Work Experience

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

  • Houston, TX
  • 2022 – Present

Instructional Coach/Reading Interventionist/Title 1 Specialist

Instructional Coach
  • Implemented a coaching model to support teachers in the implementation of new curriculum, including lesson planning, classroom management, and instructional strategies.

  • Provided ongoing feedback on teacher progress through observations, meetings, and collaboration with the school leadership team.

  • Facilitated professional development opportunities for staff to improve teaching practices aligned with TEKs.

Reading Interventionist
  • Assessed student reading progress on a regular basis and provided feedback to students and parents.

  • Developed and implemented engaging lesson plans that met the needs of all students in the class.

  • Utilized a variety of instructional strategies to support student learning and motivation.

Title 1 Specialist
  • Monitoring and adjusting spending over the course of the year.

  • Purchasing process

  • After School Tutoring Payroll

  • District Distribution Process

  • Title 1 Crate

Spring ISD

  • Houston, TX
  • 2019 – 2022

Instructional Coach/Reading Interventionist

Instructional Coach
  • Implemented a coaching model to support teachers in the implementation of new curriculum, including lesson planning, classroom management, and instructional strategies.

  • Provided ongoing feedback on teacher progress through observations, meetings, and collaboration with the school leadership team.

  • Facilitated professional development opportunities for staff to improve teaching practices aligned with TEKs.

  • Collaborated with other coaches to develop training modules regarding best practices for implementing the new curriculum and provided technical assistance when needed by individual teachers or teams of teachers during their planning periods or at times throughout the day when they are working directly with students in classrooms.

  • Worked with teachers to improve classroom management techniques, resulting in a 35% decrease in disciplinary incidents.

  • Created and implemented an after-school tutoring program that increased student test scores by 10%.

Reading Interventionist
  • Assessed student reading progress on a regular basis and provided feedback to students and parents.

  • Developed and implemented engaging lesson plans that met the needs of all students in the class.

  • Utilized a variety of instructional strategies to support student learning and motivation.

 

Catapult Learning

  • Remote
  • 2017-2019

Professional Development Manager

Program Management
  • Train and supervise staff in their duties.

  • Manage the development of training programs.

  • Understand the goals of the organization.

  • Communicate effectively with staff, trainees, and managers.

  • Develop metrics to measure training effectiveness.

  • Lead and mentor to junior employees.

Pearson Education

  • Remote
  • 2014-2017

Midwest Manager (Digital Classroom Solutions)

Regional Manager
  • Manage cross-functional teams.

  • Knowledge of curriculum and instructional best practices for online learning.

  • Operational knowledge of Web-related technologies.

  • Develop, organize, and manage a comprehensive, integrated development department, including all fundraising, volunteer recruitment retention, and marketing.

  • Assure departmental goals and outcomes are developed and met.

  • Lead the development of a long range and annual fund-raising program, in mutual aid with the director and the Board of Directors to achieve the financial goals.

  • Assist with the development and implementation of the strategic plan.

  • Plan and implement annual evaluation of the development efforts.

  • Direct the execution of fund-raising activities, including major donors, individual gift, integrated campaigns, major events, capital campaigns, endowment planned to give and foundation and corporate donor initiatives.

  • Recruit, train, supervise, evaluate, and direct work activities of development staff.