Experience

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  Chicago Public Schools

  • Implementation and Professional Learning Specialist

    • May 2022 - Present

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  xSEL Labs

  • Research and Professional Learning Specialist

    • Jun 2021 - May 2022

     Design and conduct professional development sessions for teachers, counselors, and administrators to facilitate the interpretation of social-emotional learning (SEL) data and responsive instruction Create alignments between SEL curricula and assessment modules Conduct research with educators and students to improve SEL assessment platforms

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  Educators for Excellence

  • Chicago

  • Policy Consultant

    • Aug 2019 - Jan 2021
    • Chicago

     Conducted advocacy campaign to reform Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) funding policy Organized literature reviews and focus groups to create recommendations for CPS to better support student social/emotional needs Presented recommendations to directors of CPS’s Office of Equity and Office of Social and Emotional Learning, and the Illinois State Board of Education

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  Chicago International Charter School

  • Educational Designer

    • Dec 2019 - Sep 2020

     Created innovative vision and academic design for new micro-lab school Piloted design plan with small groups of students to test, gather data, and improve features

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  Namaste Charter School

  • Chicago

  • Middle School Instructional Coach

    • Aug 2019 - Aug 2020
    • Chicago

     Implemented an innovative student-centered instructional coaching model  Wrote and delivered yearlong social/emotional curriculum for middle school advisory periods Developed professional development for teachers around habits of leadership and self-care

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  Acero Schools

  • Brighton Park, Chicago

  • Assistant Principal

    • Jul 2017 - Jun 2019
    • Brighton Park, Chicago

     Designed and led weekly professional development to improve teacher collaboration and capacity for data driven instruction and English Language Learner (ELL) instruction Conducted professional growth plans, biweekly observations, and feedback for teachers Supervised behavior systems, evaluations, standardized tests, and parent events School achieved CPS “Level 1” quality rating and upgraded ratings in the 5 Essentials School Survey’s categories of “Teacher Trust” and “Collaboration” Teachers coached met 137% of students’ projected growth on 2019 NWEA MAP test

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  AUSL (Academy for Urban School Leadership)

  • Instructional Coach

    • Jul 2013 - Jul 2017

     Created and led professional development sessions for over 500 teachers  Coached over 40 teachers at 7 Chicago public schools with data collection and analysis, instructional technique modeling, and goalsetting  100% of teachers coached agreed with the survey statement: “My coach has used analysis of observation data to help me make progress in my practice” Wrote English/Language Arts pacing guides for over 30 teachers Head facilitator of English/Language Arts instructional coach network meetings

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  Chicago Foundation for Education

  • Senior Action Research Fellow

    • Sep 2011 - Jun 2013

     Researched strategies for improving reading comprehension and academic mindset  Developed and implemented interventions for academically at-risk boys that increased reading achievement percentiles by an average of 20 points on NWEA MAP assessment Published and presented research at teacher workshops and online journal Modeled action research procedures for other fellows in the program

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  Chicago Public Schools

  • Dodge Renaissance Academy and Polaris Charter Academy

  • Classroom Teacher

    • Aug 2008 - Jun 2013
    • Dodge Renaissance Academy and Polaris Charter Academy

     Designed rigorous and engaging interdisciplinary units of study  96% of students met/exceeded standards in math on 2011 state standardized test Organized week-long professional development conferences with Lucy Calkins and Columbia University Teacher’s College Reading and Writing Project  Designed a year-long reading curriculum used by fourth grade teachers in 19 CPS schools Mentored teaching interns from University of Chicago’s Urban Teacher Education Program  Organized school-wide disaster relief fundraisers and recycling program  Created new extracurricular programs including student book clubs and soccer teams Received Dodge Renaissance Academy’s award for exceptional leadership in 2012