DONIEL G. KAYE
Denver,CO
Summary
Educational leader with expertise in organizational psychology and a strong background in Jewish non-profit organizations. Proven skills in staff and curriculum development, coupled with effective budget management. Achievements include successful recruitment and retention of high-quality teaching talent, significantly enhancing student and parent engagement. Committed to leading with soul and passion to improve educational outcomes through impactful learning experiences, and fostering strong community relationships.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Education
Temple Sinai
Denver, CO
07.2022 - 01.2026
- Developed the strategic vision and facilitated the operation of a PreK-10th grade Religious School, with enrollment of over 230 students.
- Recruited, on-boarded, supervised, and retained teaching staff.
- Maintained positive relationships with parents and families, ensuring their unique needs were met.
- Collaborated effectively with supervisors and colleagues, ensuring educational programs worked seamlessly within the synagogue operation.
- Religious school operations involved ensuring that the logistical and practical aspects of the educational programs at Temple Sinai were coordinated, including reservations, proper set-up of spaces, clearly defined custodial duties, security coverage, teaching coverage, supply requests, volunteer coverage, substitute teaching coverage, calendaring and scheduling contingencies, effective marketing, and clear communication through newsletters and other forms of correspondence, including text messages, group messages, phone calls, and emails, while matching all programs with the stated mission and vision of the synagogue.
- Served as school principal and lead teacher by modeling a humble, competent, energized, helpful, and confident demeanor, and happily filled in as a teacher when possible and needed.
- Co-founded and supervised a remodeled teen leadership experience wherein teens acquired mentorship skills and experience after graduating Religious School, and progressively assumed further responsibilities as teaching assistants.
- Coordinated an annual retreat for the Religious School graduating class.
- Coordinated an initiation ceremony for newer members of the Religious School.
- Coordinated teacher training sessions and teacher appreciation days.
- Coordinated special programming for the Religious School, such as guest educators and camp days.
- I stayed in contact with the supplemental school community in Denver and worked to include other schools in the program.
- Managed operational budget for educational department, ensuring financial stability.
- Through conversations with parents and a parent-teacher organization, I ensured that parent feedback and ideas were being integrated into the school's plans and direction.
- Created tools with existing curricula to organize the scope and sequence of the school, and make teacher planning simpler.
- Met frequently with teachers for one-on-one meetings to discuss educational goals, resources, and assessment.
- Triaged systems to keep the school running, including regular communications, inventory of resources, synthesizing, and evaluating assessment data.
- Onboarded new staff to the Religious School, including the education adviser, the associate rabbi, new teachers, and new administrative support staff.
Teacher, 4th and 5th Grade
Denver Jewish Day School
Denver, CO
08.2020 - 07.2022
- Collaboration with colleagues at all levels of the company to encourage high motivation, morale, and productivity.
- Improving methods of communication between colleagues and collaborative partners.
- Facilitation of complex, demanding, interactive, and engaging learning experiences under a variety of pressures.
- Developing and implementing curricula within a dynamic private elementary school classroom environment.
- Cultivating character development and moral reasoning abilities in youth.
- Encouraging critical thinking skills and interdisciplinary application of learning.
- Interactively and thoughtfully heightening the awareness, decision making ability, healthy development, and maturation of youth.
Engagement Professional, Educator, Ezra Springboard Fellowship
Hillel International-Hillel at Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
07.2018 - 07.2020
- Relationship development with students and community members to strategically create and direct them to appropriate opportunities.
- Creation and implementation of experiential educational endeavors to engage community members in deep learning.
- Strategic development of enduring commitments to the organizational mission and vision.
- Utilization of social media as a strategic tool for publicizing important opportunities and ideas.
- Supervision, recruitment, and management of student engagement interns to increase the organizational impact on the larger community.
- Cultivation of partnerships with members of the University community for collaborative initiatives.
- Database management and strategic use of data for engagement work.
- Collaborative support of all staff initiatives through open conversations, informed input, and strategic contributions.
- Development of projects and grant writing and follow-up to ensure vital resources are sustained and expanded to important areas.
Manager-in-Training, Food and Beverage
Montage Deer Valley
Deer Valley, UT
05.2016 - 02.2017
- Leadership development and role proficiency within a broad spectrum of positions within the hospitality industry.
- Discovering the pieces involved in the process of providing high quality services to discerning clients.
- Mastering responsibilities in Banquets, In-room Dining, Culinary, and Restaurants.
- Maintaining high quality guest interactions reflecting company values.
- Collaboration in event planning, coordination, implementation, and execution.
- Engaging in loss prevention and guest recovery from an optimistic outlook.
- Learning about all hotel operations through cross-training in all departments.
Education
Graduate -
Pardes In-Service Teacher Training Program
06.2022
Master of Science (M.S.) - Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Southern New Hampshire University
06-2018
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Psychology, American Studies
Stanford University
Stanford, CA06-2015
Skills
- Curriculum development
- Budget management
- Educational leadership
- Staff recruitment
- Program coordination
- Student engagement
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Director of Education
Temple Sinai
07.2022 - 01.2026
Teacher, 4th and 5th Grade
Denver Jewish Day School
08.2020 - 07.2022
Engagement Professional, Educator, Ezra Springboard Fellowship
Hillel International-Hillel at Virginia Tech
07.2018 - 07.2020
Manager-in-Training, Food and Beverage
Montage Deer Valley
05.2016 - 02.2017
Graduate -
Pardes In-Service Teacher Training Program
Master of Science (M.S.) - Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Southern New Hampshire University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Psychology, American Studies
Stanford University