Christy Croll
About Me
As an administrator, I integrate a myriad of daily decisions with complex personal relationships and changing data to create a cohesive learning environment (for a Title 1 school of 85 staff and 800+ students, speaking 15+ languages with a 20% mobility rate) and guide cultural and structural change, leading to improved morale and student outcomes, while building community connections and focusing on resource stewardship.
My core duties as an assistant principal include:
Special Programs:
Improve special education, 504, and RtI/MTSS programs through multiple campus-wide structural changes.
Implement cultural change in special education and science departments
Assisted SDI teachers with at-home learning tools and weekly summaries
Professional Learning and Student Learning:
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
Completed LEAD evaluations for science, electives, and special ed
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 Student Learning and Experience Committee
Other Operational Duties:
Coordinate books and busses
Coordinate volunteers and community outreach through Voly
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 (lead organizer for Volunteers and general procedures)
District Task Force for planning 20-21 school year
My core educational values align with LISD's cornerstones:
Student Learning
Impact collective teacher efficacy and improve student learning using data-based practices, with staff and student reflection tools
Developed Staff Learning Website for Durham Staff
Redesigned district-wide curriculum to be utilized by all 7th graders at LLELA www.tinyurl.com/G7FE18
Helped students develop academic and emotional intelligence through interdisciplinary curriculum at multiple campuses and integrating SEL
Build relationships with students (and staff), leading to better learning outcomes
Developed curriculum for multiple subjects and grades at the high school and middle school level, including environmental and aquatic sciences
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)
Led teacher committee to develop SEL program for 2017-18 Marauder Time 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,
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
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
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