Kimberly McVay
Wendell,NC
Summary
Passionate, creative, and supportive instructional leader with over 30 years of experience committed to accommodating children’s unique goals, needs, and interests by building effective individualized learning opportunities to enhance students’ educational and professional feats. Skilled in addressing student’s social, behavioral, and emotional requirements with compassion for special needs individuals and excellent comprehension of developmental issues. Professional yet warm and committed to gaining trust from all stakeholders. Strengths include collaborative and working with others.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Intervention Specialist
Wakefield Middle School
10.2021 - 05.2023
- Streamlined the intervention process by developing and implementing efficient systems for tracking student data, progress monitoring, and documentation.
- Maintained accurate records of student progress and attendance.
- Improved behaviors through modeling, role-playing and other effective strategies.
- Applied proven strategies to improve students' sensory- and perceptual-motor skills.
Teach Sixth Grade ELA
Wake Forest Middle School
01.2018 - 10.2021
- Creating Culture Committee, Circle Training for SEL, Blended Learning with Engagement, EL Training 6-8, Technology: Escape Room, Pear Deck, Kahoot and Nearpod
- Inspired a love for reading in students by regularly introducing new books and authors into the curriculum.
- Prepared and implemented lesson plans covering required course topics.
- Increased parental involvement in student education through regular parent-teacher conferences and accessible communication channels.
- Helped students develop academic, social and emotional skills for long-term success.
Opened new school 50% literacy, 50% IRT
Beaverdam Elementary
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Full-time IRT Year Two, MTSS/ILT: Used Mclass data as well as common assessment data to meet the needs of our students, trained in entering Tier 2 and 3 plans
- Intervention team/Kid Talk, School Improvement Team Chair: Changed over to new platform, proficient in NCSTAR, EL Education Trained: Grades 3-5, Read to Achieve Contact for summer camp as well as all parent meetings throughout the year
- Followed data on the reading retained students
- Made sure that interventions and progress monitoring were completed on time and documented
- Letterland trained K-2, Eschools contact: Entered all credits as well as staff development for the year
- Supported teachers weekly by observing classroom, meeting weekly and analyzing their student data, Unpacked the ELA standards K-5, Reading and Writing Strategies implemented using Jennifer Serravallo, Instructional Practice Guide for literacy used for walkthrough data and using low-inference notes
- Staff development: Report cards and standards-based grading, PLT format and Kid Talk, Aligning science standards with literacy standards, school improvement and what are the indicators
- These are a few of my trainings for the staff
- Helped teachers understand the IPG and the core actions in literacy
- This helped them better understand complex text and how to choose the correct books for their classroom and individual students
- I also guided them on how to teach their students to find text evidence to support their answers.
Assistant Principal
PARKWOOD ELEMENTARY
01.2013 - 06.2015
- Coaching/Leadership training and LEA meetings
- Evaluate and hire new staff candidates
- Work with the Teacher Assistants as well as do their evaluations, Powerschools Training, utilize to support and guide teachers, School Improvement Team liaison, Worked with Title 1 funding as well as other budgetary pieces, Specific needs-based professional development, Daily 5/Cafe implementation, Created a six day connect schedule that included intervention support every sixth day, Created daily teaching schedule that included intervention/enrichment, Cut down on discipline referrals by creating a strong PBIS team K-5 including TA and ESL, Help manage Title 1 Parent Events, Read to Achieve coordinator
- Designed specific calendar for implementation of articles linked to ELA pacing guide and well as a structure on how to teach the articles effectively, Assist teachers use data to run the Kid Talk and PLC, and McClass, Parent meetings/informational nights, Designed schedule utilizing intervention blocks/mini lesson and small group instruction, Created data wall as a visual to use mclass reading data
- This supported kid talk and plc meetings, Use data wall to show district Case 21 data, common data points, EVAAS Training, used this data to see teacher strengths this guided the placement of students in to classes, Managed all aspects of testing, local and state
- Oversee testing schedules including 504 students and IEPs, I made sure that we were in compliance
Instructional Resource Teacher
HARRIS CREEK ELEMENTARY
01.2007 - 06.2013
- Opened and helped hired new staff
- Trained Walk-Through teams and collaborated about data
- Mentored beginning teachers, collaborated monthly
- Designed and implemented staff development
- Implemented Professional Learning Communities and did book study using Dufour's book
- Created room rotations and worked on scheduling team
- Created data wall K-2 to increase reading instruction
- Helped implement K-5 student benchmarking for reading and math, Worked with facilities to make sure that rooms were set up correctly K-5, Created testing schedules for EOG, Utilized Title 1 funding to bring in prominent presenters for staff development in reading and math, Organized Title 1 tutoring program, hired staff and inputted time sheets each week, Managed all curriculum resources K-5, EC, AIG and ESL, SIOP train the trainer, then trained staff, Implemented Aismweb school-wide with school psychologist
- Benchmarked students three times a year the first year, then trained teachers on progress monitoring second year of implementation
Fifth Grade Team Leader
PLEASANT UNION ELEMENTARY
01.2000 - 01.2004
- Collaborated and worked on school improvement plan
- Implemented 3-5 math night
- Attended PTA sponsored events and meetings
- Collaborated and worked support teachers and parents to provide differentiated instruction
- Created differentiated lesson plans for student success
Technology Educator/Fifth Grade Teacher
FRANKLIN ACADEMY
01.1999 - 01.2000
- Collaborated with teachers to improve their technology skills
- Taught NCSCOS while using various types of assessments to analyze student growth
- Collaborated with parent weekly by newsletter
- Collaborated with parents monthly with curriculum matters
- Collected student growth data and tracked throughout the year
Lead Math Teacher
HERITAGE ELEMENTARY
01.1994 - 01.1999
- Implemented and trained fifth grade team on new math program
- Participated on school-wide math adoption team
- Collaborated with parents and community monthly
- Participated on Student Support Team
- Developed lessons with research-based strategies to increase student achievement
- Maintained strong relationship with leadership and fellow staff
Education
Master of Science in Analytics, Leadership and Policies -
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NCBachelor of Science, Elementary Education -
Ohio University
Athens, OHAssociate of Science, Business Administration -
Ohio University
Athens, OHSkills
- Group and individual instruction
- Multitasking strength
- Strong collaboration skills
- Progress Monitoring
- Collaborative Teamwork
- Differentiated Instruction
- Motivating students
- Parent-teacher collaboration
Personal Information
Title: Middle Childhood Generalist: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Awards
- NCAE North Carolina Association of Educators
- Council of Mathematics
- IRA, International Reading Association
- Kappa Delta Pi Educators Honor Society
- NBPT National Board of Professional Teachers
- ASCD Association of Supervision and Curriculum
- NEA National Education Association NCTM National
- NAEP National Association of Elementary Principal
Certification
- Master of Science in Analytics, Leadership and Policies North Carolina State University
- Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education Ohio University
- Middle Childhood Generalist: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Accomplishments
- Trained staff and faculty on referral procedures and intervention strategies.
- Managed students grades 6-8 for reading intervention
- Improved referral procedures, resulting in more students helped and better classroom environments.
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Timeline
Intervention Specialist
Wakefield Middle School
10.2021 - 05.2023
Teach Sixth Grade ELA
Wake Forest Middle School
01.2018 - 10.2021
Opened new school 50% literacy, 50% IRT
Beaverdam Elementary
01.2015 - 01.2018
Assistant Principal
PARKWOOD ELEMENTARY
01.2013 - 06.2015
Instructional Resource Teacher
HARRIS CREEK ELEMENTARY
01.2007 - 06.2013
Fifth Grade Team Leader
PLEASANT UNION ELEMENTARY
01.2000 - 01.2004
Technology Educator/Fifth Grade Teacher
FRANKLIN ACADEMY
01.1999 - 01.2000
Lead Math Teacher
HERITAGE ELEMENTARY
01.1994 - 01.1999
Master of Science in Analytics, Leadership and Policies -
North Carolina State University
Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education -
Ohio University
Associate of Science, Business Administration -
Ohio University
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