Leslie Fisher
Summary
Effective, diplomatic, warm, and engaging educator. Years of experience as a professional and volunteer leader in the diversity, equity, and inclusion space. Led, trained, and mentored teachers in culturally responsive practices. Facilitated conversations and professional development exercises towards greater self-awareness, collaboration, and creating a nurturing welcoming classroom environment. Teachable, reachable, and supportive!
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Educational Consultant
Various Families And Small Start-ups
01.2010 - Current
- Help families and their children by providing resources, tools, and different perspectives as they navigate unique challenges in the school setting.
- Create safe spaces for families with children of ability diversity, gender diversity, socioeconomic diversity, and more, to be heard.
- Help to strategize with volunteer leaders and/or individuals on creating welcoming programs or spaces for the youth.
Literacy Support Teacher
Prince William County And Fairfax Public Schools
08.2021 - 08.2023
- Mentored and taught students who had learning differences. Priority always given to create individualized support from stressors of differing learning abilities.
- Collaborated with counselors and teachers to provide effective solutions to social-emotional and academic challenges.
- Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering understanding.
- Enhanced this literacy support role to include being a support person for the school's DEI goals.
Asst. Director
Life Christian Preschool
07.2018 - 08.2021
- Implemented school policies, procedures and systems to promote a safe, nurturing, stimulating, and welcoming environment.
- Engaged families of different cultures, beliefs, make-up, and socioeconomic status.
- Created a more welcoming environment for all who wanted to attend the preschool. Coordinated bonding multicultural activities.
- Opened the door to students with learning diversities. Intentionally supported these students and their families with targeted conversations, tools, and choices.
- Led professional development sessions on self-awareness, biases, labeling, inclusion, DEI issues, and effective communication.
- Partnered with independent schools and organizations in innovative ways to offer greater opportunities for our students.
Instructional Resource Teacher
Franconia Baptist Preschool
07.2013 - 07.2018
- Created this position so that students with differing abilities, backgrounds, race, families, socioeconomic status and/or religion could access the benefits of preschool and be welcomed.
- Worked with children with learning disabilities and those who needed emotional support from school and home stressors.
- Initiated unique collaboration with independent schools for multicultural programming.
Resource Teacher
Franconia Baptist Preschool
08.2011 - 08.2013
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and administration to provide feedback, build relationships, address individual differences and instructional strategies.
- Provided training to teachers on impactful ways to influence each student, creating a welcoming environment, and how to make each student feel positively significant.
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Education
Master of Arts - Education
Pepperdine University, Graduate School
Los Angeles, CA07.1992
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Howard University
Washington, DC05.1986
Skills
- Flexible, self-starter
- Insightful collaboration skills
- Effective conflict resolution skills
- Great facilitator
- Changemaker attributes
Timeline
Literacy Support Teacher
Prince William County And Fairfax Public Schools
08.2021 - 08.2023
Asst. Director
Life Christian Preschool
07.2018 - 08.2021
Instructional Resource Teacher
Franconia Baptist Preschool
07.2013 - 07.2018
Resource Teacher
Franconia Baptist Preschool
08.2011 - 08.2013
Educational Consultant
Various Families And Small Start-ups
01.2010 - Current
Master of Arts - Education
Pepperdine University, Graduate School
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Howard University
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