Self-motivated school administrator with assertive and outcome-driven nature. Independent worker remains extremely calm in most pressure situations. Skilled educator with 39 years of experience leading school staff members and education programs.. Demonstrated accomplishments in planning, creating, and facilitating elementary and secondary school instructional activities, budgets, and administrative activities. Have directed and coordinated bilingual education components of a district’s Bilingual Education Program: Prek-6th, Two-Way Language Immersion K-12th, English as a Second Language 7th-12th, and Languages Other Than English Program. Have experience coordinating college and career readiness and dual credit program for high school students and as a high school principal.
1. Encourage and support the development, implementation and evaluation of instructional programs that impact the education of ELs and LOTE students.
2. Implement an instructional support system which merges content integration and a knowledge base of language acquisition for the academic teams and district campuses.
3. Monitor the effectiveness of the academic language programs and LOTE programs and services and use evaluative findings to establish or modify goals and objectives.
4. Conference with assigned staff to discuss performance and jointly develop improvement objectives to identify professional growth opportunities and activities.
5. Ensure that federal, state, and local policies and regulation concerning bilingual compliance issues and mandates are addressed and completed in a timely manner.
6. Define and address the program and fiscal needs of the bilingual program in the local budget development and federal application processes and grants.
7. Assist dual language program, English as a Second Language (ESL) and LOTE program staff, academic teams, and campus personnel in disaggregating Federal, State and local data and to utilize the information to formulate and implement an effective action plan for progress and improvement.
8. Ensure the use of technology in the teaching-learning process. 9. Ensure the alignment of campus programs with the district vision, and campus/district scorecards.
10. Involve staff in the evaluation and selection of instructional materials and equipment that best fit the needs of English learners and LOTE students.
11. Promote Professional Learning Communities (PLC) practices at the district and campus level.
12. Work with other academic program directors to assist in the development of the district improvement plan and district’s instructional professional development program. Assist the principals in the development of the campus improvement plans. 13. Train and support the campus LPAC Coordinator to maintain proper records and effectively evaluate, monitor and report the services provided to English Learners. 1.
University of Washington Bothell
Goodlad Institute for Educational Inquiry
Member of Agenda for Education in a Democracy Scholars,
2006-2010
University of Texas At El Paso
BEEMS Conference
Bilingual Administrator of the Year
March 2007
Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association
National Distinguished Principal Nominee
June 2003
Texas Computer Educators Association
Administrator of the Year 1999-2000
State of Texas
Educational Technology Advisory Committee
Served on the committee from 2004-2006. The ETAC developed the Long Range Plan for Technology for the State of Texas, 2006-2020.
Member of the BEEMS Conference Advisory Council from 1999-2015
Member of State Deal of Bilingualism-Biliteracy Taskforce for the State of New Mexico 2014-2015
Participated in a nationwide study conducted by a team led by Dr. John Goodlad on highly effective principals.