Emily Marie Hernandez
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Dedicated and driven Assistant Principal seeking the opportunity to lead the instructional and operational duties of a school as the proud Principal. Product of LAUSD schools with twenty five years of service in roles such as Teacher’s Assistant, Teacher, Reading Intervention Coordinator, Title I Coordinator, English Learner Coordinator, Learning Management System Facilitator Coach - Personalized Learning Services, Primary Promise Literacy/Intervention & Prevention Support Coordinator and current Assistant Principal.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Principal
Wilshire Park Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District
2022.01 - 2023.09
- Managed, trained, supported and evaluated Classified personnel; specifically Campus Aides, Teachers’s Assistants, and Special
- Education Aides providing daily monitoring, training on Active Supervision, and leading of monthly update meetings as well as investigated and concluded disciplinary meetings for classified personnel
- Guided and developed building and grounds staff to maintain a clean, safe, and operational school environment
- Informally and formally evaluated Certificated personnel using the MyEDST Platform
- Created and delivered all instructional professional development that supported English Language Arts, Mathematics, and English
- Language Development
- Coordinated roll out and professional development of staff for for the Write From the Beginning program for school wide implementation
- Collaborated with Community Agencies to connect and create to create schedules for instructional support/electives for students such as: Cedars Sinai, Enrich LA Gardening Program
- Delivered professional development in support of district initiatives as mandated including but not limited to such topics as:
- Superintendent’s Strategic Plan, Child Abuse and Neglect, and Implicit Bias
- Facilitated and supported opportunities for teachers to engage in the analyzing of data that included data chats and bi-monthly data-driven planning time
- Communicated with families, district personnel and
- Counseled and supported students with behavior interventions as a result of discipline referrals guiding with restorative justice strategies
- Served as iSTAR Designee: Conducted and participated in investigations involving students, staff, and the school community and reported the incidents as policy using the iSTAR incident platform
- Served as Title I Coordinator while Assistant Principal: Responsible for all Title I Accountabilities and Title I Budget, School Plan for Student Achievement.
- Served as English Learner Designee while Assistant Principal: Responsible for all EL Accountabilities; Monitoring and
- Reclassification of English Learners and coordinating the ELPAÇ
- Served as Designees for such programs as: Homeless and Foster Youth and More than a Meal
- School Safety Plan Designee: Coordinated and implemented The Great Shake for the 2022-2023 school year ensuring that our certificated and classified staff were aware of the policy and protocols to execute in the event of an earthquake
- School Wide Positive Behavior Support Designee: Monitored, evaluated, and supported systems in place for school wide positive behavior support following the guidelines of SWPBIS that included monthly community meetings, behavior assemblies, evaluating discipline referrals, monitoring the Rubric of Implementation and supporting and monitoring the delivery of school wide incentives
- Created weekly Administration Team Meeting Agendas for my Principal and I to provide updates on all necessary items relating to instruction and operations.
Primary Promise Intervention/Prevention Support Teacher
Wilshire Park Elementary School
2021.07 - 2021.12
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Analyzed all data around English Language Arts for the school site
- Collaborated with Principal to share data, create an action plan for the school, and review current and relevant school wide data that supported the Primary Promise intervention
- Participated and executed all Primary Promise Initiatives as led by Division of Instruction
- Created and delivered timely professional development in the area of foundational literacy skills, small group differentiation, and data analysis after each DIBELS assessment cycle BOY, MOY, and EOY
- Created schedules for small group pull-out early foundational reading skills support for grades kindergarten through third
- Trained and supported a Primary Promise Aide in the curricular programs and implementation of small group differentiation of learners
- Trained in Orton Gillingham
- Trained in 95 Percent
- Trained in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness-Phonics Kits
Grade K Teacher
Wilshire Park Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District
, West
2020.10 - 2021.06
- Carried out all duties as assigned to fulfill the role of K teacher by LAUSD.
Grade 1 Teacher
Collins Elementary School, Paramount Unified School District
2020.01 - 2020.06
- Carried out all duties as assigned to fulfill the role of first grade teacher by PUSD..
Grade 6 Magnet Teacher
El Sereno Middle School
2017.01 - 2019.01
- Magnet, IB World School, Los Angeles Unified School District - East
- Carried out all duties as assigned to fulfill the role of 6th grade magnet teacher by LAUSD
- Collaborated with stakeholders to support a grant writing project in accordance to initiating a school facilities improvement project.
Learning Management System Facilitator Coach
2016.01 - 2017.01
- Personalized Learning Systems
- DOI/ITD/ITI Collaboration - Los Angeles Unified School District - Central
- Supported all initiatives related to Personalized Learning for LAUSD
- Created, navigated, and informed district personnel of the newly adopted learning management system Schoology
- Collaborated with a team of personnel in instruction, MiSIS, technology, and leadership support for the district on a daily basis
- Provided training and professional development for all departments of the district that worked out of the central offices utilizing features of Schoology that were applicable to these departments to leverage their tasks and information in an effective,timely, and resourceful manner
- Created and delivered professional development for middle school and elementary school teachers in all regions to support the roll out of Schoology including such topics as navigation of the platform, features, and instructional and operational use
- Initiated and instructed teachers as to how to use the district wide system of the gradebook feature of Schoology for middle school teachers.
Teacher
2013.01 - 2016.01
- Grades 1, 3, & 4, : Structured English Immersion & GATE
- Wilshire Park Elementary, Los Angeles Unified School District - West
- Carried out all duties as assigned to fulfill the role of first, third, and fourth grade teacher by LAUSD.
Instructional Coach, Intervention/EL Coordinator/Admin Designee
Reading, West Hollywood Elementary School, Apple Distinguished School, Los Angeles Unified School
2011.01 - 2013.01
- District - West
- Carried out all duties as assigned to fulfill the role of Instructional Coach, Coordinator, and Designee by LAUSD.
Reading Intervention Support Coordinator
Cabrillo Avenue Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District
2009.01 - 2011.01
- Carried out all duties as assigned to fulfill the role of Reading Intervention Support Coordinator by LAUSD.
5 Teacher
Cabrillo Avenue Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School
2002.01 - 2009.01
- Carried out all duties as assigned to fulfill the role of first, third, and fifth grade teacher by LAUSD.
Teacher’s Assistant
Cabrillo Avenue Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District
1998.01 - 2002.01
- Carried out all duties as assigned to fulfill the role of Teacher’s Assistant by LAUSD.
Assistant Principal
Walnut Park Elementary School
Walnut Park
2023.09 - Current
- Guide instruction by mentoring teachers to improve leadership and teaching effectiveness through formal ( EDST) and informal observations (weekly).
- Investigate incidents involving disciplinary action against students or staff members - supporting the discipline referral process, counseling, and Restorative Justice protocols.
- Support the Principal in the monitoring and implementation of the school-wide Positive Behavior Support Plan, Tiered Fidelity Inventory - serving as Action Team lead.
- Support our school-wide emphasis on safety and reporting policies in alignment with district protocols as lead of the Crisis Response Team.
- Continue to build my leadership and instructional capacity and experience as a participating member of Instructional Rounds as led by our local Community of Schools Administrator.
- Support the Instructional Leadership Team with building our Professional Learning Communities, analyzing data, and guiding our Instructional Support Team with the resources needed to facilitate garde level data digs.
- Serve as a liaison between the school administration and community groups or organizations and support our community school with community fairs and access to resources and educational opportunities.
- Support the Principal with School Budget and all components of the Comprehensive Needs Assessment, Budget Development, and staffing/resource needs.
- Continue to build capacity as an instructional and operational leader by serving as a member of the Suspension/Expulsion Review Committee Hearing an iAttend Home Visit Opportunities.
- Deliver Professional Development for teachers around Common Core State Standards, Literacy - PDSA Cycle and Leader in Me
- Serve as the Principal in the absence of our own Principal.
Assistant Principal, Coordinator, English Learner Coordinator, Facilitator
- Seeking the opportunity to lead the instructional and operational duties of a school as the
- Proud Principal
- Product of LAUSD schools with twenty five years of service in roles such as Teacher’s Assistant, Teacher,
- Reading Intervention Coordinator, Title I, Coach - Personalized Learning Services, Primary Promise Literacy/Intervention & Prevention Support
- Coordinator and current Assistant Principal
Education
LAUSD Aspiring Principal Program
2024-05
LACOE Administrative Clear Credential Program -
06.2023
Aspiring Assistant Principals Program -
01.2022
Preliminary Administrative Credential -
California State University
01.2011
Master of Arts - Reading Education
California State University
01.2010
Reading and Language Arts Specialist Credential -
01.2010
California Reading Certificate -
01.2008
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies, Elementary Ed
California State University
01.2002
Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential with CLAD - Vis and Perf Arts
01.2002
Skills
- Dedicated leader.
- Collaborative with all stakeholders
- Effective communicator
- Data - driven
- Multi-task with efficiency
- Problem solver
- Lead with heart
- Community builder
- Positive
- Knowledge of Federal and State Programs
- Compliance driven
- Communication Skills
- Instructional Leader
- Reading Specialist
- Budget Development
- Parent Engagement and Communication
Timeline
Assistant Principal
Walnut Park Elementary School
2023.09 - Current
Assistant Principal
Wilshire Park Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District
2022.01 - 2023.09
Primary Promise Intervention/Prevention Support Teacher
Wilshire Park Elementary School
2021.07 - 2021.12
Grade K Teacher
Wilshire Park Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District
2020.10 - 2021.06
Grade 1 Teacher
Collins Elementary School, Paramount Unified School District
2020.01 - 2020.06
Grade 6 Magnet Teacher
El Sereno Middle School
2017.01 - 2019.01
Learning Management System Facilitator Coach
2016.01 - 2017.01
Teacher
2013.01 - 2016.01
Instructional Coach, Intervention/EL Coordinator/Admin Designee
Reading, West Hollywood Elementary School, Apple Distinguished School, Los Angeles Unified School
2011.01 - 2013.01
Reading Intervention Support Coordinator
Cabrillo Avenue Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District
2009.01 - 2011.01
5 Teacher
Cabrillo Avenue Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School
2002.01 - 2009.01
Teacher’s Assistant
Cabrillo Avenue Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District
1998.01 - 2002.01
Assistant Principal, Coordinator, English Learner Coordinator, Facilitator
LAUSD Aspiring Principal Program
LACOE Administrative Clear Credential Program -
Aspiring Assistant Principals Program -
Preliminary Administrative Credential -
California State University
Master of Arts - Reading Education
California State University
Reading and Language Arts Specialist Credential -
California Reading Certificate -
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies, Elementary Ed
California State University
Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential with CLAD - Vis and Perf Arts
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