Kathleen Stern

Experience

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  New Haven Public Schools

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  10th Grade Reading Teacher (Hillhouse High School)

  -Led 60 students to average 2.7 years’ growth in reading; 57% of students grew 2+ years (2007 – 2008)-Led 60 students to average 1.6 years’ growth in reading; 40% of students grew 2+ years (2006 – 2007)-Nominated for Scholastic Read 180 Outstanding Teacher of the Year (2008)

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  Teach For America

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  -Designed and refined performance management resources for staff and managers-Created and maintained project plans and tracking systems to monitor progress towards goals -Cultivated and maintained 70+ donor relationships during economic recession-Managed the ​Sponsor A Teacher campaign, planned events, school visits, and donor meetings

  • Associate, Performance Management & Talent Solutions​

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  • Manager of Individual Giving

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2009
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  Boston Collegiate Charter School

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2015

  -Designed lessons including accommodations and modifications, assessments, unit plans and after-school tutoring-Led students to school’s top scores on state tests (81% of students exceeded or met expectations on 2015 PARCC, 95% advanced or proficient on 2014 MCAS, 96% on 2013 MCAS, 93% on 2012 MCAS, 2011-2012 EPIC Silver-Gain Award winner from New Leaders for New Schools)-Achievement Network Transition Fellow: Shared Common Core best practices through blog posts, videos of my instruction, curriculum and student work samples [coretransition.wordpress.com/blog/]-Teacher Evaluation Working Group: Designed teacher evaluation rubric and process for teacher development Show less

  • 7​th Grade Level Leader

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  • English Department Co-Chair​

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2015

  • 7t​h​ Grade Reading Teacher​

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2015
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  Match Next Charter Public School

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2017

  Director of Curriculum and Instruction: 5th Grade Literacy

  Pilot program leveraging AmeriCorps tutors and small group instruction for students.-Professionally developed, observed and coached, and managed 25 AmeriCorps tutors serving in 5th grade classes-Served as lead teacher for 5th grade ELA and Humanities classes; created daily lessons and assessments-Analyzed assessment data and led tutors in data analysis to inform instruction-Led students to average 0.8 years’ reading growth within first 3 months of school

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  City Year

  Jul 2017 - Jun 2021

  Instructional Coach

  -Observe, coach, and lead trainings for AmeriCorps members serving in Boston Public School classrooms (grades 3-10), focusing on math and literacy tutoring, use of data, lesson planning, student engagement, teacher partnerships, student relationships, and culturally responsive practices-Create and facilitate staff trainings on observation and coaching; support City Year staff development through co-observations and co-coaching sessions-Collaboratively design and refine City Year Boston’s approach, resources and trainings related to data-informed instruction, as CYB’s Student Improvement Monitoring Specialist -Support AmeriCorps members and City Year staff with collecting, analyzing, responding to student-level data-Analyze and report out on observation and coaching data to identify trends and share best practices Show less

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  Boston Area Doulas

  Dec 2020 - now

  Founder, Postpartum/Birth Doula, Infant Feeding Specialist, Childbirth Educator

  Boston Area Doulas is a team of evidence-based, compassionate, and non-judgmental doulas who offer fertility, pregnancy, birth, postpartum support. In addition to birth and postpartum doula, we offer childbirth education, newborn care and infant feeding classes, and consultations for expecting and new parents. www.bostonareadoulas.comIG and FB: @bostonareadoulas

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  One Huddle

  Oct 2022 - now

  Childbirth Education expert

  Message newborn and parenting experts anytime. Every expert you need, answering questions in a community of new parents. https://onehuddle.com/