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Dr. DAWN E. BROOKS

20 Fir Lane,Middletown, CT

Summary

I am a results-oriented educator with extensive experience in school leadership and world language instruction. My passion lies in supporting learning communities built on continuous improvement, strong relationships, and a commitment to equity and inclusion.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Principal

Middletown High School
05.2022 - Current
  • Direct long-range planning processes that identify needs, implement appropriate plans, and assess results to develop a culture of continuous improvement
  • Develop and model a strong and positive school culture
  • Coordinate and complete and monitor expenditures of funds of all school budgets
  • Prepare and submit final budgetary request for the school, including projection of staffing needs
  • Develop programs and activities that enhance communication and encourage meaningful involvement by staff, students, families, and the community in school affairs
  • Supervise administrators, teachers, instructors, professional support staff, clerical and other staff as assigned
  • Develop programs to orient staff to the school and specific required skills in instructional methodologies and school procedures
  • Supervise departments collaborating with district and building instructional leaders on curriculum, schedules, budget, teaching assignments and all issues related to departmental management
  • Establish and maintain positive relationships with students, families, and community groups to foster understanding and solicit support for overall objectives and programs
  • Establish annual action goals on a clearly defined priority basis, prepare strategies for achieving goals, and develop criteria for evaluating the accomplishments of the established goals in consultation with the Superintendent of Schools
  • Attend Board of Education meetings as requested by the Superintendent of Schools
  • Accept additional assignments in the role of Principal as directed by the Superintendent of Schools.

Assistant Principal

Middletown High School
11.2018 - 11.2022
  • Maintained a safe and caring learning environment for a diverse population of students and educators
  • Collaborated with teachers, school counselors, school administrators, and district leaders to facilitate 9th grade transition to high school
  • Ensured equitable access to rigorous instruction and valuable learning opportunities for every student
  • Supported educators across a variety of academic disciplines through goal-setting, observations, feedback, and instructional coaching
  • Implemented restorative interventions for students and families to maintain a positive school climate
  • Supported Spanish-speaking students and families with language translation and interpretation
  • Provided ongoing opportunities for stakeholder engagement from within and outside of the school community.

World Language Teacher

Woodrow Wilson Middle School
01.2017 - 11.2018
  • Created engaging lessons using differentiated instruction for middle school Spanish program
  • Collaborated with World Language department faculty to create thematic units, assignments and assessments, and student-centered activities
  • Provided colleagues with research-based resources for instruction and classroom management during professional development workshops
  • Supported school community with various needs for Spanish translation and interpretation
  • Provided support to World Language teachers, including assistance with creating thematic units, assignments and assessments, and cultural events
  • Collaborated with the Center for Secondary School Design (CSSR) and members of the school leadership team and to examine ways to develop a professional development plan for supporting educators with the implementation of inquiry-based teaching as a student engagement vehicle for deeper learning
  • Planned and led professional development workshops as Equity Coach to support district-wide initiative in diversity training for faculty and administrators
  • Facilitated monthly courageous conversations around race discussion circles as building Equity Coach

Illuminator

Capital Preparatory Harbor School
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Provided Spanish instruction to students in grades 8-12
  • Created lesson plans using differentiated instruction for middle school Spanish program
  • Created and administered meaningful assessments that determine student progress and guide instruction
  • Collaborated with other staff to support instruction of social justice and research implementation curriculum
  • Provided support to World Language teachers, including assistance with creating thematic units, creating assignments and assessments, and providing research-based resources for instruction and classroom management.
  • Supported school community with Spanish language communication by assisting with translation of written communications and language interpretation during family meetings
  • Ensured successful academic achievement and social-emotional development of student advisees through advisory program
  • Monitored academic progress by assisting students with creating and achieving weekly S.M.A.R.T goals
  • Provided character education and facilitated team building activities with advisees
  • Managed senior capstone projects and support development of social justice project action plans
  • Coordinated service opportunities with community partners for student advisees
  • Promoted family engagement through bi-weekly communication and quarterly student-led conferences
  • Integrated global education into school culture through international travel as International Trailblazers Program Coordinator
  • Promoted international travel program by managing recruitment of students and maintaining regular contact with families
  • Coordinated and oversaw school and community fundraising events
  • Facilitated pre-departure seminars for parents and students
  • Organized, completed and submitted documents required for international travel
  • Communicated and collaborated with Education First Education team to coordinate travel experiences for students.

Spanish Department Leader

Capital Preparatory Magnet School
07.2009 - 01.2016
  • Teacher leader selected by the administration and staff to serve on the School Leadership Cohort to assist with planning and implementation of school-wide initiatives
  • Communicated expectations of administrative team to department members to ensure fidelity of implementation of school-wide initiatives
  • Assisted administrative team with World Language candidate selection process
  • Identified needs for supporting staff with implementation of Standards-Based Grading and Reporting (SBGR)
  • Provided teachers with research-based resources on best practices of SBGR
  • Collaborated with SBG PLC to create and facilitate PD seminars for faculty members
  • Provided support to World Language teachers, including assistance with creating thematic units, creating assignments and assessments, and providing research-based resources for instruction and classroom management
  • Supported school community with Spanish language communication in PPT, SAT, and other parent meetings
  • Developed and implemented strategies with PBIS team to develop a climate of respect and empathy
  • Trained teachers and administrators during first two phases of PBIS implementation
  • Recorded and managed office disciplinary referral data in SWIS Suite
  • Managed incentives for positive recognition of staff and students
  • Ensured successful academic achievement and social-emotional development of student advisees
  • Monitored student progress by assisting students with creating and achieving weekly S.M.A.R.T goals
  • Managed senior capstone projects and support development of social justice project action plans
  • Provided community service opportunities for student advisees
  • Promoted parent engagement through bi-weekly communication and encouraging parent attendance and participation in academic events, athletic competitions, and student-led conferences
  • Provided Spanish instruction to students in grades 8-12
  • Created lesson plans using differentiated instruction for several levels of Spanish
  • Created and administered meaningful assessments that determined student progress and guided instruction
  • Integrated global education into school culture through international travel
  • Organized and led language and cultural learning experiences to Cuba, Ecuador, Panamá, Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Monaco, and France for students in grades 6-12
  • Promoted international travel program by managing recruitment of students and maintaining regular contact with families
  • Coordinated and oversaw school and community fundraising events
  • Facilitated pre-departure seminars for parents and students
  • Organized, completed and submitted documents required for international travel
  • Communicated and collaborated with EF Education team

Cheerleading Assistant Coach

Capital Preparatory Magnet School
08.2011 - 06.2012
  • Assisted head coach with preparing cheerleaders for football and basketball games and half-time performances
  • Ensured that participants met health and academic eligibility requirements
  • Assisted with fundraising efforts to secure funds for uniforms and equipment.

Spanish Teacher

Cheshire High School
01.2008 - 06.2009
  • Provided Spanish instruction to students in grades 9-12
  • Created lesson plans using differentiated instruction for several levels of Spanish
  • Created and administered meaningful assessments that determined student progress and guided instruction
  • Collaborated with other staff, parents, and students to promote student success.

Spanish Teacher & Collaborative Team Leader

Chapel Hill High School
07.2007 - 12.2007
  • Provided Spanish instruction to students in grades 9-12 levels 1, 2, and 3
  • Provided counseling to students with academic difficulty
  • Served as Team Leader for Spanish 1 teacher collaborative
  • Created and administered Spanish common formative assessments
  • Ensured successful academic achievement and social-emotional development of student advisees through advisory program
  • Monitored student progress during weekly one-on-one meetings with students
  • Promoted parent engagement through weekly communication

Spanish Teacher

Arcadia High School
09.2006 - 01.2007
  • Provided Spanish instruction to students in grades 9-12
  • Created lesson plans using differentiated instruction for several levels of Spanish
  • Created and administered meaningful assessments that determined student progress and guided instruction.

Spanish Teacher

Greenwich High School
08.2004 - 03.2005
  • Provided Spanish instruction to students in levels 1, 2 and 3
  • Collaborated on a weekly basis with World Language department members to develop highly engaging lessons, activities, and projects
  • Conducted teacher observations through coaching program.

Spanish Teacher

Middletown High School
08.1996 - 09.2003
  • Provided Spanish instruction to students in Spanish levels 1, 2 and 3
  • Served as co-advisor of Alianza Latina community service organization and freshman class advisor
  • Fulfilled role of academic advisor and tutor to first-generation, low-income freshmen through the Wesleyan ConnCAP/Upward Bound program
  • Served as member of NEASC instructional committee in preparation for accreditation.

Assistant Cheer Coach

Middletown High School
08.1999 - 06.2002
  • Assisted head coach with preparing cheerleaders for football and basketball games, half-time performances, pep rallies and state competitions
  • Ensured that participants met health and academic eligibility requirements.

Graduate Intern

Middletown High School
08.1996 - 06.1997
  • Provided interdepartmental instructional support to World Language and Special Education teachers while completing requirements for Quinnipiac University’s Master of Arts in Teaching and teacher certification program

Spanish Teacher

Hunts Point Peninsula Intermediate School 74
08.1994 - 06.1996
  • Provided Spanish instruction to native and non-native speaking students in both regular and special education classes
  • Planned and implemented school improvement strategies as a member of School-Wide Planning Committee
  • Planned and supervised a number of school productions and student activities
  • Created and implemented school-wide disciplinary program
  • Attended new teacher professional development workshops regarding topics in special education, literacy, classroom management, language teaching strategies, and school leadership

Teach for America Corps Member

New York City
  • Developed and implemented a five-week summer school curriculum
  • Attended research-based professional development courses
  • Ensured student achievement through ongoing collaboration with veteran teachers, family engagement, and investment in students

Education

Doctor of Education, - Educational Leadership

University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT

Master of Arts in Teaching - Spanish

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

Bachelor of Arts - Spanish

Spelman College
Atlanta, GA

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Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Quito, Ecuador

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
Santiago, República Dominicana

Skills

  • Strategic Planning & Continuous Improvement
  • Budget Management & Resource Allocation
  • Team Management & Staff Development
  • Community Engagement
  • Goal Setting & Evaluation
  • Instructional Supervision
  • Curriculum Collaboration
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Professional Development
  • Equity & Inclusion
  • Bilingual and biliterate in Spanish and English

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual

Certification

Connecticut Intermediate Administration and Supervision (092)

Spanish, 7-12 Certification (023)

Public Speaking

  • CT RISE Network Funders Collaborative, Southport, CT, 05/2024
  • Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Annual Scholarship Awards, Middletown, CT, 06/2023
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Committee of Greater Middletown Inc. Annual Celebration, Middletown, CT, 01/2023
  • CT RISE Network Post-Secondary Success, New Haven, CT, 05/2022
  • Standards-Based Grading and Reporting Community Discussion Panelist, Hartford, CT, 02/2014
  • Education First Tours Education Summit, Cambridge, MA, 11/2015

Presentations

  • Grading Policy and Practices, Middletown Board of Education, Middletown, CT, 02/2024
  • Middletown Making the Grade, CT RISE Network, 02/2021
  • A Holistic Response: Empathy, Equity, & Engagement, Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents EDLR Roundtable, 01/2021
  • La Importancia del Grado 9, CT RISE Network, 12/2020
  • Transforming Our Culture One Student Voice at a Time, Center for Secondary School Redesign Showcase, San Diego, CA, 01/2019
  • Building Vocabulary for Writing Proficiency of Special Education and Second Language Learners, The Connecticut Writing Project, Storrs, CT, 07/2018
  • Aspects and Assumptions of White Culture in the United States, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Middletown, CT, 03/2018
  • Implementing Stations in the World Language Classroom, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Middletown, CT, 02/2017
  • Using Parent Communication as a Classroom Management Strategy, Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Hartford, CT, 07/2015
  • Standards-Based Grading: Providing Effective Feedback, Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Hartford, CT, 04/2014
  • Building Relationships for Better Classrooms, Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Hartford, CT, 01/2014
  • Office Discipline Referrals and Data, Great Path Academy, Manchester, CT, 10/2013
  • School-Wide Safety Protocols, Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Hartford, CT, 01/2013

Academic Conferences & Professional Development

Dismantling Systemic Racism Conference, State Education Resource Center (SERC), Hartford, CT – April 2024

PowerSchool University, Anaheim, CA – June 2023

Dismantling Systemic Racism Conference, State Education Resource Center (SERC), Hartford, CT Hartford, CT – April 2023

Restorative Justice in Education Conference, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA – June 2020

Building Connections RISE Cohort Conference, New Haven, CT – June 2019

The Connecticut Writing Project, University of Connecticut, Storrs – July 2018

Pacific Education Group Equity Training, Middletown Board of Education, – June 2018

Center for Secondary School Redesign Student Forum Facilitator, Middletown, CT – June 2018

Connecticut Council of Language Teachers Conference, Cromwell, CT – October 2017

Middlesex County World Language Consortium, Middletown, CT – March 2017

TEAM Mentor and Cooperating Teacher Training, CREC, Hartford, CT – October 2015

Study Island Individualized Learning, Hartford Board of Education – May 2015

SBG Roundtable Discussion, Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School, Hartford, CT – March 2014

ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Orlando, FL – November 2013

Realidades Digital Resources, Pearson Education, Hartford, CT – October 2013

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Coach Training, Hartford Board of Education – October 2012

EF Education Group Leader Training, Paris, France – January 2011

Professional Activities

  • New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Accreditation Steering Committee, Middletown, CT. 2022 - 2024
  • Secondary Standards-Based Project Team, Middletown, CT. 2023 - Present
  • District Strategic Operating Plan Steering Committee, Middletown, CT. 2023 - Present
  • Portrait of a Global Citizen Steering Committee, Middletown, CT 2023 - Present
  • District Equity Leadership Team, Middletown, CT 2021 - Present
  • Superintendent Youth Council Advisor, Middletown, CT, 2020 - Present
  • COVID Secondary Learning Task Force, Middletown, CT. 2020 - 2021
  • Secondary School Redesign Team, Middletown, CT. 2018 - 2021
  • Leadership Cohort, Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Hartford, CT 2013 - 2016
  • C.O.R.E./P.B.I.S. School Improvement Committee, Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Hartford, CT 2012 - 2016
  • Standards-Based Grading and Reporting Professional Learning Community, Hartford Public Schools Office of Research and Assessment 2013 - 2014

Honors & Awards

  • 100 Women of Color Honoree, June Archer Foundation, June 2022
  • Lauren Rousseau Passionate Educator Award, University of Bridgeport, April 2021
  • Connecticut Writing Project Fellow, University of Connecticut, July 2018
  • CPREP Exemplar Award, Capital Preparatory Harbor School, May 2016
  • Senior Social Justice Project Advisor Award, Capital Preparatory Magnet School, May 2012
  • Dedication to the Teaching Profession Service Award, Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. Beta Chapter, Hartford, CT, November 2010

Affiliations

  • Middletown Symphonic Band, 2023 - Present
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2018 - Present
  • Middletown Ujima Alliance
  • American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2018 - Present
  • Connecticut Council of Language Teachers, 2017 - Present
  • Diaspora Multicultural Society, Inc., 2017 - Present
  • Teach for America, 1994 - Present
  • National Alumnae Association of Spelman College, 1994 - Present

Timeline

Principal

Middletown High School
05.2022 - Current

Assistant Principal

Middletown High School
11.2018 - 11.2022

World Language Teacher

Woodrow Wilson Middle School
01.2017 - 11.2018

Illuminator

Capital Preparatory Harbor School
01.2016 - 01.2017

Cheerleading Assistant Coach

Capital Preparatory Magnet School
08.2011 - 06.2012

Spanish Department Leader

Capital Preparatory Magnet School
07.2009 - 01.2016

Spanish Teacher

Cheshire High School
01.2008 - 06.2009

Spanish Teacher & Collaborative Team Leader

Chapel Hill High School
07.2007 - 12.2007

Spanish Teacher

Arcadia High School
09.2006 - 01.2007

Spanish Teacher

Greenwich High School
08.2004 - 03.2005

Assistant Cheer Coach

Middletown High School
08.1999 - 06.2002

Spanish Teacher

Middletown High School
08.1996 - 09.2003

Graduate Intern

Middletown High School
08.1996 - 06.1997

Spanish Teacher

Hunts Point Peninsula Intermediate School 74
08.1994 - 06.1996

Teach for America Corps Member

New York City

Doctor of Education, - Educational Leadership

University of Bridgeport

Master of Arts in Teaching - Spanish

Quinnipiac University

Bachelor of Arts - Spanish

Spelman College

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Universidad San Francisco de Quito

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra

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