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Molly Sara Perez

Yonkers

Summary

A dynamic instructional leader with a proven track record within New York City Public Schools and Charter Schools, enhancing teacher effectiveness through targeted coaching and professional development. Expert in formative assessment and inclusive teaching, I foster student engagement and promote social-emotional growth, empowering educators to create accessible and impactful learning environments for all students, including those with special needs.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Instructional Specialist Consultant

NYU - Nest Support Project
New York
08.2021 - Current
  • Taught teachers how to implement classwide and individual supports to meet the needs of their diverse student body.
  • Coached teachers within schools to take on leadership roles and perform the duties and responsibilities of the 'Nest coach' (modeling best teaching practices, facilitating team meetings, facilitating case conferencing, and creating a school environment that is sensory and academically aligned with the needs of autistic children).
  • Facilitated various workshops for teachers to improve their practices, including Executive Functioning, Workshop A: Introduction to Nest Practices, SDI Teacher Training, and Co-Teaching.
  • Liaised with the administration to assess program performance and support them in identifying the next steps.
  • Teach NYU 702 - Nest Behavior Course, which helps teachers understand how to support students with challenging behavior, and better understand behavior as a form of communication.
  • Co-presented at the CUNY Neurodiversity Conference in 2022: 'One Size Fits One: Intersectionality, and Autistic K-12 Inclusion'.
  • Co-facilitate the seminar for over 120 social workers and guidance counselors working in our Nest program.
  • Partnered with a clinical psychologist from the NYU Child Study Center to create and present workshops to improve the work of social workers and guidance counselors in working with autistic students.
  • During the school year 2022-2023, we focused on supporting identity development, specifically focusing on the intersectionality of gender identity, sexual orientation, and autism.
  • Partnered with the NYCDOE first-year psychologist program and facilitated full-day workshops on autism and the Nest program to support them in determining the best placement for students across the city.

Senior Educational Consultant

Teaching Matters, Inc.
New York
04.2016 - 08.2021
  • Company Overview: New York, NY
  • Coached teachers and school administrators within the Department of Education to improve their teaching in alignment with the CCLS in the areas of History and Literacy
  • Supported administrations in the process of preparing for State and City evaluations
  • Coached teachers and school administrators on how to use formative assessment to drive instruction
  • Coached teachers and schools administrators on creating the systems and structures necessary to successfully implement teacher led professional learning communities
  • Provided virtual and in-person coaching to teachers, through micro-credentials, to support them in taking on teacher leadership positions within their schools
  • New York, NY

Assistant Principal of Supervision

University Prep Charter High School
Bronx
07.2014 - 06.2015
  • Company Overview: Bronx, NY
  • Conducted formal and informal observations of teachers in all content areas, using The Danielson Framework for Teaching in order to provide teachers with individualized feedback on increasing student engagement, increasing the rigor of their questions, and better aligning their lessons to The Common Core Learning Standards
  • Co-constructed and co-facilitated weekly professional development for teachers to improve teaching practices, create data driven instruction, and better align curriculum and teaching to the rigor required in the Common Core Learning Standards
  • Protocols from The School Reform Initiative were used such as the Tuning Protocol, Consultancy Protocol, and The Descriptive Review of a Child
  • Standardized the teacher evaluation system in order to improve clarity for teachers with regard to how they were evaluated within The Danielson Framework for Teaching
  • Developed and mentored grade team leaders within the school community, which had previously not existed
  • Organized all testing for the school as the testing/AP-coordinator managing the implementation of midterms, finals, Regents Exams, NYSESLAT, and AP Exams
  • Ensured that all students received their proper testing accommodations
  • Programmed the school so that the school program better allowed for the services of Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners
  • Changes allowed for students with disabilities to be placed in the least restrictive environment and receive a Collaborative Education Team Teaching model
  • Bronx, NY

Teacher Leader of the High School

The Bronx Latin School
Bronx
09.2008 - 06.2014
  • Company Overview: Bronx, NY
  • Taught 6th, 9th and 12th grade History
  • Conducted informal observations of teachers in all content areas across the Middle School and High School, using The Danielson Framework for Teaching in order to provide teachers with individualized feedback on Domains 2 and 3, and help them better align their lessons to The Common Core Learning Standards
  • Communicated decisions made by the administrative team to the high school teachers, explaining the rationale for each decision and bringing back teacher feedback to the administrative team for consideration
  • Programmed the Middle School and High School, utilizing STARS to program students for classes and Regents exams and run data for the school to make sure all students received the program they required in order to meet the four-year graduation criteria
  • Identified data trends for the school using STARS and Skedula/Datacation to guide programming and instructional decisions within the school
  • Organized all testing for the school as the testing/AP-coordinator managing the implementation of midterms, finals, Regents Exams, NYSESLAT, and AP Exams
  • Ensured that all students received their proper testing accommodations
  • Co-wrote the school's Comprehensive Educational Plan (CEP)
  • Co-planned and co-facilitated the staff orientation in August 2012 & 2013 in which staff were introduced to new school wide initiatives and were provided with the data that would guide the instructional focus for the year
  • Mentored high school grade team leaders to develop their capacity to facilitate grade team meetings, interpret data to drive grade-wide instructional focuses and taught them how to program staff intervisitations and other grade-wide staff initiatives
  • Co-constructed and co-facilitated professional development on literacy and Common Core writing: argumentative writing and informational writing across the content areas
  • Managed and developed Middle School and High School program for off-site credit recovery and standardized New York State assessment preparation summer school program to ensure that all students met Middle School promotional criteria and High School four-year graduation criteria
  • Bronx, NY

Education

Diversity & Inclusion Certificate -

Cornell University
Ithaca
04.2020

School Building Leadership & School District Leadership Certification in School Administration -

College of Saint Rose
Queens
08.2013

Masters of Education - Deaf Education & Teaching of Social Studies

Teachers College at Columbia University
New York
05.2008

B.A. - Psychology and Sociology

Tulane University
New Orleans
05.2005

Skills

  • Instructional leadership
  • Staff training
  • Rubric development
  • Student needs assessment
  • Classroom management
  • Learning assessment
  • Feedback analysis
  • Teaching strategies
  • Inclusive teaching
  • Student Engagement
  • Parent communication
  • Helping students with special needs
  • Promoting social and emotional development
  • Team collaboration

Publications

What is Your Prediction? Teaching the Metacognitive Skill of Prediction to a Class of Sixth and Seventh-Grade Students Who Are Deaf, Molly Brigham, Maria C. Hartman, American Annals of the Deaf, 155, 2, 2010

Languages

American Sign Language, Conversational

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Instructional Specialist Consultant

NYU - Nest Support Project
08.2021 - Current

Senior Educational Consultant

Teaching Matters, Inc.
04.2016 - 08.2021

Assistant Principal of Supervision

University Prep Charter High School
07.2014 - 06.2015

Teacher Leader of the High School

The Bronx Latin School
09.2008 - 06.2014

Diversity & Inclusion Certificate -

Cornell University

School Building Leadership & School District Leadership Certification in School Administration -

College of Saint Rose

Masters of Education - Deaf Education & Teaching of Social Studies

Teachers College at Columbia University

B.A. - Psychology and Sociology

Tulane University

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