Kerry Rush

• Provided ongoing coaching and support to teaching staff, fostering professional growth and best practices.
• Analyzed student performance data to inform instructional adjustments and targeted interventions.
• Collaborate with administrators, MTSS leads, interventionists and teachers to demonstrate and implement effective, evidence based instructional strategies and interventions

Develop and facilitate professional learning for CPS administrators, teacher on leveraging data to improve MTSS
practices and increase support for students
● Support MTSS Interventionists in developing and implementing student intervention plans
● Build the capacity of Network stakeholders to improve the systems and structures of schools to embed the MTSS framework in all aspects of school improvement, including the Branching Minds Platform.

• Co-manage a team of 20 SEAs to ensure quality professional learning for school leaders, and school-based teams for elementary and high schools.
• Co-design and facilitate professional learning to increase instructional expertise for diverse learner students.
• Build the capacity of the SEA team to analyze metrics, achieve desired outcomes, and devise methods of improved tiered instruction based on analysis and the needs of individual schools and networks.
• Enhance knowledge on structured literacy instruction and how it fits into a tiered model.

• Support over 200 network diverse learner teachers and on evidence-based instruction, MTTS framework and on leveraging data to make instructional decisions.
• Develop and lead Professional Learning Communities to support learning of diverse learner teachers with co-teaching, accommodations/modifications, significantly modified curriculum, grading practices and high leverage practices.

• Collaborate with building and district administration on budget preparation, curriculum development, and assessment guidance.
• Build the capacity of grade level teams in the development and support of student activities, programs and lessons.
• Train and coach teachers on the MTSS framework, effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies and interventions.
• Create, organize and monitor data reports, school newsletter, school website and procedure manuals.
• Co-create with the school MTSS team a menu of MTSS interventions and LRE flowchart for preschool students that lead to an 80% decrease in preschool referrals.

• Employed innovative methods and materials to implement evidence-based interventions to improve the development of sensory/perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
• Coordinated special education students and teacher assistant schedules with the master schedule.
• Delivered effective and tiered classroom instruction to a diverse group of students.
• Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
• Maintain open lines of communication with parents and caregivers to support student success.