CARLA HULCE

Leads a team providing expertise to school and school district leaders in designing learning environments aimed at enhancing students' academic achievement

• Conducted Needs Assessments by gathering district-wide data, creating a 5-year plan to address needs, and provided leadership coaching for its implementation
• Consulted with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to improve efficiency, reduce review time, and enhance assessment accuracy in the state's district review process
• Developed an Equity & Access tool to help participants integrate equity into state, district, or school planning
• Created digital and print workbooks to support the mini-course
• Established the Center for Leadership Effectiveness to execute a principal evaluation process rooted in the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL), with support from the Delaware Department of Education and the Nebraska Department of Education
• Facilitated the Superintendent Evaluation Process in West Contra Costa Unified School District
• Host and producer of 'SchoolED with Carla Hulce,' available globally on major platforms, driving discussions on K-12 educational issues
• Won contracts with the Massachusetts Department of Education, Lewisville, Texas, and Maricopa County School Districts
• Generated over $460,000 in fee-for-service

Managed a team of 12 with a $500K budget and over $2 million in grant projects

• Led 200 retired school leaders to support organizational goals
• Designed and launched the Innovative Professional Development (iPD) grant
• Developed and implemented the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) model, including the MTSS Handbook and Implementation Guide (2015)
• Managed program-related partnerships, including Literacy Design Collaborative, Edivate, and National Center for Urban School Transformation @ San Diego State University that increased program success and improved coaching staff expertise
• Oversaw and managed program development, content creation, and service delivery across Pivot’s three program areas
• Partnered with the CEO and Executive Team to achieve strategic goals and develop impactful programs, advising on decisions that resulted in three new program areas and business streams

District and school improvement turnaround lead, delivered technical assistance and qualitative researcher on school, district, state, and federal projects

• Directed turnaround efforts in a small urban district, reducing failure rates by 39%, increasing attendance rates, and improving performance by 9 percentage points. The district was recognized as the most improved school in the state by the Illinois State Board of Education
• Led and managed the redesign of the CCDR website as the Communications Director for the California Collaborative for District Reform (CCDR)
• Provided technical support for the California Comprehensive Center, helping the California Department of Education's Title II Division implement the Teacher Evaluation Pilot
• Special Education technical assistant, coaching Romulus Middle School as part of the School Improvement Grant (SIG)
• Sub-contract lead for IES study on Teacher and Leadership Evaluation
• Supported the Great Lakes East Comprehensive Center by contributing research-based examples and practices for a web portal
• Team lead for New York City External School Curriculum Audits

Responsible for developing and implementing a management process using empirical evidence to support 485 schools and over 340,000 students

• Led district leadership in implementing a Performance Management framework to create, align, monitor, and measure district priorities
• Planned and implemented K-12 teacher and leadership initiatives focused on curriculum alignment to College Readiness Standards (CRS) and Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT)
• Supported the redesign of a new Instructional Framework based on Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching

Leadership coach to high school principals funded by The Initiative, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and various local Chicago foundations

• Developed, monitored, and adjusted budgets to support school goals
• Established leadership and decision-making structure involving key stakeholders
• Established school calendar and daily schedule to support school goals
• Implemented research-based strategies and models to improve leadership practices, school culture, structure, and policies
• Implemented and assessed the impact of Authentic Intellectual Work in CHRSI schools (co-created AIA Foreign Language rubric)
• Chicago Community Trust

Workshop staff supervisor and technical assistance provider for 25 schools

• Analyzed Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) data, leading to the restructuring of curriculum and the implementation of targeted professional development for school/district personnel
• Authored the facilitator portfolio manual, the practicum tool for all Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) facilitators
• Conducted Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT), Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), and Tests of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) preparation and data analysis
• Developed and implemented training course for the Illinois State Board of Education’s School Change Institute
• Provided technical assistance, resulting in 16 high schools instituting smaller learning communities per the United States Department of Education’s Smaller Learning Communities Grant
• Served as a grant writer, securing a U.S
• Department of Education (USDE) curriculum grant and a USDE safe and drug-free grant

Affirmative action services provided to clients through offering comprehensive plans, ensuring pay equity, and delivering resources for diversity and inclusion

• Calculated and submitted impact ratio analyses and report on goals for compliance review by the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs
• Performed statistical analyses to create workforce and job group reports, leading to affirmative action plans for federal contractors under Executive Order 11246
• Produced and submitted Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)-1 and Vets100 Reports to the Joint Reporting Committee and Veterans Employment and Training Service, resulting in full compliance

• National presenter/researcher on smaller learning communities’ model
• Reviewed and evaluated over 20 professional development programs for the Office of Educational Research
• Reviewed grants and identified recipients for the Dropout Prevention Program