Tanya Fredrich
Senior Educational Administer
Oconomowoc,WI
Summary
Dedicated senior level executive with proven history of meeting system goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand and meet expected outcomes aligned to strategic planning and long range goals.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Assistant Superintendent
School District Of Elmbrook
Brookfield, United States
07.2019 - Current
- Co-lead the organization as member of Senior Executive Team
- Successfully provide fiscal stewardship in the development and distribution of over 100 million dollars annually aligned to strategic long-range planning and objectives with no referendums
- Made large-scale financial decisions and supervised district spending of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER I) Grant Program (~15 million to be spent by 2024)
- Create and implement the vision and mission grounded in diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and academic excellence based on strategic planning with key performance indicators and data metrics through multi-year stakeholder engagement
- Collaborate with Board Members to ensure policy governance
- Ensure the implementation of a robust continuous improvement process that fosters system alignment, increased student achievement, and effectiveness and efficiency in operations
- Led process to move from brick-and-mortar operations of over 10,00 staff and students to a virtual environment in under two weeks when Safer At Home Order was implemented in March 2020
- Led the task for diverse stakeholders to plan to reopen for Fall 2020 while balancing the complex unknowns related to COVID-19
- Lead talent development attraction, retention, and development efforts to include a strategic compensation model, micro-credential system, and professional development framework for a 95% retention rate
- Inspire, supervise and evaluate a 48 member administrator cabinet
- Utilize one on one meetings with direct reports on a routine cadence that involves discussing growth, performance, development and motivation
- Create innovative projects including a profession-based program for high school juniors and seniors with industry partners
- Evaluate product or service by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics using quality tools in change management
- Implemented District Office plan, clarified roles of department members and introduced new processes to boost quality across departments as key work processes in Human Resources, Teaching and Learning, Business Services and Technology and Communication over 2 year period to increase service to schools
Director of Student Services
School District Of Elmbrook
Brookfield, WI
01.2012 - 06.2019
- Executed strategic planning with community wide input to reimagine the Elmbrook brand from the boardroom to the classroom.
- Realigned Student Services Division to maximize human and financial resources to maximize 30 million budget and 300 educators through strategic planning and change management
- Devised strategies to reduce expenses, modernize operations and revamp procedures to improve district operations while reducing the budget by 10% over 5 years
- Created a vision of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for all students regardless of race, disability, socioeconomic status, gender, and English proficiency
- Engaged with area districts to create more options for efficiencies in professional development to deploy research based best practices
Director of WCSEC
School District Of Elmbrook
Brookfield, WI
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Established stakeholder group to create a new school mission, vision, collective commitments, and a continuous improvement approach to achieve long term measurable goals
- Facilitated annual contracts with fifteen school districts to establish Waukesha County Special Education Consortium
- Managed a balanced annual budget of 3.4 million
- Facilitated a 1.5 million capital improvements project
Assistant Director of Student Services
CESA #1
Brookfield, WI
09.1998 - 06.2007
- Supervised and developed 50 professional and certified staff
- Coordinated school budgets and solicited additional funding from grant programs with well-written applications
- Conducted focus groups with school districts that resulted in creations of Turning Point Elementary Alternative School
Teacher
Oconomowoc Developmental Training Center
Oconomowoc, WI
01.1997 - 09.1998
- Implemented academic and social/emotional curriculum and instruction for students preK-3rd gr
Education
Ph.D. - Leadership, Learning, and Service
Cardinal Stritch University
06.2011 - 05.2015
Certification in Administrative Leadership - Leadeership
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI 01.2002 - 08.2003
Master of Arts - Education
University of Wisconsin
Whitewater 09.2000 - 05.2001
Certification - Learning Disabilities
University of Wisconsin
Whitewater 05.1996 - 05.1997
Bachelor of Science - Communicative Disorders
University of Wisconsin
Madison 09.1992 - 05.1996
Skills
Excellent Communication
Additional Information
Engaged in Excellence Gold Apple Award Winner, 2021
National Advisory Board for Hope Squad, 2020-Present
Aspiring Superintendents Academy National Cohort, AASA, 2019-20
Waukesha Community Health Improvement Plan and Process (CHIPP) Tri-Chair, 2018-Present
Prevent Suicide Waukesha County Workgroup, 2018-Present
Tri-district Light House Project collaboration with NAMI, 2018-Present
Adjunct Professor 2015-Present
Areas of focus: Leadership, Change management and Special Education
Timeline
Assistant Superintendent
School District Of Elmbrook
07.2019 - Current
Director of Student Services
School District Of Elmbrook
01.2012 - 06.2019
Ph.D. - Leadership, Learning, and Service
Cardinal Stritch University
06.2011 - 05.2015
Director of WCSEC
School District Of Elmbrook
01.2007 - 01.2012
Certification in Administrative Leadership - Leadeership
University of Wisconsin
01.2002 - 08.2003
Master of Arts - Education
University of Wisconsin
09.2000 - 05.2001
Assistant Director of Student Services
CESA #1
09.1998 - 06.2007
Teacher
Oconomowoc Developmental Training Center
01.1997 - 09.1998
Certification - Learning Disabilities
University of Wisconsin
05.1996 - 05.1997
Bachelor of Science - Communicative Disorders
University of Wisconsin
09.1992 - 05.1996
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