Experience

Episcopal School of Baton Rouge

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Lower School

  • Jul 2019 - Present



Berkeley Preparatory School

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Lower Division Director

  • Jul 2013 - Oct 2021



Columbia Independent School

• Lower School Director

  • Jul 2009 - Jul 2013

  Serve and lead 220 JK- 5th grade students, their parents, and 25 teachers within an independent school community by building relationships and creating a strong sense of community. Facilitate daily character lessons. Facilitate JK-5 curriculum revision and alignment with Core and national content-specific standards. Support academic, behavioral, and emotional needs of students. Organize and sponsor various school events and clubs. Collaborate with HOS, M/US Director, Admissions, Faculty, Staff, and the Parent Association. Routinely visit classrooms. Implemented student drop off and pick up procedures to relieve traffic and make hallways and common areas less congested. Designed teacher evaluations and evaluation schedule. Initiated and provide ongoing support for school-wide online grade reporting and viewing for teachers and parents via Achieve. Assisted with creation of Faculty Handbook. Created Golden Apple teacher award to increase teacher morale. Annually update Parent Handbook. Led parent and teacher book studies. Create Lower School schedule with faculty input. Instituted budgetary guidelines for faculty to improve protection of budget. Hire, train, and develop top caliber faculty within budget. Implemented various systems of supervision before school, during lunch and recess, and after school as efficiency measures to both respect teacher time and protect budget. Assist with the ISACS accreditation process. Implemented efficient lunchroom procedures. Designed and managed summer school enrichment program. Provide on-going professional development and data analysis for faculty. Assist with Open Houses and Open House presentations. Implemented emergency procedures for new building. Created tardy/absence program to incentivize students and parents for timeliness. Communicate consistently through weekly parent emails, weekly faculty emails, bimonthly faculty meetings, and quarterly Parent Coffees Show less

• Classroom Teacher

  • Aug 2003 - Jul 2009

  Multi-Age Primary and 2nd Grade. Provided differentiated and individualized instruction. Communicated weekly through personalized student comments and parent newsletters. Organized quarterly student performance and theme-based experiences, such as plays, author teas, and musical programs. Planned responsive literacy, math and social studies student-centered experiences. Mentor to new teachers. Home Day Care Provider



Shepard Boulevard Elementary

• Assistant Principal

  • Jul 2001 - Jul 2002

  Provided support for 450 students and 40 teachers within a public school community. Communicated and collaborated consistently with principal, teachers, students, parents, staff, school counselor, home-school communicator, specialists, and bus drivers. Integrated technology into and celebrated character in monthly assemblies. Used Discipline with Dignity and Love and Logic theories to guide student discipline. Developed relationships with families to support student needs. Responsible for professional growth plans and teacher evaluations Show less

• Classroom Teacher

  • Aug 1993 - Jul 2001