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ADMINISTRATOR / PRINCIPAL
Summary

Results-focused school administrator with strength in organizational leadership, recruiting, accelerating, and measuring diverse talent, designing and leading employee development, and developing highly proficient teams. Proactive leader with strengths in communication and collaboration. Adept at managing concurrent objectives to promote efficiency and influence positive outcomes. Described by current supervisor as “an enthusiastic, dynamic leader who has a sense of humor, a community builder, and a great communicator - transparent, honest, clear, friendly, and motivated.”

Skills
  • Organizational leadership
  • Talent acquisition / DEI practices
  • Leadership development and mentoring
  • Public speaking and communication
  • Employee performance evaluations
  • Program implementation and change management
Experience
Administrator / PrincipalFairfax County Public Schools | Falls Church, VA | July 2012 - Current
  • Direct supervisor of over 90 employees to include administrators, teachers, support staff
  • Hiring manager - lead selection process and assigned highly effective staff in an equitable manner based on needs, assessment data, and local, state, and federal requirements
  • Solicited input from key internal and external staff in determining, selecting, allocating and utilizing the human resources necessary for present and future staffing needs
  • Posted vacancies, accessed candidate pool database, reviewed resumes and portfolios, scheduled and conducted panel interviews resulting in starting every school year fully staffed
  • Collaboratively planned, prioritized and strategically managed the school's budget and finances to maximize fiscal resources while maintaining the integrity of policies and supporting continuous improvement of the school and division
  • Leveraged several modes of communication formulating clear points of view on complicated issues and creating concise and well-written narratives consistently to ensure staff and community engagement with school to include a weekly digital newsletter, Twitter, blog, website, email, in-person meetings
  • Co-designed and facilitated formal building-level employee induction processes, procedures
  • Partnered with HR specialists on staffing, certification, employee performance, investigations
  • Navigated personnel concerns with professionalism, resulting in improvement or dismissal
  • Recognized by supervisor for efforts leading to successfully increasing the hiring and retainment of a diverse and highly qualified teaching staff
  • Volunteered annually as interviewer for the Division's job fairs, recommending candidates for early hire and invited to serve on Principal panel interviews
  • Established Professional Development School status with George Mason University, hosting student teachers and collaborating with University Site Facilitator to achieve program goals
  • Developed and implemented professional development plan aligned with School Innovation Plan providing multiple access points to differentiate for adult learners (LMS, blended learning, unconference, job-embedded learning)
  • Results (agree/strongly agree) from current employee and family engagement surveys: 97% - administrators support professional development of staff, 95% - their performance is assessed objectively, 96% - the school welcomes families of different backgrounds and cultures, 95% - the school is inviting and feels like a place I belong, 100% - staff taught me things that have helped me do my job better, 100% - feel safe at school
  • Mentored first year Principals as requested by supervisor and nominated as First Year Principal of the Year
  • Led facilitation of variety of professional learning for Principals and staff to include: Cultural Responsiveness/Equity, Providing Growth Producing Feedback, Fierce Conversations, Moving Stuck Teams, Adaptive Schools
  • Knowledge and implementation of instructional design strategies (ADDIE model) coupled with frequent evaluation and feedback from participants to make adjustments to future courses
  • Provided same-day personalized feedback to teachers with coaching post-conferences after observations with the use of iPad technology targeting specific look-fors aligned to priorities
  • Responded to needs in the staff engagement survey to increase staff morale
  • Recruited to serve on School Division's committee to evaluate and select the new online platform for professional development and performance evaluations in collaboration with the Department of HR, Department of IT, and Office of Professional Learning
  • Leveraged Microsoft Office, Google Suite, BlackBoard to differentiate for adult learners and allow networking
  • Trained in Cultural Proficiency, Breakthrough Coach, Blended Learning, Adaptive Schools (Facilitation), Fierce Conversations, Responsive Classroom, Project-based Learning, and more
  • Implemented long-term technology plan in collaboration with the PTA to bring a 1:1 laptop ratio in grades 3-6 to support Blended Learning and technology integration
  • Endorsed shared leadership experiences by facilitating both Instructional Leadership Council and School Innovation Committees monthly meetings with an emphasis on the Collaborative Learning Team cycle and reflection and refinement of actions and strategies
  • Established a relationship with the Teachers College, Columbia University to provide reading and writing summer institutes and ongoing professional development opportunities to staff
  • Collaborated with Office of Community Partnerships to establish business partners
Assistant PrincipalPrince William County Schools | Manassas, VA | August 2011 - June 2012
  • Assessed teaching and support staff and delivered exemplary talent development and instructional leadership strategies to improve capabilities and testing outcomes.
  • Initiated and monitored professional improvement plans; all with a focus on student achievement in conjunction with the social and emotional growth of each student
  • Served as special education administrator and school testing coordinator, training all staff, chairing all meetings, acting as liaison with the Central Office ensuring compliance with regulations
Assistant PrincipalDorchester School District Two | Summerville, SC | August 2007 - June 2011
  • Evaluated staff performance through ADEPT – the South Carolina system for Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Professional Teaching (including induction-level teachers)
  • Participated in faculty and data meetings, School Instructional Improvement Committee, Assistant Principal Leadership Academy, PTSO, School Advisory Committee, Effective School-wide Discipline Committee, and staff development through the Division (i.e. Building Leadership Capacity)
  • Accessed data warehouse and student management system to support staff with data reports to guide daily, individualized instruction and identify patterns of weakness to target
Education
Master of Science: Education AdministrationWilkes University | | Wilkes-barre, PA | December 2006
Bachelor of Science: Elementary EducationSusquehanna University | | Selinsgrove, PA | May 2002
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Fairfax County Public Schools
  • Prince William County Schools
  • Dorchester School District Two

School Attended

  • Wilkes University
  • Susquehanna University

Job Titles Held:

  • Administrator / Principal
  • Assistant Principal

Degrees

  • Master of Science : Education Administration
    Bachelor of Science : Elementary Education

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