Sem Avena

Oversee the office of Discipline and Intervention and work closely with the PBIS team.

• Supervised and evaluated teaching and support staff through instructional leadership and professional development.
• Built productive relationships with parents of students facing difficult situations at school or at home.
• Led meetings to convey policy changes, gather information, and assess employee thoughts.
• Monitored student behavior and enforced discipline policies.
• Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
• Oversee attendance and work with attendance technicians on student tardies.
• Work collaboratively with district security and Val Verde Police Department to implement school safety protocols.

Worked alongside site principal and managed discipline.

• Worked with campus supervisors and DSOs to maintain a safe environment for students.
• Worked with campus intervention specialists such as counselors and restorative practitioners.
• Supervised high student traffic areas such as hallways, cross walks, and lunch areas before, during, and after school.
• Followed progressive discipline and provided appropriate interventions.
• Facilitated staff meetings.
• Participated in weekly administrative meetings.

As part of Education Services, I collaborate with site principals and instructional coaches to provide grade level professional development to meet site goals.

• Design and lead professional development at both site and district levels.
• Coach teachers to improve practices through professional development and modeling instructional strategies.
• Worked with teacher teams to identify essential standards, create common assessments and use data to drive instruction.

Collaborated with lead teachers in their practice to meet team and site goals. Lead professional development at both site and district levels.

• Coach teachers to improve practices through professional development and modeling instructional strategies.
• Worked with teacher teams to identify essential standards, create common assessments and use data to drive instruction.
• Helped in opening up access to Advanced Placement and have created support systems to ensure student success.
• Presented on AP support systems at the AP Conference.
• Assisted with master scheduling of courses.
• Involved in coordination of site state testing

Taught courses in Algebra 1 and CAHSEE Prep through AP/IB Calculus. Data team member that behaved and followed a professional learning community standard for student success.

• Provided meaningful math instruction to improve math skills of children.
• Kept classroom environments consistent and focused on learning by establishing and enforcing clear objectives.
• Was math department chair for three years and Geometry Data Team leader for six years.
• Have helped increase enrollment into advanced math courses.
• Have taught courses in Algebra 1 through AP/IB Calculus.
• Part of the initial district secondary common core implementation team.
• Math Club advisor.
• Assistant Band Director for seven years.

Precalculus Teacher for the Jaime Escalante Summer Program.

• Program focus was to help students advance in mathematics and reach AP mathematics.

Taught courses in Algebra 1 through AP Calculus BC, including Urban Design at Woodrow Wilson High School.

• Was math department head for a year
• Was lead teacher for the Math/Science Small Learning Community in its first two years of inception.
• Helped create math pathways for student advancement in mathematics
• Achieved Teacher of the Year several times from the Future Teachers of America for my outstanding performance in the classroom and relationship with students.
• Co-presented a weeklong workshop for middle and high school teachers on usage of the Texas Instrument graphing calculator in the classroom.
• Served in the discipline office as a teacher support for student tardies.