Principal Resume Example Decatur Classical School, Chicago Public Schools

PRINCIPAL

Professional Summary

Dynamic school leader and principal at Illinois' top ranked elementary school with proven success in teacher development, student achievement, and the growth of strong collaborative teams. Enthusiastic about providing all students with a holistic education to realize potential, achieve academic goals and demonstrate the undeniable power of education to transform and edify communities.

Experience

PrincipalJul 2017 - Current
Decatur Classical School, Chicago Public SchoolsChicago, IL

2020 National Blue Ribbon recipient
Collaborated with stakeholders to advocate for a $25 million dollar expansion. Worked with CPS Capital Team, local Alderman, and the Public Building Commission to manage the project resulting in a new annex, renovation of existing classrooms, parking lot, playground, and turf area
Prepared a school budget of almost $2 million dollars and submitted to school board with recommendations for program expansion, capital expenditures, and ways to increase teaching positions and resources
Monitored and evaluated educational programs to maintain high-quality performance and expanded programming from Latin and music to now include daily physical education, dance, makerspace, and visual arts for all students in addition to core instruction
Within three years of leadership, Decatur achieved its highest reading and math MAP growth in 4 years
Cultivated positive relationships between community members, school students and teachers as evidenced in Decatur's 5 Essential's Report, scoring far above all other CPS schools scoring 91% or higher in all key performance measures
Introduced modifications to reading, math, science, and social studies curriculum and introduced new, effective instructional techniques to focus on small group instruction, high quality differentiation, and standard based instruction which resulted in the hightest percentage of meets and exceeds on the MAP test in recent school history
Created a schedule to maximize instructional time, encourage teacher collaboration, daily physical education and recess
Hired and retained 15 out of 28 staff members, increasing the diversity and expertise of the team to better reflect Decatur's students
Provided high quality professional development for teachers on restorative practices, mindfulness, safe spaces & LGBTQ, flexible seating, inclusion & co-teaching, race & equity, data analysis through Chapin Hall, and gifted education resulting in a fundamental shift in teaching practices
Developed a new partnership with Northwestern University's Center for Talent & Development to provide teachers with ongoing professional development that is targeted and research based on gifted education, differentiation strategies, and access to the strongest and best expertise
Fostered relationships with parents and stakeholders to increase collaboration and community by establishing volunteer systems, opportunities for parents to lead and be in the school such as our parent run library and school tours and added community events as well as launched 'Decatur Parent University' to bring experts to share resources and education to all parents
Mobilized parent community to increase fundraising efforts and created fundraising campaigns increasing donations from $40,000.00 to $100,000.00 a year in three years. Additional resources resulted in capital projects such as building beautification, instructional resources and instruments, and purchase of a new turf field
Worked with board members, teachers, and students to launch rebranding initiative that included new vision, mission, logo, and school website to build on the existing history of Decatur
Championed school-wide social emotional learning practices and received Exemplary rating in Decatur's 2020 Supportive Schools Certification by implementing common language around restorative practices, consistent SEL instruction, building student voice, and investing in teacher leadership resulting in multiple teachers becoming certified in restorative practices and in mindfulness

Co-PrincipalFeb 2010 - Jun 2017
Hamilton Elementary, Chicago Public SchoolsChicago, IL

Developed and empowered teachers through coaching, modeling, and collaboration
Worked with teacher teams to create and improve writing instruction for grades K-8 by developing a comprehensive writing framework
Led instructional leadership team, grade level meetings, fine arts team, PBIS committee, and writing committee
Created a student centered fully departmentalized middle school
Recruited parents & teachers to create a Diversity Committee which supports instructors as they diversify their curriculum to better support the needs of our community
Grew the arts program by investing funding for programming, establishing residencies; and increasing teacher and parent involvement resulting in moving Hamilton's Arts school rating from 3 to a level 1
Taught 6-8th grade language arts classes in addition to assistant Principal role and created a novel based curriculum, redesigned assessments to be standards based, increased test scores, and students rated 98% in English Instruction in the 5 essentials
Coordinated all schedules to offer each student hour long recess & lunch, 4 hours of arts programming per week, daily physical education, and embedded teacher collaboration time

6th-8th Grade Department Chair & ELA TeacherSep 2004 - Feb 2010
Stockton Elementary, Chicago Public SchoolsChicago, IL

Led teachers to develop differentiated curriculum tailored to student needs, increasing ISAT scores from 36.5% meets/exceeds to 59.3% in 2009 for students in 6-8 grade
Established a mentoring after school program targeting at risk students to promote college readiness. Of the 18 students in this program, 16 were admitted into choice high schools and went on to enroll in various universities
Developed novel-based curriculum with standards-based expectations to be rigorous and engaging for students.
ISAT meets/exceeds reading composite increased from 33.3% to 59.1% by 2008
Chaired the Fine Arts Committee and raised over $40,000 through grants, art auctions, and community partnerships

4th Grade TeacherSep 2004 - Sep 2006
Stockton Elementary, Chicago Public SchoolsChicago, IL

Provided differentiated instruction to bilingual and transitioning bilingual students
Collaborated with parents, working through language barriers to ensure involvement and classroom support
Used data and assessments to increase student attainment

Education

Endorsement & Certification: Bilingual/ESL EducationMar 2014
National Louis UniversityChicago, IL

Master of Arts: Educational LeadershipJun 2006
National Louis UniversityChicago, IL

Bachelor of Science: EducationJun 2004
De Paul UniversityChicago, IL

Golden Apple Scholar

De Paul Egan Scholar

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Decatur Classical School, Chicago Public Schools
Hamilton Elementary, Chicago Public Schools
Stockton Elementary, Chicago Public Schools

School Attended

National Louis University
De Paul University

Job Titles Held:

Principal
Co-Principal
6th-8th Grade Department Chair & ELA Teacher
4th Grade Teacher

Degrees

Endorsement & Certification : Bilingual/ESL Education Mar 2014
Master of Arts : Educational Leadership Jun 2006
Bachelor of Science : Education Jun 2004

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