LUIS ARRES
Kansas City,MO
Summary
Organizational leader and educational administrator offering 25 years of combined experience as Principal, Vice-Principal, and Instructional Coach for K-8 school leadership. Exercises honed competencies in development, implementation, and execution of performance-enhancing instructional initiatives. Outstanding skills in parent bilingual communication, conflict resolution and staff management. Known for consistently supporting faculty and staff as advocate leader.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Elementary Lead Principal
Guadalupe Centers Charter School
07.2024 - Current
- Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
- Fostered a positive learning environment by promoting open communication among staff, students, and parents.
- Managed budgets and resources efficiently to ensure optimal allocation of funds for school programs and initiatives.
- Monitored student behavior and enforced discipline policies.
- Developed strong relationships with stakeholders to foster trust, collaboration, and commitment to shared goals.
- Evaluated curriculum materials for alignment with state standards, ensuring consistency across grade levels and subject areas.
Elementary School Principal
Kansas City Kansas Public School District
07.2021 - 06.2024
- Cultivated positive relationships between community members, school students and teachers.
- Monitored student behavior and enforced discipline policies.
- Mentored newly hired educators and provided encouragement and feedback.
- Oversaw schedule management and protocols for orientation, registration and related activities.
- Communicated policies and procedures to students and parents regarding student behavior.
- Facilitated continued education for teaching staff through implementation of quality curriculum training and appropriation of necessary resources.
- Modeled expected and appropriate leadership to promote teaching staff and administrative personnel's positive interaction with students and families.
- Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
- Supported hiring, training, and disciplinary action in compliance with legal guidelines and requirements.
K-8 Vice-Principal
Kansas City Public Schools
03.2018 - 06.2021
- Monitored and evaluated educational programs to maintain high-quality performance of
- Missouri learning standards
- Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies and behavior modification
- Facilitated PLCs for teaching staff through implementation of quality curriculum training and appropriation of essential standards, researched-based instructional strategies, and ongoing analysis of formative assessments
- Administered state and district standardized tests to evaluate student performance and progress
- Developed subject and grade leaders to advance the oversight and improvement of instruction
- Met with parents to discuss student performance and behavioral issues
- Acted as principal as needed for day-to-day running of school as well as key decision making
- Built productive relationships with parents of students facing difficult situations at school or at home
- Served as summer school principal and vice-principal
- Reviewed and selected curriculum and technology resources for distance learning
- Defined and enforced student academic achievement standards in line with district goals and objectives
- Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness
- Planned and implemented professional development sessions focused on planning Primary
- Years units of inquiry (International Baccalaureate).
Lead Classroom Teacher
Kansas City Public Schools
08.2016 - 03.2018
- Kansas City Public Schools – Kansas City, MO
• Implemented Leader in Me and International Baccalaureate initiatives for elementary grades.
• Instructed first grade students in al subject areas' principles, concepts and in-depth subject
matter in a full immersion foreign language program.
• Assisted students of all ability levels develop life-long learning skills and good study habits
according to Missouri Learning Standards.
• Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase
conceptual student understanding.
• Served as the grade level chair providing leadership and support to team members.
• Collaborated with parents of struggling students to increase comprehensive and long-term
success.
• Held conferences with parents to address questions, discuss academic progress and
encourage learning goals.
• Met with administrators and department team members to work on curriculum planning and
assessment methods.
Building Instructional Coach
Kansas City Public Schools
08.1998 - 06.2016
- Implemented training initiatives established by the school district assuring a viable curriculum for all K-8 subject areas
- Planned, developed, and implemented Readers and Writers Workshop units of study with teachers in grade K-5
- Observed, coached, and co-taught with K-8 teachers delivering effective instruction in all content areas, giving priority to new and beginning teachers
- Provided a wide variety of professional development for kindergarten through eighth grade teachers focused on data analysis, best practices, differentiated instruction, and effective use of technology in the classroom
- Supported teachers in kindergarten through eighth grade to unpack Missouri Learning
- Standards in all subject areas into learning objectives
- Supported kindergarten through eighth grade teachers to create, administer, and analyze formative and summative assessments to adjust daily instruction accordingly
- Facilitated item analysis of the Missouri Assessment Program for Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science for teachers from third to eighth grade
- Revised and implemented a scope and sequence for a Spanish Immersion Program.
Education
Educational Specialist - School Administration
University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO08.2013
Master of Education -
Mid-America Nazarene University
Olathe, KS08.1994
Reading Certification
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO08.2014
Bachelor of Education - Elementary Education
Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico06.1988
Associate of Arts - Elementary
Escuela Normal Veracruzana
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico06.1984
Skills
- School and district policy enforcement
- Stakeholders relationship and networking
- Missouri learning standards
- Curriculum Development and
- Implementation
- Multitasking ability
- Standardized testing school/district level
- Staff Development-Team Building
- Performance Evaluations
- Interviewing, hiring, and mentoring teachers and staff
- Primary Years Programme (International
- Baccalaureate)
Certification
• Principal K-8, PreK-12
• Elementary Ed. 1-8
• Special Reading K-12
• Spanish K-12
Timeline
Elementary Lead Principal
Guadalupe Centers Charter School
07.2024 - Current
Elementary School Principal
Kansas City Kansas Public School District
07.2021 - 06.2024
K-8 Vice-Principal
Kansas City Public Schools
03.2018 - 06.2021
Lead Classroom Teacher
Kansas City Public Schools
08.2016 - 03.2018
Building Instructional Coach
Kansas City Public Schools
08.1998 - 06.2016
• Principal K-8, PreK-12
• Elementary Ed. 1-8
• Special Reading K-12
• Spanish K-12
Educational Specialist - School Administration
University of Missouri - Columbia
Master of Education -
Mid-America Nazarene University
Reading Certification
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Bachelor of Education - Elementary Education
Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
Associate of Arts - Elementary
Escuela Normal Veracruzana
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