Dr. Demetria L. Haddock
Aspiring District Superintendent
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Stellar school and district leader with career-long record of driving successful school performance. Proven talent for aligning organizational objectives with established educational leadership paradigms to achieve maximum impacts on performance with minimum resource expenditures. Growth-focused leader known for maintaining levels of proficiency and above during periods of change and growth, translating complex data into actionable insights for improvement, and collaborating across functional areas. Exceptionally dedicated professional with consistency, positivity, keen interpersonal and communication skills.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
Certified Leadership, and Executive Coach
Atlanta Public School System
07.2024 - Current
District Certified Turnaround Principal and Principal Mentor
Woodward Elementary
01.2016 - 01.2024
- Host of delegates and principal from Dominican Republic to guide their instructional works
- Mentor and coach aspiring principals
- Received the highest growth, progress, attendance, and content mastery for a 2nd consecutive year coming out of the pandemic
- Maintained highest content mastery in cluster school post Covid with student body of 700, staff of 90
- Strategize and integrate methods to drive high academic achievement for all students; sustained CCRPI 65 and above 2 years (current 66.3) and 5-star climate for 3 consecutive years
- Facilitate the allocation of a Title 1 budget of $500,000+ and resources based on student deficits in core academic areas
- Foster positive relationships with the community and other stakeholders
- Introduce a systematic approach to ensure retention and development of effective teachers
- Monitor state and local standardized testing to assure compliance with established processes and policies
- Facilitate regular research and development to sustain current knowledge of educational issues, trends, and best practices
- Establish and enforce expectations for high levels of student and staff performance
- Facilitate on-going instructional leadership, coaching for implementation of researched-based best practices into the teaching and learning environment
- Co-facilitate design team to oversee the implementation of instructional best practices
- Employ the state and district curriculum to implement, monitor student academic performance
- Reduced the number of discipline infractions over a 3-year period by implementing a school culture committee
- Championed a peer observation professional development model to increase implementation of standards-based instruction: 'Showcase Learning.'
- Facilitate weekly data talks to aid teachers in effectively planning for instruction
- Co-facilitate STEAM certification process/successful PBIS program (district model school)-in progress (2023)
- Garnered partnerships and grants: Salesforce/Lowe’s/Atlanta Community Foodbank/Ga
- Federal Credit Union School Crashers/Home Depot-Buckhead, Latin American Association (amounts $10,000-$500,000)
Model Principal Program Facilitator
DCSD COGNIA Model School /The New Teacher Project (TNTP)
01.2017 - 01.2021
- Model school and administrator chosen to assist in district re-accreditation through COGNIA and 'The New Teacher Project' (TNTP)
- Implemented the TLTS (Turnaround Leadership Team Strategy) yielding strategic and successful results
- Co-facilitated and guided conversations to support the level of instruction and rigor of assignments and classwork
- Conducted internal observations/audits to ensure implementation and standardization
Turnaround Assistant Principal
Woodward/Indian Creek Elementary
11.2005 - 06.2016
- Directed the daily instructional/curriculum delivery actions of 100+ staff
- Facilitated the planning and allocation of the annual budget to meet annual resource demands and drive the successful completion of special projects
- Enhanced the instructional learning experience for ELL students by integrating the findings from research-based studies
- Served as the Teacher of ESOL professional learning facilitator, Response to intervention facilitator, restorative practices facilitator, and member of the Student Support Team
- Mentored novice teachers as a certified Teacher Support Specialist
- Executed testing and analysis activities for the school-wide instructional program
- Achieved 5% higher positive school morale and climate while decreasing staff absentees
- Maximized full-time equivalent (FTE) funding
- Establishment and optimization of school-wide Professional Learning Communities and other initiatives
- Implementation of the 'Language Lab' and after-school tutorial
- Improved student achievement by 7-10% through stakeholder-led 'Data Talks.'
- Applied, achieved, and facilitated school acceptance into an International Baccalaureate (IB) Program
- Facilitated robust 25 book plus literacy campaign
Teacher/Literacy Coach/Title I & EIP Reading and Math Specialist/IB Facilitator
Avondale Elementary
08.1995 - 11.2005
- Instructional teacher grade 2, and 4
- Maintained consistent growth academically and professionally
- Facilitator of instructional support for grade k-5
- Implemented the first phases of the International Baccalaureate Program
- Decreased number of students receiving Early Intervention Support
- Observed and learned the effective hiring practices for local school and district level high-quality employees
- Participated in first phases of interview process for teachers and administrators
- Re-delivered best practices at the local school level to support hiring practices of highly qualified employees
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - education
Morris Brown College
Master of Educational Leadership and Administration (M.A.) - undefined
Clark Atlanta University
Doctoral and specialist degree (Ed. D./Ed. S.) - leadership k-12
Argosy University
Skills
- Transformational Leadership
- Data Driven
- Results Oriented
- Culture Change Agent
- Positivity
- Developer
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Community Engagement
- Strategic Planning
- Program/Project Management
- Stakeholder Relations
- Human Resource Management
- Fiscal Management
- Process Improvement
- Grant Funding
Certification
- Early Childhood Education [T-5 (P-5)]
- Educational Leadership [L-7 (P-12)]
- Teacher Support Specialist [S]
- Teacher Keys /Leader /School Keys Evaluator Certified
- AASA Aspiring Superintendent Academy
- GAEL Executive Leadership Coaching certification
Affiliations
- AASA Superintendents Association (2023-current)
- AASA Aspiring Superintendent’s Cohort completion (2023-2024)
- State of Georgia Governor’s Leadership cohort completed (2023)
- DeKalb County Principal Leadership Academy completed (2015)
- Novice Assistant Principal and Principal Mentor (ongoing)
- National Association of School Principals (NASP)
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum and Development (ASCD)
- Georgia Association of Educators (GAE)
- Organization of DeKalb Educators (ODE)
- National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE)
Custom
References. Available upon request.
Custom
- Chosen host administrator of Dominican Republic delegates and administrators through Mercer University, 2024
- State of Georgia Title I Rewards School, 2023
- DCSD Superintendents’ 20-member communications team, 2023
- Prominent and model status as a PBIS school for 3 consecutive years, 2017-2019
- State of Georgia and GA DOE 'Family Friendly School Award' winner, 2016
- Outstanding Young American/ Who’s Who among Top Administrators
- Teacher of the Year and Representative for DeKalb County Schools, 2001
- Sallie Mae First Year First Class Teacher Award local school
- Sallie Mae First Year First Class Teacher Award district representative
Custom
- School Turnaround in a Post Covid World: The Woodward Way, Association of School and Curriculum Development, 03/01/24
- 6 Systems Overview, Area 1 principals, 12/01/23
- Creating a Collaborative Culture for Student Success, district principals, 11/01/23
- Progress Monitoring: The Peer Way, Region principals, 01/01/22
- Justice for ELs, Region principals, 01/01/19
- Innovative Ways to Involve Spanish-Speaking Parents while Building School Capacity, ESOL Conference, Kennesaw State, 01/01/15
- Empowering Parents One Stakeholder at Time, Dekalb Cluster presentation, 01/01/18
- Understanding Interactions of Home and School ELL Student Success, Dissertation presentation, 01/01/16
- How to Empower your Stakeholders One at a Time, DCSD Summer Leadership, 01/01/14
Quote
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney
Work Availability
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Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Certified Leadership, and Executive Coach
Atlanta Public School System
07.2024 - Current
Model Principal Program Facilitator
DCSD COGNIA Model School /The New Teacher Project (TNTP)
01.2017 - 01.2021
District Certified Turnaround Principal and Principal Mentor
Woodward Elementary
01.2016 - 01.2024
Turnaround Assistant Principal
Woodward/Indian Creek Elementary
11.2005 - 06.2016
Teacher/Literacy Coach/Title I & EIP Reading and Math Specialist/IB Facilitator
Avondale Elementary
08.1995 - 11.2005
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - education
Morris Brown College
Master of Educational Leadership and Administration (M.A.) - undefined
Clark Atlanta University
Doctoral and specialist degree (Ed. D./Ed. S.) - leadership k-12
Argosy University
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