Ryan J. Pearse
Commerce City,CO
Summary
Dynamic professional with successful experience in instructional coaching, curriculum development, and academic leadership. Passionate and driven educator seeking new opportunities to utilize skillset. Proven program builder with skill in identifying challenges and implementing research-based solutions.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Instructional Coach, ELA Director & Founding Guide
The STEAD School
05.2021 - Current
- Coach over 20 teachers to improve practices through professional development and modeling instructional strategies
- Facilitate multiple professional development sessions and workshops (specializing in differentiation and executive function)
- Mentor three new and early-career teachers
- Oversee department budget ($1500) and cultivate core academic standards
- Meet over one hundred diverse students' needs by planning and implementing lessons with wide variety of teaching strategies
- Drafted school’s athletic-academic eligibility policy (2021)
- Established student band program (2021)
- Served as summer school/credit recovery program coordinator (2022)
- Co-founded student mental health club (2022)
Academic Director
Temple Grandin School
05.2018 - 12.2020
- Promoted to Academic Director
- Conducted formal and informal teacher evaluations and instructional coaching sessions
- Mentored three student teachers from University of Colorado-Boulder
- Compiled and documented school academic standards by subject to ensure academic compliance
- Successfully implemented block scheduling (2018)
- Successfully implemented standards-based grading (2020)
- Co-coordinated school’s COVID virtual programming (2020)
- Oversaw all progress and academic grade reports
- Coordinated and conducted University of Colorado education panel on differentiation
- Conferred with educators to identify current classroom concerns and diversify instructional strategies
- Established weekly academic team meetings (2018)
- Approved department budgets and purchases
High School English Teacher
Temple Grandin School
08.2014 - 12.2020
- Effectively differentiated and scaffolded instruction for over 50 students on autism spectrum
- Developed standards-based course curriculum for multiple high school English courses and electives
- Designed over 100 formative and summative assessments in accordance to targeted state academic standards
- Planned dynamic lessons to increase student comprehension of books and literary concepts
- Founded and edited school’s literary magazine, highlighting creative student work
Musician & Band Manager
The Belle Jar Music, LLC
10.2009 - 10.2014
- Founded band and successfully recruited five additional members
- Scheduled rehearsals
- Wrote or co-wrote over 25 original songs, obtaining copyright for each
- Maintained band finances budget
- Promoted musical career by maintaining website or social media presence
- Performed at multiple high-profile music festivals, including Westword Festival and Denver UMS
- Successfully booked over one hundred local shows and multiple regional tours
- Achieved radio play in over 30 U.S markets via targeted indie radio campaign (2013)
- Secured song placement in Naked Juice commercial (2013)
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English
Concordia University Irvine
Irvine, CAM.Ed - Curriculum and Instruction
University of Nebraska, Kearney
Kearney, NESkills
- Instructional Coaching and Mentorship
- Curriculum Development and Implementation
- Team Leadership
- Organization and Planning Skills
- Clear Instruction and Communication
- Writing Engaging Content with Audio, Visual, and Interactive Media Aids
- Instructional Techniques and Strategies
- Innovative Pedagogy
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Virtual Learning Platforms
- Technology (Google Suite, basic coding)
- Music Composition and Production
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of four staff members at Temple Grandin School
- Executed transition from traditional grading to standards-based grading system at Temple Grandin School (2020)
- Collaborated with STEAD's ELA department to achieve school's two highest-growth areas on annual MAPS testing (Reading and Language)
- Collaborated with band on a Top 20 album of 2013, according to year-end Colorado Public Radio listener poll
- Performance at 2013 Midwest Music Festival earned mention from 89.3 "The Current" (Minnesota)
Certification
- Licensed Professional Educator (Secondary English/Language Arts)
Timeline
Instructional Coach, ELA Director & Founding Guide
The STEAD School
05.2021 - Current
Academic Director
Temple Grandin School
05.2018 - 12.2020
High School English Teacher
Temple Grandin School
08.2014 - 12.2020
Musician & Band Manager
The Belle Jar Music, LLC
10.2009 - 10.2014
Bachelor of Arts - English
Concordia University Irvine
M.Ed - Curriculum and Instruction
University of Nebraska, Kearney
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