Rhonda Reyna

Highly experienced and organized educator with over 20 years of instructing expertise. Creative developer of curriculum and assessments with experience working collaboratively with teachers, campus leaders, and administrators. Detailed oriented with great enthusiasm for providing staff support and interventions for students. Skilled individual with passion for helping students reach academic goals. Creates engaging learning experiences tailored to meet individual student needs. Smart candidate develops strategies to help students bolster academic performance.

• Designed and implemented custom teacher-led, blended, and eLearning lessons and courses tailored to state standards using knowledge of evidence-based instruction and current research.
• Successfully improved student achievement by performing needs assessments and data analysis, measured by 100% passing rate of Math STAAR test and 94% passing rate of Reading STAAR test with 67% at Masters level in class with at-risk learners.
• Contributed as a valuable team member of the Curriculum & Instruction Advisory Committee, the TEKS Resource System Capacity Team, and the K-2 Diagnostic Selection Steering Committee to analyze and evaluate new instructional resources, tools, and supplemental materials.
• Coordinated and facilitated educational team meetings to establish accommodations and services to provide access to content for diverse learners and special needs students (Dyslexia, GT, 504, Immigrants)
• Modeled effective strategies for teaching ESL/ELL learners, at-risk and dyslexic students, as well as behavior management through demonstration teaching to peers and staff.
• Created deliverables such as presentations, worksheets, assessments, and interactive documents using programs such as Canvas LMS, Google Suites applications, Microsoft Office, and Apple programs.
• Applied adult learning principals to plan, coordinate and deliver job-embedded coaching to peers and staff for professional development on topics such as how to effectively integrate curriculum across content areas, and utilizing the on-line format of new instructional products.
• Collaborated with The University of Texas at Arlington and Arlington ISD as a mentor instructor in their Teacher Training programs.
• Exceeded grade level goal of increasing satisfactory score on Math STAAR test from 79% to 81% with an overall 82% by using best practices and high yield strategies.
• Fostered strong relationships with students, parents, teammates, and administration to secure the success of families and the organization.
• Instrumental in development of company policies and procedures, creating and maintaining annual and monthly budget, payroll, as well as client and staff records.

• Grant Writing – 3 Years
• Project Manager Business Expo– 5 Years
• UIL Competition Coach – 3 Years
• Teacher Focus Group – 2 Years
• CTAC – 2 Years
• Curriculum & Instruction Advisory Council
• TEKS Resource System Capacity Team
• K-2 Diagnostic Selection Steering Committee