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Donna Renee Kash

Donna Renee Kash

Bentonville,AR

Summary

Versatile and visionary educator and district leader with expertise in all facets of curriculum and instructional design, development, and implementation. Strong ability to leverage analysis to derive insights for data-driven decision-making. Exceptionally adept at crafting innovative action plans and educational programs that elevate the teacher experience and propel goal attainment. Well- versed in current and emerging best practices and instructional practice and ability to build capacity of administrators and teachers. Foundational experience as a hands-on classroom teacher, with progressive administrative leadership. Certified Principal and Teacher in the states of Arkansas and Texas. Champion of cross-functional teamwork and collaboration, analytical performance management, team goal planning, and success initiatives.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Pre-AP National Faculty

College Board
01.2020 - Current
  • Pre-AP National Faculty members are College Board–endorsed educators who facilitate Pre-AP Professional Learning experiences across the United States and around the world.
  • Performed research to collect and record industry data.
  • Organized logistics and materials for each meeting, arranged spaces and took detailed notes for later dissemination to key stakeholders.
  • Completed forms, reports, logs and records to quickly handle all documentation for human resources.
  • Compiled Implementation and Progress monitoring reports for program leaders.
  • Updated tracking system with training information for program.

Curriculum and Instruction Specialist

Bentonville Schools
Bentonville, United States
01.2012 - Current
  • Principal strategist of curriculum and instructional design, program administration, change implementation, resource allocation, and technological utilization
  • Compile and analyze district, campus, teacher and student data on growth and performance
  • Extract areas in need of curriculum improvement in alignment with instructional best practices
  • Formulate innovative strategies and action plans for development and new courses in collaboration with teachers, instructional teams, academic departments, and administrators
  • Align and support implementation district math curriculum to current and emerging standards
  • Trusted advisor and director of 15+ school math programs
  • Delegated liaison between the central office and campus administrators
  • Transformed the culture of continued professional learning and development through comprehensive personal research of strategies
  • Forged and fostered a professional network through community outreach and engagement with over 10 local, state, and national organizations
  • Partnered with over 25 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Specialists to conceptualize and execute site-based professional development events.
  • Expanded cross-functional organizational capacity by collaborating across departments on priorities, functions and common goals.
  • Prepared annual budgets with controls to prevent overages.
  • Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.
  • Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
  • Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
  • Applied customer feedback to develop process improvements and support long-term organization needs.
  • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
  • Performed statistical analyses to gather data for operational and forecast team needs.
  • Maintained professional, organized and safe environment for employees and patrons.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
  • Supervised labor costs and departmental expenses to remain in line with budget.
  • Evaluated employees' strengths and assigned tasks based upon experience and training.
  • Reduced process bottlenecks by training and coaching employees on practices, procedures and performance strategies.
  • Formulated techniques for quality data collection to meet expected adequacy, accuracy and legitimacy targets.
  • Troubleshot data-related problems and coordinated maintenance or modifications to correct defects.
  • Used standard document management tools to register documents and maintain databases used to produce logs, transmittal receipts and other reports.
  • Utilized various professional statistical techniques and maintained large databases to collect and analyze data from partners and customers.
  • Identified, analyzed and interpreted trends or patterns in complex data sets by finding correlations and visualizing with charts.
  • Aggregated data from various sources to construct streamlined data pipelines.
  • Attended workshops and seminars to remain current on computer applications.
  • Presented reports to clients and teammates regarding project progress and results.
  • Monitored and controlled data upload, checking for successful data import and quality.
  • Assisted end-users with creating custom reports using software and database tools.
  • Analyzed user concerns, requirements and requests for system features and uses.
  • Used modeling and analytics to understand how business decisions impacted bottom line.
  • Explored new data sources to enhance current models.
  • Created data visualization graphics, translating complex data sets into comprehensive visual representations.
  • Took notes during meetings to better understand project initiatives and to distribute to stakeholders.
  • Developed and established strong business relationships with both internal personnel and external solution providers.
  • Assisted with creating and updating training materials for personnel use.
  • Participated in workshops to advance skills.
  • Performed advanced data extraction and data manipulation.
  • Pinpointed meaningful insights from large data and metadata sources.

Mathematics Instructional Specialist

Clear Falls High School, CCISD
League City, TX
01.2010 - 01.2012
  • Proactive member of the senior leadership team that opened Clear Falls High School, with a student body of 2400 students and 200+ cross-functional staff of educators, administrators, and employees
  • Defined, implemented, and aligned the institution Vision, Mission, and Focus statements in collaboration with the senior leadership team
  • Gathered research, analyzed data, and synthesized results to promote data-driven insights, planning, and strategies
  • Applied data-driven decision-making processes and established campus procedures to elevate student environments for state testing administration
  • Ensured student confidentiality and state security compliance
  • Introduced a data management system that bolstered processes and program efficiency
  • Created and led the integration of an intervention program with 50+ educators that impacting 300+ at-risk students yearly utilization data to identify students and design instruction plans
  • Generated and maintained the “Top 100 Data List” for the 12-member campus instructional team monthly report
  • Instrumental contributor of the School Improvement Plan
  • Orchestrated the annual professional development plan and implemented with long- term objectives utilizing needs-based analysis on various data sources
  • Coordinated logistics and facilitation of quarterly curriculum
  • Utilized recorded data to implement actionable curriculum improvements.
  • Gathered and disaggregated campus data, create visual models to share with leadership and school board that outlined current progress of target goals.
  • Collaborate with teachers to determine curriculum efficacy.
  • Verified compliance with all state and local education requirements.
  • Developed assessments and user polls to evaluate course effectiveness, altering content and delivery to achieve student learning goals.
  • Developed workforce training programs to improve organizational efficiency.
  • Designed course materials and supported implementation.
  • Provided job analysis in line with instructional design principles for successful mentoring.
  • Developed materials for classroom teachers to support instruction, lab work or in-class activities.
  • Mentored and tutored individual students needing additional help.

Math Instructor

Clear Creek High School, CCISD
League Ciry, TX
08.2005 - 06.2010
  • Created course syllabus to clearly communicate expectations and standards for student success.
  • Documented and communicated student progress on course goals to identify areas in need of improvement.
  • Implemented innovative resources such as videos, data collection and modeling of real-life scenarios to illustrate course concepts and engage students.
  • Pursued professional development opportunities such as Data Collection and Analysis to learn new teaching strategies for personalizing instruction and increasing growth in mathematical understanding of students.
  • Prepared high-quality lessons to teach students step-by-step problem-solving methods for Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus, Statistics and High Stakes Test Preparation math courses.
  • Helped students make good decisions about course choices for educational and vocational goals.
  • Maintained lesson flexibility to adapt to student progress and information retention.
  • Addressed systematic issues with math curriculum by collaborating with colleagues.
  • Held regular office hours to assist students struggling with materials.
  • Initiated communication with students to address learning concerns and offer additional guidance for independent study.

Education

Master of Education:Ed Administration & Leadership - Organizational Leadership

Lamar University
06.2010

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics, Science & Education

Lamar University

Arkansas 302, 312 Teacher Certification Mathematics Arkansas 200, 254 - undefined

Skills

  • Curriculum Design & Development
  • Educational Leadership
  • Data Analysis & Performance Metrics
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Implementation Support Initiatives
  • Client & Stakeholder Relationships
  • Operations & Change Management
  • Strategic Planning & Execution
  • Full Life Cycle Project Management
  • Root Cause Identification & Resolution
  • Instructional Design & Tech Integration
  • Evidence Based Best Practices
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Engagement & Collaboration
  • Mentoring / Coaching
  • MS Office & Advanced MS Excel
  • Google Suite
  • Eschool/Cognos
  • NWEA Map Assessment Reports and Data Analysis
  • Planning and Coordination
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Written Communication
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Flexible and Adaptable

Work Availability

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Quote

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston S. Churchill

Timeline

Pre-AP National Faculty

College Board
01.2020 - Current

Curriculum and Instruction Specialist

Bentonville Schools
01.2012 - Current

Mathematics Instructional Specialist

Clear Falls High School, CCISD
01.2010 - 01.2012

Math Instructor

Clear Creek High School, CCISD
08.2005 - 06.2010

Master of Education:Ed Administration & Leadership - Organizational Leadership

Lamar University

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics, Science & Education

Lamar University

Arkansas 302, 312 Teacher Certification Mathematics Arkansas 200, 254 - undefined

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