Suzanne Rieger
Burien,WA
Summary
To passionately and effectively serve the scholars, staff, families and community of Showalter Middle School. To maintain a safe, healthy and inclusive middle school learning environment by providing and supporting effective anti-racist teaching practices, high expectations for all scholars, and asset-based thinking. To lead a welcoming school where all are safe, valued, accepted, embraced, and empowered. To collaborate with all to sustain a school culture which embodies Tukwila and embraces its rich diversity, family, culture and community.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Administrator Designee
Tukwila School District
01.2022 - Current
- Assume all daily responsibilities of the building administrator.
- Facilitate morning meeting with student support team to review building subs, student needs, family meetings, supervision and support of all staff.
- Supervise of students before school, during instructional time, at lunch and after school
- Responsible for student check ins; check in/check out goals; following up on communication with families and staff
- Facilitate Early Release professional development focused on inclusive teaching practices, UDL, and highly-effective PLCs
- Develop Release professional development for staff focused on district and building goals; UDL; and highly effective PLCs
- Facilitate and develop agendas for Building Leadership Team
- Provide time and space to family partnerships; student meetings; concerns and questions
- Plan, organize and implement staff learning walks; collaboration release days; OSSI grant data release days
- Collaborate with the Student support team and Assistant Principal to develop MTSS systems that are clearly communicated, implemented by staff; and sustained through a well-developed follow up plan
- Provide embedded, daily professional development for all teachers; with a specific focus on ELA, Math, Science, and Ethnic Studies
- Proud member and contributor to the building Race and Equity Team; Data Team; Leadership Team; Student Support Team; PBIS Team; and Sunshine Team
Literacy Coach and Specialist
Showalter Middle School
09.2021 - Current
- Provide embedded, daily professional development for all ELA and Reading teachers
- Collaborate on daily instruction with ELA teachers; facilitate learning release days focused on using data to plan for small, individualized group instruction
- Support content teachers in implementation of best literacy practices into their instruction
- Provide professional learning opportunities for teachers focused on the Science of Reading
- Develop professional development sessions for teachers focused on analyzing iReady data and using the data to develop targeted lessons in Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
- Model lessons in classrooms
- Facilitate learning walks with teachers to observe best practices to meet the needs of all readers
- Provide book study opportunities for teachers to learn about Reading Ladders, small writing groups, Science of Reading and UDL
- Observe lessons and provide feedback to teachers
- Collaborate with evaluation partners and teachers to implement feedback based on classroom observations of instruction
- Provide classroom with relevant, engaging texts at students reading levels and interests
- Support all teachers in analyzing Reading data; utilizing the data to provide instruction for all readers
- Collaborate weekly with all ELA teachers to reflect on current units of instruction, student work and data, and implementation of new strategies
- Support co-teaching collaboration model and provide monthly release days for the team to grow their partnership and teaching
- Member of the building leadership team
- Maintain intervention data system, materials, and support intervention teachers
- Provide Science of Reading professional development for educational support persons
- Conducted ongoing evaluations of literacy improvement action and communicated results to teachers and administrators.
- Guided teachers to collect and analyze data and developed action plans in response to determined student needs.
Literacy Assistant Principal
Denny International Middle School
07.2018 - 06.2021
- Effectively evaluated staff and instructional programs
- Professional Development and collaboration focused on continued improvement of the instructional program in reading, writing, and literacy in the content areas
- Sustained and improved upon the fidelity of pedagogical and curricular delivery
- Developed, delivered, and monitored student growth through effective summative and formative assessments
- Delivered and facilitated high quality ongoing professional development and collaborative planning for teachers
- Modeled effective methodology and pedagogy in literacy for ELA, Social Studies, Reading, ELL and Dual Language teachers
- Supported and coordinated relationships with community partners (City Year, CIS, DEEL)
- Developed data systems to effectively and efficiently track student learning and growth in literacy
- Researched data-driven methods and curriculum to advance student learning and teacher development
- Weekly collaboration with individual teachers, grade-level teams, and content department teams focused on teaching and learning, data-driven instruction, teacher growth
- Delivered professional development in teaching and learning for English Language Learners and students with IEPs
- Member of Building Leadership Team, MTSS Team, Racial Equity Team, and Instructional Council
- Facilitator of New Denny Dolphins; focused on supporting new and first year teachers, focused on building effective practices using the Danielson Framework
- Lead developer of Denny University; differentiated staff Professional Development aligned to C-SIP goals
- Building Assessment Coordinator, Technology Committee Co-Facilitator, Nesholm Foundation partner with Aki and Mercer
- Facilitated Satterberg Pathway work focused on 5th-6th grade instructional practices and curriculum alignment
- Developed programs, assessment and curriculum in Literacy for Reading Intervention classes, Extended Day programs, and Denny Westside Scholars Summer Academy
- Assessed literacy needs of school by reviewing student data and current curriculum.
6-12 Dean of Students
Showalter Middle School
09.2016 - 06.2018
- Implemented restorative conferences and practices with students to provide positive behavior supports and academic goal setting
- Coordinated, facilitated, and implemented disciplinary intervention steps, including the PBIS Framework and Restorative Practices
- Collaborated with staff to support implementation of these processes
- Facilitated PBIS framework implementation and provided Professional Development for staff
- Maintained school-wide SWIS data system and provided staff with monthly access to building-wide SWIS data
- Collaborated with Assistant Principal to develop and implement a school-wide discipline flow chart, behavior log system, and referral system
- Participated in and facilitated various leadership teams in the school
- This included the building Discipline Team, School Leadership Team, and Parent Steering Team
- Facilitated building re-brand of school wide expectations and facilitated the building SAIL (culture) team
- Provide SWIS data analysis for building team, focused on student academic and behavior supports
- These teams included Early Warning Indicators, Care Referral Process Team, Leadership Team, and the SAIL (Culture) Team
- Facilitated school-wide emergency preparedness team meetings and the implementation of a building-wide team
- Modeled class meetings, restorative circles for teachers in classrooms
- Responsible for SWIS behavior data updates and reports
- Developed systems to share data with staff monthly
- Daily supervision of students during breakfast, lunches, and afterschool
- Developed a system of student 'check-ins' to support students’ behavior and academic goals
- Responsible for student/parent/teacher 're-entry' meetings, following a removal from school or class
- Collaborated with and coached teachers in-class to support implementation of class meetings, circles, and restorative practices
Principal Internship
Showalter Middle School
08.2017 - 05.2018
- Company Overview: Washington State University
- Trained in Danielson Framework and collaborated with Principal on teacher evaluations, Eval tool, and co-facilitated pre and post conferences
- Facilitated and planned building leadership team meetings
- Collaborated with Leadership team to develop building goals and school improvement plan, using Indistar indicators
- Developed projects based on the six Washington State Principal Standards, which were all aligned to building SIP goals
- Developed, implemented, and facilitated a series of Professional Development days for the Language Arts team, focused on Readers/Writers Workshop components and curriculum alignment
- Provided on-going Professional Development to staff focused on building culture, PBIS Framework, and Restorative Practices
- Evolved school Discipline Team into a Building Culture Team, focused on implementation of the PBIS Framework and Restorative Practices
- Facilitated SAIL Team work; developed a building-wide behavior matrix, behavior log, monthly student and staff recognition, and school currency/store
- Facilitated and planned content to the building’s three major teams: Leadership Team, SAIL Team, and Parent Steering
- Designed, developed, and implemented Community Cafes to increase Parent Engagement at the school
- Led a team of classroom teachers, monthly on classroom walkthroughs
- Facilitated calibration and discussions of data collected during walkthroughs
- Developed a building-wide system for effective meetings
- Included team norms and roles
- Implemented a 'data analyst' on building teams to facilitate the use of data, monthly or bi-monthly at meetings
- Coordinated all local and state assessments for the building
- Responsible for input of all SWIS behavior data and reports
- Responsible for SAM Intervention System (Math and Reading) and reports and updating of data
- Active member of building bond/construction team for school renovations
- Developed agendas for Early Release PD, Staff meetings, and building teams
- Exceeded 540 internship hours, with experiences at Elementary, Middle, and High School levels
- Washington State University
6-12 Instructional Literacy Coach
Showalter Middle School/Foster High School
09.2015 - 06.2016
- Facilitated standards-based curriculum alignment (CCSS) and supported the use of highly effective instructional strategies within and across grade levels
- Provided professional development focusing on CSSS, interventions, literacy research based practices, reading strategies across the content areas, reading and writing in all content areas, and R/W workshop pedagogy
- Coordinated the 6-12 intervention system using data to design intervention programs and classes
- Developed common grade-level, classroom-based assessments and rubrics for standards-based instructional units; and assist teachers in establishing classroom benchmarks
- Supported and trained staff using eVal system, aligned to the Charlotte Danielson framework
- Developed a common understanding of student achievement data and assisted teachers in their use of formative and summative data as a basis for deciding what to teach and how to deliver instruction
- Provided in-class modeling and co-teaching of effective instructional strategies
- Provided feedback and supported teachers’ use of effective instructional strategies through classroom observations
- Worked with staff to develop appropriate interventions for students, developed appropriate groups for interventions, set goals for individual students, provided plans for para educators, professional development for staff, and developed next steps based on current student assessment data
- Facilitated trainings to support teachers’ professional learning communities and their knowledge bases regarding research based best practices to support literacy
- Supported teachers in their professional growth, goal setting, and Evaluation by providing trainings focused on the State 8 and Danielson’s Domains
- Facilitated trainings to support the growth of professional learning communities, with a specific focus on Vocabulary, AVID strategies, and ELL strategies
- Participated on building and district level teams to support the alignment of Professional Development, K-12
- Trained staff to work with families on developing skills and strategies to support literacy in the home
- Supported AVID teams at the Secondary level and provided trainings on Critical Reading Strategies across the content areas
- Created and implemented a K-12 Literacy Framework for the district
- Designed and provided training for Secondary staff, PLCs and individual teachers, focused on best practices in Literacy
- Designed and implemented a 3-year ELA Instructional plan, with a focus on Readers/Writers Workshop, GRR, and CCSS aligned units of study
Reading Interventionist
Showalter Middle School
01.2012 - 06.2015
- Implemented a data-driven intervention system (6-8), focusing on accelerating student growth for students below grade-level standard in Reading
- Implemented a building-wide Reading Assessment (SRI) and provided in-depth professional development for staff on interpreting data and utilizing to drive instruction
- Provided Professional Development for staff on research-based literacy instructional practices across the content areas
- Provided explicit and targeted instruction in Reading through implementation of the READ 180 program
Literacy Coach
Tukwila Elementary School
09.2008 - 06.2011
- Facilitated standards-based curriculum alignment (CCSS) and supported the use of highly effective instructional strategies within and across grade levels
- Provided professional development focusing on interventions, literacy research-based practices, and reading strategies across grade level and content areas
- Implemented assessment system to screed and Progress Monitor students (DIBELS)
- Trained para educators and staff on interventions, using data, and progress monitoring tools aligned to the building’s SIP plan
- Provided professional development to support a common understanding of student data and assisted teachers in their use of formative and summative data as a basis for making instructional decisions
- Provided in-class modeling and co-teaching of effective instructional strategies (CCSS aligned), with an emphasis on Reading and Writing instruction
- Provided feedback to teachers’ use of instructional strategies through classroom observations
- Worked with staff to develop an intervention system for struggling learners
- This included, but was not limited to: developing appropriate groups for interventions, setting goals for individual students, providing intervention plans for para educators, professional development on intervention curriculum materials, and instructional strategies
- Supported teachers and para educators in their professional growth by serving as a resource for professional development
- Trained staff to work with families on developing skills and strategies to support literacy in the home
- Participated in district and building-level leaderships teams to engage in professional growth experiences, deepen theory and knowledge of instructional practice, and to increase my leadership capacity
Education
Principal Certification - Educational Leadership
Washington State University
Vancouver, WA05-2018
Masters in Teaching - K-12 Literacy
State University of New York
Cortland, NY05.2003
Bachelors of Arts - Secondary English
State University of New York
Cortland, NY12.2001
Skills
- Communicative: timely, multi-modal; clear; concise; and consistent
- Collaborative: team-oriented; inclusive of all voices and stakeholders; shared-decision-making; work alongside teachers to support instructional goals; work with team on shared goals
- Responsive: in service to staff and students; timely; effective; communication and feedback for follow up
- Adaptable: able to reflect on feedback; progress monitor a goal; course correct and pivot to implement change or new system or idea
- Growth-minded: teacher practice focused on setting goals; all teachers and scholars are held to high expectations; coaching teachers and ESPs to grow their practice; model asset-based thinking
- Solution-based: seek solutions to challenges; use systems to mediate; include stakeholders; care to confront; keep focused on goals and outcomes
- Authentic: strong trustful relationships with scholars, staff, and families
Timeline
Administrator Designee
Tukwila School District
01.2022 - Current
Literacy Coach and Specialist
Showalter Middle School
09.2021 - Current
Literacy Assistant Principal
Denny International Middle School
07.2018 - 06.2021
Principal Internship
Showalter Middle School
08.2017 - 05.2018
6-12 Dean of Students
Showalter Middle School
09.2016 - 06.2018
6-12 Instructional Literacy Coach
Showalter Middle School/Foster High School
09.2015 - 06.2016
Reading Interventionist
Showalter Middle School
01.2012 - 06.2015
Literacy Coach
Tukwila Elementary School
09.2008 - 06.2011
Principal Certification - Educational Leadership
Washington State University
Masters in Teaching - K-12 Literacy
State University of New York
Bachelors of Arts - Secondary English
State University of New York
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