Taneka Lett
Gulfport,MS
Summary
Dedicated and experienced education professional with admirable experience in supporting teachers and administrators to increase proficiency and growth by implementing best leadership practices.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal
07.2020 - Current
- Administers and submits records, plans, and reports as required by the district, State Department of Education, and federal guidelines
- Devises, implements, and articulates a strategic plan for achieving school goals
- Coordinates and develops the overall instructional activities and plans within the school in accord with district administrative guidelines/expectations and state accreditation standards
- Supports and implements the district's instructional management plan and professional development plan
- Ensures that classroom teachers manage the classroom in such a manner as to facilitate pupil learning
- Evaluates instruction
- Formulates (frames) the school's mission and objectives related to district goals
- Informs staff of their duties and responsibilities
- Manages and supervises school activities to avoid interruption of the school day
- Provides a systematic method of collective data on attendance, behavior, course performance, and other academic indicators
- Provides collegial/collaborative structure for decision making through supportive internal and external relationships (such as P-16 councils, PLCs, PTAs, etc.)
- Provides formal opportunities for students, parents, teachers, administrators, business, and professional leaders to give input in planning school performance goals and academic incentives
- Provides specific training activities to help classroom teachers and support staff improve instructional practice were found to be inadequate
- Recommends, supervises, and evaluates personnel.
MTSS Administrator/Assistant Principal
08.2019 - 07.2020
- Observe employee performance, record observations, and conduct evaluation conferences
- Serve as second appraiser for the designated teacher appraisal system
- Assist principal in interviewing, selecting, and orienting new staff
- Supervise operations in the principal's absence
- Help plan daily school activities by participating in the development of class schedules, teacher assignments, and extracurricular activity schedules
- Comply with federal and state laws, State Board of Education rule, and board policy
- Ensure that school rules are uniformly observed and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable
- Conduct conferences on student and school issues with parents, students, and teachers
- Share supervisory responsibility for professional staff with the school principal
- Supervise teachers, custodians, paraprofessionals, clerical personnel and others as assigned
- Assist in all matters pertaining to the development and implementation of a consistent Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) model of tiered intervention processes and procedures across the school
- Provide information and professional development to the school site team, ensuring that MTSS components are established in the school
- Help the school achieve increased academic success by tracking a comprehensive three-tiered MTSS program of academic interventions for students who need additional support
- Work closely with the teachers and Instructional Coaches to improve the quality of Tier 2 and Tier 3 strategies and programs designed to promote academic growth in all identified students; provide professional development to administrators, teachers and staff members on MTSS strategies
- Evaluate and measure the effectiveness of specific MTSS strategies and interventions in order to refine Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 levels of support; document and communicate student progress to all relevant stakeholders; and work effectively with administrative team, colleagues, and all members of the school communities.
MDE Literacy Coach
Jackson, MS
08.2015 - 06.2019
- Provided daily technical support (at least 85% of the school week) to school-based coaches or lead teachers in their capacity to support instruction of the 5 components of reading, implement curriculum, administer assessments, analyze data, and utilize technology
- Modeled effective coaching and conferencing techniques
- Assisted administrators, school-based literacy coaches, and teachers in addressing grade specific curriculum by developing an effective school-wide literacy plan and providing strategies for monitoring the plan's implementation
- Designed and conducted professional development to meet the varied needs of school-based literacy coaches and teachers
- Conferenced with individual coaches or lead teachers to ensure that teachers assigned to them have specific goals and plans for improving practice
- Provided clear, practical, timely, and candid written and oral feedback to school-based coaches about their coaching practices and to teachers about their instruction
- Met regularly with principals, school-based coaches, and teachers to review data and make recommendations for adjustments in instructional practices
- Maintained an organized system for documenting coaching services
- Collaborated with other literacy coaches to support the Literacy-Based Promotion Act
- Assisted principals, school-based literacy coaches, and lead teachers in providing regular and user-friendly data reports to their respective districts and other stakeholders
- Provided on-going training and support for school-based educators within and across regions
- Provided guidance for sharing data with a variety of audiences
- Communicated a consistent message as established by the Mississippi Department of Education in support of the Literacy-Based Promotion Act
- Participated in on-going training, support, and networking to promote grade-level reading
- Maintained and promptly submit reports on progress of teaching and learning specific to literacy in K-3 schools assigned
- Provided training to educators across the state.
Education
Ed.D - Educational Leadership
William Carey University
01.2018
Ed.S - Instructional Leadership
William Carey University
01.2015
M.Ed - Educational Leadership and Supervision
University of Southern Mississippi
01.2011
B.S - Child and Family Studies/Child Development
University of Southern Mississippi
01.2005
Skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficient in Data Analysis
- Proficient with the following testing instruments: MAP, NWEA, I-Ready, STAR, Dibels
- Proficient in designing and conducting professional development to teachers and school leaders
- Proficient with Science of Reading
- Knowledge of HQIM
- Proficient in teaching and coaching best practices in literacy
- Proficient in training teachers in the use of Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards and Scaffolding Document
- Ability to model effective coaching and conferencing in order to build capacity in teachers
Additional Qualifications
- Attended in NISL Literacy Training (June 2011)
- NISL Trained (Completion Date: December 2023)
- Letrs Trained (2014)
- Pre-K Letrs (2016)
- State Test Auditor
- Aims Pathway for Leadership Trained (2022)
- Mississippi Literacy Leadership Network (MSLL) Member (Member since 2021)
- School Improvement Auditor
- Passports to Literacy (Building Foundational Skills), Presenter (2016)
- Certified in Orton-Gillingham
- Making Connections Presenter (Making Sense of Phonics) Presenter (2018)
- Tools for Literacy Presenter (2018)
- Certified in Phonics First
- 153- Pre-K -Kindergarten
- 322-Home Economics (7-12)
- 486-Entry Level Administrator
References
Available Upon Request
Timeline
Principal
07.2020 - Current
MTSS Administrator/Assistant Principal
08.2019 - 07.2020
MDE Literacy Coach
08.2015 - 06.2019
Ed.D - Educational Leadership
William Carey University
Ed.S - Instructional Leadership
William Carey University
M.Ed - Educational Leadership and Supervision
University of Southern Mississippi
B.S - Child and Family Studies/Child Development
University of Southern Mississippi
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