Dean of Special Programs:

• Improve special education, 504, and RtI/MTSS programs through multiple campus-wide structural changes.
• Implemented cultural change in special education and science departments
• Assisted SDI teachers with at-home learning tools and weekly summaries

Instructional Leader:

• Present staff training and faculty meetings, including 2019 inservice agenda
• Developed learning website for DMS staff (https://tinyurl.com/qvqby6h)
• Design PLCs centered on multiple areas including topics impacting collective teacher efficacy and student learning and experience (e.g., implementing best practices for learning targets and formative assessments)
• Implemented campus-wide lesson plan template focused on 4 PLC key questions
• Developed student planner for at-home learning

Discipline and Safety:

• Address multiple grades of discipline, focusing on restorative practices
• Developed staggered release plan to improve hallway safety
• Developed new discipline plan in 2019 with SLEC committee

Other operational duties:

• Coordinate books and busses
• Coordinate volunteers and community outreach through Voly
• Complete LEAD evaluations for science (‘18-’19) and special education (‘18-’20)
• Lead and participate in committees like BLT, attendance, and more
• Participate in parent evenings like Coffee Talks and Pizza with Parents
• Developed communication with digital sources such as a family newsletter, orientation newsletter, and pictorial announcements on TVs throughout school
• Spearheaded full revision of Campus Improvement Plan in Spring 2018
• Perform lunch and extra-curricular duties as assigned

District Level Commitments:

• Restorative Practice Committee (built website for all district admin)
• Back to School Fair

Student Learning

• Impact collective teacher efficacy and improve student learning using data-based practices, with staff and student reflection tools
• Build relationships with students (and staff), leading to better learning outcomes
• Helped students develop academic and emotional intelligence through interdisciplinary curriculum at multiple campuses and integrating SEL
• Developed Staff Learning Website
• Developed curriculum for multiple subjects and grades at the high school and middle school level, including environmental and aquatic sciences
• Redesigned district-wide curriculum to be utilized by all 7th graders at LLELA www.tinyurl.com/G7FE18
• Voted Teacher of the Month and nominated twice as Teacher of the Year in 2003 and 2017 (McKamy and Marcus)

Student Experience

• Developed 2 different middle school discipline guides that were implemented campus-wide (McKamy and Durham)
• Developed SEL programming for MHS student body and teachers with a focus on connecting students and teachers through hands-on activities
• Build collaborative culture with staff using data-focused protocols and evaluations to build consensus and change practices
  • Growth Mindset book study for MHS staff,
  • differentiation staff training
  • best practices and data collection
  • many instructionally based PLCs as an administrator and a facilitator.
• Facilitated and attended many professional learning sessions with staff to improve collective teacher efficacy
  • Level 1 and 2 Coaching and Critical Friends workshops
  • AVID leadership training
  • Solution Tree PLC 4-day conference Summer 2019
  • Solution Tree RtI at Work 3 day conference Fall 2019

Community Involvement

• Coordinated 300+ volunteers for LISD Back to School Fair for 3 years, serving over 4,000 underprivileged students in a 1-day event
• Co-presented at TASSP principals conference and a women’s conference at Baylor University
• Spearheaded rewrite of the DMS Campus Improvement Plan in 2019
• Worked with multiple committees over many years to offer meaningful ways of engaging parents and other stakeholders and enhancing student experience:
  • Marcus HS TEDX
  • MHS Parent Education Programs
  • Building Leadership Teams
  • MHS Healthy Families night
  • MHS Growth Mindset parent night
  • Coffee Talks and Pizza with Parents
  • Black History Community Night
  • Hispanic Heritage Community Night

Resource Stewardship

• Attended AVID leadership training and school-culture driven No Excuses trainings
• Completed Critical Friends (coaching) and Level 1 and 2 Coaching
• Mentored a student teacher and first year teachers
• Coach staff through regular evaluations to change practice and achieve student progress and professional goals
• Continue my own development through trainings dedicated to improving my skills:
  • a 3-day Schlechty Center workshop on Engaging the “Net” Generation, and
  • a UNT Tyler Teacher Quality Grant (2012-2014) with 200+ hours of training in project-based learning.
  • Deloitte Courageous Principals Conference 2019
  • Crucial Conversations
  • LISD Leadership Cohort 1 and 2