Madison Schmakel Mattise

• Sets vision and manages the Pre-K Partnership Administrative Team toward program-wide goals for local child care and head start centers to implement our diverse delivery high-quality PK classrooms for families experiencing low income in the Austin area
• Serves as main liaison between Austin ISD and United Way operations, quality development, resource development, marketing, and finance teams
• Shepherded new PK Partnership contracts between United Way and Round Rock ISD; subcontracting with local child care centers in Williamson County and coordinating with local workforce board
• Administers program initiatives with local child care center directors; coordinating regular communication amongst all groups regarding policies, events, operations, etc.
• Represents Pre-K Partnerships to stakeholders and colleagues from around the state in order to advocate for continued growth and development of the partnership
• Oversaw project to create and codify policies and protocol for more efficient and effective operational practices
• Oversees program quality development through data analysis, coaching supervision, and professional development planning
• Sets and maintains fidelity to PKP program budget
• Manages growth through school district, center, and teacher recruitment efforts
• Ensures state, district, and HHSC program compliance

• Established joyful, productive, culturally responsive Montessori learning environment for children grades PK-3 through 6th focused on whole-child development.
• Led school out of Improvement Required rating with Texas state through a series of data-driven intervention plans and targeted English Language Learner instruction developed in the Campus Improvement Process.
• Interviewed, hired, supervised, and assisted all school employees and offered feedback through consistent observation and debrief cycles.
• Managed administrative team to whole-school outcomes around academics, family engagement, operational effectiveness, and whole-child development.
• Developed strong stakeholder relationships with families, community members, and volunteers and built community-wide culture and investment
• Oversaw operational functions such as schedule management and protocols for materials ordering, building maintenance, registration, etc.
• Collaborated with Montessori For All CFO to develop functional budgets within allocated funds.

• Served as Pre-K Team Lead for the charter network. Planned and delivered professional learning community meetings across three school sites.
• Used classroom observations to assess student growth and performance utilizing Teaching Strategies GOLD.
• Utilized data from observations to inform whole-child instructional decisions for up to 20 children each year. This included physical, social emotional, language, math, and cognitive development domains.
• Educated children in foundational literacy, math, science, and cultural studies concepts through curricula like Blueprint for Early Literacy, Cognitively Guided Instruction, and Writers Workshop.

• Led classroom of 32 first graders in literacy, math, writing, science, and cultural studies instruction.
• Participated in professional development around effective guided reading, Writer's Workshop, and Cognitively Guided Instruction.
• Utilized STEP reading assessment to identify children's reading levels and create individualized reading instruction plans

• Participated in weekly professional learning community meetings to develop best practices from experienced teachers.
• Attended classroom management, Early Childhood Education, and instructional planning professional development through Teach For America Tulsa multiple days a month.
• Led classroom of up to 20 children each year in literacy, math, science, and cultural studies instruction.

School Director, Community Action Project (CAP) Early Childhood Site-2016

Curriculum Specialist , Community Action Project (CAP) Early Childhood Site-2014

Corps Member Advisor , Community Action Project (CAP) Early Childhood Site-2013

Led professional development for 300 incoming teachers to the network- 2015