Lesha Daley
West Haven,CT
Summary
Orderly and enthusiastic elementary educational leader whose coaching is guided by action based research. Will use experience with data analyzation, strong classroom management, and detail orientation to efficiently assist my principal and school.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Educational Academic Support Instructor
P.L. Dunbar School
09.2021 - Current
- Assist teachers and instructional staff in addressing student learning using the MTSS framework.
- Coordinate and facilitate the implementation of academic and social-emotional interventions for students in need of support with meeting course standards.
- Uses data to identify students who require tier 2 or tier 3 supports.
- Maintains progress monitoring data on how students are responding to intervention plans.
Youth Program Coordinator
YMCA Lighthouse In Bridgeport
09.2021 - 02.2023
- Overseeing staff operations, maintaining records and files, collecting and analyzing program data, ensuring program compliance, managing support staff, planning and scheduling program events, and monitoring budgets.
- Communicating program attendee parents daily and developing quarterly, family inspired community events.
- Coordinating after-school learning and recreational activities in alignment with the district's attendance calendar.
- Participating in daily collaborative meetings amongst fellow coordinators in support of collectively planning program criteria.
District Data Team Coordinator
New Beginnings Family Academy
01.2019 - 09.2021
- Converts intricate data sets into informative and user-friendly reports for schools. Generates graphic visualizations of data to help school leaders understand and interpret data.
- Reviews and analyzes district data from various sources to understand district and school-level data within the district.
- Led school rollout (K - 8) of data team cycles with turnkey professional development and open platform for feedback.
- Working closely with school administrators and teachers to create data team cycle schedule and guidelines.
- Assisting classroom teachers with data team structure support and differentiation teaching strategy resources.
Education
Doctor of Education - Educational Administration/Leadership
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CTMaster of Science - Elementary Education
University of New Haven
West Haven, CTBachelor of Science - Journalism
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CTSkills
- Coordinates and facilitates the implementation of academic and social-emotional interventions for tier 2 and tier 3 students
- Supervision and evaluation of program teachers and paraprofessionals
- Guidance and administration of school national and district testing
- Provides relevant professional development and mentorship
- History of adequately problem solving within the confines of administrators, teachers, students and parents
- Embraces the field of pedagogy with appropriate levels of innovativeness, fun, and kindness
Accomplishments
- Assist teachers with reviewing student assessment data to establish tier 2 and tier 3 student needs.
- Provide differentiated small group and/or individualized instruction.
- Develop, document, and maintain ongoing intervention plans that include progress monitoring.
- Provided schoolwide data teams turn key rollout and professional development.
- Partner with school administrators to create a school yearly data team cycle with established guidelines.
- Maintains progress monitoring data in regard to students intervention plans.
- Support teachers with administering national and district standardized assessments.
- Overseeing staff operations and maintaining assessment records.
- Successful in K-4 classrooms in both the public and private setting.
- Record of meeting student SRBI data cycle goals.
- Variety of efficient behavior management skills and strategies.
Case Manager - MTSS Student Support
District Coordinator - Data Teams Rollout:
Facilitator - Assessment Team:
Head Teacher - Elementary Classroom:
Affiliations
· Bridgeport School District Superintendents Award (2023)
· Lead Teacher at Horizons Greens Farms Academy Summer Academy (2022)
· Curriculum Developer at Education Forever (2021)
· Seedlings Educators Collaboration Workshop Scholarship Recipient - Hopkins School (2019)
· School Representative at New Haven Public School Expo (2018)
· New Haven Public School Home Bound Teacher (2017)
· Scholastic Book Club/James Patterson Scholarship Recipient (2017)
· Pets in the Classroom Scholarship Recipient (2017)
· Pequot Library “Books For Teachers” Scholarship Recipient (2015, 2016 & 2019)
· Seven funded Donors Choose Projects (2015-2018)
· Summer Institute for the Gifted Summer Academy Teacher - Fairfield University (2015)
Timeline
Educational Academic Support Instructor
P.L. Dunbar School
09.2021 - Current
Youth Program Coordinator
YMCA Lighthouse In Bridgeport
09.2021 - 02.2023
District Data Team Coordinator
New Beginnings Family Academy
01.2019 - 09.2021
Doctor of Education - Educational Administration/Leadership
University of Bridgeport
Master of Science - Elementary Education
University of New Haven
Bachelor of Science - Journalism
Southern Connecticut State University