Director of Alumni Leadership and Engagement Resume Example

• Oversaw and evaluated faculty of 50 across all the divisions, pre-K through high school, for curriculum alignment and instructional excellence.
• Directed day-to-day operations of education program and supervised support staff to delegate assignments and evaluate performance.
• Developed assessments and feedback strategies to evaluate course effectiveness, altering content and delivery to achieve student learning goals.
• Managed curricula, research topics and conceptualized course format, subject matter and presentation.
• Served on $30 million dollar Capital Campaign Committee and met $7 million dollar annual goal.
• Reported to the board on all academic programming agenda items.
• Served on the board strategic planning committee.
• Led and wrote ISAS School Accreditation Plan and Report.
• Managed all-school faculty professional development budget of $200,000 for teacher development and graduate school reimbursement budget.

• Led Upper School leadership team and faculty in interdisciplinary planning, inquiry-based instruction, professional development, and curriculum alignment creation.
• Created zero-balance Upper School budget, including $500,000 dollar capital budget and $250,000 operations budget. Later reduced budget by 25% due to funding changes.
• Oversaw budgets for renovation and preparation of facilities for the new Upper School.
• Oversaw the planning of the Upper School advisory program, student-led clubs, homecoming, learning-beyond-the-classroom field trips, and additional community-building engagements.

• Supervised and evaluated a team of seventeen, including in-class observations, goal-setting meetings, teacher professional development planning, and general teacher support.
• Managed accreditation for AP Language and Composition curriculum.
• Managed parent relationships related to English curriculum and teacher effectiveness. (ADD)

9th Grade Dean, 2009 to 2013

• Led quarterly 9th Advisor grade-level faculty meetings of 40+ faculty members.
• Monitored 9th grade faculty advisory progress and mentoring for new advisors.
• Monitored and managed grade-level academic and social/emotional transition to high school.

Upper School English Faculty, 2003 to 2016

• Taught 9th through 12th English courses, on-level, honors, AP, and special seminars.
• Created the 11th grade African-American Literature, Creative Writing, and Literary Nonfiction courses along with all related text selections, projects, and writing assignments.
• Created the Shakespeare-in-Performance seminar, Toni Morrison seminar, Words Without Borders world literature seminar, and the Creativity and the Power of Performance seminar at the 12th grade level along with all related text selections, projects, and writing assignments.

African-American Affinity Group Sponsor and All-School Diversity Leadership team, 2003 to 2016

• Responsible for planning the Black History Month chapel, mentoring students, monthly student meetings, planning all-school affinity group family community-building events, and working with new families on the transition into the school community.
• Collaborated with Upper School counselor on identity-related workshops and DEI programming for school affinity groups and the FACETS diversity group.

Contributions:

• Admissions Committee Faculty Representative 2005 - 2016
• Upper School Head Search Committee member 2012, 2005
• W.H.E.E. (Women Helping Empower Each other) Girls Empowerment Group Co-sponsor 2008 – 2013
• Upper School Discipline Committee member 2007 – 2011
• Diversity Board Standing Committee faculty member 2004 – 2008

Earlier Work History:

9th Grade English Team Leader & Teacher, 1999 - 2003

Communications Applications Teacher, 1999 to 2003

Cypress Springs High School – Houston, TX

9th and 12th Grade English Teacher

Jesse H. Jones High School /Teach for America Corps Member, 1993 - 1995