Ashley Hughes
Bethesda,MD
Summary
Meticulous and diligent professional with hands-on experience in supporting administration, improving student achievement, and developing teacher capacity to enhance student engagement. Recognized as a strategic leader, mediator, and compromiser amongst peers and leadership, consistently utilizing diplomacy to manage conflicts,student performance, and soliciting compromise among multiple stakeholders. Well-versed in collaborating with teachers to improve learning methods. Consistently leading with demonstrated commitment for racial and educational equity Equipped with interpersonal communication skills to interact with management, peers, and teams from diverse backgrounds. .
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Education Teacher/ Coach
DCPS
08.2022 - Current
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Lead the overhaul and implementation of MTSS and RTI systems to be a structured, formalized and detailed system
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
- Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
- Supports teachers' achievement of goals, as needed, by effectively employing coaching strategies that gradually release responsibility for implementing instructional practices to the teacher (for example, co-planning, modeling, and observing)
Assistant Manager of Operations
Manifest
01.2020 - Current
- Monitors and manages the business through analysis of metrics and trends across district cafes in order to develop effective means to close gaps between actual performance and company guardrails
- Drives expert operational practices and standards and leverages existing systems and internal and external best practices as well as develops new processes to drive greater effectiveness and efficiency
- Demonstrates exceptional people performance management skills with the ability to identify talent and develop managers and hourly team members by giving timely, honest and ongoing coaching
- Demonstrates keen problem-solving skills - able to diagnose and fix all opportunities that arise at the field level – and prioritizes store performance issues to ensure that the most pressing issues are addressed first.
Professional Development Leader/ Presenter
KIPP DC
01.2020 - Current
- Co- created and independently led bi-weekly presentations to first year teachers
- Of session participants accepted into or continued lead teaching
- Created and led bi- annual presentations for over 40 staff members
- Managed all stages of education data cycle for over 30 students, including daily and weekly progress monitoring.
Kindergarten Inclusion Teacher/ Grade Level Leader
KIPP DC
01.2020 - Current
- Devised SMART long-term goals and assessed short-term objectives to measure and monitor progress
- Customized curriculum to realize goals and objectives of up to 26 learners simultaneously
- Steered instruction and progress towards goals by collecting, analyzing, and responding to data on a weekly basis
- Guided students and 80% or more made progress towards special education goals
- Achieved a positive result, 75% or more of general education students performed at or above grade level
- Guided students and 80% or more made progress towards special education goals
Kindergarten Teacher/ Grade Level Leader
KIPP DC
01.2019 - Current
- Leverage common core standards to implement whole group and small group instruction
- Utilize teacher and writer’s workshops to execute literacy instructions
- Implement whole-group math instruction techniques by leveraging cognitively guided instruction
- Manage summative assessments of Readers Workshop, Writers Workshop, Math, and phonics
- Prepare reading lessons by utilizing data while maintaining standards in Fountas and Pinnell
- Develop behavior plans for facilitating unique students and apply vigorous approaches to motivate students for learning
- Leveraged professional expertise to direct class activities while serving as mentor
- Provided Tier 1 classroom environment to enhance learning and social development
- Differentiate instruction for math and literacy blocks based on daily and weekly analysis of student data
- Maintain excellent classroom management skills to keep students engaged with learning, while also creating behavior plans for specific and unique student needs
- Execute whole-group literacy instruction using Teachers College Readers Workshop and Writers Workshop and the Core Knowledge language Arts phonics program
- Administer summative assessments at the end of each unit in Readers Workshop, Writers Workshop, Math, and phonics to plan instruction
- Mentor and coach, a Capital Teaching Resident to lead classroom
- Foster family involvement through involvement in the Parent Teacher Organization and frequent parent communication through monthly newsletters, invitations to the classroom, and consistent parent contact
- Administer benchmarks in Fountas and Pinnell and strategically use data to plan guided reading lesson
Kindergarten Teaching Resident
KIPP DC
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Guided group of students by preparing/delivering general knowledge as well as phonics lessons
- Delivered training in kindergarten classrooms for high-performing mentor teachers
- Utilized LLI to differentiate instruction for five students
- Maintained Common Core State Standards while designing literacy and math centers.
Education
Praxis Special Education | Standard Teaching License | Praxis Biology Content | Praxis Learning and Teaching -
Bowie State University
Bowie, MDSkills
- synthesizing information
- Planning & Development
- Supports development of school leaders’ vision
- Program Management
- Managing the planning and execution of goals and plans of teachers
- Team Leadership & Training
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Administrative Organization
Accomplishments
- Regular II License, Early Childhood (Pre-K – 3rd)
- Train in a kindergarten classroom of a high-performing mentor teacher teaching all subjects
- Enhanced skill set by participating in 180 hours of certification-based professional development
- Additional Experience
- High-performing Mentor, Common Core State Standards
- Special Education Fellowship, KIPP DC, Washington D.C
Timeline
Special Education Teacher/ Coach
DCPS
08.2022 - Current
Assistant Manager of Operations
Manifest
01.2020 - Current
Professional Development Leader/ Presenter
KIPP DC
01.2020 - Current
Kindergarten Inclusion Teacher/ Grade Level Leader
KIPP DC
01.2020 - Current
Kindergarten Teacher/ Grade Level Leader
KIPP DC
01.2019 - Current
Kindergarten Teaching Resident
KIPP DC
01.2018 - 01.2019
Praxis Special Education | Standard Teaching License | Praxis Biology Content | Praxis Learning and Teaching -
Bowie State University