Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction

• Aug 2023 - Present

English Department Chairperson

• Aug 2020 - Aug 2023

• Coach, support, and manage a team of 22 English teachers with a broad range of experience and skills • Evaluate non-tenured and tenured teachers with the Charolette Danielson Framework for Teaching • Identify, deliver, and implement the department’s monthly professional development, including SEL, trauma-informed instruction, educational technology, and equity literacy topics • Advocate for administration and teacher needs, working as a liaison between both stakeholder groups in the creation of district-wide policies• Manage 10 English curriculum teams in creating, advancing, and monitoring course goals Show less

Senior Policy Fellow

• Aug 2020 - Jul 2021

• Co-lead a team of five Teaching Policy Fellows in a year-long campaign to improve Illinois’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices • Mentor Fellows in the development of advocacy skills for meeting with legislative representatives, budget testimonies, op-ed writing, policy-related literature reviews • Co-lead a team of five Teaching Policy Fellows in a year-long campaign to improve Illinois’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices • Mentor Fellows in the development of advocacy skills for meeting with legislative representatives, budget testimonies, op-ed writing, policy-related literature reviews