducted professional development for the grade level in Dismantling Racism and Cultural Competence
  • Participated in the development of restorative discipline practices
  • Provided professional development in differentiated instructional strategies
  • Provided targeted support to grade level (Sixth Grade Class of 2013) students to increase proficiency in Math and Language Arts
  • Served as the administrative liaison for Secretarial Staff, Custodial Staff, and the Fine Arts Booster
  • Served as administrative liaison for the Intervention Team and the Response to Intervention Team, offering instructional and behavior support to families, teachers, and students
  • Accomplishments:
  • Developed and supported a sixth-grade academic enrichment program for a targeted group of students scoring high level 2’s; Results: 71% Proficiency on Math EOG (Out of 24 Students); 76% Proficiency on Reading EOG (Out of 21 Students)
  • Developed and implemented programs to promote cultural competency among students and staff
  • Decreased the number of sixth-grade referrals from the same offenders by using restorative practices. Results: -4%

Academic Facilitator

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Hawthorne High School
08.2005 - 08.2013
  • Served as Academic Facilitator, Professional Development Facilitator, Beginning Teacher Contact, and administrative liaison to the Science Department
  • Collected, monitored, and disaggregated data for the Science Department through the development of formative and summative assessments
  • Developed, coordinated, and facilitated targeted professional development using walkthrough data
  • Supported teachers through targeted observations, co-teaching, and modeling instructional strategies
  • Systematically developed and managed the Middle School Program (Eight Plus)
  • Coordinated and facilitated weekly tutorial sessions for Mathematics, Science, and English students
  • Provided teacher/student support through the development and management of Academic Study Hall, 2010-2011
  • Accomplishments:
  • Developed Summative Assessments and Mini assessments for Biology teachers in the Central Secondary Zone, 2012-2013
  • Coordinated and facilitated literacy improvement using the Achieve 3000 program and targeted professional development, 2011-2013; Results: One to two grade level increase
  • Improved science composite scores, 2012-2013; Results: 5% increase
  • Developed, coordinated, and facilitated Extended Day/Credit Recovery Programs, designed to increase graduation rates 2007-2012; Results: an average increase from 2009-2012 from 66.2% to 73.7%
  • Coordinated and facilitated the Virtual Summer School for Hawthorne students, summer 2010 and 2011; Results: 90% Pass Rate
  • Collaborated and Co-developed English III Common Core Curriculum Guide for Charlotte Mecklenburg School, 2011-2012
  • Piloted the Eight Plus Program, which later developed into the New Midwood Ninth Grade High School, 2006; Results: 87.5% of the students were promoted to the ninth grade by mid-semester. 89% of the students graduated on time

Extended Year Site Administrator, Academic & Cultural Enrichment 21st Century (ACE) Administrator

Charlotte-Mecklenburg School, Eastway Middle School
08.2003 - 07.2005
  • Led, facilitated, coordinated, and managed all aspects of the ACE program, which included 15 staff and approximately 300 students
  • Collaborated to develop the Bridge Builders EOG Enrichment Program
  • Developed yearly operational budgets for the ACE Program
  • Coordinated and managed transportation for the ACE Program and Bridge Builders
  • Maintained and reported all data associated with the ACE Program
  • Coordinated, organized, and supervised Math and Reading curriculum for the ACE Summer Program
  • Coordinated multiple community outreach opportunities for the ACE Year and Summer Programs
  • Achievements:
  • Coordinated community volunteers through the Charlotte POST program, 10-15 tutors per day
  • Professional Development Conducted at Central Office Level for After-School Site Coordinators
  • Increased parental involvement; Result: 15% over two years
  • Increased student performance on EOGs through the development and implementation of a rigorous, academic, and cultural enrichment program. Results: 20% on EOGs over two years
  • Increased performance on the Computer Skills assessment; Results: 13% over two years

Education

Principal Licensure Program - Educational Leadership

University of North Carolina At Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
05-2008

Master of Education - Curriculum and Supervision

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
12.2002

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL
07.1992

Science Teacher Licensure - Certification Secondary Education

Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

Skills

  • Curriculum development and instructional leadership
  • Professional development and training
  • Intervention strategies and differentiation
  • Stakeholder engagement and management
  • Schedule management and planning
  • Program evaluation and workshop facilitation

References

References available upon request.

Affiliations

  • North Carolina Association of Teachers, 1998-present
  • National Education Association, 2003-present

Additional Professional Experience

  • Extended-day Science Teacher, Science Teacher Garinger High School, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC 1998-2003
  • Science Teacher Upward Bound Program, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC 1998-1999
  • Laboratory Technician American Red Cross, Charlotte, NC 1996-1998
  • Science Teacher Jefferson Parish School District, New Orleans, LA 1993-1996

Timeline

Assistant Principal of Instruction

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Hawthorne Academy of Health Science and Military Global Public Safety Academy
11.2023 - Current

Assistant Principal, Former Dean of Students

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, J. M. Alexander Middle School
06.2020 - 11.2023

Multi-Tiered System of Support Coach

Cabarrus County Schools, Concord Middle School
01.2015 - 10.2015

Dean of Students, Acting Grade Level Assistant Principal

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Community House Middle School
08.2013 - 01.2015

Academic Facilitator

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Hawthorne High School
08.2005 - 08.2013

Extended Year Site Administrator, Academic & Cultural Enrichment 21st Century (ACE) Administrator

Charlotte-Mecklenburg School, Eastway Middle School
08.2003 - 07.2005

Principal Licensure Program - Educational Leadership

University of North Carolina At Charlotte

Master of Education - Curriculum and Supervision

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Tuskegee University

Science Teacher Licensure - Certification Secondary Education

Southern University at New Orleans

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