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Therese Lewis

Grapevine,TX

Summary

Instructional leader with extensive experience in K-12 education, recognized for driving student growth through strategic coaching and data-driven instruction. Expertise includes fostering teacher collaboration and delivering impactful professional development programs that enhance educational outcomes. Proven ability to analyze data effectively to inform instructional practices and improve student performance. Aiming to leverage these skills to further elevate educational standards in a progressive learning environment.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Instructional Support Specialist

Duncanville Independent School District
Duncansville, TX
07.2024 - Current

Coaching/Teacher Support

  • Classroom Observations
  • Designed and facilitated differentiated professional development workshops on research-based teaching strategies
  • Review data with teachers.
  • Created coaching plans.

Intervention Support

  • Co-planning WIN time lessons with teachers.
  • Review data to support the intervention plan.
  • Locate and provide resources.

District Support

  • Campus learning walks
  • Instructional coaching, professional development, and content area.
  • Leading or facilitating professional learning.

Campus Leadership.

  • Analyzing campus data

Demonstration Math Teacher

Dallas Independent School District, DISD
Dallas, TX
07.2023 - 07.2024
  • Instructional Excellence: Designed and delivered high-impact mathematics instruction to a focused student cohort, implementing research-based strategies that resulted in significant, accelerated growth on district benchmark assessments.
  • Teacher Coaching and Development: Provided job-embedded professional development across grade levels, modeling effective instructional practices, co-planning lessons, and facilitating data-driven coaching cycles that improved campus-wide math proficiency.
  • Campus Leadership & Intervention Support: Collaborated with administration to develop and implement a targeted math intervention framework, analyzing performance data, leading weekly PLCs, and creating a resource library of differentiated materials for tiered interventions.

Campus Based Facilitator/Math Coach

Dallas Independent School District, DISD
Dallas, TX
07.2014 - 07.2023
  • Provided job-embedded coaching to K-5 teachers in implementing guided math practices and differentiated numeracy instruction, resulting in significant increases in student mathematical proficiency across all grade levels.
  • Collaborated with grade-level teams to develop hands-on math learning centers and concrete-representational-abstract (CRA) lesson sequences, enhancing conceptual understanding and engagement among diverse learners
  • Facilitated weekly grade-level PLCs focused on mathematics data analysis and standards unpacking, helping teachers identify instructional gaps and develop common formative assessments that improved student growth measures, and strengthened vertical alignment.

Grade 5 Talented and Gifted Clusters Teacher

Orange County Public Schools Career And Technical Education
Orlando, FL
07.2008 - 07.2013
  • Taught accelerated curriculum to gifted clusters, achieving 100% proficiency on FCAT with 85% of students scoring at advanced levels
  • Created enrichment activities and project-based learning experiences tailored to students' individual strengths and interests.
  • Collaborated with district TAG specialists to implement research-based instructional strategies for higher-order thinking.

Generalist Teacher 3-5

Dallas Independent School District, DISD
Dallas, TX
07.2000 - 07.2008
  • Implemented a balanced literacy framework and guided reading approach, resulting in an average reading growth of 1.5 grade levels per academic year across diverse student populations.
  • Designed and delivered standards-aligned math instruction using manipulatives and real-world applications, consistently achieving 90%+ proficiency rates on state assessments.
  • Developed and utilized data-driven instructional plans through regular formative assessments, enabling targeted interventions that closed achievement gaps for struggling learners.

Secondary History Teacher

Govt. of the USVI. Department of Education
Christiansted, St.Croix, United States Virgin Islands
08.1995 - 06.1998
  • Curriculum Integration: Connect American Government, U.S. History and Virgin Islands history use diverse sources and viewpoints to create meaningful learning experiences.
  • Historical Literacy: Teach students to analyze historical documents, and develop evidence-based arguments through writing and discussion.
  • Civic Engagement: Link classroom learning to real-world experiences through digital projects about local history and community partnerships.

Education

Reading Academy Cohort
Dallas Independent School
05-2022

Master of Science - Public Administration

Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University
Tallahassee, FL
06-1995

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Bethune-Cookman University
Daytona Beach, FL
06-1993

Educational Leadership

Skills

Instructional coaching, Data analysis, Professional development, Curriculum design, Effective communication

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Instructional Support Specialist

Duncanville Independent School District
07.2024 - Current

Demonstration Math Teacher

Dallas Independent School District, DISD
07.2023 - 07.2024

Campus Based Facilitator/Math Coach

Dallas Independent School District, DISD
07.2014 - 07.2023

Grade 5 Talented and Gifted Clusters Teacher

Orange County Public Schools Career And Technical Education
07.2008 - 07.2013

Generalist Teacher 3-5

Dallas Independent School District, DISD
07.2000 - 07.2008

Secondary History Teacher

Govt. of the USVI. Department of Education
08.1995 - 06.1998

Reading Academy Cohort

Master of Science - Public Administration

Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Bethune-Cookman University

Educational Leadership
Therese Lewis