Summary
Work History
Education
Professional Development
Specialized Training
Content Training
Professional Presentations
Guest Speaker
References
Volunteer Experience
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Professional Highlights
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IRMA FLORES-BROTHERS

San Antonio,Texas

Summary

Extensive experience: driving change while managing and developing high performance teams with a proven success rate for over 25 years - curriculum delivery, planning, assessment and monitoring of strategic implementation, public relations, talent development and acquisition to improve academic performance of diverse learners.

Work History

Gifted and Talented Specialist

Office of Curriculum and Instruction, Oklahoma State Department of Education
  • Serve on a team to establish a gifted and talented program for the State of Oklahoma.
  • Support designated districts, establishing working rapport with administrators and teachers.
  • Design and deliver professional development training sessions aligned to national standards.
  • Provide individual and small-group consultation and guidance in best practices; observe, model and co-teach 5E lessons in designated classrooms.
  • Coordinate appropriate services and provide specialized instructional techniques designed to meet the instructional needs of gifted and talented students.

Adjunct Faculty

University of Central Oklahoma
  • Facilitate the acquisition of current research and encourage the development of skills to read, understand, and critically evaluate second language literature.

Administrator Substitute – All Levels

Austin Independent School District
  • Serve as campus leader in absence of permanent administrator following all local, state and federal policies and procedures.

Administrator – Principal and Assistant Principal

Hays Consolidated Independent School District
  • Trained and led 60 highly productive staff members.
  • 'Exemplary' Texas Education Agency rating for 4 consecutive years.

Administrator - Principal, Assistant Principal, Gifted and Talented Facilitator

Fort Worth Independent School District
  • Charged with moving RJ Wilson forward academically.
  • Organizational change occurred through effective management with thoughtful planning, sensitive implementation and stakeholder consultation.

  • Extensive experience driving change while managing and developing high performance teams with a proven success rate for over 25 years - curriculum delivery, planning, assessment and monitoring of strategic implementation, public relations, talent development and acquisition to improve academic performance of diverse learners.

Education

Master of Education - Mid-Management Administrator (Grades PK-12), Bilingual, English As A Second Language-Certified, Gifted and Talented-Endorsed

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Texas Teacher Certificate -

State Board of Education

Professional Development

  • The Ammerman Experience – Communication Training in Critical Situation
  • TxBESS Mentor Training – Mentor Support Training to Retain High Quality Trained Individuals
  • Diversity Personnel Skills for Supervisors of Staff
  • Critical Incident Stress Management
  • Leadership Academy
  • Professional Learning Communities

Specialized Training

  • Texas Reading Academy
  • Apple Teacher Certification
  • Texas School Improvement Initiative
  • Motivational Techniques for Increased Classroom Learning
  • TxBess Training
  • Media/Crisis Communication Training for Educators
  • TASPA Personnel Skills for Supervisors of Non-Exempt Staff
  • Critical Incident Stress Management
  • Stretching Elementary School Minds
  • Outcome Based Instruction
  • Diversity Cadre Training
  • Professional Development Appraisal System
  • Leadership Academy
  • Questioning and Understanding to Impact Learning and Thinking

Content Training

  • Technology Leadership Academy
  • Texas Teacher Technology Competencies Certification
  • Gifted and Talented Administrative Training, Part I and II
  • Gifted and Talented Administrative Training Common Understanding
  • CONFRATUTE – School’s Attuned, Dr. Joseph Renzulli, University of Connecticut
  • Talents Unlimited, Mobile, Alabama
  • Engine-Uity Workshop, Tyler, Texas
  • Texas Future Problem Solving

Professional Presentations

  • University of Central Oklahoma Multicultural Institute, Civil Discourse for Equity
  • Region VIII Service Center, Strategies to Lower Special Education Referrals
  • Annual Conference, Texas Association of Gifted and Talented, A Follow Through Guide for Teachers of Gifted/Talented Students, Mobile, Alabama
  • Fort Worth ISD Symposium, Annual Gifted Conference, Schoolwide Enrichment Model: Renzulli’s Triad Model, Austin, Texas
  • Social Studies Symposium, Making Research Fun, Fort Worth, Texas, 1992-1993

Guest Speaker

  • Texas State University Education Department
  • Fort Worth ISD Administrators Group
  • CampFire Community Meetings, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Texas Christian University Education Program, Fort Worth, Texas

References

Available Upon Request

Volunteer Experience

St. Martin de Porras, Dripping Springs, Texas, Faith Formation Teacher

Professional Highlights

  • Under my leadership, campus rated number 20 for the DFW region’s best 200 elementary schools - Fourth highest rated campus for the Fort Worth Independent School District., 05/01/01, D Magazine
  • Principal - First Hays Consolidated School District’s Texas Education Agency’s 'Exemplary' ranked campus.
  • Created innovative programs for children such as cooking classes, public speaking training through The Ammerman Experience, Spanish language acquisition.
  • Developed and presented professional development opportunities to significantly raise academic rigor, results were highlighted and recognized in local media.
  • Gifted and Talented Facilitator - Developed and presented professional development opportunities at out of state conferences and Texas Educational Region Service Center.
  • Led 'Low Performing' campus to 'Recognized' within 2 years, lowered special education identified students to 7 inclusion students, raised state assessment scores averaging 10 percentage in an academic year.

Timeline

Gifted and Talented Specialist

Office of Curriculum and Instruction, Oklahoma State Department of Education

Adjunct Faculty

University of Central Oklahoma

Administrator Substitute – All Levels

Austin Independent School District

Administrator – Principal and Assistant Principal

Hays Consolidated Independent School District

Administrator - Principal, Assistant Principal, Gifted and Talented Facilitator

Fort Worth Independent School District

Master of Education - Mid-Management Administrator (Grades PK-12), Bilingual, English As A Second Language-Certified, Gifted and Talented-Endorsed

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Texas Teacher Certificate -

State Board of Education

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