Brooke Vasquez
San Antonio,Texas
Summary
Dedicated professional with extensive experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating data-driven initiatives aligned with district goals. Proven leader equipped with strong problem-solving abilities, excellent communication skills, and a willingness to learn.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
K-12 Science Director
San Antonio Independent School District
San Antonio, TX
08.2022 - Current
- Provided leadership in evaluating and assessing department services and advocated for program needs
- Developed and revised district policies, regulations, curriculum, and manuals relating to program areas
- Ensured expenditures were approved and conformed to budget allocations, district fiscal procedures, and state and federal source regulations
- Provided support, resources, materials, and training to administrators, teachers, and coaches
- Visited classrooms and used observation tools and data to give feedback to teachers and document performance
- Designed and implemented systems to understand the impact of department initiatives on individual campuses to create feedback loops to continue to refine implementation practices
- Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members
- Observed each employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness
- Wrote and maintained curriculum resources for the department collaboratively with specialists and teachers
- Facilitated effective implementation of the district instructional frameworks and curriculum program
- Wrote assessments at the district level that serve as a model for collecting valid, reliable, and standards-based data
- Collaborated with other content areas, district leadership, campus administration, and instructional coaches to promote the use of best practices in instruction
Science Instructional Specialist
San Antonio Independent School District
San Antonio, TX
07.2019 - 07.2022
- Worked collaboratively with the content area Director to plan, implement, and evaluate department instructional goals and maintain frequent communication regarding campus support
- Managed a weekly schedule to support multiple campuses representing a wide variety of needs
- Planned and delivered professional development at the campus and district levels related to curriculum, instruction, and assessment
- Built capacity of campus-based instructional coaches and teachers through co-teaching, instructional coaching, collaboration on lesson planning, and facilitating the use of student work and performance data to make informed instructional decisions
- Identified individual teachers and groups of teachers to instructionally coach by enrolling them in a formal coaching cycle and collecting evidence of the impact of coaching on student achievement
- Facilitated and supported the implementation of Professional Learning Networks, ensuring that student data is analyzed, and instructional decisions are made to improve student performance
- Established meaningful relationships with teachers using partnership principles built on mutual respect and trust
- Monitored student achievement by reviewing and analyzing formative and summative assessments, including campus and district based assessments as well as state and national assessments
Teacher
New Braunfels ISD
San Antonio, USA
08.2008 - 06.2019
- Science Teacher: Academic Biology, Pre-AP Biology, AP Biology, Dual Credit Anatomy and Physiology
Teacher
St. Paul Catholic School
San Antonio, USA
08.2006 - 07.2008
- Teacher, Grade 3
Education
PhD - Education, Organizational Leadership, School Leadership
University of The Incarnate Word
San Antonio, Texas05-2026
Master of Arts - Teaching, Secondary Life Science, Texas Teacher Certification
University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, Texas12.2009
Bachelor of Science - Biology, Chemistry
University of Texas
San Antonio, Texas12.2005
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Decision-making
- Project and Operations Management
- Team Management and Collaboration
- Curriculum development
- Time Management
Certification
- Principal, EC-12
- TTess Appraiser
- AEL Certified
- Life Science, 8-12
- Science, 4-8
- ESL, 4-12
- AP College Board Reader
- Dual Credit Instructor
- Gifted and Talented Certified
Timeline
K-12 Science Director
San Antonio Independent School District
08.2022 - Current
Science Instructional Specialist
San Antonio Independent School District
07.2019 - 07.2022
Teacher
New Braunfels ISD
08.2008 - 06.2019
Teacher
St. Paul Catholic School
08.2006 - 07.2008
Master of Arts - Teaching, Secondary Life Science, Texas Teacher Certification
University of the Incarnate Word
PhD - Education, Organizational Leadership, School Leadership
University of The Incarnate Word
Bachelor of Science - Biology, Chemistry
University of Texas