ANGELA UGBAJAH
PEACHTREE CITY,GA
Summary
Enthusiastic, dedicated, collaborative educator with a penchant for forging and maintaining efficacious stakeholder relationships. Astute leader with a keen preference for employing situational leadership to ensure fairness, equity, and equality abounds. Culturally responsive to all groups, with an intentional focus on inclusivity, share vision, values, and transparency. Seeking an opportunity to increase professional knowledge, while leveraging decades of instructional and leadership experience to work in tandem with others to facilitate the district and the principal’s vision coming to fruition via hard work, reflection, and relatability.
Overview
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Certification
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Science Educator
Clayton County Public Schools
Jonesboro, GA
08.2003 - Current
- Serves as a consummate science educator with a proven record of student success. Engages the whole child by embodying the tenets of social emotional awareness in tandem with critical thinking to support students’ mastery of the standards. Serves as an integral member of the leadership team to ensure the principal’s vision comes to fruition. Recognized as the 2022-2023 Teacher Of The Year.
- Selected to serve as the MTSS facilitator, department chair, and Junior Class Sponsor due to leadership acumen.
Student Teacher, Biology Educator
Lovejoy High School
Lovejoy, GA
01.2011 - 04.2011
- Designed and facilitated standards-based lessons to support student achievement on the GHSGT. Used data to drive instruction to remediate, and to accelerate students of varying cognitive abilities.
- Commended for innovative, instructional technology usage; invited to share strategies schoolwide.
Paraprofessional (Grades 6-8)
Sequoyah Middle School
Riverdale, GA
08.2005 - 06.2008
- Delivered targeted instruction for students of varying cognitive and behavioral needs via digital learning tools, e.g., Study Island. Maintained accurate, confidential behavior data records to support student growth and progression towards goals.
- Recognized for establishing and maintaining stakeholder rapport that supported the whole child.
Paraprofessional (Grades 6-8)
Kilpatrick Elementary School
Riverdale, GA
08.2003 - 06.2005
- Provided small group instruction and classroom support to align with schoolwide expectations for differentiated instruction. Adhered to students’ IEPs, 504s, BIPs, etc. to ensure federal, state, and local mandates were met with fidelity. Supported students during assessments and daily instructional activities.
- Commended for restorative practices implemented that supported students’ social and emotional wellbeing.
Education
Specialist of Education (Ed.S) - Curriculum & Instruction
Piedmont University
Demorest, GA12-2025
Master of Science (M.S) - Secondary Science Education, 6-12
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ05-2011
Bachelor of Science (B.S) - Biology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA05-1998
Skills
- Ethics in science
- Parent-teacher communication
- Lab safety procedures
- Student engagement
- MTSS facilitator
- Mock Trail Coach
- Collaborative leadership
- Community engagement
- Instructional leadership
- Student achievement
Accomplishments
Teacher of the year 2022-2023 school year
Certification
- C Clearance Expires Jun. 2026
- SRS Curriculum & Instruction Expires Jun. 2026
- SRS Teacher Support & Coaching Endorsement Expires Jun. 2026
- SRT Biology, (6-12) Expires Jun. 2026
- SRT Coaching Endorsement Expires Jun. 2026
- SRT Gifted In-Field Expires Jun. 2026
- SRT Middle Grades Science (4-8) Expires Jun. 2026
- SRT Online Teaching Endorsement Expires Jun. 2026
- SRT STEM Education Expires Jun. 2026
- SRT Urban Education Endorsement Expires Jun. 2026
Leadership Philosophy
- If you want to go fast—go alone. If you want to go far—go together. ~African Proverb
- As a leader, I have always believed in the power of the team—no one person is greater, singularly, than we are together. Because I uphold this philosophy in my classroom, my students quickly learned that everyone had a gift; they all saw themselves and each other as scientists. This notion was wholly important to me, because it afforded me the opportunity to establish a culture of winners. Why is this important? Because one of the greatest gifts you can give anyone is hope. My students believed in themselves, and they knew that I believed in them as well. We developed a winning mentality. We were committed to growth, exploration, and self-development.
- Is this not the mission of a leader? To inspire? To mold? To be the sage on stage, or the guide on the side? It is my belief that leaders are born, but leaders can also be developed. I know that I am leader, but I am also humble enough to know that I have much to learn. I believe that as one who values scholarship, it is inevitable that I will chosen by one who is born to lead.
Languages
Igbo
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Student Teacher, Biology Educator
Lovejoy High School
01.2011 - 04.2011
Paraprofessional (Grades 6-8)
Sequoyah Middle School
08.2005 - 06.2008
Science Educator
Clayton County Public Schools
08.2003 - Current
Paraprofessional (Grades 6-8)
Kilpatrick Elementary School
08.2003 - 06.2005
Bachelor of Science (B.S) - Biology
University of Georgia
Master of Science (M.S) - Secondary Science Education, 6-12
Grand Canyon University
Specialist of Education (Ed.S) - Curriculum & Instruction
Piedmont University