Experience

UnboundEd.org

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Facilitator

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  ★ Coach, mentor, and empower educators to meet the challenges of disrupting systemic racism by utilizing GLEAM™ (grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful) instruction. ★ Trains educators to increase inclusivity by providing socially relevant leadership and demonstrating how to provide culturally relevant grade-level instruction to drive results. ★ Works collaboratively within educational systems, districts, and across organizations to dismantle inequitable structures and… Show more ★ Coach, mentor, and empower educators to meet the challenges of disrupting systemic racism by utilizing GLEAM™ (grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful) instruction. ★ Trains educators to increase inclusivity by providing socially relevant leadership and demonstrating how to provide culturally relevant grade-level instruction to drive results. ★ Works collaboratively within educational systems, districts, and across organizations to dismantle inequitable structures and identify systematic inequalities. ★ Provides immersive instructional equity professional development and standards-aligned resources for the classroom, along with other professional learning opportunities for teachers, coaches, and leaders. Show less



Relay Graduate School of Education

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Associate Partner of NY Leadership Programs

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Provide professional development and on-the-ground coaching in the areas of school culture, instructional planning, observation-feedback, data-informed instruction, and strategic planning to instructional superintendents, principals, assistant principals, and instructional coaches in district schools.



Uncommon Schools

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

• High School Principal

  • Jul 2021 - Aug 2022

  Uncommon Charter High School Lead 82 staff members and nearly 700 students with the goal of our students getting to and thru college

• Middle School Principal

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2021

  Excellence Boys Charter School Middle Academy Highlighted, interviewed, and shared best practices with medium.com in partnership with Relay GSE in the following articles: Transforming Teaching and Learning through Modeling and Practice, Making the Time to Lead a Schoolwide Transformation, and Seizing the Moment to Create the School You’d Want for Your Kids Led data-driven instructional decisions that resulted in 6% proficiency increase overall as a school on the 18-19 ELA New York State Exam and 5% above the NYS average. Grew 12%… Show more Highlighted, interviewed, and shared best practices with medium.com in partnership with Relay GSE in the following articles: Transforming Teaching and Learning through Modeling and Practice, Making the Time to Lead a Schoolwide Transformation, and Seizing the Moment to Create the School You’d Want for Your Kids Led data-driven instructional decisions that resulted in 6% proficiency increase overall as a school on the 18-19 ELA New York State Exam and 5% above the NYS average. Grew 12% proficiency as a school on the 18-19 Math New York State Exam and 12% above the NYS Average. Directly coached 6th grade math in which we grew 18% proficiency and exceeded the NYS average by 15%



Accelerate Institute

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ryan Fellow

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  Accelerate Institute Selected as one of 8 in competitive, national school principal fellowship and completed leadership field study at Kings Collegiate Charter School (Brooklyn, NY) and North Star Downtown Middle School, one of the highest performing charter networks in New York City with Uncommon Schools



Toastmasters International

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• District 46 Champion/ World Semifinalist

  • 2015 - 2015



Lighthouse Academies

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Teacher Leadership

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  Bronx Lighthouse Coached teachers through weekly observation, feedback, and planning meetings that improved teacher proficiency in instructional delivery by one point on the teacher evaluation rubric



Eagle Academy for Young Men

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

• Principal Fellow

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  Designed and wrote a proposal through the Office of New Schools Process and directly worked alongside the Eagle Principals and completed administrative responsibilities at all five existing Eagle Academy schools



Cultural Arts Academy

• Director of Curriculum & Instruction

  • Jul 2010 - Jun 2013

  Brooklyn, NY



NYC Department of Education

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

• Elementary School Teacher

  • 2006 - 2010

  Bronx, New York Taught self-contained classes of 20-25 fourth grade students to significant academic gains of over 1.6 years growth in reading and mastery of 85% of math objectives as a member of Teach For America’s critically acclaimed national teaching service initiative



Teach For America

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corps Member Advisor

  • Jul 2008 - Jul 2009

  New York Advised and observed Teach For America corps members’ classroom teaching and assisted corps members with lesson planning and facilitated learning sessions

• Corps Member

  • Jun 2006 - Jul 2008

  New York Selected from over 20,000 applicants nationwide to join national teacher corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in under-resourced public schools Taught self-contained classes of 20-25 fourth grade students to significant academic gains of over 1.6 years growth in reading and mastery of 85% of math objectives as a member of Teach For America’s critically acclaimed national teaching service initiative