Casandra Salberg
Aurora,CO
Summary
Focused education professional with master's degree in administration and experience helping students achieve education goals. Talented at building lasting relationships and partnering with others to meet objectives. A strong understanding of challenges facing rural schools in Colorado.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Elementary School Principal
Bennett School District
Bennett, CO
01.2022 - Current
- Encouraged interdepartmental and cross-functional teams collaboration in development and support of student activities, programs and lessons.
- Defined and enforced student academic achievement standards in line with district goals and objectives.
- Led meetings to convey policy changes, gather information and assess employee thoughts.
- Managed all details regarding student discipline.
- Established instructional practices driven by statistical performance data.
- Communicated policies and procedures to students and parents regarding student behavior.
- Cultivated positive relationships between community members, school students and teachers.
- Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies and behavior modification.
Human Resource Director
Bennett School District 29J
Bennett, CO
06.2021 - Current
- Handled on-boarding process for newly hired employees and distributed all paperwork.
- Answered employee inquiries regarding health benefits and 401k options.
- Addressed employee conflicts with appropriate urgency, following all corporate procedures.
- Provided immediate updates to entire employee pool when policies and procedures were altered.
- Creating user-friendly employee handbook that was much easier to update and maintain than prior manual.
- Developed incentive program for hiring of and retaining of employees.
- Conducted exit interviews to better understand reasons why employees were separating from company.
- Monitored administration of benefits program to maintain compliance with employee insurance program.
- Monitored and handled employee claims involving performance-based and harassment incidents.
- Directed job fairs to bring in local talent for long term and seasonal positions.
- Followed programs closely to assess effectiveness and make proactive changes to meet changing demands.
Principal
Bennett High School
Bennett, Colorado
07.2018 - 05.2021
- Oversaw COVID protocols within high school. Including scheduling, cohorting, online/hybrid instruction.
- Oversaw administrative functions such as schedule management and protocols for orientation, registration and related activities.
- Collaborated with CFO to develop functional budgets within allocated funds.
- Researched and incorporated new educational trends and instructional strategies to optimize education effectiveness such as Formative Assessment Process.
- Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
- Administered all facets of personnel policies and procedures, including conception, modification and approval of professional staff additions.
- Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies and behavior modification.
- Researched and co-wrote proposals for educational grants.
- Supported human resources operations, including hiring, training, disciplinary action and termination in compliance with legal guidelines and requirements.
- Monitored student behavior and enforced discipline policies.
- Modeled expected and appropriate leadership to promote to teaching staff and administrative personnel positive interaction with students and families.
- Cultivated positive relationships between community members, school students and teachers.
- Facilitated continued education for teaching staff through implementation of quality curriculum training and appropriation of necessary resources.
- Prepared school budget and submitted to school board with recommendations for hiring, capital expenditures and cost-saving initiatives.
- Built productive relationships with parents of students facing difficult situations at school or at home.
- Defined and enforced student academic achievement standards in line with district goals and objectives.
- Established instructional practices driven through statistical performance data.
- Led meetings to convey policy changes, gather information and assess employee thoughts.
- Administered standardized tests to evaluate student performance and progress.
- Encouraged interdepartmental and cross-functional teams collaboration in development and support of student activities, programs and lessons.
- Fall 2020 raised SAT score by 28pts
Dean of Students
Bennett School District 29 J
Bennett, CO
07.2016 - 06.2018
- Helped teachers develop and diversify instructional abilities to better serve students of different ability levels and backgrounds.
- Organized individualized behavior improvement plans for students struggling with compliance.
- Implemented Responsibility Centered Discipline which lowered out of school suspensions 6-12 by 25%
- Established and enforced clear district-wide disciplinary procedures to protect students and staff.
- Led efforts to boost student attendance and on-time arrivals with ambitious parent relations initiatives.
- Conferred with educators to identify current classroom concerns and diversify instructional strategies.
- Backed up instructors in handling disruptive students and implemented fair protocols to resolve situations.
- Held staff accountable for implementing airtight school-wide systems and processes.
Adjunct Instructor
Morgan Community College
Ft. Morgan, CO
08.2003 - 12.2016
- Engaged students with insightful and compelling classroom discussion of topics relevant to coursework to boost student learning and retention.
- Used lectures, discussions and demonstrations to increase learning and classroom success.
- Improved student understanding by efficiently managing teaching materials and answering students' discussion inquiries.
High School Social Studies Teacher
Bennett High School
Bennett, CO
02.2001 - 07.2016
- Educated students regarding national and global social issues and influencing factors.
- Encouraged consistent classroom attendance and managed student behavior using constructive criticism.
- Devised lesson plans reflecting student educational, cultural and language diversity.
- Served as Head of Department and led meetings to develop and update course curricula (2001-2016).
- Helped students develop important learning skills and good study habits useful in trade school or college education.
- Utilized curriculum which reflected diverse educational, cultural and linguistic background of student body.
Education
Master of Arts - Education: Educational Leadership
Regis University
Denver, CO05.2017
Master of Science - Criminal Justice
University of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO12.1999
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, CO05.1996
Skills
- Relationship building and networking
- Training
- Staff Development
- Team Building
- Academic administration
- Trained Title IX investigator
- Classroom management
- Student Performance Data Analysis
- Recruiting and Hiring
License
Professional Principal License- #24374931
Professional Teacher License-Secondary Social Studies #283049
Timeline
Elementary School Principal
Bennett School District
01.2022 - Current
Human Resource Director
Bennett School District 29J
06.2021 - Current
Principal
Bennett High School
07.2018 - 05.2021
Dean of Students
Bennett School District 29 J
07.2016 - 06.2018
Adjunct Instructor
Morgan Community College
08.2003 - 12.2016
High School Social Studies Teacher
Bennett High School
02.2001 - 07.2016
Master of Arts - Education: Educational Leadership
Regis University
Master of Science - Criminal Justice
University of Colorado Denver
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Colorado Mesa University