Ashley S

Experience

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  Planet Abacus Charter School

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2014

  Reading Teacher

  Taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade reading class. Taught 7th grade writing.Created a Writing Curriculum for the grade. Also ran and initiated PSAs and community service for the Junior Honor Society.

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  Democracy Prep Public Schools

  Jul 2016 - Jun 2022

  ● Design curriculum: including but not limited to lesson plans, assessments and novel study to supplement a packaged curriculum for grades 9 -12. ● Provides support to school leaders (principals) by identifying trends, progress and deficits within instruction, creating contingency plans to support the development of teachers and scholars alike. ● Analyze data gathered through instruction observations both virtually and in-person, class assessment results and scholar growth and outcomes in order to design and implement professional development needs. ● Develop follow up plans for teaching staff following professional development. ● Meet and collaborate with Curricular Specialists in all regions across the network to strengthen the staple curriculum. ● Work with Curricular Specialists across the network to create professional development intended to promote growth and solidarity within teaching the curriculum. Show less ● Coached a bucket of 7 teachers and 3 department chairs directly, a staff of 25 indirectly. ● Identified and set individual goals for each staff member to drive my coaching, professional development and evaluations. ● Created an initiative structure for the start of class (the Do Now) for the whole teaching team, a plan for teachers to co-observe one another to rack success and a tracker to monitor progress. ● Led full network professional development and professional development for my department.● Developed observation quota/ tools for developing coaches and veteran staff. Show less **Combined Literature and Writing in upper grades for an ELA department allowing creation of alignment between the major skills: Reading, Listening, Writing and Analysis. -Wrote and co-wrote lesson plans for HS curriculum for 9th-12th grades.-Coaches 9th and 10th grade ELA teachers w/ planning, live coaching, organization, professional development, practice sessions and delegation of skill practice by grade level. -Creates standard-aligned exams for all grades, build/ helps to adapt curriculum yearly. -Plans and runs professional development for Literature and ELA sections. Show less

  • Curriculum and Instruction Specialist

    Jul 2020 - Jun 2022

  • Instructional Coach

    Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

  • ELA Department Chair

    Jul 2016 - Jul 2020

  • Founding ELA Teacher

    Aug 2014 - Jun 2020

  • Leader U Resident (School Leadership training)

    Jul 2016 - Jun 2017
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  Foundation Academy Charter School

  Nov 2022 - Jul 2023

  ELA Teacher - 11th Grade
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  Foundation Academies

  Jul 2023 - now

  Coaching and developing the core foundation of curriculum and instruction for ELA and Humanities across the K-12 span.

  • Dean of Instruction

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Director of Content in ELA/Humanities K-12

    Jul 2023 - now