SONAL MALPANI
Brooklyn
Summary
Educational leader with extensive experience in mentorship and instructional coaching. Utilizes collaborative and personalized approaches to support teachers and students in continuous growth.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Math Coach
P.S. 126/MAT
New York, NY
01.2024 - Current
- Collaborate with school leaders to align school’s vision for high quality math instruction.
- Contribute to the school’s MTSS team and coordinate Tier 2 Math Instruction.
- Provide small group tiered math instruction to students identified as needing additional support.
- Provide content coaching in mathematics to teachers in Grades K-8.
- Facilitate grade level meetings to support teachers with math content and lesson planning.
- Analyze schoolwide math data to inform instructional next steps.
Special Education Itinerant Teacher
Rivendell School
Brooklyn, NY
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Plan and provide developmentally appropriate instruction to preschoolers with disabilities in a range of preschool and daycare settings, as designated on their IEPs.
- Collaborate with classroom teachers to develop and implement inclusion strategies.
- Assess and report on students’ progress through daily session notes, regular parent communication, quarterly IEP reviews, and annual reports.
- Coordinate services for assigned children, facilitating communication and collaboration amongst caregivers, teachers, and related service providers.
Education Consultant
Malpani Consulting LLC
New York, NY
01.2013 - 01.2024
- Consult with Metamorphosis TLC and ReimaginED Teaching, two companies providing math professional development to teachers nationwide.
- Plan and facilitate in-person and virtual math content institutes, teaching learning communities, and think tanks for school leaders and teachers.
- Provide on-site math content coaching for math coaches and teachers.
- Partner with principals to craft and implement strategic plans for instructional improvement.
- Develop curricular materials to support high quality math instruction for diverse learners.
Math Coach
P.S. 503K
Brooklyn, NY
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Liaised with outside organizations to identify, select, and coordinate professional-development services that matched student and teacher needs.
- Conducted professional-development sessions to support over 30 teachers with math instruction.
- Mentored three math co-teachers through inquiry-based coaching cycles, guidance on the revision of units, and 1:1 coaching to promote effective co-planning and co-teaching practices.
- Wrote detailed guides for each curricular unit to aid teachers’ use of a new math program drawing from multiple curricula to better meet student needs.
- Identified and cultivated math teacher leaders through 1:1 content coaching.
Third Grade Teacher
P.S. 503K
Brooklyn, NY
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Served as the lab site classroom for math and word study instruction.
- Led whole-grade math professional development and supported two colleagues through 1:1 coaching.
- Collaborated with grade level colleagues to plan data-driven instruction.
- Participated in two leadership retreats to foster schoolwide instructional alignment.
First Grade Teacher
Mayatan School
Copán, Honduras
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Employed second language acquisition strategies to deliver English-language instruction to native Spanish-speaking students.
- Adapted literacy and math workshop models to meet student needs with limited resources.
- Facilitated collaborative lesson planning as grade team leader.
Bilingual Second Grade Teacher
P.S. 1X
Bronx, NY
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Fostered students’ academic skills through instruction in both English and Spanish.
- Designed and implemented an after-school program tailored to the class’s five most struggling readers, which helped produce at least 1.5 years of progress in reading in single year, as measured by district literacy assessment.
- Developed and maintained strong partnerships with parents through home visits and regular communication, resulting in the school’s highest classroom attendance rate in 2002 – 2003.
Education
Students With Disabilities, Birth - Grade 2 -
Touro College
New York, NY01.2020
Master of Education - School Leadership Program
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA06.2006
Master of Science in Teaching - undefined
Pace University
New York, NY06.2004
Bachelor of Arts - Economics and Spanish
Columbia University
New York, NY06.2002
Skills
Instructional Coaching
Curriculum Design
Relationship building
Teaching Strategies foe Diverse Learners
Certification
- NYS Permanent Teaching Certificate, Grades Pre-K–6
- NYS Professional Teaching Certificate, Students with Disabilities, (Birth – Grade 2)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Highly proficient in Spanish.
Working knowledge of Hindi.
Timeline
Math Coach
P.S. 126/MAT
01.2024 - Current
Special Education Itinerant Teacher
Rivendell School
01.2023 - 01.2024
Education Consultant
Malpani Consulting LLC
01.2013 - 01.2024
Math Coach
P.S. 503K
01.2008 - 01.2012
Third Grade Teacher
P.S. 503K
01.2006 - 01.2008
First Grade Teacher
Mayatan School
01.2004 - 01.2005
Bilingual Second Grade Teacher
P.S. 1X
01.2002 - 01.2004
Master of Education - School Leadership Program
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Master of Science in Teaching - undefined
Pace University
Bachelor of Arts - Economics and Spanish
Columbia University
Students With Disabilities, Birth - Grade 2 -
Touro College