Department Chairperson & Leadership Committee Member 

• Demonstrate knowledge of content areas and approved curriculum.

• Manage diverse department through collective collaboration to produce positive and productive collegial relationships.

• Support and promote strategies produce efficient and effective systems and increase student achievement. 

• Follow board policies, including leadership and administrative rules and regulations.

• Use interpretive data to guide decisions/directives and make recommendations where necessary

• Work with principals, counselors and educators to ensure department runs smoothly.

• Communicate manageable guidelines, goals and areas of growth. 

GCU Inquiry Based Learning Professional Development Trainer

• Promote positive culture of project based learning through student-initiated engagement of self-guided inquiry.

• Facilitate collaboration and accountability through small group instruction.

• Provide professional development to staff, meeting them where they are at and moving forward to complete understand and acceptance of accelerated individual educational plans.

Culturally Relevant Teaching Trainer 

• Facilitate Culturally Responsive Teaching sessions for MPS staff both during and outside of regularly contracted hours at various locations throughout the district

• Serve as an ambassador within the district for Culturally Responsive Teaching practices

• Provide input into the development of the Culturally Responsive Teaching course 

• Utilize WICOR professional learning practices in instruction with adult learners to effectively meet the needs of participants

• Implement the Culturally Responsive Teaching syllabus and accompanying resources with fidelity and intent 

Employee Improvement Committee Chairperson           

• Demonstrate program commitment to improving campus relations with administration, staff, students and other departments. 

• Evaluate systems and procedures as they relate to employee engagement, satisfaction and ability to meet district-wide goals and campus initiatives.

• Support innovative activities to promote student attendance and alternatives to suspension.

• Collaborate on recommendations for administrative support, revision and accountability.

• Prepare agenda, manage floor time, conduct needs assessment and distribute minutes and final reporting

Career & Technical Student Organization Advisor/Mentor/Coach     

• Support and empower students to develop their potential in alternative career pathways outside of traditional academia.

• Provide leadership opportunities through individual and group training.

• Demonstrate the power of collaboration through group activities, conferences and competitions

• Seek opportunities for participation at the local, district, region, state, and national levels

•  Align activities with district curriculum

• Integrate social and emotional learning in all activities while building self-confidence

• Recruit prospective students while building good community relations that recognize the school and career programs

Emerging Technologies/CTE Teacher 

• Produce, write and record weekly broadcast and daily announcements.

• Promote, market and facilitate technical education program as an avenue for career success.

• Support instruction and delivery using MAC, Final Cut Pro X, Google Classroom and Canvas LMS.

• Effectively manage learning environments for the professional, adult and young adult learner.

• Instruct students and personnel using a wide range of blended technologies, differentiated instruction strategies using data-driven best practices to support Common Core Standards.

• Teach students about the field of television; video, audio production and filmmaking, while implementing research based high quality professional learning initiatives.

• Prepare project based lesson plans with consideration for time restrictions and learning modalities.

• Provide direct instruction via classroom support and learning management systems including Canvas and Google Classroom.

• Evaluate and monitor student progress via direct instruction and computer-based assessments.

• Provide professional and technical assistance school wide.

• Monitor and evaluate student achievement according to state, district and national standards and guidelines.

• Work independently and cooperatively with district professional and campus professional learning communities.

• Model, train, and consult with teachers on modifications and accommodations to instruction and materials to ensure that all students are successful in an inclusive classroom.

ELAA/Adult Education Teacher

• Maintain the required participant progress documentation, attendance records and progress reports.

• Actively participate in professional learning community, contributing greatly in the area of technology and peer instruction.

• Assess program students using the TABE, My Foundations Lab and AZ Career Information Systems learning management systems.

• Create a classroom environment that is conductive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interest of the students, often reflecting on cultural awareness and inclusions.

• Assist in the counseling and guidance with emphasis on maximum progress of participants.

• Prepare and submit monthly reports on a timely basis.

• Coordinate program activities with other program staff to promote the most effective instructional program goals.

English Teacher

• Solid experience in freshman, sophomore and Junior English and academic instruction.

• Implemented transition to common core standards based curriculum.

• Employed research-based/data driven techniques to promote and assess learning including response to intervention, differentiated instruction, formative and summative assessments and best practices.

• Helped teachers improve teaching and increase student engagement by providing instructional strategies for active engagement with or without the aid of technology.

• Conducted school wide reading initiative and tutoring activities to increase student achievement on the AIMS.

• Modeled, trained, and consulted teachers on modifications and accommodations to instruction and materials ensuring that all students are successful in an inclusive classroom.

• Coordinated with students, parents, teachers, teacher assistants, and various service providers for students identified with a disability in the general classroom.

Program Manager/Arts Jobs and Mentoring

• Developed, organized and managed arts program for “at-risk” and/or students with special needs.

• Recruited, trained and managed 14 professional artists to mentor students for jobs and mentoring program. 

• Located and obtained appropriate locations for assorted workshops and meetings.

• Planned and presented quarterly training for adult artists.

• Promoted program awareness through print, social and digital media.

• Maintained strict confidentiality and discretion at all times.

• Increased program participation by 70%.

• Increased mentorship by 200%.

• Program satisfaction rating of 96%.

• Students consistently rated “I felt good about myself” as their number one reason for attending program offerings.

References available upon request.