Lisa Ann Kwoka
Magnolia
Summary
Dynamic educational leader with extensive experience in budget management and regulatory compliance at Alaska Gateway School District. Proven track record in enhancing school operations and fostering staff supervision. Adept at data analysis to drive student achievement and improve public relations, ensuring a positive and productive learning environment.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Walter Northway School
Alaska Gateway School District
Northway
07.2023 - 07.2024
- Oversaw all administrative duties for grades kindergarten through twelfth grade.
- Provided daily leadership to enhance school operations.
- Managed budgetary, logistical, scheduling, disciplinary actions, evaluations, and public relations.
- Ensured compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
- Supervised district and state testing processes.
- Administered teacher housing as landlord, ensuring timely rent collection and property maintenance.
Principal Ron Larson Elementary School
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
05.2022 - 02.2023
- Responsible for overseeing all of the school's administrative duties from kindergarten to twelfth grade.
- Responsible for providing daily leadership.
- All budgetary, logistical, scheduling, disciplinary actions, evaluations, and public relations are also the principal's purview.
- Responsible to ensure that the school follows regulations set by local, state, and federal authorities.
- There are other areas for which the principal is responsible such as the overseeing of district and state testing.
- This campus has six special education programs: Life-Skills, Behavior Support Program, Kindergarten Aspire (Autism), RISE (1-5 grades Autism), primary resource, and intermediate resource classrooms.
Principal Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School
Lower Kuskokwim School District
07.2021 - 05.2022
- Responsible for overseeing all of the school's administrative duties from kindergarten to twelfth grade.
- Responsible for providing daily leadership.
- All budgetary, logistical, scheduling, disciplinary actions, evaluations, and public relations are also the principal's purview.
- Responsible to ensure that the school follows regulations set by local, state, and federal authorities.
- There are other areas for which the principal is responsible such as the overseeing of district and state testing.
- Additionally, in this particular locale, the principal is the landlord for teacher housing, ensuring all rents are collected and the housing is properly maintained.
- Another responsibility unique to this locale is the responsibility to ensure that employees' air travel is properly booked and that travel expense reports are turned in.
- A principal in this locale is unique in that the school board's job description defines the principal's position as a 'mini superintendent' for each site.
Principal Ayaprun School
Lower Kuskokwim School District
07.2019 - 06.2021
- Responsible for overseeing all of the school's administrative duties from kindergarten to twelfth grade.
- Responsible for providing daily leadership.
- All budgetary, logistical, scheduling, disciplinary actions, evaluations, and public relations are also the principal's purview.
- Responsible to ensure that the school follows regulations set by local, state, and federal authorities.
- There are other areas for which the principal is responsible such as the overseeing of district and state testing.
- Additionally, in this particular locale, the principal is the landlord for teacher housing, ensuring all rents are collected and the housing is properly maintained.
- Another responsibility unique to this locale is the responsibility to ensure that employees' air travel is properly booked and that travel expense reports are turned in.
- A principal in this locale is unique in that the school board's job description defines the principal's position as a 'mini superintendent' for each site.
Advanced Placement English III Teacher
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
08.2017 - 06.2019
- Cypress Creek High School: Served as Advanced Placement English III teacher.
- Prepared students for success on the AP English Composition and Language Exam.
Senior Level English IV Teacher
Willis Independent School District
08.2016 - 06.2017
- Served as Senior Level Placement English IV teacher.
- Prepared students for Composition and Literature Exam.
- ESL Campus Coordinator: Served as campus ESL Coordinator working with ESL students towards their English proficiency.
- Coordinator of TELPAS including but not limited to TELPAS writing collection teacher ins-service training.
ESL Campus Coordinator
Huntsville Independent School District
08.2015 - 06.2016
- Mansfield Junior High School: Served as campus ESL Coordinator and Reading Specialist.
- Conducted informal reading inventory assessing reading levels, skill, and behaviors for students in 10, 11, and 12 grades.
- Wrote recommendations for administrators and teachers advising them on strategies and methods for advanced student reading achievement.
ELA Skills Specialist & ELA Dept. Chair
Aldine Independent School District
08.2012 - 06.2015
- Served as ELA Skills Specialist and ELA Dept. Chair of 22 member English Language Arts Department.
- Worked closely with Campus Administrative Team to disaggregate ELA data in order to design, implement, and evaluate ELA strategies most effective to promote students' reading, writing, and speaking scores.
- Worked closely with District ELA Coordinator to bring district approved reading strategies to the ELA teaching team.
- Worked closely with principal at jobs fairs interviewing candidates.
- Worked closely with teachers supporting them with best practices instruction, interventions, trainings, and testing.
- Worked closely with teachers on data digs and knowing where each of their students stood related to STAAR achievement for all grades.
- Worked closely with STAAR tutors to support seniors.
- Attending PDs, order libraries, supplies, and various other duties as assigned.
EC Director
Spring Independent School District
08.2010 - 01.2012
- Carl Wunsche Sr. High Career Academy: Served as campus Reading Specialist and Extension Center Director.
- Conducted informal reading inventory assessing reading levels, skill, and behaviors for students in 10, 11, and 12 grades.
- Wrote recommendations for administrators and teachers advising them on strategies and methods for advanced student reading achievement.
Department Chair (Foreign Language); Teacher
Magnolia Independent School District
Magnolia
08.2007 - 05.2010
- Magnolia West High School: Served as the Foreign Language Department Chair (9 member department).
- Planned and implemented district foreign language improvement workshops.
- Served on Superintendent's Advisory Board.
- Sponsored the UIL Literary Criticism team.
- Developed district benchmark tests; alignment to College Board AP specifications.
- Analyzed district data and test scores.
- Dispensed, stored, and managed textbooks.
- Budget responsibilities.
- Served as New Teacher Mentor; orientation, supervision, and personnel assignments based upon knowledge of teachers' abilities, qualifications, past performances, and school needs.
Developmental Reading and Writing Teacher (Adjunct Faculty)
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville
08.2005 - 12.2007
- Taught developmental reading and writing at the university level.
Reading Specialist
Tomball Independent School District
Tomball
08.2006 - 06.2007
- Tomball High School: Ninth and tenth grade Reading Specialist.
- Assessed the reading level and evaluated students' reading strengths and weaknesses.
- Assessed, selected/ designed, and evaluated reading program.
- Development and implementation of the reading curriculum and reading program strategies.
- Provided meaningful information to parents/teachers regarding student progress.
- Assisted principals in collecting, analyzing and reporting student data related to the state accountability system.
Language Arts/Dyslexia Intervention Program Teacher
Conroe Independent School District
Oakridge
08.1999 - 06.2006
- Secured and maintained test protocols for assessment and identification, coordinated data collection for screening, assessed students in district for initial identification, reported initial and assessment findings.
- Instructed reading classes for all identified students receiving dyslexia services, maintained campus dyslexia folders with current 504 and IEPs to facilitate instructional planning.
- Monitored students receiving dyslexia services and provided intervention services as needed.
- Attended training, workshops, and conferences on research based practices in Dyslexia Program requirement.
Developmental Reading and Writing Teacher (Adjunct Faculty)
Kingwood Community College
Kingwood
08.2003 - 06.2005
- Taught developmental reading and writing at the junior college level.
German Teacher
Hamilton Independent School District
Hamilton
08.1996 - 06.1998
- Taught German in ninth through twelfth grades.
ESL Afternoon Program Director
Missoula Independent School District
Missoula
08.1995 - 06.1996
- Provided active, innovative leadership of the English Language Program, and ensured the growth and efficient operation of the department in the afternoon.
- Collaborated with faculty to develop and deliver high quality, effective English language programming.
- Provided engaged support to students as needed including but not limited to modeling good human relations skills, effective interaction with others; and communication of high expectations for both staff and students in ESL program.
- Implemented a discipline code that was fair and promoted orderliness and student learning for all student groups.
- Participated in professional development activities in order to remain current in practice and theory, and to contribute to the subject area.
German Teacher
Winder Independent School District
Winder
08.1993 - 06.1995
- Taught German in ninth through twelfth grade.
Education
Superintendent Endorsement Program -
University of Alaska, Southeast
Juneau, AK06.2022
Master of Education - Administration
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX07.2009
Master of Education - Reading certified Reading Specialist K-12
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX12.2002
Bachelor of Science - Foreign Language certified in German K-12
University of Georgia
Athens, GA06.1993
Skills
- Budget management
- Regulatory compliance
- Data analysis
- Project management
- Public relations
- Staff supervision
Certification
- Superintendent (EC-12), 2022, Alaska
- ELAR (7-12), 2013, Texas
- ESL (K-12), 2011, Texas
- Principal (EC-12), 2009, Texas
- Reading Specialist (PK-12), 2006, Texas
- Secondary German (6-12), 1993, Texas
Qualifications Expertise
- Dyslexia Intervention Services - review state law with school officials/teachers in order to develop campus policies relating to education of students with dyslexia
- Special Education - implement inclusion program, 504 updates, communication with parent/teachers, counselors and diagnosticians to coordinate delivery of student services
- Low SES - curriculum development activities commensurate with school and district goals; use data results to identify problems and implement program improvements
- ESL - assessment, planning, record keeping, providing mainstream language support, advising colleagues, home/school liaison, engaging in continued professional development
- New Teacher Mentor - successful completion and implementation of Pathways to Mentoring Research Collaborative and Lone Star College Mentor Program; provided feedback to teachers on areas of improvement related to improved student achievement.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Principal Walter Northway School
Alaska Gateway School District
07.2023 - 07.2024
Principal Ron Larson Elementary School
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
05.2022 - 02.2023
Principal Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School
Lower Kuskokwim School District
07.2021 - 05.2022
Principal Ayaprun School
Lower Kuskokwim School District
07.2019 - 06.2021
Advanced Placement English III Teacher
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
08.2017 - 06.2019
Senior Level English IV Teacher
Willis Independent School District
08.2016 - 06.2017
ESL Campus Coordinator
Huntsville Independent School District
08.2015 - 06.2016
ELA Skills Specialist & ELA Dept. Chair
Aldine Independent School District
08.2012 - 06.2015
EC Director
Spring Independent School District
08.2010 - 01.2012
Department Chair (Foreign Language); Teacher
Magnolia Independent School District
08.2007 - 05.2010
Reading Specialist
Tomball Independent School District
08.2006 - 06.2007
Developmental Reading and Writing Teacher (Adjunct Faculty)
Sam Houston State University
08.2005 - 12.2007
Developmental Reading and Writing Teacher (Adjunct Faculty)
Kingwood Community College
08.2003 - 06.2005
Language Arts/Dyslexia Intervention Program Teacher
Conroe Independent School District
08.1999 - 06.2006
German Teacher
Hamilton Independent School District
08.1996 - 06.1998
ESL Afternoon Program Director
Missoula Independent School District
08.1995 - 06.1996
German Teacher
Winder Independent School District
08.1993 - 06.1995
Superintendent Endorsement Program -
University of Alaska, Southeast
Master of Education - Administration
Sam Houston State University
Master of Education - Reading certified Reading Specialist K-12
Sam Houston State University
Bachelor of Science - Foreign Language certified in German K-12
University of Georgia
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