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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
Chief Programs OfficerDec 2020 - Current
Department Of The InteriorKeystone , SD
  • Determined staffing plans to achieve program goals and objectives and participated in hiring decisions for new program staff.
  • Collaborated with finance department to budget and monitor program operations, ensuring sound fiscal and system management.
  • Created and implemented program frameworks, performance standards and quality assurance requirements.
  • Analyzed and assessed program performance data and implemented corrective measures.
  • Collaborated with senior leadership team to implement special [Type] projects, increasing program and organizational capacities.
  • Evaluated staff performance and provided coaching to address inefficiencies.
  • Educated staff on organizational mission and goals to help employees achieve success.
  • Provided reporting for forecast analysis and ad-hoc reporting in support of decision-making.
PrincipalJul 2017 - Nov 2020
Hamilton Elementary, Chicago Public SchoolsCity , STATE
  • 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
Stockton Elementary, Chicago Public SchoolsCity , STATE
  • 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 SchoolsCity , STATE
  • 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
Company NameCity, State
  • 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 UniversityCity, State
Master of Arts: Educational LeadershipJun 2006
National Louis UniversityCity, State
Bachelor of Science: EducationJun 2004
De Paul UniversityCity, State

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De Paul Egan Scholar

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School Attended

  • National Louis University
  • De Paul University

Job Titles Held:

  • Chief Programs Officer
  • 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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