Curriculum and Instruction Development

Summary: 

Spearheaded the development and implementation of a district-wide social emotional learning program for 10 high schools with 15,000+ students, which involved leading a team of 9, a variety of projects and related tasks (see below) in which the team co-developed SEL content and concepts from the ground up. Following development and training, the team of 9 facilitators collaborated with other staff (through multiple iterations and changes) to put the content and curriculum in practice to produce improved student engagement with lessons and staff as they expanded their SEL and academic skills.

Program included multiple projects such as: 

• Curriculum writing (weekly advisory lessons and newsletters that reached all over 15,000 students, training for 3,000+ staff, etc)

• Event planning (successful community event held during pushback against SEL at a national level, health fairs, wellness fairs and more)

• Team management (training, presentations, multiple evaluations, culture building, conflict resolution, etc)

• Interfacing with multiple high-stake stakeholders (community events, leadership at campus and district levels)

• Developed an evaluation system for, and in conjunction with SEL facilitators (resulted in exceeds expectations ratings from campus leadership)

• Other duties included managing long-view timelines, projections, budgeting, culture building, and gaining stakeholder buy-in in a low engagement environment)

Summary: 

Led staff on a low-income campus through a multi-year process to develop multiple new systems and protocols, resulting in an improved culture and climate for staff (rating of 4 out of 5 on evaluations for administrator support) and maintaining academic standards (before and during a national pandemic). 

Short-term projects (a month - 6 months) included: 

• family orientation and communication at the beginning of each year

• staff and student updates for each year, with long-term communication and updates throughout the year, including writing a weekly newsletter with announcements and updates)

• improving collective teacher efficacy (ex. Teacher profile underwent an update and committee revamp each year) according to meet State protocols and standards

• Common language and protocols creation and updates (Common LMS protocols. common discipline or common grading policies did not initially exist) leading to an improved student experience and learning opportunity

• Development and implementation of reflective and effective evaluations for staff and students