Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Licensure Certifications
Leadership and Professional Development
Presentations
Awards
Timeline
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Jennifer Thomas

Maumelle,AR
Jennifer Thomas

Summary

Highly skilled, results-driven, motivated quality educator, with over twenty years of analyzing children's needs for instruction; proven to be dependable, efficient, creative, and a team player within K-12 curriculum and administration.

Overview

23
years of professional experience

Work History

Little Rock School District
Little Rock, AR

Advanced Academic Network I Partner
07.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Oversee secondary advanced academics, advanced placement, gifted and talented
  • Coordinate collection of documentation for state compliance of gifted services
  • Cultivate and organize professional learning for middle and high school teachers
  • Coach and provide support to teachers on curricular execution
  • Identify and analyze current trends in advanced courses to execute strategic decisions based on growth

Little Rock School District
Little Rock, AR

Secondary Gifted Coordinator/Lead Teacher
09.2016 - 07.2023

Job overview

  • Ensured growth in gifted and advanced secondary education through collaboration with district curriculum teams and administration to create research-driven initiatives and professional development
  • Analyzed trends in advanced placement classroom success to collect and manage accurate data
  • Maintained data and state department compliance for gifted and talented records concerning certifications and training.

SPARK Gifted and Talented Summer Learning Academy

Principal
06.2019 - 08.2019

Job overview

  • Created a safe, educational environment by maintaining employee relations and organizing camp logistics in classroom arrangements and scheduling
  • Customized collaborative professional development for educators to encourage pedagogical growth, creativity, engagement, and curriculum rigor.

Forest Heights STEM K-8th Academy

Gifted and Talented Facilitator
08.2014 - 06.2019

Job overview

  • Developed rigorous STEM-focused lessons for gifted students K-6 and served on various teams and interventions, such as The Acceleration Team, School-based Identification Team, and the First-grade Challenge Group Initiative.

Bale Elementary, Gifted and Talented/STEM Facilitator
08.2011 - 11.2014

Job overview

  • Executed grant writing proposals for school-based programs, such as the 21st Century federal grant, Environment (EPA), and Cultural Kaleidoscope
  • Designed a STEM Lab for K-5th grade, developing curriculum utilizing common core and Next Generation Science Standards
  • Served in various roles, such as school improvement team member, novice teacher mentor, and the ESL and testing coordinator.

David O. Dodd Elementary, Summer Enrichment Camp Coordinator
01.2013

Job overview

  • Ensured students' educational and physical needs through the coordination of transportation, nutrition, and scheduling
  • Managed inventory for purchasing and budget
  • Designed professional development on student motivational practices, instructional methods, and higher-order thinking

Little Rock School District
Little Rock, AR

David O. Dodd Elementary, Literacy Coach
08.2007 - 07.2011

Job overview

  • Implemented Reading First Initiatives and Comprehensive Literacy and Interventions
  • Outlined weekly collegial collaboration team planning meetings and coordinated Family Literacy Nights
  • Organized data rooms and managed the maintenance of the NORMES data website.

Education

Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, AR

Doctoral Student from Educational Leadership

University Overview

University of Central Arkansas

Masters of Science from Educational Leadership/Curriculum and Instruction
12.2002

University Overview

Henderson State University

Bachelors of Science from Education-Social Studies 1st - 6th Specialization
12.2000

University Overview

Skills

  • Database Management
  • Resource allocation and Coordination
  • Staff Supervision
  • Strategic Planning
  • Relationship Building and Professional Networking
  • Coaching and Consulting

Licensure Certifications

Licensure Certifications
  • Micro-Credentialed, Teacher Leader, 05/2019
  • Licensure, Master Teacher, 01/2019
  • English as a Second Language (ESL) Endorsement, K-12, 05/2016
  • Certificate, Framework for Teaching Proficiency Test, 02/2015
  • National Board Certified Renewed, Early Childhood Generalist, 11/2015
  • Gifted and Talented Certification, K-12, 05/2013
  • Certification in Building Level Administration, PK - 8th, 05/2006

Leadership and Professional Development

Leadership and Professional Development
  • Solution Tree, Professional Learning Communities, 2019 - Present
  • Leadership Coaching for High Performance, Level III Completed, 2022
  • AGATE ADHOC Enrichment Committee Chair 2020-2022
  • AGATE Board Scholarship Chair, 2018 - 2022
  • R.I.S.E, Reading Initiative, 2018 - 2021
  • Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) Scorer, 2019
  • Governor's School Application Reader, 2019

Presentations

Presentations
  • Affective Needs for Secondary Students, AGATE Conference 2024
  • Learning Styles and Differentiation K-12, 2021-Present
  • Arkansas for Gifted and Talented Education Webinar/Enrichment Chair, 2020-Present
  • Arkansas Professional Pathway to Educator Licensure (ARPrep), 2019-Present
  • The Art of Self-Assessment - NBPTS, UALR, Support Site, 2015 - 2020
  • Advanced Placement Annual Retreats, Little Rock School District, 2017 - 2019

Awards

Awards
  • Project Height Scholarship Recipient, 2023
  • Challenger Award- AGATE, 2022
  • Educator Award Recipient- AGATE, 2018
  • STEM Champion Award - International STEM Education Association, 2014
  • Pulaski Heights Lions Club Excellence in Teaching Award, 2007

Timeline

Advanced Academic Network I Partner
Little Rock School District
07.2023 - Current
Principal
SPARK Gifted and Talented Summer Learning Academy
06.2019 - 08.2019
Secondary Gifted Coordinator/Lead Teacher
Little Rock School District
09.2016 - 07.2023
Gifted and Talented Facilitator
Forest Heights STEM K-8th Academy
08.2014 - 06.2019
Bale Elementary, Gifted and Talented/STEM Facilitator
08.2011 - 11.2014
David O. Dodd Elementary, Literacy Coach
Little Rock School District
08.2007 - 07.2011
David O. Dodd Elementary, Summer Enrichment Camp Coordinator
01.2013
Arkansas State University
Doctoral Student from Educational Leadership
University of Central Arkansas
Masters of Science from Educational Leadership/Curriculum and Instruction
Henderson State University
Bachelors of Science from Education-Social Studies 1st - 6th Specialization

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