Kevin Waters
Managing Director, Impact & Innovation at Teach For America Greater Philadelphia- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Teach For America Greater Philadelphia
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Director, Impact & Innovation
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May 2023 - Present
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Managing Director, Leadership Development
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Jun 2022 - Aug 2023
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Director, Teacher Leadership & Development
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Jul 2019 - May 2022
Greater Philadelphia Area
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Manager, Teacher Leadership & Development
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Aug 2017 - Jul 2019
Greater Philadelphia Area Supporting a cohort of 15+ STEM teachers in their first year teaching as well as leading a 2nd year cohort of teachers through a "Good To Great" leadership learning community. Additional responsibilities included managing the administration of our region-wide student survey project for more than 100 teachers across 20+ school sites ranging from elementary to high school.
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Teach For America
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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School Director
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Jul 2016 - Jul 2019
Greater Philadelphia Area Managed teams summer staff members at Simon Gratz Mastery Charter High School and Mastery in Camden, NJ, across four different summer institutes from 2016 - 2019. This included the support and development of cohorts of new teachers. Those cohorts ranged from 68 in 2016, to 113 in 2018.
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Associate, State Funding & Policy
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Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
Tallahassee, Florida Area Worked with the Managing Director, State Funding & Policy to coordinate an engaging alumni campaign, effective correspondence with state policymakers, and meeting grant deadlines to ensure all three Teach For America regions in Florida would be able to operate efficiently.
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Florida State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Director of Forensics
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May 2016 - Aug 2017
Tallahassee, Florida Area I coached our nationally ranked individual events team, coordinated our budget, travel, and expenses, and recruited new talent for our program.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant
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Aug 2015 - Aug 2017
Tallahassee, Florida Area I supported the online cohorts of Introduction to Public Relations and Public Speaking courses. My responsibilities included managing the grading and communications for a cohort of 25+ students as well as any additional support the lead professor requested.
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School Director
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Mar 2016 - Jul 2016
Greater Atlanta Area I was the School Director of a K-6 Elementary summer school for Teach For America's Atlanta Institute. I coached a team of 6 to lead our school of 35 teachers towards growth and success as Corps Members. In this role I analyzed school-wide data trends, both for CM's and students, worked with a lateral team of 7 other SD's to make leadership decisions, Managed 3 CMA's/instructional coaches, a School Ops Manger, and a Curriculum Specialist.
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Corps Member Advisor
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May 2015 - Jul 2015
Greater Atlanta Area I supported 12 TFA Corps Members at Atlanta Institute teaching Algebra 1 during summer school. I provided direct support for lesson planning, professional development, real-time coaching, behavior management, and classroom instruction.
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The Calhoun School
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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100 - 200 Employee
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Secondary Math Teacher
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Aug 2012 - May 2015
Montgomery, Alabama Area I worked as an Algebra and Geometry teacher in a Title I school.
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Corps Member Advisor
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May 2014 - Jul 2014
Cleveland. Mississippi I served as the instructional coach for a cohort of 12 teachers at the Mississppi Delta Institute. I was responsible for real-time coaching, classroom observations, direct intervention support, professional development sessions, content support, and lesson plan reviews.
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Corps Member
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Jan 2012 - May 2014
Montgomery, Alabama Area I was a 2012 Corps Member with Teach For America in the Alabama Region, where I served as a Regional Ambassador and Transition Coach for new Corps Members.
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Education
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Florida State University
Master of Arts (MA), Communication and Media Studies -
Florida State University
Bachelor of Science, Management -
Tallahassee Community College
Associate of Arts, General Education -
North Florida Community College
Dual Enrollment, General Education