Brandi Nicholson
Houston,TX
Summary
Resourceful Project Manager with ten years of expertise in organizing online curricula, financial oversight and resource management to achieve smooth flow and project operations. Monitors projects by adhering to production schedule and budget, managing team, of contractors, identifying problems and providing targeted solutions.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Curriculum Project Manager
Accelerate Learning
05.2013 - Current
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for K-12 STEMscopes: Texas, NGSS, Florida, Virginia, and Mississippi. Also created supporting STEMScopes products of Early Explorer (Pre K Science), STEMrangers a Science Night (program partnered with Earth Echo, the non profit group founded by Philippe Cousteau), and Bitsbox for STEMscopes Coding powered by Bitsbox (an online curriculum teaching students how to code).
- Create and gives Professional Development at CAST, NSTA and FASS.
- Monitor project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
- Achieve project deadlines by coordinating with over 30 contractors to manage performance.
- Meet project deadlines without sacrificing expectations.
- Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance of over 30 contractors within $500,000 budgets.
- Managed third-party contractor to achieve project deliverables. Also worked with oversees third party companies to create deliverable on budget and in expectations.
- Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.
Classroom Teacher
Katy ISD
08.2012 - 05.2013
- Highest benchmark scores in the District.
- 96% STAAR passing rate - 4 perfect scores.
- Drove student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.
- Planned lessons, activities and trips to cover all required course material.
- Administered quizzes and tests to assess student understanding of material.
- Documented attendance, assignments, grades and participation for over 100 students.
- Helped students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking, and communication.
- Established and enforced rules of behavior to drive social development and maintain positive interactions.
Assistant Director of School Science & Technologie
Rice University
09.2009 - 08.2012
- Helped teachers establish constructivist practices in their classroom through campus support visits and professional development lessons as one of the instructors in a year long professional development grant through the University working with upper elementary science teachers.
- Assisted and lead teachers in the creation of outdoor habitats, Family Science Nights, Science Fairs and STAAR prep camps.
- Taught and developed student centered pedagogy lab professional development lessons for REMSL and RMASS labs.
- Lead teams in the observation of teacher practices for research of program effectiveness.
Classroom Teacher
School Of The Woods, Montessori
08.2004 - 05.2009
- Wrote and implemented Montessori curriculum for the following high school subjects: English I, Speech I & II, World Cultures & Geography, World History, Health I, and Physics.
- Administrator of individual community service activities for 9th and 10th grades.
- Administrator and school sponsored service learning trip to South Africa.
Education
Master of Arts - Curriculum And Instruction
The University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX05.2016
Master of Arts - History
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX08.2004
Associate of Arts - General Studies
Cisco Junior College
Cisco, TX05.2002
Skills
- Zoom
- Poll Everywhere
- Performance Improvement
- Project Planning
- Data Review
- Dropbox
- Microsoft Office
- Google Docs
- Project Development
- Team Bonding
- Project Scope Analysis
- Presentations
- Project Management
Hobbies
- Reading and good book.
- Racing our antique race car, a Triumph TR3.
- Volunteering with my children's activities as, basketball coach, baseball Game Changer keeper, and robotics team chaperone.
Timeline
Curriculum Project Manager
Accelerate Learning
05.2013 - Current
Classroom Teacher
Katy ISD
08.2012 - 05.2013
Assistant Director of School Science & Technologie
Rice University
09.2009 - 08.2012
Classroom Teacher
School Of The Woods, Montessori
08.2004 - 05.2009
Master of Arts - Curriculum And Instruction
The University of Texas At Arlington
Master of Arts - History
Texas Tech University
Associate of Arts - General Studies
Cisco Junior College
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