Angela Vern

I am a passionate Teacher Recruiting Coordinator for Polk County Public Schools. I possess eighteen years of teaching experience in the classroom from Pre-K3 through fourth grade with an emphasis on student engagement strategies, three years of leadership experience as an educational coach for Polk County Preschool Programs and two years of school leadership as a MTSS Coach at Valleyview Elementary. I am a leader who is enthusiastic about empowering people to positively impact the lives of others. My current and past experience includes numerous opportunities to screen, interview and recruit new talent. Collaborating with and empowering all stakeholders to create an environment in which each person is equipped with the tools to reach his/her maximum potential is imperative to reaching this goal.

• Aspiring Leaders Program August 2023- Present
• Aspiring Leaders Program August 2017-2018
• Board of Trustees Chairman of the Board at St. Paul Lutheran Church, August 2022-Present
• Board of Trustees Member at St. Paul Lutheran Church, October 2018-Present
• Developed and led staff in professional development utilizing Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategies at Valleyview Elementary
• Participated in interview panel for numerous candidates and positions at Valleyview Elementary
• Assisted with testing coordination and administration grades K-5
• Coached and helped implement classroom management systems in classrooms with high need
• PEC campus representative at Valleyview Elementary
• Scheduled, facilitated and documented all SST meetings for students and families, 2022-Oct 2023
• Analyzed and collaborated with MTSS Leadership Team to create an alternative plan for MTSS implementation and SST meetings at Valleyview Elementary
• Member of PBIS committee and attending monthly meetings at Valleyview Elementary
• Developed and led staff in monthly professional development opportunities to analyze and enhance current MTSS practices at Valleyview Elementary
• Designed and created yearbook at Valleyview Elementary, 2021-present
• Member of School Based Leadership Team at Valleyview Elementary, 2021-present
• Fourth grade team lead at CODE Academy
• Campus Induction Coordinator at CODE Academy
• Developed and led Pineapple Classrooms for opportunities for teachers to observe other teachers at CODE Academy
• Developed and led staff in monthly professional development utilizing Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategies CODE Academy
• Participated in interview panel for numerous candidates and positions within Polk County Preschool Programs
• Recruited and screened potential certified teacher candidates at district wide job fair representing Polk County Preschool Programs
• Bi-annually completed CLASS observations and provided feedback sessions in each of the classrooms in which I was the coach
• Reviewed lesson plans on a weekly basis and assisted teachers in aligning plans with Florida VPK Standards and student needs
• Assisted teachers in using data from VPK Assessments to drive instruction
• Created and managed schedules for Pre-K paraprofessionals at three school sites
• Collaborated with administration to develop safety plan at two school sites
• Lead and schedules fire and safety drills at one school site
• Lead and was guest speaker at numerous parent involvement meetings for Head Start
• Created professional needs development survey for Polk County Preschool Programs
• Coached at eleven different school sites around the district for Polk County Preschool Programs
• Assisted in planning and facilitation of Starting Out Right, a two-day annual Professional development conference, in 2016
• Creative Memories Senior Consultant- In a two-year period personally led and recruited over twenty people to join my team as a Creative Memories Consultants and was the number three Senior Consultant in the nation- 2004-2009

• Kagan Cooperative Learning Refresher Course- Facilitated 8/4/2023
• New Teacher Center: Coaching Tools 6/6/2023
• Youth Mental Health First Aid 3/1/2023
• Learning Arc Planning Tool 11/16/2022
• Reading, Difficulties, Disabilities and Dyslexia 3/6/2022
• Ongoing Student Data Analysis 6/11/2021
• Yearlong Analysis of Florida Standards and Effective Assessment Development 5/21/2020
• K-8 Personalized Reading 7/30/2018
• Administrator Technology Proficiency 2/23/2018

• Florida Reading Conference- 06/01/21
• Project Based Learning 101- 07/01/20
• Reading Endorsement Courses 1-3- 09/01/19-04/01/20
• Karen Bailey: Assessment as Data – 08/01/18-05/01/20
• Clinical Supervision- 05/01/18
• Reading Workshop Training- 06/01/18-06/01/21
• Aspiring Leaders Program- 04/01/18
• Emergenetics- 08/01/17
• Federal Emergency Management Institute- 03/01/18, 12/01/23
• CLASS Observation Training and Certification- 11/01/14, 2015, 2016
• Conscious Discipline- 10/01/14, 11/01/15
• Love and Logic- 08/01/10
• Kagan Cooperative Learning Institute- 06/01/00
• Kagan Multiple Intelligences Institute- 07/01/00

• Educational Leadership (All levels)
• Elementary Education (Grades K-6)
• Prekindergarten/Primary Education (Age 3 – Grade 3)
• English for Speakers of Other Languages (Endorsement)
• Reading (Endorsement)