Kerry Veritas
Beverly,MA
Summary
Dedicated leader committed to the belief in high academic achievement and opportunities for all students. Experienced educator with multigrade and multilevel leadership skills and successful record of instructional leadership. Known for fostering collaborative environment and driving institutional success. Reliable and adaptable, consistently focused on achieving high standards and results. Expert in strategic planning and student engagement. Solid relationship-builder with decisive approach to solving operational problems.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dean of Curriculum and Instruction History
Lower School Lawrence High School
08.2024 - Current
- Manage and coach a department of 16 Teachers grades 9-10
- Lead and facilitate 3 weekly team meetings
- Work with teams to develop learning plans for each curriculum units
- Help facilitate revision and creation of standards based common assessments for each unit
- Construct and facilitate PD for department
- Work towards vertical alignment with upper school
- Facilitate changes in practice that align with the best practices of rigor and engagement
- Promote standards based lessons and assessments including content literacy and practice standards
- Review student work data and identify trends as they apply to instruction
- Foster Co-planning and co-teaching model of leadership
- Balance of robust coaching model with teacher evaluations
- Work collaboratively with Lower School cross disciplinary leadership teams
- Work with campus leadership to improve learning and instructional opportunities
- Analyze and interpret data from a variety of sources such as MAP lexile levels, Access Scores, MCAS data, instructional walkthrough data, to inform both leadership and instruction
Teacher Leader High School Social Studies Department
Malden High School
08.2018 - 06.2023
- Conducted teacher observations and provide non-evaluative feedback
- Facilitated teacher growth through co-planning and co-teaching with various department members with a focus on mentoring new teachers
- Led initiative to adopt textbooks for core courses and more closely align to standards
- Led teams in creating standards based common assessments for core courses
- Conducted school wide mock elections partnering with city election officials
- Modeled and assisted teams to modify and differentiate curriculum in order to meet the needs of a diverse learning community
- Developed standards based department wide rubrics to assess student growth
- Provided targeted teaching and learning resources to teachers to improve instruction and student performance
- Created Peer to Peer Professional development sessions on fostering literacy, teaching the long block, and student engagement strategies informed by adolescent development
- Led instructional walk-throughs with fellow teacher leaders to inform professional development needs
- Guided the creation and implementation of curriculum that meets the needs of all students. Interpreted data, including MCAS, iReady, IXL, and department made common assessments, in order to inform and implement best practices
- Facilitated team and department meetings to communicate district goals as directed by the Humanities Director and Principal
- Researched, recommended, and assisted with the implementation of methodologies and practices that lead to high student engagement and achievement.
- Participated in regular leadership meetings with building principal and other teacher leaders
- Provided input, based upon department feedback, to administration
- Planned, organized, and led professional development for department
High School History Teacher
Malden High School
09.2007 - 06.2024
- Experience teaching U.S. History I, US History II, Modern World History, AP Modern World History, Foundations of Law, and Sociology
- Employed research based methods such as experiential and inquiry based learning
- Worked on several collaborative teams both content related and cross-disciplinary to improve instruction and student outcomes
- Collaborated with colleagues to write UBD units for the U.S.I curriculum
- Designed and piloted new Modern World Curriculum Scope and Sequence
- Collaboratively created Learning plans for the Modern World Curriculum with Modern World team
- Participated in a student mentoring program designed to reduce drop-out rates among at-risk students
- Advised the school’s feminism club since 2015 and have been working with administration and the school committee for the past few years to make sexual harassment policies and procedures clear for students and staff, as well as bring awareness and prevention education to the High School
Eighth Grade Social Studies Teacher
Beebe School & Salemwood School
09.2002 - 09.2005
- Taught five sections of U.S. History
- Co-taught with special needs teacher to provide for special needs students
- Fostered deep inquiry and analysis of difficult texts
- Worked on cross-disciplinary team to support student learning
- Implemented instruction in both large and small group models
- Served on a team which implemented a school wide recycling program
Kindergarten Classroom Teacher
Robinson School
09.2000 - 06.2002
- Taught two sections of half day kindergarten in a full inclusion setting
- Developed and implemented theme related curriculum and instruction
- Adapted curriculum for special needs students
- Participated in the development and implementation of a new standards based report card Implemented a literacy program which integrated phonemic awareness and literature based instruction
- Supervised full time assistant and special needs assistant
- Supervised High School classroom volunteers
Education
Master of Science - Early Childhood
Wheelock College
Boston, MABachelors of Arts - U.S. History, Psychology
Framingham State College
Framingham, MASkills
- Problem-solving
- Organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Academic leadership
- Learning outcome assessment
- Faculty development
- Faculty collaboration
Accomplishments
Mentored young women and men as advisor to MHS's feminism club
Led a team to research and report on sexual and gender based harassment at schools including recommending best practices for schools in terms of policy and protocol
Led teams to create standards based high quality curriculum units using UBD format
Led team to revise report card comments for the school in order to update them for the purpose of providing feedback and promote equity
Led department to revise lessons and units throughout the year for rigor and relevance
Certification
- Early Childhood Education (PreK-3) Professional, Issued February 19, 1998 - # 347987
- Social Studies (5-8) Initial, Issued March 20, 2009
- History (8-12) Professional, issued June 3, 2009- Expires June 7, 2029
- Supervisor/Director - Core (History/Social Science), license, Initial, issued May 26, 2023
Timeline
Dean of Curriculum and Instruction History
Lower School Lawrence High School
08.2024 - Current
Teacher Leader High School Social Studies Department
Malden High School
08.2018 - 06.2023
High School History Teacher
Malden High School
09.2007 - 06.2024
Eighth Grade Social Studies Teacher
Beebe School & Salemwood School
09.2002 - 09.2005
Kindergarten Classroom Teacher
Robinson School
09.2000 - 06.2002
Master of Science - Early Childhood
Wheelock College
Bachelors of Arts - U.S. History, Psychology
Framingham State College
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