A problem solver that has over 12 years of experience across a variety of education settings; K-12 classroom, higher education and district administration.
Named one of Education Week's 2020 Leader to Learn From https://leaders.edweek.org/profile/marsha-francis-program-manager-firststep-teacher-preparation/
Developed Georgia's only paid yearlong teacher internship to support district's teacher pipeline with 85% interns becoming first year teachers with the district.
Managed a program budget of $350,000 comprised of Title IIA government and general district funds.
Led 4 cohorts of career changers enrolled in alternative certification teacher residency.
Launched a national assessment, edTPA, at Spelman College leading education department to compliance.
Skills
Program Evaluation
Performance Management
Teacher Recruitment
Stakeholder Engagement
Strategic Planning
Experience
Program Manager, 12/2015 - Current Lonza, Inc. – Tampa, FL,
As a part of the district's strategic plan for recruitment and retention, designed, launched and am administering the first district sponsored yearlong teacher internship, First STEP, with stipend in Georgia.
This $350,000 program supports teacher candidates providing pre-career professional development, stipend and an early contract.
Hired 85% of First STEP Interns and increased number of interns for 2019-2020 school year.
Manage recruitment and selection process to identify appropriate schools and teachers to serve as hosts for interns.
Develop coursework for cooperating teachers to develop mentoring competencies.
Devise branding campaign to engage prospective teacher interns and cooperating teachers.
Maintain communication through weekly email and monthly newsletter.
Engage with local news outlets to cover significant events.
Design evaluation program to capture feedback from all program stakeholders at multiple points across the academic year using this data to drive program improvement.
Cultivate relationships with 5 local colleges of education to understand needs of teacher candidates.
Facilitate small group, focused problem-solving discussions to identify appropriate solutions.
Invited to serve on Advisory Committees of 3 First STEP partner institutions.
Collaborate with teacher candidates, mentor teachers, building administrators and other district leaders to provide learning opportunities, and critical feedback to develop candidate's teaching competencies.
EdTPA Coordinator & Instructor, 12/2013 - 12/2015 Spring Education Group – Hillsboro, OR,
Guided department into compliance with national expectations of edTPA, a teacher education performance assessment while facilitating training and mentoring for candidates, faculty, staff, student teacher supervisors and cooperating teachers.
Presented at multiple statewide and regional conferences on the successes and challenges of programmatic change informed by program data from edTPA results.
Consulted with 3 Metro Atlanta nonprofits of varying size to support culturally responsive teacher training STEM instruction for underserved youth and program evaluation.
Teacher of Record for Curriculum and Instruction, Comparative Global Education and Methods for Teaching Elementary Mathematics and Science.
Graduate Teaching Assistant & Doctoral Student, 12/2010 - 12/2013 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA – City, STATE,
Dissertation "A Portraiture of the Lived Science Experiences of Black Female Elementary Teacher Candidates"
Teacher of Record for Orientation to Early Childhood Education and Integrated Curricular Practices in Early Childhood
Education
Supervised teacher candidates in their placements, evaluating their performance against current teacher
effectiveness measures to ensure success.
Evaluated impact of 2nd year initiative of Experience UGA, a partnership between University of Georgia and
Clarke County School District working to increase student interest in STEM content and careers as well as
increase college-going self-efficacy.
Designed a longitudinal study to explore the benefits of annual age appropriate, standards-based field trips to
a post-secondary institution where few graduating high school students apply.
Elementary Teacher, 08/2006 - 05/2011 ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS – City, STATE,
Provided rigorous instruction across multiple subjects in kindergarten, fourth and fifth grades.
Developed an afterschool science club to provide additional hands on science experiences for students.
Created `Sci-Fri/Science Friday' a monthly school-wide science initiative that allowed each student an opportunity to engage with science instruction.
Education and Training
PhD: Educational Theory & Practice, Expected in - University of Georgia - Athens, GA GPA:
MA: Curriculum & Instruction, Expected in - Central Michigan University - Mount Pleasant, MI GPA:
Bachelor of Art: , Expected in - Spelman College - Atlanta, GA GPA:
Activities and Honors
Association of Teacher Educators, Clinical Fellow
Georgia State University, Professional Education Committee, Advisor
Kennesaw State University, Early Childhood Education Advisory Committee, Advisor
Spelman College, Professional Education Committee, Advisor
Georgia Professional Standards Commission, Site Visitor
Metro Atlanta P20 Steering Committee, Member and Co-Lead
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