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Education Service Center, Region 20, San Antonio, Texas
Regional leadership coaching and trainer role that complies with state and national initiatives
Digital Age Learning & STEM Consultant, 2017 – 2022

• Provided leadership, technical assistance, design, and delivery of staff development for ESC-20 clients in the area of Digital Age Learning with seamless and purposeful technology and curriculum integration 

• Supported districts in achieving regionally and locally identified goals related to leveraging the power of technologies and digital resources to prepare all learners for higher education and the workforce. 

• Defined professional development scope, goals, needs, and accomplishments to check and adjust as needed; coached and facilitated cohorts of staff and faculty in best practices for innovative technology integration. Detailed instructional design and development for online and in-person learning

• Designed and provided activity-oriented, hands-on opportunities that aimed to improve the quality of teaching and learning, the meaningful integration of technologies, and digital resources into instruction, and classroom management 

• Co-designed, developed, and delivered a center-wide Google Initiative; Division quarterly training and face-to-face workshops monthly; built capacity for internal clients including personalized and group support 

• Collaborated across departments/subject areas to provide quality training and integration  

• Built productive/strong relationships with district administrators, stakeholders, and industry partners

Boerne ISD; Boerne, Texas 

District leadership role developing staff and faculty training that complies with district and state technology goals 

Educational Technology Coach, 2014 – 2017 

• Designed and facilitated professional development and integration of best practices and tools while leading the end-to-end implementation of technology integration in classrooms 

• Cultivated and developed productive relationships with district stakeholders 

• Defined professional development scope, goals, and accomplishments; assessed and adjusted as needed

• Coached staff and faculty on four campuses; monitored progress; adjusted accordingly to increase student achievement 

• Co-designed, developed and delivered Curriculum Using Technology (CUT) training program district-wide

• Organized and promoted a week-long Hour of Code event; break misconceptions about computer science education 

• In collaboration with the IT department, co-designed, organized, and delivered SMART Board in Math/Social Studies training for over 150 educators

STEM Academy NEISD, San Antonio, Texas 

CTE, Math, Technology Applications, STEM Teacher – Technology Specialist, Webmaster 2008 – 2014 

• AP Math teacher for 6th graders with a focus on STEM education with Project Based Learning instruction

• HS level courses offered to 8th graders: Principles of IT, Web Design, Digital Communication, Videogame Design

• Designed, developed, and deployed a technology curriculum path for grades 6-8 to prepare students with the necessary skills for the transition to our STEM High School. Utilized Problem/Project Based Learning (PBL) units for delivery. 

• Responsible for evaluation and upkeep of the campus technology inventory; assisted administrators with technology needs evaluation, acquisition, and budget compliance; trained staff in the use of technology (hardware/software) through regularly scheduled staff development; delivered summer staff development

Skills

• Ability to develop strong partnerships

• Innovative

• Asynchronous presentations

• Synchronous Virtual/Hybrid/In-person Presentations

• Excellent Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, and Critical Thinking

• Lesson Management Systems (Admin/User)

• Coaching and Mentoring

• F2F to Virtual Transformation

• Process/detail oriented

• Lifelong learner

• Empath

• Team player

• Interpersonal and Cross-department Collaboration

• Self-starter and motivated

• Flexible and adaptable to changing needs

• Apple applications

• Microsoft Office Suite/Office365

• Google Workspace Suite

• Fully Bilingual (English/Spanish)