Experience

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

• United States
• Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant Director, Effective Practices

  • Oct 2011 - Present

  •Serve as a member of the Management Team for the State Personnel Development Grant•Serve as a member of the Multi Tiered System of Support (MTSS) team•Attend/ plan/facilitate monthly meetings for the Special Education Improvement Consultant’s•Attend monthly meetings for the School-Wide Positive Behavior (SW-PBS) Consultant’s •Work closely with the State Coordinator at the University of Missouri to plan and implement activities for SW-PBS•Serve as a team member for the Commissioner’s Communication Team•Serve as a team member for the Social Media Team •Update the Facebook and Twitter pages for the Office of Special Education (OSE) •Attend monthly Director’s and Section meetings and provide updates on department projects•Maintain invoices and amendments for school districts and the various federal grants that they are a part of•Work to update the SPP/APR plan to ensure its readiness by deadline•Serve on teams to develop and disseminate webinars across state to keep school districts informed of any and all changes at the department level•Contract manager for several contracts with UMKC, KU and MU•Write and prepare contracts for national speakers for summer conferences•Write and submit Invitations for Quotations (IFQ) for venue’s for summer conferences•Plan and organize for Shared Learning, meetings that are for up to 130 attendees or more•Maintain positive relationships with our partnerships with KU, UMKC, MU and Department of Mental Health Show less

• Supervisor

  • Oct 2011 - Aug 2013

  •Responsible for the Missouri Integrated Model (MIM)•Help to solve needs of school districts regarding monthly invoices for the MIM.•Responsible for organizing monthly meetings for the Special Education Consultants•Plan summer conferences such as Positive Behavior Support, Missouri Integrated Model and New Director's Academy•Provide information to Implementation Facilitator's regarding their school districts.•Help with planning various shared learning events throughout the year for professional development. •Attend Cross Agency Team meetings to help with the communication among the Department.•Responsible for helping in the onsite monitoring for those districts that have been identified for review of the State Performance Indicators (SPP), or low performance among students with disabilities. Provide beneficial information to the school district•Member of the English Language Learner (ELL) team, to develop and implement modules for Special Education •Member of the State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) Management Team. •Member of several Content Development Teams (CDT) •Member of the social media team for the Department•Work with the Collaborative Schools for the SPDG Grant•Maintain contracts with UMKC, KU and Missouri State University •Attend webinars and report back to Assistant Commissioner with pertinent information•Responsible for other duties as assigned Show less