Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Qualifications Summary
Certification
Affiliations
Training Given
Professional Development
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Brenda Crespo-Narcisse

Freehold,New Jersey

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Editing Final Dissertation Manuscript

Sabbatical
01.2024

Special Services Director

Calvary Christian School
01.2017 - 12.2023
  • Supervise inclusion teachers and provide assistance to struggling students
  • Act as liaison between the Child Study Team service providers and the school community
  • Co-lead the Child Study Team Meetings
  • Mentor various teachers on best practices while offering one-on-one instruction to targeted students
  • Coordinate yearly benchmark assessments using MAPS and Acadience Achievement Assessments
  • Lead analysis of benchmark data to inform school stakeholders including parents regarding continuous student performance.

Adjunct, Brookdale Reading Department

Brookdale Community College
01.2016
  • Taught Introduction to College Level Reading remedial courses 1 and 2
  • Text analysis and study Skills
  • Instruction in close reading using reading strategies such as annotating
  • Analyzed historical novel responding in a Literacy Analysis paper.

Literacy Coach

Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Managed de-briefing/planning meetings and PLCs on formal and informal data-driven assessment
  • Spearheaded a theme in Socratic Seminar from K-8th grade classrooms
  • Drove efforts in attaining literacy grants.

Literacy Supervisor

Marion P. Thomas Charter School
01.2013 - 01.2014
  • Led the ongoing examination, execution, and optimization of the Language Arts curriculum
  • Provided data-driven instruction training and in-classroom support to grades Pre K-8
  • Utilized Danielson/Teachscape observation tool in assessing staff performance and in boosting student proficiency and growth
  • Facilitated formation and training the Leadership Team
  • Collaborated with leadership team in designing professional development initiatives, instructional materials and resources for the English Language Arts (ELA) Program.

Instructional Coach

Sampson G. Smith Intermediate School
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Facilitated training on Danielson and Data Input for Teachscape and Performance Matters
  • Coached literacy teachers using Teachers College Units of Study
  • Trained teachers how to administer running records
  • Crafted and maintained a teacher resource book room providing supplemental material for units
  • Applied benchmark data to excel spreadsheets that aided in analyzing the data.

Catapult Instructional Coach

Various Contracted Schools
01.2011
  • Rendered direct support to teachers in developing and implementing individualized instructional goals.

NYC Literacy Coach

IS 151, PS/MS 25, and MS 296
  • Helped teachers in embedding assessments in their daily teaching practices while conducting common planning meetings
  • Introduced a curriculum planning team using Understanding by Design (UbD).

Literacy Teacher | Coordinator of Student Affairs

Program for Pregnant Students
  • Organized school events and monthly town hall meetings with staff and students to resolve school issues
  • Conducted teen-led support and peer mediation groups.

Elementary School Teacher

PS 20 and PS 360
  • Keenly tracked learning through Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) and the Early Childhood Literacy Assessment System (ECLAS).

Literacy Educational Assistant

PS 20
  • Functioned as head assistant for a pilot literature discussion group program in grades 1 to 4
  • Contributed in preparing thematic units.

Education

Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction in Special Education -

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

Education Specialist in Curriculum & Instruction -

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

Master of Arts in School Supervision and Administration -

Mercy College
Dobbs Ferry, New York

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts -

College of New Rochelle
New Rochelle, New York

Skills

  • Curriculum Development
  • Teaching and Coaching
  • Passionate Strategic Planning
  • Response to Intervention
  • Interpersonal Team Building
  • Benchmark & Assessments

Qualifications Summary

Innovative and detailed-oriented professional, offering broad-based experience within the education sector. Concept-to-execution planner; adept at facilitating meetings, and professional development to contribute to professional growth while supporting institutional goals. Equipped with experienced decision-making and interpersonal skills in partnering with students, parents, teachers, and diverse groups. Working knowledge of Spanish.

Certification

  • Leadership Certificate in Educational Leadership (All Levels), State of Florida
  • K-6 Elementary School Teacher, State of New Jersey
  • Teacher of Students with Disabilities Certificate of Eligibility, State of New Jersey
  • Teacher of Supplemental Instruction K-8, State of New Jersey
  • Standard Certificate in Supervision, State of New Jersey

Affiliations

  • Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education
  • Council for Exceptional Children
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Training Given

  • Facilitator, Curriculum Mapping for TC Units of Study, Franklin Township
  • Facilitator, Classroom Modifications for Special Needs, Marion P. Thomas | Maria Varisco
  • Facilitator, Differentiation, Calvary School
  • Facilitator, Acadience Assessment, Calvary School
  • Co -facilitator, Parents of Exceptional Children Support Group

Professional Development

  • Mentor Trainer Training, Acadience
  • Supervision and Curriculum Course, Walden University
  • Courses in Supervision and Curriculum, Rutgers University
  • DRA & Teachers College Running Records Assessments, NYC District Training
  • Teachers College Reading and Writing Project’s Coaching Institute Assessment, Reading and Writing Project
  • Using Understanding by Design, NYC District Training
  • Danielson Evaluation, Franklin Township District Training
  • Rubicon Curriculum, Franklin Township District Training
  • Standard Solutions Common Core Curriculum Workshops, Franklin Township District Training
  • Teachscape, Franklin Township District Training
  • SIOP Model Training, Maria Varisco Training
  • Readers and Writers Workshop Institutes, The Reading and Writing Project’s Summer Institutes

Timeline

Editing Final Dissertation Manuscript

Sabbatical
01.2024

Special Services Director

Calvary Christian School
01.2017 - 12.2023

Adjunct, Brookdale Reading Department

Brookdale Community College
01.2016

Literacy Coach

Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School
01.2015 - 01.2016

Literacy Supervisor

Marion P. Thomas Charter School
01.2013 - 01.2014

Instructional Coach

Sampson G. Smith Intermediate School
01.2011 - 01.2013

Catapult Instructional Coach

Various Contracted Schools
01.2011

NYC Literacy Coach

IS 151, PS/MS 25, and MS 296

Literacy Teacher | Coordinator of Student Affairs

Program for Pregnant Students

Elementary School Teacher

PS 20 and PS 360

Literacy Educational Assistant

PS 20

Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction in Special Education -

Liberty University

Education Specialist in Curriculum & Instruction -

Liberty University

Master of Arts in School Supervision and Administration -

Mercy College

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts -

College of New Rochelle

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