Laura Green
Oxford,MI
Summary
Driven and Innovative Instructional Specialist offering 23 years of success in teacher development through training, coaching and intellectual preparation. Skilled in curriculum design, implementation and evaluation which supports student performance growth through increased engagement and utilization of high impact instructional strategies.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Instructional Specialist and Multi-tiered Systems of Support Coordinator
Phalen Leadership Academies
01.2017 - Current
- Coach and support academy leadership in the implementation of all Network academic programs
- Develop and implement data-based Professional Learning Communities
- Develop and provide all academic trainings and professional development
- Create and present quarterly data reports to School Board of Trustees
- Create individual student data reports for teachers and support staff and facilitate planning meetings for data-based small group instruction
- Create schoolwide master schedules for scholars, interventions, staff meetings, PD, and PLC meetings
- Conduct weekly classroom observations and provide coaching based on observations and classroom formative data
- Create and Implement MTSS System for students in need of academic and behavioral support services
- Facilitate monthly MTSS team meetings to monitor student progress toward Intervention Goals
- Work with teachers and staff to create MTSS Plans for students
- Observe students and provide instructional support for staff working with students
- Coordinate all Push-in and Pull-Out Academic support services
- Support the adoption and customization of schoolwide curriculum
- Serve as Regional Staff Recruiter, responsible for filling all open positions.
Director of Curriculum
Starr Educational Services
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Select and support the implementation of all curriculum programs
- Work with community partners to develop additional programming for students and staff, including computer programming, coding, and STEM instructional strategies
- Research, develop, and support the implementation of a Blended Learning Model, including the inclusion of iReady and online instructional tools for individualization as well as whole group instruction
- Develop and assist in the implementation of instructional strategies based on achievement data
- Monitor program and summative achievement data and assess program effectiveness
- Assist in the recruitment and selection of Academy Leadership Team members and other staff
- Identify and create professional development opportunities for all staff based on achievement, perception, and instructional data
- Support School Improvement process and planning, research and make recommendations for curriculum updates, resources, and professional development to be included in Goals and Strategies
- Complete budgeting, purchasing, and acquisition of all curriculum and instructional materials
- Create systems and forms to enable school administrators to monitor curriculum implementation, including easy-to-read pacing guides, observation forms, and feedback support
- Develop Curriculum Documents aligned with Ainsworth's Rigorous Curriculum Design.
Director
Dr. Joseph F. Pollack Academic Center of Excellence
01.2009 - 01.2013
- Lead team of 19 staff, including curriculum specialists and all support staff working in the Title I, Title II, and 31a At-Risk Programs
- Write, coordinate, and facilitate all School and District Improvement Plans and teams and work with state and local authorities to ensure successful implementation
- Oversee all Title I programs, generate and monitor all consolidated Title grants
- Write all State Required reports, including Annual Education Reports, School Improvement Plans, School Data Profiles, and School Process Rubrics
- Facilitate all assessment and achievement systems; MEAP, ITBS, Iowa, Monthly Assess2Know Benchmarks, DIBELS, DataDirector, and Performance Series Assessments, as well as supporting a system of in-class unit and daily concept assessments and generating data walls and folders to represent school-wide, grade level, classroom, and individual student achievement results
- Create and oversee Intervention program for at-risk students based on individualized plans
- Plan and facilitate all professional development, including planning for all professional development sessions on-site and off-site, budgeting and funding, maintaining teacher plans and logs for state-required hours compliance, and develop and lead Teacher Mentorship program
- Oversee all aspects of the curricular program, including selection, planning and mapping, alignment to the Common Core Standards, and budgeting and procurement
- Develop and Support the Academy Parent Involvement Policy through the planning of parental involvement activities
- Generate master school schedules for Kindergarten-Eighth Grade classes to ensure all students receive appropriate specials classes, lunch periods, and that teachers have ample professional development as well as planning time
- Create school-wide Teacher and Support Staff Evaluation System according to the Charlotte Danielson model and state requirements in 2011
Third Grade classroom teacher
- 01.2012
- Responsible for teaching Everyday mathematics, SFA Reading, BSCS Tracs Science, Write Source Writing, and standards-based Social Studies
- Leader for a team of 4 to 7 teachers, responsible for overseeing curriculum implementation, attendance records, classroom management, parent communication, activities coordination for all classes, and discipline for all students in those classes
- Worked with LifeGoals, Inc
- To create and implement character education curriculum
- Leadership Team co-chairman, Assemblies committee chairman, technology assistant
- National Learning Environment Trainer, working with novice teachers on improved classroom management
- Created "Reading is Succeeding" genre study curriculum.
English Language Arts Coordinator
01.2004 - 01.2009
- Coordinate All ELA programs for 940 kindergarten-seventh-grade students, 36 teachers, and 7 tutors under Title I financing
- Monitor, interpret, and analyze monthly, quarterly, and yearly assessment data and aid in school-wide planning for improvement
- Teacher training
- Create and implement quarterly and monthly assessments
- Serve as Literacy Coach to reading and writing teachers and tutors
- Create and maintain an Excel database that tracks, levels, and color codes for easy interpretation of all student achievement data
- Manage inventory, ordering, grant distribution, materials organization, and budget for reading and writing curriculum.
Elementary Teacher
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Second and third-grade classroom teacher responsible for teaching Everyday Math, SFA Reading, Step-Up to Writing and Write Source Writing, BSCS Tracs Science, and Social Studies curriculums to classes of 28 students
- Created Career/higher education curriculum for k-6 school.
Science Curriculum Coordinator
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Managed inventory, ordering, grant distribution, materials organization for Science Curriculum
- Developed and implemented State Standards-based activities, including School-Wide Science Fair, Science-Focused field trips, and science assemblies and classroom presentations and presented monthly professional development in the area of science
- Certified National Science Trainer of BSCS Tracs Science Curriculum.
Lead Elementary Teacher
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences
01.1999 - 01.2002
Education
Master of Public Administration -
University of Michigan
2004
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education, English
Wayne State University
1999
Skills
- Collaborative and Team-Oriented Instructional Leadership
- Observation, Modeling, Peer Practice and Interaction Methods
- Training Program Development and Implementation
- Curriculum Development and Implementation
- Data Tracking Systems
- Performance Measurement
- Instructional Strategies
- Differentiated Instruction
Accomplishments
- Successfully lead teams of up to 75 staff members as Director, Assistant Principal and Interim Principal.
- Collaborated with network team in the development of content area, strategy focused and data driven instructional training programs.
- Achieved a post-Covid rebound in student performance with steady yearly increase in Conditional Growth Index and growth to goals on the NWEA MAP.
Affiliations
Professional Development Committee leader, School Improvement Team member, Leadership Team member, Behavior Support Team member, Teacher Recruitment team member, NCA committee member.
Mentor teacher for three Oakland University Student Teachers.
Timeline
Instructional Specialist and Multi-tiered Systems of Support Coordinator
Phalen Leadership Academies
01.2017 - Current
Director of Curriculum
Starr Educational Services
01.2013 - 01.2017
Director
Dr. Joseph F. Pollack Academic Center of Excellence
01.2009 - 01.2013
English Language Arts Coordinator
01.2004 - 01.2009
Elementary Teacher
01.2002 - 01.2004
Science Curriculum Coordinator
01.2002 - 01.2004
Lead Elementary Teacher
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences
01.1999 - 01.2002
Third Grade classroom teacher
- 01.2012
Master of Public Administration -
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education, English
Wayne State University
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