Key Projects as Special Education Director

• Served as interim campus director for 12 campuses

• Initiated culture efforts across the director team and among staff -- including initiating a fundraising campaign, spearheading a new fall festival, decorating bulletin boards, starting a new social media campaign, restarting the Sunshine team, designing Difference Maker awards, writing newsletters with new projects and graphics, connecting with all leads (30+ staff) and directors to celebrate staff from all SpEd disciplines

• Supported various disciplines with projects, including: 

  • Digitally distributed parent notifications for DHH, K, and speech

  • Data tracking documents for psychologists

  • Communication documents for Behavior Interventionists (website and forms)

  • Redefined and enhanced Legal Framework Operating Procedures

  • Completed Self Assessment due to TEA annually

  • Data analysis on restraints and other areas such as MTSS and evaluations

  • Systematically redefining staffing

  • Set up an automated process for Cameras in the Classroom with technology

  • Partnered with Region 11 for discipline dashboard for SD

  • Serving as building admin (EOP and more)

  • Restarting Sunshine team to rebuild departmental culture (Kindness week advocate, hall decorations, multiple newsletters, soliciting awards and prizes for staff, and starting connection opportunities like pumpkin carving)

Key Projects

• Led multiple district-wide programs, supporting strategic initiatives and balancing district priorities for multiple Executive Directors: 

  • co-developed a district-wide threat assessment utilized by all administrators and counselors

  • spearheaded a HS social-emotional learning program for 10 campuses, including programming, leadership updates, coaching, and supervising a team that created weekly advisory lessons for 15,000 students 

  • co-created a district Strategic Support Plan submitted to TEA to address significant disproportionality (SD3), including project management of multi-year goals, data analysis, writing campus action plans to address root causes, implementing solutions, and providing support to 11 cohort schools and admin teams

  • project-managed the implementation of a district-wide truancy program; co-created training and processes for a new truancy program, reaching 300+ campus administrators

  • trained district staff on Restorative Practices; co-developed a refresher course (with Executive Director of Student Services) and toolkit for staff - reaching 1,000+ professional staff

• Facilitated professional development sessions for diverse adult learners, utilizing adult learning frameworks and modes (virtual, online, and in-person) to drive engagement and knowledge retention

• Co-wrote a district-wide discipline matrix and guidebook utilized by over 200 administrators

• Served as AVID District Director Support, hired tutors, communicated with leadership and staff, and delivered professional development for 10 secondary campuses

Volunteering in LISD

Being part of a community means giving back and ensuring the next generation experiences opportunities. I volunteer my time to help with multiple community events and I have co-organized multiple large-scale events and then taught future organizers how to implement the plan after I left