Senior Associate

• Oct 2018 - Present

Data Coach

• Sep 2012 - Present

• Trains district leaders, teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators in the interpretation and use of state and federal accountability data • Synthesizes school planning in areas of instruction, school improvement planning, and professional development through the use of data technology and collection, test development, administration and utilization • Develops training materials and facilitates school and district-level training on the MNPS Data Warehouse, PowerSchool, Gradespeed, DataLink Connect, MS Excel, Discovery Education Online, NWEA and other district-wide electronic resources • Delivers complex information to school buildings a liasion from central office • Designed and co-presented Taking Charge of their Learning: Student Data Conversations at the December 2014 National Learning Forward Conference, Music City Center, Nashville, TN • Designed and co-presented Utilizing Data in Grouping and Intervention: Practical Strategies at the October 2013 Tennessee LEAD Conference, Music City Center Nashville, TN • Received an overall level of effectiveness rating of 5 (scale of 1 – 5) on the 2013-2014 and 2012-2013 Tennessee teacher evaluation system, which is based 50% on supervisor observations and 50% on district-wide achievement results on state assessments

Literacy Specialist

• Jul 2011 - Sep 2012

• Planned and coached literacy instruction to middle school staff • Modeled effective teaching strategies grades 5-8 • Created innovative code switching curriculum for Reading/Language Art classes • Fashioned professional development for 3 LEAD campuses on best instructional practices in the literacy classroom • Appraised and assessed lesson plans of RLA staff grades 5-8 • Systematized anti-bullying workshop for grades 5-8 • Steered small group intervention instruction for struggling and enrichment for advanced students

English Teacher

• Jan 2005 - Aug 2011

• Navigated the planning of instruction resulting in 87% passing rate on the Regents English exam for struggling and special needs students in grade 10 • Succeeded in managing classrooms of 30 or more students from diverse urban student population • Effectively taught an AVID trained elective teacher for first graduating class June 2011with 100% of students accepted into college • Utilized technology to plan and evaluate lessons through Smart Board technology and Snapgrades • Provided differentiated instruction in collaborative teaching classroom with students with disabilities • Directed College For Every Student program • Piloted academic intervention services • Developed Curriculum: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Honors Teaching Program Elective: Lesson Planning, Film and History elective