Experience

Meriden Public Schools

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Special Education Department Leader / Francis T. Maloney High School

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  • Manage Special Education Department Staff • Supervise Inclusion and 4 Specialized Self-Contained Intervention Programs for approximately 300 students with an IEP • Assess the Performance of Special Education Teachers and Paraprofessionals through Meriden Public Schools Evaluation Platform • Interview, Hire, Train, and Mentor Departmental Staff • Create Departmental Course Scheduling that Promotes Access for All Students to Rigorous Course Offerings • Prepare Annual Special Education School Budget • Provide Ongoing Professional Development for Special Education Teachers Show less



Loudoun County Public Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Special Education Dean / Department Chair / Special Education Teacher

  • Oct 2017 - Aug 2022

  • Oversight of 30 Special Education Teachers in meeting compliance as per IDEA and Section 504• Administrator Designee for IEP, Reevaluation, FBA, BIP, Intervention Team, and Crisis Plan Meetings• Member and Writer of Trailside Middle School SIP and MTSS• New Teacher Mentor, Equity Committee• Teacher Liaison with Student Council• Member of Principal Advisory Team• Literacy Team Leader• Parent Book Club Teacher Leader• Implemented the following reading and literacy intervention programs: IMSE Comprehensive and Intermediate Orton-Gillingham, Voyager, Sopris Language! Live, Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy, Pearson Words Their Way. Attendee of Grades Six - Eight Columbia University Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Institute (TCRWP) Show less

• Administrative Intern, Human Resources and Talent Division

  • May 2020 - Aug 2020

  • Vetted, interviewed, and recommended teacher interview candidates. Thoroughly involved in all procedures of recruitment administration in the education industry. Assisted recruiting team in adapting and thriving in their response to change in a virtual atmosphere.• Wrote content for Summer College Newsletter on tips for virtual teacher interviews and meetings through the email platform Constant Contact• Created instructional videos for the LCPS Summer Webinar Series “Play it Loudoun” shown to teachers at the Beginning Teacher Institute and for New Teacher Seminars• Trained new teachers on the learning management system Schoology• Provided new teachers with tips to promote their own distance teaching comfort levels, how to create a positive culture and equitable atmosphere in the virtual classroom, guidance on differentiated activities to engage the learning of students from all backgrounds and abilities, ways to address the socio-emotional concerns of both students and teachers during distance learning, and strategies to involve student family members in the learning process• Offered recommendations to technology experts on Oracle iRecruiting to make it more user friendly for teacher candidates Show less

• Substitute Teacher

  • Nov 2016 - Oct 2017



L'Academie de Cuisine

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Culinary Chef Assistant Operations

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2016

  • Recruited, managed, and trained over 240 volunteer chef assistants to provide staffing for all culinary courses in the recreational and professional educational departments at both locations of L’Academie de Cuisine • Recruited, managed, and trained over 240 volunteer chef assistants to provide staffing for all culinary courses in the recreational and professional educational departments at both locations of L’Academie de Cuisine



River Creek Country Club

• Leesburg, VA

• Vice President Women's Golf Association

  • 2009 - 2011

  • Organized, promoted, and managed golf-related activities, including inter-club championships, social events, charity drives, and scholarship programs • Increased WGA membership during my tenure by 60%. • Organized, promoted, and managed golf-related activities, including inter-club championships, social events, charity drives, and scholarship programs • Increased WGA membership during my tenure by 60%.



River Creek Country Club

• Leesburg, VA

• President Social Committee / Board of Governor's Member

  • 2006 - 2008

  • Led a team of volunteers to organize, promote, and manage resident-focused events • Liaised with Club management regarding pricing and budgets, food & beverage details, and other functional considerations • Coordinated events with multiple outside charity and volunteer organizations • Initiated and created a speaker series at River Creek Club • Led a team of volunteers to organize, promote, and manage resident-focused events • Liaised with Club management regarding pricing and budgets, food & beverage details, and other functional considerations • Coordinated events with multiple outside charity and volunteer organizations • Initiated and created a speaker series at River Creek Club