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Emily McLellan

Baton Rouge,Louisiana

Summary

Highly motivated and dedicated master teacher with experience designing and delivering professional learning to enhance teaching practices and student outcomes. Skilled in instructional coaching, developing and delivering data-driven professional learning, analyzing student and teacher data, and collaborating with teachers and leaders to build teacher capacity in instructional practices.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Master Teacher

White Castle High School
08.2020 - Current
  • Created school goals and long-range plans for instruction and assessment
  • Collaborated with the instructional leadership team in analyzing school data
  • Created and administered weekly cluster meetings for professional development
  • Conducted instructional coaching and support based on individual teacher and student needs
  • Located researched-based instructional strategies to support student achievement, and facilitated field testing
  • Utilized student data to assess progress toward cluster, classroom, and school goals
  • Supported teachers in tailoring instruction to support student needs, resulting in WCHS raising its School Performance Score by 14.6 points.

Teacher

Plaquemine High School
08.2014 - 08.2020
  • Taught 8th grade ELA, English I, Speech I, and Speech II

  • Implemented Tier One curricula for students with a range of abilities
  • Collaborated with mentor and master teachers, literacy specialists, speech therapists, and behavioral interventionists to create accommodations for students
  • Implemented interventions based on student data

Education

Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership

Liberty University
12-2024

Master of Education - Curriculum and Instruction, Literacy

Louisiana State University
08-2018

Bachelor of Arts - English, Secondary Education

Louisiana State University
05-2014

Credentials and Research

National Institute for Excellence in Teaching Fellow

  • Selected as one of 12 teacher leaders across the country to participate in the 2024-2025 NIET Fellows Program
  • Participated in professional learning, job shadowing, and content creation for NIET
  • Developed instructional leadership and distributive leadership skills to enact positive outcomes for schools and school districts


National Writing Project Teacher Consultant June 2017

  • Participant in the 2017 LSU National Writing Project Summer Institute
  • Certified National Writing Project Teacher Consultant


Louisiana Teacher Leader Advisor July 2022 - March 2024

  • Collaborated with educators across Louisiana to develop sections of the Louisiana Guidebooks curriculum


Aspiring Leaders Academy September 2022 - May 2023

  • Selected for and participated in the Iberville Parish Aspiring Leaders Academy, working with district leaders and peers to grow in school building leadership
  • Participated in leadership coaching with the LSU Leadership Development Institute


Research in Rhetorical Pedagogies October 2013

  • Conducted undergraduate research via LSU's ASPIRE Program in rhetorical pedagogies
  • Presented research titled "Material Pedagogies in Plato's Phaedrus" at the 2013 Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT


Research in Collaborative-Based Writing Instruction February 2018

  • Completed graduate research on writing instruction in secondary English classrooms
  • Presented research titled "Using Collaborative-Based Writing Instruction to Empower Secondary School Writers" at the 2018 Curriculum Camp Conference at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA


Research in Teacher Support and Student Engagement

  • Conducted a mixed-methods research project investigating the roles of teacher autonomy, efficacy, and perceptions of student engagement in school leaders' efforts to support teachers in shifting to student-centered instructional practices

Timeline

Master Teacher

White Castle High School
08.2020 - Current

Teacher

Plaquemine High School
08.2014 - 08.2020

Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership

Liberty University

Master of Education - Curriculum and Instruction, Literacy

Louisiana State University

Bachelor of Arts - English, Secondary Education

Louisiana State University
Emily McLellan