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Continuous Improvement

• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and communicate a shared school vision and instructional goals

• Provide resources for teachers, parents, and students to engage in the school and district community

• Collaboratively develop and communicate a shared school vision, including revamping motto, logo, and marketing strategies

• Serve on numerous district committees and outreach programs, such as Master Planning, Innovation Grant Committee, Gifted Task Force, Leadership Dublin, District Data Team

• Utilize various data sources to plan, implement, and oversee improvement initiatives, including academics (MAP, DRA, DSI, KRA, RIMP, and classroom formative assessment data), student behaviors (PBIS, CPI, PSW), student engagement (Panorama, attendance, RTI), and parent engagement (surveys, social media engagement, home-to-school communication outreach), enrollment and attendance (FutureThink, demographic data)

• Initiate school-wide initiatives to foster a sense of belonging, such as an all- school writing project

Instructional Leadership

• Lead ongoing professional development in the articulation of academic standards, including implementation of curriculum, instruction, assessments, and allocation of resources

• Collaborate with instructional coaches and district leadership to address instructional issues and challenges

• Provide decision-making and programming support for student services including English Language learners, special education, Response to Intervention, and intervention

• Guide teachers in developing, understanding, and implementing a Professional Development Academy to align with district goals

• Lead ongoing enhancements of our school literacy program by re-allocating staff; providing professional development; working with teachers to identify and place students; monitoring student growth data

• Facilitate book talks, organize staff training, and work with staff on practical ways to implement literacy in the classroom

• Utilize OTES rubrics for staff and individual teacher support related to academic standards, resources, literacy and numeracy enrichment and intervention, and implementation of science and social studies workshop model

School Operations, Resources, and Learning Environment

• Built leadership capacity with staff through Principal’s Leadership Team, Student Learning Team, Safety/Threat Assessment Team

• Collaborate with Human Resources and the teachers’ association to support and improve performance of struggling teachers and support staff, including writing Improvement plans and overseeing disciplinary processes

• Supervise classified staff, including paraprofessionals, custodial staff, and kitchen staff to enhance efficiency and experiences of students, parents, and teachers

• Re-vamped bus drop-off and pick-up systems, vastly reducing traffic problems and time students spend in transition

• Responsible for the hiring and supervision of new staff, including certified, classified, and administrative staff

• Utilize data related to facilities, enrollment, human resources, and transportation to solve overcrowding challenges and develop systems for managing student transitions

• Achieve consistently high results on Panorama staff survey with particular strengths in the areas of school climate and staff support

• Re-organized school “Walkthrough” event to manage facility overcrowding and respond to student and parent requests

Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with district and school departments to solve problems and brainstorm solutions

• Team with teacher-leader groups to develop student incentive and reward programs aligned with PBIS programming

• Oversee a School Principal Leadership Team (PLT) for collaboration in all operational decisions (i.e. development of school calendar, protocols for major school events, school culture awareness, developing a two-way communication format)

• Developed a central Professional Reading Library for staff to share; oversaw staff “Book Review” process for teachers to recommend professional resources to one another

• Hosted various visitors from around the district and state, including TESOL conference

• Collaborate with guidance staff, Dublin Police Department, Franklin County Children’s Services, and district administrative staff to navigate complicated issues related to student safety, parental neglect, and social-emotional health

• Utilize two-way communication with students, parents, teachers, and alumni to launch and re-boot school initiatives

Parent and Community Engagement

• Work closely with the parent community to plan events, streamline processes, and allocate funds and resources

• Eliminated all sales-based fundraisers through communication and community buy-in; launched a donations-only fundraising system through one culminating event (Walk-a-Thon)

• Oversee parent and community outreach platforms, including Key Communicators, Facebook closed group, Twitter, and events such as Fall Family Night, Family Game Night, Fair of Hearts, and a day-long Walkthrough experience

• Provide consistent, ongoing parent communication related to school overcrowding, including plans for utilizing Sells Middle School and 62 West Bridge for students

• Led a community book talk and presented at “Be Well;” Hosted EL Family Night, Japanese parent group, and various informational parent events

• Launched a school wide YouTube channel with daily video announcements and video outreach (i.e. beginning-of-year videos for teachers to introduce themselves to their students, “Thank You Teachers” video, information and updates)

• Offer a quarterly “Parent University” event for Indian Run parents; topics this year include “School Safety,” “Student Social-emotional Wellness,” and “How to Understand your Child’s Standardized Assessment Reports”

• Plan and oversee multiple student assemblies in line with guidance or related arts standards (i.e. music, art, P.E., library, technology, and social-emotional health)