Experience

K12 Lift

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

• Chief Learning Facilitator

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  My role is to build the capacity of administrators to use K12 Lift tools in ways that will inform, empower, and encourage teachers as they work to refine their instruction to improve student outcomes.• Customize convenings to fit the learning needs of the audience• Create protocols, activities, and visual anchors to support each learning experience• Coach leaders as they practice facilitating teacher conversations around student growth • Curate positive outlier stories and supporting artifacts into shareable formats• Capture our organization’s insights and learnings via the K12 Lift blog

• Head of Projects

  • Mar 2017 - Dec 2020

  My role was to ensure all products and services were delivered on time, within budget, and meeting K12 Lift standards.• Managed contracts, projects, and client communications• Helped refine K12 Lift’s suite of data visualizations and tools via field testing and client feedback• Developed reference guides, reflection tools and presentation materials to support product use• Provided technical assistance to district and school users • Piloted project designed to learn how to transfer knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors from positive outliers to teachers wanting to learn



The Florida Department of Education

• United States
• Education Management
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Director, Bureau of School Improvement

  • Aug 2011 - Feb 2017

  • Built a highly-collaborative and productive team by hiring growth-minded professionals; enabling them to align their skills, interests and creativity to organizational needs; and providing regular opportunities to collaborate on challenging opportunities • Facilitated hiring of and coordinated with dozens of contractors across the state to provide school improvement supports to underperforming public schools in Florida • Contracted with a software developer to design, test, deploy and maintain a custom web application that provides high quality tools and responsive service to over 10,000 educators annually across the state of Florida, enabling access to personalized data for needs assessment; virtual tools and supports for school improvement planning; submission of grant proposals and deliverables; and registration for events • Developed Florida’s application to the U.S. Department of Education for the School Improvement Grant 1003(g) program and was awarded roughly $100 million between 2014 and 2016 for use toward school reform efforts in Florida; awarded the funds to school district sub-grantees through competitions; monitored implementation and reported on quarterly and progress to state and federal auditors • Coordinated with stakeholders to overhaul the policies and artifacts governing Florida’s statewide system of school improvement to align with changing federal and state regulations, reduce duplication of effort, and achieve better outcomes for students



Higher Colleges of Technology

• United Arab Emirates
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Policy & Planning Coordinator

  • Aug 2009 - Jul 2011

  • Facilitated system-wide policy review and revision of academic and human resources policies to ensure compliance with federal regulations and improve readability and transparency • Re-designed graduate feedback online surveys to improve questions, format and logic branching to elicit more nuanced feedback on the educational experience provided by the HCT; coordinated survey implementation across 17 campuses nationwide • Contributed to the development of Business Intelligence dashboards to help central administration monitor academic performance data



Cambridge College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Director, Department of Educational Leadership

  • Aug 2006 - Jul 2009

  • Coordinated with administration to design and implement the college’s first doctoral program, including recruitment and hiring of inaugural faculty and establishing academic policies and procedures • Facilitated admission process for two doctoral cohorts, including training recruiters on program policies, completing preliminary screenings of applications, advising applicants about program options, and coordinating the faculty committee in the selection of students to be admitted • Worked with coder to design, build and maintain departmental website



Princeton University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programs Coordinator

  • Sep 2002 - Aug 2005

  • Oversaw three cycles of a highly-competitive graduate admission process, advising prospective students on the requirements and ensuring faculty reviewed applications and followed protocol to determine acceptance • Facilitated the student academic advising program to match students with faculty and ensure they met routinely to review student progress toward graduation • Managed annual awards programs for outstanding architecture students • Oversaw three cycles of a highly-competitive graduate admission process, advising prospective students on the requirements and ensuring faculty reviewed applications and followed protocol to determine acceptance • Facilitated the student academic advising program to match students with faculty and ensure they met routinely to review student progress toward graduation • Managed annual awards programs for outstanding architecture students



Turning Point Counseling Center

• Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Office Manager

  • Jan 2001 - Aug 2002

  • Reorganized filing system to promote more efficient workflow and improve client experience • Recouped over $10,000 in erroneously denied health insurance claims • Reorganized filing system to promote more efficient workflow and improve client experience • Recouped over $10,000 in erroneously denied health insurance claims