Michele Kruithoff-Greene
Staten Island,NY
Summary
Professional leader , coach and educator focused on maximizing student educational potential by applying diverse instructional strategies and classroom management techniques. Gifted in building capacity amongst teaching teams
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Network Instructional Coach - TA Residency
Integration Charter Schools
06.2024 - Current
- Coached teachers to improve practices through professional development and modeling instructional strategies.
- Enhanced teacher effectiveness by providing individualized coaching and professional development opportunities.
- Assisted new teachers acclimate quickly into their roles through comprehensive mentoring programs and ongoing support.
- Analyzed student data, diagnosed instructional needs, and identified research-based instructional strategies.
Assistant Principal
Nicotra Early College Charter School
08.2022 - 06.2024
- Monitor student behavior and enforced discipline policies.
- Perform classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
- Partner with Principal to administer school program in alignment with vision and goals, providing positive, high-expectation academic environment.
- Supervise and evaluate teaching and support staff through instructional leadership and professional development.
- Lead meetings to convey policy changes, gather information and assess employee thoughts.
- Develop subject and grade leaders to advance oversight and improve instruction.
Consultant
New Visions AIM II Charter High School
08.2021 - 06.2024
- Create master schedule for staff and students
- Audit teacher gradebooks
- Lesson plan for vacant positions
- Create assessments for mastery
Training and Development Coach
Harlem Children's Zone, Inc
08.2021 - 08.2022
- Develop and present training programs and instructional material through variety of learning methods.
- Organize and prepare written summaries of project reports and action plans.
- Create curricula, instructions, documents for various types of training courses.
- Worked with a portfolio of 6 schools to provide direct coaching to teachers and admin teams
- Identify areas of alignment and how to transfer effective practices between schools
- Create tiered support for teachers
Director of Instruction
New Visions Aim II Charter High School
08.2016 - 08.2021
- Collaborate with leadership to provide teachers with high quality professional development in house as well as out
- Spearhead school-wide instructional strategies
- Regularly review curriculum, unit and lesson plans, observe classrooms and provide teachers with reflective feedback
- Use data to inform decisions around assessments and programming
- Attend admin meetings regularly to assess school needs and actions and come up with solutions
- Responsible for all testing administration, including midterms, finals, Regents
- Responsible for programming master teacher schedule as well as student schedules
- Collaborate with Special Education Director to ensure students’ IEP needs are met and together train teachers to differentiate curriculum
- Work closely with Clinical Director to ensure that social emotional learning is taking place in classrooms
- Coordinate PD and coaching with Ramapo for Children to ensure teachers have toolkits when working with youth
- Conferred with educators to identify current classroom concerns and diversify instructional strategies.
ELA Teacher/Dept Lead
ROADS Charter School
08.2013 - 08.2016
- Teach multiple sections of English containing 9th, 10th and 11th grade students
- Created an interdisciplinary curriculum for an ELA/Science course
- Take part in a data driven culture
- Create accessible curriculum that adheres to Common Core standards, focusing on implementation of informational texts
- Differentiate lessons to meet the needs of all students
- Maintain the restorative culture of the school in building relationships with students
- Provided one-on-one attention to students, while maintaining overall focus on entire group
Case Manager/GED Instructor
Covenant House New York - Rights of Passage
11.2006 - 08.2013
- Apply crisis management skills in a residential atmosphere with at-risk youth
- Participate in staff meetings and case review and complete reports in a timely fashion
- Facilitate life skill workshops for the residents to enhance their independent living skills
- Assist the clients with educational, employment and housing needs
- Update progress notes and database regularly
- Provide direct individual, physical and supportive services to the clients
- Responsible for planning and implementing a GED preparatory class of 15 homeless youth
Education
Leading Change Certificate -
Harvard Business School
07.2021
Advanced Masters - Educational Leadership, Obtained SBL/SDL
Hunter College, CLASS Program
05.2020
Obtained Masters - Secondary Education/English
College of Staten Island
Staten, NY2013
Bachelor's Degree - Elementary Education/English
St. John's University
Staten, NY2005
Skills
- Programming
- Academic administration
- Relationship building and networking
- Common Core/Next Gen learning standards
- Student achievement
- Group facilitation and presentations
- Leadership Development
- Employee Interviewing
Timeline
Network Instructional Coach - TA Residency
Integration Charter Schools
06.2024 - Current
Assistant Principal
Nicotra Early College Charter School
08.2022 - 06.2024
Consultant
New Visions AIM II Charter High School
08.2021 - 06.2024
Training and Development Coach
Harlem Children's Zone, Inc
08.2021 - 08.2022
Director of Instruction
New Visions Aim II Charter High School
08.2016 - 08.2021
ELA Teacher/Dept Lead
ROADS Charter School
08.2013 - 08.2016
Case Manager/GED Instructor
Covenant House New York - Rights of Passage
11.2006 - 08.2013
Leading Change Certificate -
Harvard Business School
Advanced Masters - Educational Leadership, Obtained SBL/SDL
Hunter College, CLASS Program
Obtained Masters - Secondary Education/English
College of Staten Island
Bachelor's Degree - Elementary Education/English
St. John's University
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