Celeste Lafuente
Helotes,Texas
Summary
An efficient and highly motivated leader, dedicated to ensuring that students have a positive, successful educational experience. A servant leader, who understands the importance of collaboration, and fostering an effective instructional team Desire growth-oriented position on a secondary campus.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Director
North East Ind School District
07.2020 - Current
- Initiates, aligns, and maintains the formulation of Board policies relevant to instructional issues and provides input to the development of District parent/student information documents.
- Assists with ensuring compliance of all state and federal mandates in curriculum and special programs, including district guidelines, regulations, and policies concerning grading, grade reporting, course offerings, graduation requirements, promotion policies, class rank, and other policies as directed.
- Provides ongoing master scheduling training to campuses.
- Develops and maintains master scheduling timeline for campuses. Develops and maintains end of year scheduling conversion timelines. Monitors the development of all campus master schedules. Builds, develops, and maintains the district course file in the student information system.
- Performs routine reviews and checks to ensure all campuses stay within the established district guidelines.
- Maintains district instructional policies and regulations.
- Organizes the planning, budgeting, hiring, and directing of the elementary, middle and high school summer school programs, campus-based summer programs and the middle and high school credit/course/grade recovery programs including programs for students eligible for Title I and State Compensatory Education services.
- Works with campuses to create and monitor State Compensatory budgets
- Supports campuses with AIPs and HB 1416 compliance.
- Ensures continuing collaboration between central office departments, principals, assistant principals, counselors and other instructional leaders in the development of the district’s course offerings.
- Directs the creation of the district’s course catalog, course deck and course conventions through collaboration with district core and non-core directors, assistant directors, program coordinators, and specialist
- Assists with the creation of the annual district calendar and the district’s Texas Education Agency waivers.
- Serves as the district’s liaison with community businesses and associations relevant to instructional programs.
- Coordinates and serves as the district point of contact for Credit Acceleration (formally evening HS).
- Monitors SCE-ED and Credit Acceleration funds.
- Directs the instructional side of Edgenuity.
- Supports middle school academic deans with compliance.
- Supports high school curriculum with compliance.
- Creates and ensures compliance of the secondary bell schedules.
- Collaborates with transportation on district schedules.
- Supports campuses and district registrar on enrollments and grade records.
- Assists human resources in verifying teacher certifications for district courses.
- Collaborates with PEIMS coordinator to ensure compliance.
- Collaborates with HR and C&I in placement of students in absence of teacher.
- Collaborates with and supports the testing and guidance departments.
- Communicates and problem solves with district administrators, parents, and community members concerning campus issues.
- Developed the district at-risks procedures for entry and exit.
- Directed teacher certification reimbursement in collaboration with HR.
Principal
NEISD Summer High School
06.2020 - 07.2020
- Collaborated to identify/implement appropriate distance learning professional development opportunities for staff
- Oversaw the interviewing, hiring, and orienting of campus instructional staff
- Developed the summer school master schedule
- Collaborated with the central office instructional team to plan, implement, and evaluate the curriculum and instructional programs for distance learning in summer school
- Supported campus instructional staff through the delivery of instruction in distance learning.
Assistant Principal
North East Ind School District
01.2014 - 06.2020
- Partnered with principal to administer school program in alignment with vision and goals, providing positive, high-expectation academic environment.
- Collaborated to identify/implement appropriate professional development opportunities for staff
- Conducted class walk-throughs and observations, evaluate performance, and provide feedback
- Communicated school vision and progress toward the attainment of goals to staff, parents, students, and community members
- Coordinated the RtI Academic and Behavior Supports for campus
- Assisted in interviewing, hiring, and orienting campus instructional staff
- Assisted in development of the campus improvement plan
- Developed master schedule for campus
- Collaborated with the instructional leadership team to plan, implement, and evaluate the curriculum and instructional programs on campus.
- Monitored student behavior and enforced discipline policies.
- Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
- Supervised and evaluated teaching and support staff through instructional leadership and professional development.
- Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies, and behavior modification.
- Built and maintained positive relationships with diverse stakeholders, such as parents, school volunteers and outside agencies.
- Monitored and evaluated educational programs to maintain high-quality performance objectives and standards.
- Monitored student progress and implemented intervention strategies to support student success.
- Coordinated staff and student activities to promote a safe and productive learning environment.
- Kept school in full compliance with established policies, legal requirements and student safety standards.
- Observed teachers, documented activities and implemented improvement plans to optimize classrooms.
- Managed budgets and resources for educational programs.
- Verified student grades, attendance and schedules.
Assistant Principal
North East Ind School District
01.2008 - 01.2014
- Partnered with principal to administer school program in alignment with vision and goals, providing positive, high-expectation academic environment.
- Collaborated to identify/implement appropriate professional development opportunities for staff.
- Conducted class walk-throughs and observations, evaluate performance, and provide feedback.
- Communicated school vision and progress toward the attainment of goals to staff, parents, students, and community members.
- Coordinated the RtI Academic and Behavior Supports for campus.
- Assisted in interviewing, hiring, and orienting campus instructional staff.
- Assisted in development of the campus improvement plan.
- Developed master schedule for campus.
- Collaborated with the instructional leadership team to plan, implement, and evaluate the curriculum and instructional programs on campus.
- Monitored student behavior and enforced discipline policies.
- Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
- Supervised and evaluated teaching and support staff through instructional leadership and professional development.
- Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies, and behavior modification.
- Built and maintained positive relationships with diverse stakeholders, such as parents, and school volunteers.
Teacher/Coach
Northside ISD
01.2002 - 01.2008
- Taught 6th-8th Grade Physical Education
- Coached 7th and 8th Grade Athletes (Volleyball, Basketball, Tennis, Track)
- Served as Physical Education Department Head and Girls Athletic Coordinator.
Education
Master of Arts - Educational Leadership
University of Texas-San Antonio
San Antonio, TX12.2005
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology
University of Texas-San Antonio
San Antonio, TX12.1999
Skills
- Data-Driven Instruction
- Instructional Leadership
- Operational Planning
- Team Collaboration
- Budget Creation
- Staff Development
- Curriculum Compliance and Support
- Multitasking Ability
- Policy and Procedure Development
- School Administration
- Training and Mentoring
Certification
- Principal EC-12
- Physical Ed. K-12
- Health 6-12
Accomplishments
- National PTA Life Achievement
- NEISD Superintendent's Award
- Summa Honoree
References
Dr. Justin Oxley, Executive Director, North East ISD, joxley@neisd.net, 210-383-6888
Todd Bloomer, Principal, Churchill High School, tbloom@neisd.net, 210-317-6017
Jennifer Aguilar, Assistant Director, San Antonio ISD, jaguilar7@saisd.net, 210-789-9192
Timeline
Senior Director
North East Ind School District
07.2020 - Current
Principal
NEISD Summer High School
06.2020 - 07.2020
Assistant Principal
North East Ind School District
01.2014 - 06.2020
Assistant Principal
North East Ind School District
01.2008 - 01.2014
Teacher/Coach
Northside ISD
01.2002 - 01.2008
Master of Arts - Educational Leadership
University of Texas-San Antonio
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology
University of Texas-San Antonio
- Principal EC-12
- Physical Ed. K-12
- Health 6-12
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