Tiffany McMullen
Shreveport,LA
Summary
To obtain a professional position that will allow me to utilize my education, skills, and experience to provide support, strategies, and best practices to teachers, content coaches, and support personnel across all content areas.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Education Consultant
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Remote Work
09.2022 - Current
- Develops and implements various aspects of an educational program affecting populations such as students, teachers, principals, central office personnel, and ancillary/support personnel in the public school systems
- Makes recommendations for program goals, objectives and plans to effectively implement a program or aspect of a program
- May work on a team that researches, designs, implements, and evaluates current and long-range plans, rules, regulations, guidelines, and policies for the program in accordance with federal or state laws and policies within a limited group of related programs within a Division
- May work on a team that designs, develops, and pilots system plans and research projects on the basis of state reports, standards, trends, economic conditions, future needs, educational research findings, and state policy developments
- Prepares recommendations to higher level education professionals for evaluation designs to measure the quality and effectiveness of program(s) and their impact on students
- Plans, conducts, and evaluates staff development and in-service training (including state and regional workshops, hearings, conferences) for personnel in the Department of Education
- Advises and provides assistance to local superintendents of education, other educators, and other persons outside the field of education on programs, policies, procedures, laws, and regulations; and answers questions and assists in the resolution of problems.
Instructional Coordinator
Sunset Acres Elementary School
Shreveport, LA
08.2021 - 09.2022
- Reports to the school principal, assists in the administration of the curriculum and the instructional program for the school in accordance with school board policies and uses leadership skills to assist teachers in instruction to promote the educational development of each pupil
- Sets ambitious, data-driven goals and a vision for achievement; invests teachers, students, and other stakeholders in that vision
- Ensures that the school vision is lived in practice, encouraging behaviors that support the vision and addressing behaviors that undermine the vision; enlisting the support, ownership, and institutionalization of the vision from various perspectives and lenses
- Places data driven school level goals into the vision which describe how the vision will be attained; adjusting the goals as needed, using student learning outcomes, needs assessments, observations of teacher practices, and participation from stakeholders to ensure they are driving improvements in achievement
- Facilitates collaboration between teams of teachers, develops a school culture that allows effective teaching and learning to occur through the use of effective and frequent collaboration between teams of teachers
- Reinforces the school culture, along with the teachers, students and stakeholders, through practices and actions
- Establishes a culture of learning, wherein teachers identify and teach core academic skills across the curriculum and implement shared instructional practices to improve student achievement; using work that is rigorous and aligned with the Compass rubric
- Provides opportunities for professional growth and develops a pipeline of teacher leaders that is aligned with the vision of the school and the Compass rubric
- Facilitates meaningful, targeted professional development opportunities aligned to teacher needs and designed to improve instructional practice
- Cultivates a pipeline of teacher leaders and develops their leadership skills to provide additional support to teachers in the school and allows them to take on additional leadership opportunities
- Ensures that the school building is clean and safe, all basic facilities are in working order and that the physical plant fosters major academic priorities and initiatives
- Consistently implements and discusses across all classrooms, an age appropriate code of conduct with written values and beliefs that is aligned with district and school priorities
- Utilizes all support staff, including certificated and non-certificated employees, to strategically support the achievement of school goals
- Observes teachers and provides feedback on instruction regularly in order to share on-going actionable, clear and transparent feedback on instruction
- Ensures that all instruction is focused on the development and implementation of goals and objectives that are aligned with the Common Core Standards
- Ensures teachers set clear, measurable objectives aligned to Common Core
- Implements a curricular scope and sequence that fosters rigorous instruction and activities that are designed to cognitively challenge students using the Common Core Standards
- Supplies teachers with supporting curricular materials that allow them to implement the curriculum with fidelity
- Ensures teachers use assessments reflective of Common Core rigor by facilitating and supporting staff use of aggregated and disaggregated data to identify and prioritize students' needs in relation to the Common Core Standards
- Ensures that all assessments are Common Core aligned and will maintain teacher accountability for on-going analysis of student data to provide rigor, differentiation, rapid interventions and updated intervention assignments to reflect student needs and progress
- Observes and supervises assigned personnel at the school level while performing designated duties
- Provides remediation, enrichment or extra grade level assistance to students individually or in small groups in order to meet their academic needs
- Provides professional development to assist teachers in organizing instructional programs, becoming aware of appropriate materials of instruction and implementing a variety of techniques
- Provides continuing direction about grading procedures and reporting to parents
- Develops prescriptive measures to help teachers present instruction in a desirable way for individuals and/or small groups
- Establishes and maintains a record keeping system that is manageable, accurate and informative to teachers, pupils and parents
- Provides appropriate inventory control of materials for instruction
- Informs district-level instructional supervisors of general needs: appropriateness of materials, teacher professional development needs, etc
- Remains an active learner to improve his/her skill as a teacher, an instructional leader and a manager (coordinator) of instructional resources
- Assists in maintaining accurate records related to curriculum procedures, instructional practices, and student records
- Assists in the evaluation and development of the school staff including appropriate professional development activities
- Performs other duties as designated by the principal.
Elementary Master Teacher Grades K-5
Atkins Elementary School
Shreveport, LA
05.2017 - 08.2021
- Analyzes school-wide student data as the basis for developing a school plan
- Develops school plans utilizing the TAP processes
- Oversees planning, facilitation and follow-up of cluster group meetings during professional growth blocks
- Team-teaches with colleagues
- Models lessons
- Develops and helps implement curriculum
- Observes and provides peer assistance and coaching towards meeting teachers' Individual Growth Plan goals
- Evaluates teacher performance using TAP Rubrics
- Conducts follow-up teacher conferences within 24 hours of observation
- Participates in all TAP trainings and become a certified TAP evaluator
- Attends professional development meetings facilitated by the district and state TAP staff
- Works an expanded calendar year.
3rd and 4th Grade Math/Science Teacher and STEM Enrichment Teacher
Mansfield Elementary School
Mansfield, LA
08.2012 - 05.2017
- Plan and teach effective Math and Science lessons aligned with the state comprehensive curriculum and Common Core Curriculum
- Research and implement 2nd through 6th grade lessons that compliment grade level expectations
- Attend cluster meetings as weekly professional development according to the TAP design
- Implement new learning in the classroom as received from cluster presentations
- Administer and analyze Benchmark, Checkpoint, and other assessments and data to guide instructional decisions for differentiated instruction
- Maintain parent/teacher communication via conduct logs and phone calls
- Create and implement student behavior plans
- Founder and Sponsor of MES GEMS, (Girls Empowerment Mentoring Society), 3rd and 4th grade girls' extra-curricular activity group to build self-esteem, promote positive values, and create life goals
- Maintain membership in school PTO.
3rd Grade Teacher
Westwood Elementary School
Shreveport, LA
01.2008 - 08.2012
- Teach all subjects including Math, English-Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies
- Analyze assessments and test data to meet the needs of all learners
- Incorporate multisensory and differentiated instruction for all learning types
- Implement Positive Behavior Intervention and Support to reduce inappropriate classroom behaviors and accentuate positive behaviors
- Create and maintain daily communication with parents via conduct logs.
Education
Educational Leadership Certification -
Louisiana College
01.2021
Master of Arts - Education
Louisiana College
Pineville, LA12-2009
Bachelors of Art in Speech-Language Pathology -
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
05.2002
Skills
- Integrating technology using the internet, digital cameras, Smart Boards, ELMO Projectors, Google, and Microsoft Office Tools including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- supporting system leaders, coaches, and administrators with long range planning for leadership teams and teacher collaboration sessions
- Using the state standards and assessment guide to plan and implement effective lessons to increase students' scores on high stakes tests
- Using best practices to effectively teach students all subjects according to the Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum
- Creating partnerships with parents/caregivers and colleagues to increase student achievement
- Planning, implementing, and actively engaging in professional development to maintain a variety of innovative teaching techniques
Professional Development
- Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
- ZEARN
- Compass/Odyssey Computer Program
- My Skills Tutor
- Guidebook/LEARNZILLION
- Louisiana EAGLE On-line System
- Project Lead The Way- STEM Curriculum
- National Math Conference 2013
- NIET Summer Institute
- NIET Deepening Clusters
- NIET Leadership TEAM Training
- NIET Master Teacher Training
- Master Teacher Support Groups
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Education Consultant
Louisiana Department of Education
09.2022 - Current
Instructional Coordinator
Sunset Acres Elementary School
08.2021 - 09.2022
Elementary Master Teacher Grades K-5
Atkins Elementary School
05.2017 - 08.2021
3rd and 4th Grade Math/Science Teacher and STEM Enrichment Teacher
Mansfield Elementary School
08.2012 - 05.2017
3rd Grade Teacher
Westwood Elementary School
01.2008 - 08.2012
Educational Leadership Certification -
Louisiana College
Master of Arts - Education
Louisiana College
Bachelors of Art in Speech-Language Pathology -
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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