Experience

Century College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Reading Center Coordinator

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Saint Paul Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Literacy Coach & College in the Schools Reading

  • Jun 2008 - Present

  am an active learner while passionately promoting increased reading instruction to raise our 2100 students’ literacy levels. I work to increase our students’ success by implementing current reading research and data driven approaches as well as innovative approaches that have proven successful with older struggling readers. I attend and facilitate multiple Professional Learning Community (PLC) meetings. It is through these PLCs where across content grade level teams meet to address student work, data and applied common literacy strategies, supporting the Common Core Standards, while noting progress via formative and summative data cycles and nationally normed assessments. I work with teachers through the Teacher Development & Evaluation process by setting goals for themselves and work towards those goals to positively impact student learning. Designed and facilitated curriculum alignment, grades 6-12 English and reading, to the Common Core. I am on the Leadership Team where Content Leaders plan the implementation of school-wide learning approaches. I am a representative on the school’s Site Council; representing and recommending 6-12 literacy plans for our population. As a Literacy Coach I support all content teachers (grades 6-12) as they implement more literacy strategies into their classrooms, teaching our students. I do this by presenting professional development sessions on research-based reading strategies as well as leading professional developments in the building, model teaching, observing classrooms and conferring with teachers. As a part of being the Literacy Coach, I mentor non-tenured teachers in their pursuit of tenure. I teach reading classes to 11th and 12th grade students who are not yet proficient in reading. I was recently awarded a grant enabling me to bring the use of more technology into the high school students’ hands, which demonstrated faster growth of their reading levels. Show less



Washington Technology Magnet School

• Saint Paul Public Schools

• Literacy Coach & College In the Schools Reading

  • Jan 2008 - Present

  Washington Technology Magnet Secondary School, gr. 6– 12, Saint Paul Public Schools, Saint Paul, Minnesota. I am an active learner while passionately promoting increased reading instruction to raise our 2100 students’ literacy levels. I created, designed and implemented a weekly “Future Friday” Equity series of bringing in African American and Asian professionals while inviting groups of the1700, 7-12th grade students each Friday to share lunch and conversations with the speakers while discussing obstacles and successes of their life journey, connecting the students to real-life learning and career readiness. I work to increase our students’ literacy success by implementing current reading research and data driven approaches as well as innovative approaches that have proven successful with older struggling readers. I attend and facilitate multiple Professional Learning Community (PLC) meetings. It is through these PLCs where across content grade level teams meet to address student work, data and applied common literacy strategies, supporting the Common Core Standards, while noting progress via formative and summative data cycles and nationally normed assessments. I work with teachers through the Teacher Development & Evaluation process by setting goals for themselves and work towards those goals to positively impact student learning. Designed and facilitated curriculum alignment, grades 6-12 English and reading, to the Common Core. I am on the Leadership Team where Content Leaders plan the implementation of school-wide learning approaches. I was recently awarded a grant enabling me to bring the use of more technology into the high school students’ hands, which demonstrated faster growth of their reading levels. Show less



SPPS

• Literacy

  • 2008 - 2016

  As a Literacy Coach I support all content teachers (grades 6-12) as they implement more literacy strategies into their classrooms, teaching our students. I do this by presenting professional development sessions on research-based reading strategies as well as leading professional developments in the building, model teaching, observing classrooms and conferring with teachers. As a part of being the Literacy Coach, I mentor non-tenured teachers in their pursuit of tenure. I teach reading classes to 11th and 12th grade students who are not yet proficient in reading. I was recently awarded a grant enabling me to bring the use of more technology into the high school students’ hands, which demonstrated faster growth of their reading levels. Show less



MN Dept of Ed, Research & Assessment

• Reading Content Specialist

  • Jun 2003 - Jun 2008

  Department of Research & Assessment, Reading Content Specialist. Working with the MDE reading content team, teachers and test vendor to build the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment in Reading (MCA-II) and GRAD for grades 3 – 10 Department of Research & Assessment, Reading Content Specialist. Working with the MDE reading content team, teachers and test vendor to build the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment in Reading (MCA-II) and GRAD for grades 3 – 10



Roseville Area Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Roseville Area Middle School

  • Aug 1997 - Jun 2003

  Special Education Reading Lead Teacher teaching seventh and eighth graders reading who had multiple Sp. Ed. needs (SLD, EBD, Autism). Collaborating with general education teachers, sp. ed. teachers, parents, administrators, and out of school providers for the best program of success for the student. Creating a reading program that gave voice to the vulnerable student while increasing interest and success in their reading. This approach increased the school’s subgroup score for the disaggregated NCLB data report; which translated into teacher awareness and staff development opportunities. Show less