CHRISTIE HOLST
Monticello,IN
Summary
Qualified administrator with long history in education and dedication to school performance, teacher training and student success. Attentive to pulse of school to proactively manage negative trends and recognize success in teachers and methods. Hands-on in mentoring teachers and supporting students. Dedicated to success of students, faculty and families with focus on addressing individuals while maintaining overall compliance with procedures and academic performance. Flexible and professional by using compassion with gentle discipline.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
2
2
Licenses
Work History
Principal
Twin Lakes School Corporation | Roosevelt MIddle School
09.2021 - Current
- Leading a building of 540 students and 80+ staff members
- Facilitate team meetings
- Facilitate data meetings
- Facilitate team leader meetings
- Facilitate department head meetings
- Created RED (Remediation, Enrichment, Development) Day for purposeful and dedicated time towards filling in learning gaps in smaller and more focused groups, as well as providing enrichment to students in order to increase learning
- Created the Academic Accountability and Success program to provide student accountability and ownership of academic progress
- Created student and parent contract for participation in the Student Accountability and Success program
- Created and maintained 504 plans for grades 6, 7, and 8
- Management of school budget and extracurricular funds
- Thorough communication with staff, students, parents, corporation, and community
- Supervised extracurricular activities
Assistant Principal
Twin Lakes School Corporation | Meadowlawn Elementary
08.2019 - 09.2021
- Responsible for student discipline and restorative practices
- Facilitated Response to Intervention meetings
- Facilitated and wrote 504 plans for students with specific needs
- School Safety point of contact for school and district
- Created district wide evacuation plan with reunification points
- Facilitated professional development sessions for staff
Assistant Principal
North White School Corporation | North White Middle-High School
08.2018 - 06.2019
- Responsible for discipline and attendance
- School Safety point of contact for the district
Director of Student Programming and K-8 Instructional Coach
North White School Corporation | North White Elementary School, North White Middle High School
08.2016 - 08.2018
- Responsible for ILP writing and WIDA testing corporation-wide
- Strategic Planning Committee district member
- Development and maintaining of Career and Technical Education programs Provides instructional support and planning across the curriculum including, but not limited to, Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading, Lucy Calkins Writing Units of Study, Go Math, Mastery Connect;
- 8 Step Process trained;
- Member of The Center for Literacy Education and Research cohort at Purdue University; Grapeseed trained;
- Dr
- Socorro Herrera’s Culturally Responsive Teaching trained;
- Attends numerous professional development conferences on rigor in the classroom and teaching English language learners through Central Indiana Education Service Center and Wabash Valley Education Center
Student Services Coordinator
Wawasee Community School Corporation | North Webster Elementary School
08.2010 - 06.2016
- Chair the School Improvement Committee, PBIS committee and Title 1 Parent Advisory Committee;
- Organize and developed parent involvement nights for Title 1;
- Work with students one-on-one and in groups with conflict management;
- Assist parents and families to ensure needs of students with specific emotional needs are met;
- Work with families to connect them to resources in our communities such as Medicaid, SCAN, applying for free/reduced lunches, TANF, utility assistance, etc;
- Collaborate with the community to provide a Christmas Assistance Program for students in need
- In 2015, more than 150 students/families at our school received holiday gifts/food/financial assistance;
- Lead annual Case Conferences for students with special needs;
- Coordinate services with outside agencies (such as Bowen Center and Indiana DCS) to meet the needs of students both in school and at home;
- Organize and maintain the Boomerang Backpack Program, providing healthy snacks each weekend for children coming from low-income homes;
- Coordinate Kids Hope mentoring program;
- Responsible for certified staff evaluations using the McREL Teacher Evaluation Model;
- Schedule and organizes testing sessions for NWEA and ISTEP;
- Assist teachers in disaggregating data gleaned from assessments in order to efficiently plan lessons and drive instruction;
- Collaborate with our technology committee to help teach professional development during Smart Start sessions;
- Attend numerous ongoing in-service training classes and programs to ensure contemporary best practices in national and regional Student Services are being delivered consistently
Fifth grade teacher
Wawasee Community School Corporation | Milford School
08.2007 - 06.2010
- Taught fifth grade, all areas
- Taught fifth grade advanced math
- Served on Middle School Discipline Committee, PBIS Committee, ACT Committee
Sixth Grade Social Studies Teacher
Wawasee Community School Corporation | Wawasee Middle School
08.2006 - 06.2007
- Job-shared
Third grade teacher
Dekalb County Schools | Montgomery Elementary School
08.2004 - 06.2005
- Served as third grade teacher in inner city Atlanta, GA
- Collaborated with grade level teams
First and second grade teacher
Warsaw Community Schools | Eisenhower Elementary School
08.1998 - 06.2004
- Taught first grade for three years
- Taught second grade for two years (looped with my classroom)
- Technology coach
- EdCom (Educational/Communication Fair) committee
- NCA Chairperson for school accreditation
Education
Master of Arts - Educational Leadership
Indiana University/Purdue University-Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN01.2004
Attained Administrative License -
State of Indiana Department of Education
01.2004
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
Indiana University/Purdue University-Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN01.1998
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL01.1994
Skills
- Student-centered
- Strong collaborator
- Community-focused
- Leadership-based
- Open communicator
- Technology-driven
- Nurturing
- Structured
- Creative
- Well-Organized
- Versatile
- Flexible
- Open-Minded
- Detail-Oriented
- Data-Driven Instruction
- Student performance data
- Instructional Leadership
- School culture
References
- Ms. Debbie Metzger, Superintendent of Twin Lakes School Corporation, 565 South Main Street Monticello IN 47960 (574) 297-1127
- Mr. Anthony Cassel, Superintendent of Manchester Community Schools 404 West Ninth Street North Manchester, IN 46962 (260) 494-7220
- Dr. Socorro Herrera, Professor and Director of the Center for Cultural and Multilingual Advocacy Kansas State University, 221 Blumont Hall, Manhattan, KS, 66506, (785) 532-3833, sococo@k-state.edu
- Dr. Kerry Hoffman, Director at the Center for Literary Education and Research, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, 765-494-5683, kahoffma@purdue.edu
- Mr. Jim McMillian, Vice President of Curriculum, C.L.A.S.S., P.O. Box 314, Carmel, IN, 46082, (317) 815-9015, jim@joyofclass.org
- Mrs. Ruth Ayres, District Writing Coach, Author, Writing Coach, Wawasee Community Schools, (260) 578-7884, rayres@wawasee.k12.in.us
Certification
- Professional Educators License - General Elementary
- Professional Educators License - Building Level Administrator
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
On-SiteImportant To Me
Company CultureWork-life balanceCareer advancementHealthcare benefitsPersonal development programsTeam Building / Company RetreatsStock Options / Equity / Profit SharingAccomplishments
Developed a program for remediation and enrichment called RED Day (Remediation, Enrichment, & Development) with the goal of creating dedicated time and planning to address students who are below grade level by targeting instruction developed from student data results.
Created a Academic Accountability and Success Program for middle school students. This program offers a plan for students who are failing math and/or English to receive remediation, develop their organizational skills, and set goals for improvement.
Timeline
Principal
Twin Lakes School Corporation | Roosevelt MIddle School
09.2021 - Current
Assistant Principal
Twin Lakes School Corporation | Meadowlawn Elementary
08.2019 - 09.2021
Assistant Principal
North White School Corporation | North White Middle-High School
08.2018 - 06.2019
Director of Student Programming and K-8 Instructional Coach
North White School Corporation | North White Elementary School, North White Middle High School
08.2016 - 08.2018
Student Services Coordinator
Wawasee Community School Corporation | North Webster Elementary School
08.2010 - 06.2016
Fifth grade teacher
Wawasee Community School Corporation | Milford School
08.2007 - 06.2010
Sixth Grade Social Studies Teacher
Wawasee Community School Corporation | Wawasee Middle School
08.2006 - 06.2007
Third grade teacher
Dekalb County Schools | Montgomery Elementary School
08.2004 - 06.2005
First and second grade teacher
Warsaw Community Schools | Eisenhower Elementary School
08.1998 - 06.2004
Master of Arts - Educational Leadership
Indiana University/Purdue University-Fort Wayne
Attained Administrative License -
State of Indiana Department of Education
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
Indiana University/Purdue University-Fort Wayne
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Florida State University
- Professional Educators License - General Elementary
- Professional Educators License - Building Level Administrator
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