Erika Sims

Experience

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  Fort Worth ISD

  Aug 2001 - Feb 2023

  The Human Resource Coordinator serves as the Human Capital Management point of contact to their assigned schools, and Learning Network Directors. The Coordinator provides outstanding customer help and support covering HCM functional areas. The Coordinator works with other HCM Coordinators, the HCM Transactional Team and other HCM staff to provide startgic alignment of the the HCM processes with designated district metrics and overall district strategy. The Coordinator works closely with campus leadership, learning network leadership and central office leadership to proactively assess HCM related needs and implement organization wide solutions that result in improved service and highly functioning department. The Coordinator will assist with the development and implementation of selection, placement and retention plans. Show less •Models and spreads data literacy by gathering data for teams, leading them through the data analysis process, and ensuring that teams have the data, skills, tools, and practice to do competent analyses.•Facilitate data-driven dialogues and guide teams through collaborative inquiry. Promote equity and challenge assumptions and practices that hinder high-quality education for all.•Provide leadership for the sustainability of the practice of collaborative inquiry to continuously enhance student learning.•Institutionalize collaborative inquiry, apply change theory, influence school culture, and keep the RISE initiative vision alive.•Co-plan with individual teachers and teams of teachers to guide data-driven instruction.•Provide classroom model lessons and co-teaching to demonstrate instructional strategies.•Conduct classroom observations and provide feedback to teachers to guide their instructional practice.•Conduct data analysis in concert with individual teachers and teams of teachers•Build staff capacity to perform data analyses.•Conduct regular data meetings with teams of teachers.•Provide guidance to teacher leaders with regard to making instructional decisions based on student data.•Develop resources for the administrative team and teachers as needed to guide data dialogues.•Provide training as needed to build staff capacity with the district data reports system.•Maintain an atmosphere of personal growth including staying abreast of current research-based instructional models that create student achievement.•Use current staff needs as a guide to develop professional development opportunities to increase teacher ability.• Coordinate with campus principals in the implementation of their campus goals and initiatives. Show less •Provide content specific guidance, modeling, and monitoring for elementary mathematics teachers and also administrators in an identified Learning Network•Report to Network Director to provide training, support, and monitoring for an identified Learning Network•Meet regularly with Content Director to receive professional training on District curriculum and initiatives and to plan professional development for identified Learning Network•Understand the content (TEKS) and curriculum of all courses in your discipline•Re-deliver district trainings on professional development days and on after school and Saturday workshops•Monitor implementation of network initiatives•Conduct classroom observations to help identify strengths and deficiencies related to content instruction•Co-teach and model lessons that demonstrate district pedagogy and curriculum initiatives•Provide leadership in lesson planning•Build capacity for teacher change; support teachers through observation and coaching; participate actively in coaching cycle•Work with teachers on the instructional needs necessary as a response to data•Understand and utilize data analysis to improve student achievement Show less Essential Functions •Maintains a commitment to the district motto, mission, vision, and values; models district expectations through personal leadership and example; and actively supports the efforts of others to achieve district goals.•Promotes an environment of cultural competency and responsiveness for students, parents, staff and stakeholders.Curriculum/Instruction •Develops and administers curriculum consistent with school district goals and objectives.•Develops lesson plans and instructional materials and translates lesson plans into learning experiences so as to best utilize the available time for instructionStudent Assessment •Uses and implements ongoing assessments of student learning, interprets higher level data (e.g. value add) to inform instruction and modifies instructional methods to fit individual student's needs, including students with special needs; conducts individual and small group instruction as needed.•Organizes and maintains a system for accurate and complete record-keeping, grading, and reporting for all student activities, achievement and attendance as required by district procedures and applicable laws.•Administers standardized tests in accordance with District testing programs. 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  • Senior Human Resources Consultant

    Dec 2020 - Feb 2023

  • Human Resource Coordinator

    Apr 2013 - Dec 2020

  • Data Analyst

    Jun 2011 - Apr 2013

  • Math Coach

    Jun 2008 - Jun 2011

  • Teacher

    Aug 2001 - Jun 2008
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  Arlington ISD

  Apr 2023 - now

  Position Control Management Coordinator

  Enter and maintain accurate personnel information for new and existing employees in the position control system. To coordinate and maintain accurate personnel and budget information in the position management information system.