Jamelle R. Settles

I worked alongside my mentor principal to improve the quality of education for underserved students in a Title 1 school.

• Decreased discipline by 85%.
• Improved student performance on the MAP test with 100% growth across all grade levels.
• Refined the intervention block to increase the number of students engaging in intervention by 60%.
• Calibrated with the leadership team to ensure high-quality instruction expectations are clear.
• Provided teachers with high-leverage feedback to improve instructional practices.
• Created a two-week coaching cycle to coach teachers towards proficiency or higher.
• Supported the development of systems to establish, maintain, and improve the school culture.
• Delivered professional development tailored toward teacher needs and school data trends.

• Used design thinking to develop a gamification framework for implementing gamifying elements across the company's products.
• Led a creative design team in creating three educational game shells targeting misconceptions and fluency.
• Used market research to implement specific gaming elements, resulting in a 30% increase in active users.
• Successfully piloted a new prototype that entered the US market with adoptions in three districts.

• Consistently met a quarterly tight 35-deliverable deadline early while maintaining a high-quality culture throughout the editing process.
• Managed Slack and Wrike or Jiro to ensure the timely publication of 140 content deliverables.
• Streamlined content production for faster turnaround times by optimizing workflows and resource allocation.
• Defined the scope of work and quality assurance measurements for production.
• Managed a diverse team of writers, ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality content across multiple platforms.
• Managed a multi-million editorial budget effectively, ensuring the optimal allocation of resources.
• Developed comprehensive style guides for various publications to maintain consistency in voice tone and branding across different formats.
• Negotiated contracts with freelancers and vendors, securing favorable terms while maintaining budgetary constraints.

• Oversaw the development and design of three teacher guides including project-based activities, study guides, teacher notes, and other educational resources.
• Supervised and engaged in the quality and accuracy of 140 lessons aligned to the common core standards, clarification of common misconceptions, and age appropriateness of all deliverables.
• Guided 12 writers in writing materials with research-based strategies that support social-emotional learning, emerging bilinguals, at-risk and gifted and talented learners, and teaching growth mindset.
• Wrote 80 weekly formative and summative assessment questions using the depth of knowledge framework.

• Open the first and largest 6 -12 all-boys school in Abu Dhabi with a 3,254-student enrollment.
• Coached the local principal in creating a vision and an action plan to transition from teacher-centered instruction to student-centered instruction focusing on evidence-based practices.
• Established a school-wide data cycle to track the progress of the shift in instructional practices.
• Implemented Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to build teachers' capacity.
• Worked with department heads to redesign the curriculum and create a lesson plan template.
• Rearranged classrooms and Pod spaces to foster the instructional shift.
• Served on the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Education interview panel to provide hiring recommendations for teachers, administrators, and curriculum specialists candidates from all seven continents.

Implemented a blended learning program in grades 3-8, focusing on individualized adaptive learning pathways for students.

• Coached teachers in identifying class and student learning pathways.
• Used curriculum specialists to analyze data to identify teacher curriculum gaps and to tailor professional development.
• Refined PLCs to build teacher capacity and address pressing curriculum concerns.
• Used instructional rounds to calibrate with the leadership team.
• Decreased out-of-school suspensions by 73% and physical altercations by 84%.
• 100% student growth on the MAP Test in Math and Reading.

• Met Standard in STAAR.
• Outstanding academic achievement in Reading/ELA and Mathematics.
• Top 25% Student Progress.
• Decreased discipline referrals and suspension (in and out) for the at-risk population by 85%.
• Created a data cycle to identify campus instructional strengths, weaknesses, and discipline trends.
• Provided tailored professional development based on campus and individual teacher trends.
• Utilized Professional Learning Communities (PLC) to build teachers' subject capacity.

• Chosen to oversee the district middle school summer school program for two consecutive years (2011 and 2012).
• Trained and mentored district aspiring principals on establishing a school culture, creating systems, and budget allocation.
• Managed the budget to allocate funds for staffing, instructional supplies, snacks, and other expenses.
• Collaborated with the school counselors and special education coordinators to meet the needs and all support required for all students.
• Created a master schedule, organized bus intake from five schools, teacher orientation, registration, record keeping, and other related duties.
• Supported human resources operations, including hiring, training, disciplinary action, and termination in compliance with legal guidelines and requirements.