Mtetwa Ramdoo
Education Professional
Tampa,Florida
Summary
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Leading Individuals to Success as a passionate teacher, coach, mentor, and leader in improving job skills, guiding professional development and increasing productivity for both adults and students. Exceptional talent for training, instructing, analyzing and evaluating performance in a variety of learning environments, both with adults and students. Strong sense of personal accountability and a penchant for learning and helping others reach their professional goals.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Grant Coordinator (Grants and Research Operations)
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Tampa, FL
09.2019 - Current
- Grants and Research Operations Team.
- Write selected sections of state, federal, and foundation grant proposals. Utilize exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content through thorough research into assigned topics to complete writing tasks in a deadline driven environment.
- Compose letters of support, grant overviews, and grant writing templates.
- Provide technical assistance to grantees during the life of awarded projects including drafting amendments.
- Serve as the point of contact for development teams for selected grant writing projects.
- Provide the necessary research base for grants projects ensuring that the research is reliable, valid and in alignment with grant objectives and district proposals.
- Assist in the coordination of activities and workloads among the grant development team, including scheduling meetings, creating agendas, and providing development status reports and projections.
- Interview individuals by phone, video chat and in person to gather information for narrative sections.
- Develop comprehensive training manual for onboarding and orientation of new grant coordinators.
Area Instructional Mentor
Hillsborough County Public Schools
08.2016 - 09.2019
- Analyzed new teacher information through initial review, preparation and maintenance of accurate records indicating readiness for induction, state and district certification.
- Provided support and expertise through resources and training related to content-knowledge, assessment, curricular goals and standards-based instruction to all teachers, including those at the pre-service level (interns).
- Identified and delivered strategies to enhance students’ learning experiences and contributed to improved engagement and increased assessment performance.
- Collaborated with students, teachers, team leaders, supervisors, mentors, administrators and other important stakeholders to support teachers in creating environments that were comprehensively supportive of students.
- Provided personalized, research-based and differentiated support to help new and experienced faculty to develop more creative and rewarding ways to reach instructional goals by building inter-student and inter-faculty rapport to encourage a balanced instructional approach for diverse learners.
- Managed cadres of teachers through maintaining high levels of consistent and positive communication about induction and instructional performance.
- Created a clear path of continual communication among faculty, students, and school and district leadership to encourage feedback and improve teaching and learning.
Professional Development Trainer/Adult Educator
Hillsborough County Public Schools
01.2011 - 01.2019
- Provided faculty development opportunities and training according to identified site-based and district-wide professional development needs in managing student behavior, differentiated instruction, higher-order thinking skills, evaluation rubric and final evaluation protocols.
- Served as master trainer for new hires and a guide for new administrators and supervisors in improving observational practice, evaluative, and clinical educator skills.
- Worked with training teams to develop clinical educator training content and materials, ensuring compliance to state standards, university requirements, and site-cohort schedules.
- Evaluated the effectiveness training sessions through trainee, supervisor and co-leadership feedback. Adjusted training in accordance to improve delivery.
- Served as an Adult ESOL instructor for Level 1 non-English-language speakers.
Academic Data Coach
Hillsborough County Public Schools
Tampa, FL
08.2014 - 03.2015
- Worked closely with the principal and other site-based leaders to plan and implement best practices in instructional and assessment strategies.
- Created positive alignment between content, state standards, and instruction to increase levels of student achievement.
- Assisted faculty members in analyzing assessment data to aid in planning instruction to target identified content and curricular needs.
- Collaborated with content leaders, district and state staff to set school-wide data-informed instructional goals linked to improving school culture.
- Assisted in preparing reports from the disaggregation of data to present at stakeholder meetings.
Peer Evaluator
Hillsborough County Public Schools
08.2010 - 08.2016
- Conducted performance reviews through the collection of data and records for K12 teachers by lesson observation and analysis of student learning and interactions and assessment of lesson plans.
- Provided objective and comprehensive written and oral feedback on instructional effectiveness based on observational data processed through the Danielson Instructional Rubric.
- Assisted teachers in developing next steps to improve practice.
- Partnered with EET Grant Director and serve as evaluator liaison for teachers to ensure that system processes were leading toward desired learning results.
- Worked within the leadership team to identify, recruit and hire new peer evaluators.
- Evaluated program practices to enhance the work of the evaluation cadre in reaching the goals of the initiative.
Substitute teacher, ESOL Instructor
Hillsborough County Public Schools
Tampa, FL
01.2004 - 08.2019
- Upheld classroom routines to support student environments and maintain consistent schedules.
- Followed classroom plans left by class teacher to continue student education and reinforce core concepts.
- Worked part-time at external district sites to teach non-English speakers develop basic English language communication skills.
Co-Author
The World Is Flat? A Critical Analysis of New York Times Bestseller by Thomas Friedman
01.2006 - 02.2021
- Worked on creative initiatives from concept to completion, including brand messaging and creative brainstorming.
- Proofread copy written by colleagues to correct spelling, punctuation and grammar.
- Utilized exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content.
- Managed competing deadlines with efficiency.
- Composed written material for publications and submitted for approval by editor/publisher.
- Collaborated with designer to chose cover artwork to attract target readership.
Teacher/Team Leader
Hillsborough County Public Schools
01.2004 - 01.2010
- Instructed middle grade students in learning Science, Language Arts, Reading, and Geography.
- Served as a key voice in collaborating with other teachers in discussions on improving student learning.
- Served as a trusted mentor and clinical educator for new teachers.
PT Associate Editor/Publisher MK Press/Anclote
01.2001 - 01.2012
- Assisted writer with proofreading manuscripts and other forms of copy for general grammatical correctness.
- Assisted with coordinating research activities for material development.
Custom Catalog Coordinator/Copywriter
Impact Promotional Publishing
01.2001 - 01.2004
- Proofread, edited, and evaluated final copy to verify content aligned with established guidelines and client needs.
- Worked with graphic artists, post-production team members and other specialists to produce captivating and successful content according to specific client guidelines.
Education
Master's Degree in Research -
Lancaster University
Master's Degree - Educational Leadership
American College of Education
Bachelor of Arts - English
University Of South Florida
Tampa, FL 01.1990 - 01.1993
No Degree - Genetics/Biology
New College of Florida
Sarasota, FLFlorida Department of Education Training
Hillsborough County Public Schools Training
Tampa, FLAdditional Information
Additional strengths include:
Technology: Proficiency with Mac- and Windows-based productivity tools, (MS Office). Primary level proficiency Canvas LMS, Lightroom, Camtasia, TaskStream, IBM Cognos, MS Teams, Zoom, Twitter, Photography.
Timeline
Grant Coordinator (Grants and Research Operations)
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
09.2019 - Current
Area Instructional Mentor
Hillsborough County Public Schools
08.2016 - 09.2019
Academic Data Coach
Hillsborough County Public Schools
08.2014 - 03.2015
Professional Development Trainer/Adult Educator
Hillsborough County Public Schools
01.2011 - 01.2019
Peer Evaluator
Hillsborough County Public Schools
08.2010 - 08.2016
Co-Author
The World Is Flat? A Critical Analysis of New York Times Bestseller by Thomas Friedman
01.2006 - 02.2021
Substitute teacher, ESOL Instructor
Hillsborough County Public Schools
01.2004 - 08.2019
Teacher/Team Leader
Hillsborough County Public Schools
01.2004 - 01.2010
PT Associate Editor/Publisher MK Press/Anclote
01.2001 - 01.2012
Custom Catalog Coordinator/Copywriter
Impact Promotional Publishing
01.2001 - 01.2004
Bachelor of Arts - English
University Of South Florida
01.1990 - 01.1993
Master's Degree in Research -
Lancaster University
Master's Degree - Educational Leadership
American College of Education
No Degree - Genetics/Biology
New College of Florida
Florida Department of Education Training
Hillsborough County Public Schools Training
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