Enthusiastic Assistant Principal offering 16-year history of supporting academic administration functions. Motivated to improve relationships among faculty, students and administrators. Personable and outgoing with skill in building rapport with diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Principal/Athletic Director
Rancho Santa Fe School District
12.2023 - Current
Supervised and evaluated teaching and support staff through instructional leadership and professional development.
Monitored student behavior and enforced discipline policies.
Oversaw schedule management and protocols for orientation, registration, and related activities.
Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies, and behavior modification.
Attend school functions during and outside of the school day (e.g. sporting events, Foundation events,
Back to School Night, Open House, Board meetings, school performances, etc.)
Assists in hiring, management and training of coaching staff for all sports programs.
Confers with students, parents, teachers, District personnel, and representatives of community agencies to resolve student academic, attendance, and behavioral problems.
Facilitate SST meetings for both the elementary and middle schools.
Prepare a master sports calendar for games/events.
Director of Education
Shiloh House
08.2021 - Current
Monitor compliance with special education processes and timelines across the program, and ensure that special education data is collected and updated in a manner that meets all regulatory expectations
Support training for teachers and staff to assure compliance with federal and state special education regulations
Lead the coordination and monitoring of department responsibilities related to the Agency's strategic plan
Identify strategies, processes and metrics-that-matter to monitor program effectiveness for demonstrable effect
Collaborate with managers to identify team weaknesses and created attack plans to resolve training gaps
Collaborate with cross functional treatment teams
Design curriculum and oversee lesson planning to meet instructional goals
Responsible for all scheduling, transcripts and credit check in Infinite Campus
Evaluated and supervised educators to assess performance and offer support
Ensure that all staff cohesion to successfully track, implement, and communicate high quality key instructional programs that impact and support student learning
Assistant Principal
Adams 14 School District, Adams City High School
07.2016 - 01.2020
Supervised special education, science, math, CTE and social studies departments for comprehensive high school serving 1800 students
Oversaw all school policy development and progress pertaining to students with special needs
Designed plan for teacher, student, and family engagement resulting in 27% increase in student retention
Led all communications and engagement efforts to engage various stake holders
Address safety and welfare issues by collaborating with stakeholders, investigating incidents, documenting findings, contacting proper authorities and conforming to all district protocols and legal requirements
Led Advanced Placement efforts leading to an increase in student participation and passing scores
Created structures and systems for teacher development and data analysis
Increase in graduation rates while simultaneously decreasing drop out rates
Led MTSS process for 9th and 11th grade
Conducted observation/feedback of faculty
Led coaching cycles using Cognitive Coaching
Supported Unified Improvement Planning efforts
Led grade level meetings
Facilitated school wide Professional Learning Communities
Supervised SEL programming
Led credit recovery
Led Freshman Orientation and created structures for student ambassador support
Supported Master Scheduling process
Led meetings for Instructional Leadership Team
Teacher Effectiveness Coach/Academic Dean
Denver Public Schools
07.2009 - 05.2017
ELL Focus Schools and New CCSS Implementation leader
Collaborated with teachers to understand and improve classroom conditions for second language learners and students with disabilities
Created structures for teams of teachers to vertically align CCSS
Support teams of teachers with implementing best practices for ELL's
Facilitated Professional Learning Communities
Observation and Feedback, including Evaluations
Supervise paraprofessional staff
Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret assessment data with coordination of next steps
Led second language acquisition efforts
Collaborated closely with Principals, Assistant Principals and Teacher Leaders to strategically use data to plan programs
Coordinated school wide intervention programs
Improved individual departments by working closely with faculty to reorganize class loads, promote resource utilization and modernize equipment
Early Reading Literacy liaison between District and Schools, monitoring READ Plans
Education
M.A. - Curriculum & Instruction, Mathematics Assessment
University of Colorado
B.A. - Psychology
University of South Florida
Certificate of Urban Leadership - Curriculum & Instruction, Mathematics Assessment
Relay Graduate School of Education
New York, NY
05.2018
K-12 Principal License -
University of Denver
Denver, CO
05.2007
Skills
Administrative Staff Coordination
State Testing
Special Education Law
Multilingual Learners
Performance Evaluations
Team Building
Analyzing Systems and Structures for Equity to Advance Student Outcomes
Program Analysis
Staff Development
Public Speaking
Policies and Procedures Enforcement
Relationship Building
Fiscal Management
Disciplinary Actions
School Administration
Conflict Resolution
Curriculum Planning
Timeline
Assistant Principal/Athletic Director
Rancho Santa Fe School District
12.2023 - Current
Director of Education
Shiloh House
08.2021 - Current
Assistant Principal
Adams 14 School District, Adams City High School
07.2016 - 01.2020
Teacher Effectiveness Coach/Academic Dean
Denver Public Schools
07.2009 - 05.2017
B.A. - Psychology
University of South Florida
Certificate of Urban Leadership - Curriculum & Instruction, Mathematics Assessment
Relay Graduate School of Education
K-12 Principal License -
University of Denver
M.A. - Curriculum & Instruction, Mathematics Assessment
University of Colorado
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