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Hi, I’m

Justin Jeffs

Huxley,IA

Summary

  • Self-motivated school administrator with assertive and outcome-driven nature. A servant leader, who remains extremely calm in any high pressure situation. An administrator who believes that there are viable solutions to all challenges and that collaboration is key in developing viable solutions.
  • Skilled educator with over 15 years of experience leading school staff members and education programs.
  • Results-driven Administrator with 15 years honed expertise in financial and resource management and administration. Strong understanding with local, state and federal standards and regulations related to academic performance, assessment programs and educational practices. Experienced leading faculty and staff in large urban areas.
  • Have been an active participant on our District Finance Committee for several years. Some of the work I've been apart of includes the following.
  • Collaborated closely with school board members, department heads, and community stakeholders to create fiscally responsible budgets.
  • Actively involved in the budget planning process, forecasting financial needs and resource allocations for instructional programs, operations, and capital improvements.
  • Identified cost-saving measures and revenue-generating opportunities, maximizing resources without compromising educational quality.
  • Presented budget proposals and reports to the school board, effectively communicating financial strategies, priorities, and the impact on student achievement.
  • Performed many professional evaluations over the years with the goal of improving teaching and learning through research based instructional frameworks.
  • Internally Motivated administrator that excels in team building, culture-improving and performance-increasing initiatives. Demonstrating versatility in leadership approaches to acquire active participation in collaborative activities.
  • Dedicated administrator with a high-level expertise in data-driven decision execution. Developed programs and promoted opportunities for student achievement in large metropolitan school system. Excellent statistical, systems management and communications skills leading to optimum outcomes.
  • Focused education professional with master's degree in administration and experience helping students achieve education goals. Talented at building lasting relationships and partnering with others to meet objectives.
  • Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

21
years of professional experience

Work History

Kate Mitchell Elementary

ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL
07.2011 - Current

Job overview

  • Formulated and implemented school safety and security policies.
  • Coordinated staff and student activities to promote safe and productive learning environments.
  • 7 years of training around diversity, equity, and inclusion and implementation at building level.
  • Participant in District Wide Strategic Plan Creation and Implementation.
  • Researched and incorporated new educational trends and instructional strategies to optimize education effectiveness.
  • Defined and enforced student academic achievement standards in line with district goals and objectives.
  • Studied assessment information covering students, teachers and school operations to formulate improvement plans.
  • Communicated with parents to encourage active parental participation in education.
  • Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
  • Established instructional practices driven through statistical performance data.
  • Allocated school budgets and solicited additional funding from grant programs with well-written applications.
  • Kept school in full compliance with established policies, legal requirements and student safety standards.
  • Collaborated with administration staff to develop functional budgets within allocated funds.
  • Mentored newly hired educators and provided encouragement and feedback.
  • Administered personnel policies and procedures and approved professional staff additions.
  • Monitored student progress and implemented intervention strategies to support student success.
  • Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies, and behavior modification.
  • Introduced modifications to our math and literacy curriculum and introduced new, effective instructional techniques.
  • Cultivated positive relationships between community members, school students, and teachers.
  • Monitored and evaluated educational programs to maintain high-quality performance objectives and standards.
  • Managed budgets and resources for educational programs.
  • Established a positive, stimulating learning environment for students and an exciting education-focused setting for teachers.
  • Oversaw schedule management and protocols for orientation, registration, and related activities.
  • Over 20 years working in Title Schools with high numbers of at-risk youth
  • The highest percentage of growth achieved in our district according to FAST/MAP Data
  • Our school is currently considered to be a PLC school through Solution Tree, based on our growth data over the last five years.

Katy Independent School District

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
07.2009 - 07.2011

Job overview

  • Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff
  • Observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance, and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills
  • Plan and conduct teacher training programs and conferences dealing with new classroom procedures, instructional materials and equipment, and teaching aids
  • Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques, and to determine areas where improvement is needed
  • Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives
  • Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavioral or learning problems
  • Built productive relationships with parents of students facing difficult situations at school or at home.
  • Monitored and evaluated educational programs to maintain high-quality performance objectives and standards.
  • Supported special education department by developing programs and protocols for at-risk youth and students with special needs.
  • Oversaw schedule management and protocols for orientation, registration, and related activities.
  • Supported hiring, training, and disciplinary action in compliance with legal guidelines and requirements.
  • Supervised and evaluated teaching and support staff through instructional leadership and professional development.

Katy Independent School District

INSTRUCTIONAL COACH
07.2008 - 07.2009

Job overview

  • Provide professional development around researched best practices
  • Observe staff and provide specific feedback in relation to their goals
  • Model lessons in classrooms and reflect with teachers
  • Facilitate PLC's with teams
  • Cognitive Coaching with staff
  • Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues
  • Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out
  • Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives
  • Enforce discipline and attendance rules
  • Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavioral or learning problems.
  • Analyzed student data, diagnosed instructional needs and identified research-based instructional strategies.
  • Maintained confidentiality while recording and keeping detailed track of student performances.
  • Built and maintained positive relationships with students, parents, colleagues and administrators.
  • Assessed students through diagnostic tests, in addition to formative and summative data.
  • Coached teachers to improve practices through professional development and modeling instructional strategies.
  • Met diverse student population needs by planning and implementing lessons with wide variety of teaching strategies.
  • Planned and implemented lessons utilizing variety of teaching strategies to meet diverse student needs.
  • Provided direction and coordination to learners and provided ongoing feedback to learners.
  • Reviewed formative and summative data and information from diagnostic tests to accurately assess students.

Alief Independent School District

Elementary Classroom Teacher/Interventionist
07.2003 - 07.2007

Job overview

  • Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations
  • Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests
  • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students
  • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible
  • Drove student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.
  • Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs
  • Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks
  • Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.

Education

Drake University
Des Moines, IA

Doctoral Education/Superintendent Licensure from Educational Administration
03.2024

University Overview

  • Dean's List (2022-2024) Drake University
  • Hold current Superintendent K-12 Licensure
  • Administrator Licensure
  • Evaluator Licensure


UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
Houston, TX

Master of Science from Educational Management
12.2008

University Overview

  • Dean's List all semesters (2006-2008)

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Kearney, NE

Bachelor of Arts from Education
05.2003

University Overview

  • Full Scholarship for Wrestling

Winterset High School
Winterset, IA

High School Diploma
06.1995

University Overview

  • Extracurricular Activities:
  • Captain of Football Team
  • Captain of Wrestling Team
  • Captain of Golf Team
  • 1995 State Champion in Wrestling
  • 1994 Team State Champion Wrestling

Skills

  • Belief in high expectations for all
  • Belief that you get out what you put into things
  • Don't expect from others what I won't be willing to do myself
  • Building trust through transparency, competence, and follow through
  • Internally motivated to bring the best out of people and to make schools and amazing place for all investors to thrive
  • Decision making through an equity lens
  • Servant Leadership
  • Organizational Skills
  • Good Communication Skills
  • Active Listener
  • Cognitive Coaching
  • Build Relationships
  • Growing Leaders
  • Positive Reinforcement Strategies
  • Instructional Strategies
  • Program Evaluation
  • Process Improvement
  • Instructional Leadership
  • Strong understanding of the Leader in Me model
  • Created Professional Development based on building needs
  • Staff Meetings that are meaningful, collaborative, and engaging
  • Able to identify individual strengths and areas of growth
  • Team Collaboration in PLC work
  • Expense Allocation
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Positive Learning Environment
  • Public Speaking
  • Budget Creation
  • Strong ability in the area of performing financial analysis' looking at all aspects of a District's budget
  • Community Engagement
  • Staff Management
  • Data-Driven Instruction
  • Curriculum Development
  • Student Achievement through data analyzing and differentiation
  • Group Facilitation and Presentations
  • Operations Oversight
  • Active Listening
  • Budget Administration
  • Academic Program Management
  • School Community Relations
  • Teacher Performance Improvement
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Status Reports
  • Curriculum Standards
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Communications Expertise
  • Community Relations
  • Statistical Data
  • Program Implementation
  • Discipline Management
  • Funding Management
  • Performance Improvement
  • Performance Evaluations
  • Goal Planning
  • Operational Planning
  • Parent Engagement
  • Schedule Oversight
  • Faculty Collaboration
  • Student Performance Data
  • Expenditure Approvals
  • Mentoring
  • Documentation
  • Technology (Computer,Microsoft, Powerpoint, GoogleDocs, Spreadsheets, etc)

Accomplishments

Accomplishments
  • Nominated for the Principal of the Year Award by district staff. Received Dan Woodin Award of Academic Excellence.
  • Received the highest rating of Excellence in Iowa according to the Iowa Performance Profile. Only 1% of all schools in Iowa received this high of a rating.
  • Have been praised from district officials on having a strong climate/culture in all aspects of our system. This has led to having the best staff retention rate in district over several years. This has also led to a strong sense of belonging data based on panorama data with all stake holders including staff, students, and families.
  • Spearheaded Literacy/Math improvement plan implementation which redefined expected growth in academics for all students. Led movement in creating high expectations for all and what that looks like each day at school.
  • Coordinated yearly budgets for 15 years
  • Strong knowledge base around using the forecast 5 method when looking at school district funding/allocations. This allows districts to make good decisions around budgets/allocations in the future based on enrollment trends, state funding trends, and incoming Miscellaneous income trends.
  • Our building increased overall student academic performance on standardized tests per individual by 40% over the last year. The average in our district was 12% growth.
  • Overhauled ineffective processes and designed behavior modification plan which successfully reduced suspension rates 70% over the last two years.
  • Helped facilitate a system of high level PLC work using Dufour's work.
  • Helped facilitate the creation of a healthy MTSS system. A system ensuring no one falls in between the cracks and that all students get what they need to be pushed forward.
  • 7 years of training in diversity, equity, and inclusion within school systems.

Additional Information

Additional Information
  • LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS , Professional Administrator License Evaluation License (Folder # 1005226)
  • Qualify for Conditional Superintendent Licensure if hired


References

References

Scott Grimes

Current Ames Superintendent

scott.grimes@ames.k12.ia.us

Cell # 515-664-0577


Dr. Julious Lawson (2022-2024)

Past Superintendent Ames, IA

Cell # 773-419-5529


Christine Trujillo (Mentor last 2 years)

Superintendent Gilbert, IA

trujilloc@gilbertcsd.org

Cell# 602-538-4047


Dr. Chad Dumas

Former Elementary Director Ames, IA

chad@nextlearningsolutions.com

Cell #308-224-7036


Dr. Ryan Wise

Dean of Education Drake University

ryan.wise@drake.edu

Work# 515-271-3829


Dr. Tim Taylor

Former Superintendent Ames, IA (2012-2019)

ttaylor32549@gmail.com

Cell #515-745-5719


Darwin Lehmann (School Finance Resource)

Superintendent Forest Springs

dlehmann@forestcityschools.org

Cell# 641-590-6109


Angie DeWaard

Current Board Member

angie.dewaard@gmail.com

515-290-4811


Paula Vincent (2021-2022)

Former Interim Superintendent Ames

319-621-0467








Timeline

ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL
Kate Mitchell Elementary
07.2011 - Current
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Katy Independent School District
07.2009 - 07.2011
INSTRUCTIONAL COACH
Katy Independent School District
07.2008 - 07.2009
Elementary Classroom Teacher/Interventionist
Alief Independent School District
07.2003 - 07.2007
Drake University
Doctoral Education/Superintendent Licensure from Educational Administration
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
Master of Science from Educational Management
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Bachelor of Arts from Education
Winterset High School
High School Diploma

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