Clark Montgomery
Laurel,Maryland
Summary
- Diligently seeking a classroom teacher position of English language and literature with a rich background in educational leadership and classroom teaching experience. Expertise in fostering positive school environment and implementing student-focused programs. Proven ability to enhance curriculum and support teacher development.
- Diligently seeking a position to serve as an adjunct professor/teacher leader coach with a rich background in teaching and learning. Expertise in fostering positive student teaching and learning, management, planning, student engagement, and coaching
- Diligently seeking a position to serve as a hearing officer with a deep of understanding of compliance, policy, procedures, practices, and training, as well as, professionalism
Overview
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1
Certification
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
High School Assistant Principal
Rockville High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
Rockville, Maryland
07.2024 - 12.2024
- Served as an assistant principal at a large high school
- Served as an instructional leader of English, Social Studies, Advanced Placement Program, and School Testing Program (PSAT)
- Observed and Analyzed Teaching and Learning
- Observed and wrote teacher formal and informal observation reports, using the Montgomery County Public Schools Professional Growth System Standards
- Supervised after-school program
- Supervised academic departments: English as a Second Language, English, and Science
High School Assistant Principal
Col. Zadok A. Magruder High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
Rockville, Maryland
07.2016 - 07.2018
- Served as an assistant principal for a large high school in a suburban school system
- Served as instructional and academic/support leader
- Supervised academic and arts departments, including: English, Social Studies, Art, Physical Education, After School Academic,, and Summer School Program
- Served as the school testing coordinator for the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP), Advanced Placement Program, PSAT, and Measure of Academic Performance for Reading and Mathematics (MAP-R/M).
- Monitored, supervised, and organized schoolwide testing program.
- Input student data for local and state examinations.
- Observed and analyze teaching and learning, using Montgomery County Public Schools Professional Growth System
- Supervised, monitored, and analyzed student attendance data
- Supported the supervision of the school after-school academic support program.
- Implemented the school extended day program, including the summer school program.
Assistant Principal
A. Mario Loiederman Middle School, Montgomery County Public Schools
Silver Spring, Maryland
01.2016 - Current
- Served as an assistant principal
- Coordinated academic programs and activities, ensuring alignment with school goals and state standards.
- Observed and analyzed teaching and learning
- Supervised and managed student after-school programs
- Coordinated school testing program
- Organized and prepared school testing materials
- Collaborated with grade level team leader and counselor to plan weekly team meeting
- Attended weekly grade level, monthly faculty meetings, and weekly team meetings
- Addressed student behaviors to support teaching and learning in the classroom
- Supervised and facilitated team meetings
- Monitored students and engaged in student and staff relationship building
Assistant School Administrator
Shady Grove Middle School, Montgomery County Public Schools
Gaithersburg, Maryland
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Served as an assistant school administrator supporting the school principal
- Served as the grade level administrator for grades 6 and 8
- Coordinated academic programs and activities, ensuring alignment with school goals and state standards.
- Observed and analyzed teaching and learning
- Supervised and managed student after-school programs
- Coordinated school testing program
- Organized and prepared school testing materials
English Teacher and Advanced Placement Coordinator
Parkdale High School, Prince George's County Public Schools
Riverdale, Maryland
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Served as classroom teacher and advanced placement coordinator
- Planned, implemented, and executed lesson plans for students
- Planned lessons using English curriculum for grades: 9, 10, and 11
- Implemented and executed lesson plans for designated grade level.
- Coordinated student testing for advanced placement
Principal
Frederick Douglass High School
Baltimore, Maryland
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Served as a high school principal
- Served as an instructional leader for a secondary school
- Supervised the instructional program
- Supervised 100 teachers and paraeducators
- Supervised other administrators such as assistant principals
- Organized the master schedule for the school in collaboration with the assigned assistant principal
- Attended districtwide meetings for principals and administrators
- Developed schoolwide budget using site-based management
Assistant Principal
Springbrook High School
Silver Spring, Maryland
01.2004 - 01.2007
- Served as instructional and academic/support leader
- Supervised academic and arts departments, including: English, Social Studies, English as a Second Language Art, Physical Education, After School Academic,, and Summer School Program
- Served as the school testing coordinator for the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP), Advanced Placement Program, PSAT, and Measure of Academic Performance for Reading and Mathematics (MAP-R/M).
- Monitored, supervised, and organized schoolwide testing program.
- Input student data for local and state examinations.
- Observed and analyze teaching and learning, using Montgomery County Public Schools Professional Growth System
- Supervised, monitored, and analyzed student attendance data
- Supported the supervision of the school after-school academic support program.
- Implemented the school extended day program, including the summer school program.
Assistant Principal
Briggs Chaney Middle School
Silver Spring, Maryland
01.2000 - 01.2004
- Served as instructional and academic/support leader
- Supervised academic and arts departments, including: English, Social Studies, Art, Physical Education, After School Academic,, and Summer School Program
- Served as the school testing coordinator for the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP), Advanced Placement Program, PSAT, and Measure of Academic Performance for Reading and Mathematics (MAP-R/M).
- Monitored, supervised, and organized schoolwide testing program.
- Input student data for local and state examinations.
- Observed and analyze teaching and learning, using Montgomery County Public Schools Professional Growth System
- Supervised, monitored, and analyzed student attendance data
- Supported the supervision of the school after-school academic support program.
- Implemented the school extended day program, including the summer school program.
English Teacher
Wheaton High School
Wheaton, Maryland
01.1999 - 01.2000
- Served as a classroom teacher of English language and literature.
- Taught listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills
- Taught students of all ability groups
- Provided meaningful and timely free back to students about their academic performance on reading and writing assessments.
- Provided meaningful and informative feedback to students about their speaking and listening skills
- Provided weekly, bi weekly, and quarterly progress reports to parents and guardians about their children's academic performance and progress
- Assessment students' academic performance through the use of quizzes, essays, and multiple-choice assessments
- Taught students' writing skills to complete essays
- Implemented effective classroom management skills and practices.
- Communicate frequently and effectively with parents and students
- Attended required/monthly faculty and staff meetings
- Completed and submitted IEP and 504 reports
- Attended IEP and 504 meetings
Team Leader and English Teacher
Kingsview Middle School
Germantown, Maryland
01.1998 - 01.1999
- Served as a classroom teacher of English language and literature.
- Taught listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills
- Taught students of all ability groups
- Provided meaningful and timely free back to students about their academic performance on reading and writing assessments.
- Provided meaningful and informative feedback to students about their speaking and listening skills
- Provided weekly, bi weekly, and quarterly progress reports to parents and guardians about their children's academic performance and progress
- Assessment students' academic performance through the use of quizzes, essays, and multiple-choice assessments
- Taught students' writing skills to complete essays
- Implemented effective classroom management skills and practices.
- Communicate frequently and effectively with parents and students
- Attended required/monthly faculty and staff meetings
- Completed and submitted IEP and 504 reports
- Attended IEP and 504 meetings
English Teacher
Albert Einstein High School
Kensington, Maryland
01.1995 - 01.1998
- Served as a classroom teacher of English language and literature.
- Taught listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills
- Taught students of all ability groups
- Provided meaningful and timely free back to students about their academic performance on reading and writing assessments.
- Provided meaningful and informative feedback to students about their speaking and listening skills
- Provided weekly, bi weekly, and quarterly progress reports to parents and guardians about their children's academic performance and progress
- Assessment students' academic performance through the use of quizzes, essays, and multiple-choice assessments
- Taught students' writing skills to complete essays
- Implemented effective classroom management skills and practices.
- Communicate frequently and effectively with parents and students
- Attended required/monthly faculty and staff meetings
- Completed and submitted IEP and 504 reports
- Attended IEP and 504 meetings
English Teacher
Brookland-Cayce High School
Cayce, South Carolina
01.1993 - 01.1995
- Served as a classroom teacher of English language and literature.
- Taught listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills
- Taught students of all ability groups
- Provided meaningful and timely free back to students about their academic performance on reading and writing assessments.
- Provided meaningful and informative feedback to students about their speaking and listening skills
- Provided weekly, bi weekly, and quarterly progress reports to parents and guardians about their children's academic performance and progress
- Assessment students' academic performance through the use of quizzes, essays, and multiple-choice assessments
- Taught students' writing skills to complete essays
- Implemented effective classroom management skills and practices.
- Communicate frequently and effectively with parents and students
- Attended required/monthly faculty and staff meetings
- Completed and submitted IEP and 504 reports
- Attended IEP and 504 meetings
English, Language Arts, and Reading Teacher
Pine Ridge Middle School and Brookland Cayce High School
01.1992 - 01.1993
- Served as a classroom teacher of English language and literature.
- Taught listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills
- Taught students of all ability groups
- Provided meaningful and timely free back to students about their academic performance on reading and writing assessments.
- Provided meaningful and informative feedback to students about their speaking and listening skills
- Provided weekly, bi weekly, and quarterly progress reports to parents and guardians about their children's academic performance and progress
- Assessment students' academic performance through the use of quizzes, essays, and multiple-choice assessments
- Taught students' writing skills to complete essays
- Implemented effective classroom management skills and practices.
- Communicate frequently and effectively with parents and students
- Attended required/monthly faculty and staff meetings
- Completed and submitted IEP and 504 reports
- Attended IEP and 504 meetings
Education
Graduate Studies - Educational Policy and Leadership
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland01-2003
Master of Education - School Administration and Supervision
Bowie State University
Bowie, Maryland01-2000
Bachelor of Arts - English Education
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, South Carolina01-1992
Skills
- Instructional leadership
- Parent engagement and communication
- Student achievement
- Data-driven instruction
- Teaching and learning
- Observing and analyzing teaching
- Testing coordination
- Teacher supervision
- Testing coordination, organization, and faciliation
Certification
- Maryland State Department of Education, Advanced Professional Certificate: Superintendent II/I
- Maryland State Department of Education, Advanced Professional Certificate: Administrator II/ I
- Maryland State Department of Education, Advanced Professional Certificate: English 7-12
- Maryland State Department of Education: Ancillary Credits: Special Education and Reading
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
High School Assistant Principal
Rockville High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
07.2024 - 12.2024
High School Assistant Principal
Col. Zadok A. Magruder High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
07.2016 - 07.2018
Assistant Principal
A. Mario Loiederman Middle School, Montgomery County Public Schools
01.2016 - Current
Assistant School Administrator
Shady Grove Middle School, Montgomery County Public Schools
01.2013 - 01.2016
English Teacher and Advanced Placement Coordinator
Parkdale High School, Prince George's County Public Schools
01.2012 - 01.2013
Principal
Frederick Douglass High School
01.2007 - 01.2012
Assistant Principal
Springbrook High School
01.2004 - 01.2007
Assistant Principal
Briggs Chaney Middle School
01.2000 - 01.2004
English Teacher
Wheaton High School
01.1999 - 01.2000
Team Leader and English Teacher
Kingsview Middle School
01.1998 - 01.1999
English Teacher
Albert Einstein High School
01.1995 - 01.1998
English Teacher
Brookland-Cayce High School
01.1993 - 01.1995
English, Language Arts, and Reading Teacher
Pine Ridge Middle School and Brookland Cayce High School
01.1992 - 01.1993
Bachelor of Arts - English Education
South Carolina State University
Master of Education - School Administration and Supervision
Bowie State University
Graduate Studies - Educational Policy and Leadership
University of Maryland
Management
- Designed, implemented, and facilitate parent outreach programs and activities to improve school-parent-community involvement, including the establishment and/or maintenance of an active PTA, clubs, alternative programs to support students and stakeholders, focusing on race, equity, and access
- Facilitated the school’s On-Site Emergency Team by coordinating, developing and implementing the OSET preparedness plan, which includes fire, “shelter in place”, lockdown, severe weather, evacuation and drop, cover and hold drills and procedures
- Implemented school disciplinary policy and procedures for assigned grade levels 6-12
- Coordinated and facilitated Back-To-School Night, Summer Orientation, African American Parent Outreach Meetings, Extracurricular Activities and After School Intervention Programs
Collaboration with Stakeholders
- Collaborated with the Mayor’s Development Office for the implementation of Voyager Reading and Mathematics Program
- Lead and coordinated the implementation of the Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) program at the school in collaboration with selected faculty and staff
- Served on the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Committee
- Collaborated with parents and students about student academic success and achievement
- Collaborated with school counselors, pupil personnel worker, and about student academic achievement and needs
- Conduct classroom observations and evaluations for certified and support staff
- Coordinated the school academic recognition ceremony
- Implemented and supervised school after-school program in collaboration with the Montgomery County Department of Recreation and George B. Thomas After-School/Saturday School Program, partnership programs with the school
- Implemented school disciplinary policy and procedures for assigned grade level
- Served on the Middle States Association Planning Committee at Springbrook High School
Teaching and Learning
- Supervised the school academic intervention program for after-school, working collaboratively with program coordinator to design and to implement the school program
- Conducted annual evaluations of teacher performance for teachers in English, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Science, Special Education, and English as a Second Language
- Served as the school testing coordinator for classroom, district, and external assessments; including: Montgomery County-Wide Semester Final Exams, high school assessments, the Measures of Academic Performance for Reading (MAP-R) and Measures of Academic Performance in Mathematics (MAP-M), Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career Readiness (PARCC), and Maryland Integrated School Assessments (MISA)
- Designed middle school master school, using student data, student needs, scheduling priorities, and staffing allocations as school master scheduler
Vision
- Provided supervision and leadership for various departments/content areas; including: Counseling, English, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education and/Health, Special Education, Building Services, and School and Security
- Chaired and facilitated Individualized Education Plan and 504 Plan Meetings to ensure that
- Organized, facilitated, and chaired grade level and content specialists meeting to analyze, review, and evaluated student achievement and data, disaggregating the data by race, gender, and programs
- Chaired individualized education plan (IEP) and 504 plan meetings to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, statutes, rules, and policies decreasing the number of non-compliant cases by 75% in an urban high school
- Conducted informal and formal classroom observations for supervised department teachers, using the district’s evaluation tool
- Facilitated and implemented a structure and a system for coaching conversations biweekly to examine student data and performance at the classroom level, on district assessments, and on state assessments