RELATED EXPERIENCE: Administration / Counseling
Atlanta Board of Education - Georgia (7/1999 – present)
Peyton Forest Elementary School: 2012-present
Adamsville/Beecher Hills Elementary: 2007 – 2012
Margaret Mitchell/ Bolton Academy: 1999 - 2007
Performance Leadership Skills
- Provides administrative and supervisory support to the principal
- Keeps the principal apprised of activities, situations, and developments that affect the school operation
- Assists with safeguarding the health, safety and welfare of students
- Collaborate with all stakeholders to ensure students' academic and social needs are being met
- Coordinates Student Services- school-wide celebrations (honors /awards programs, mentoring programs, etc.
- Monitors discipline, conferencing with parents and community liaison regarding school support and incentives
- Assists in the coordination and implementation of parental and community engagement strategies
- Served as member of the Leadership Team
- Serves as building administrator in the absence of the Principal
Instructional Leadership Skills
- Assists the principal in leading staff in the development of curriculum, instruction, and assessment
- Monitors, provides feedback, and coaches staff on instructional best practices to ensure increased student achievement for all students
- Models and promotes the continuous use of data to inform instruction and drive decisions that impact student achievement
- Serves as a member of the Instructional Team
- Provides assistance to teachers by evaluating lesson plan, modeling, co-teaching, and explaining instructional strategies
- Conducts classroom observations, and provide feedback to teachers to assist with the process of quality instruction delivery and curriculum implementation
- Coordinates and supervises the implementation of school programs such as the After-school Tutorial Program, Accelerated Reader, School Clubs, Academic Fairs, Early Intervention Program, Beta Club etc.
- Conducts staff evaluations
- Serves as Lead Chairperson of the Student Support Team
- Serves as a Site Supervisor for counseling intern students
Data Analysis Leadership Skills
- Monitor and review formative assessments and disaggregate data to determine student mastery of skills and re-teaching of skills not mastered
- Disaggregate data to identify achievement gaps between student groups
- Interprets and analyzes standardized test scores
- Assists teachers in setting grade level and individualized goals based on analyzed data
- Serves as a member of the Data Team
Facilitative/Change Leadership Skills
- Conducts new student/parent orientation - orientate all students to school policies, services and registration procedures
- Develops school schedules: i.e., master, staff development, Spanish, specials, testing, lunch, etc.
- Serves on interview panel to recruit candidates for certified and non-certified school positions
- Wrote grants to support school initiatives and recognize individual achievement – i.e. recipients of: Partner in Education Summa Cum Award, Fresh, Fruits & Vegetables Program; HealthMPowers; Safe & Drug Free Schools; Reading Excellence Grant
- Coordinator of school-wide disciple programs i.e. Positive Behavior Support; Bee Pride Program; Warrior Pride Program
Operations Leadership Skills
- Coordinates the acquisition of materials and supplies for school-wide use
- School Merger Transition Coordinator – responsible for monitoring inventory of equipment, textbooks and materials; processing obsolete materials, packing/ unpacking and distributing equipment, textbooks and materials
- Serves as a member of the School Crisis Management Team; assist with the development of the school crisis management plan
- Coordinates opening/closing of school projects
- Prepares monthly reports, including attendance, discipline and counseling reports
- Serves as Lead Test Coordinator
- Serves as Infinite Campus Coordinator
- Coordinates full time equivalent (FTE) processes
- Former Gifted Eligibility Chairperson
- Former Textbook Coordinator- maintain records and accountability of textbooks and instructional materials; distribute and collections of textbooks and materials
- Managed $465,000.00 Title I Budget
- Serves as School Safety Coordinator
Learning & Development Skills
- Conducts parent workshops i.e. student test preparation; helping students become organized; developing household schedules and responsibilities;
- Assists with designing and coordinating professional development in-services in the areas of RTI, researched-based best practices, classroom management and discipline practices, instructional strategies, parent conferencing, etc.
- Assists instructional leadership with designing curriculum and vertical planning of schools' instructional programs
- Conducts Substitute Teacher Orientations and developed the substitute teacher package
- Coordinates and provide substitute teacher coverage for school-wide and grade level in-services
Relationship Development Skills
- Generated and coordinates counseling referrals to other specialists in student personnel services and public and private agencies in the community when student needs necessitate
- Collaborates with community agencies to support students' social and academic success: JA Program, Kroger, Anti-Defamation League (No Place for Hate, Read4Respect), Clark Atlanta University, etc.
- Coordinator of schools' partnerships; solicit community partners and enlist parent volunteers for in-kind and academic support
- Coordinates parental communication – parent communication logs, grade level/school-wide newsletters; developed parent student handbook
- Maintains and facilitate an open door policy whereby parents and the community are actively involved in all phases of student achievement
- Coordinator of extracurricular activities i.e. Running Club, Female Rites of Passage Program
- Member of the PTA
