Kindra Knight

Experience

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  OSU Kid Corps

  Jul 2008 - Aug 2009

  Team Leader & Coordinator

  Increased pre-literacy skills of 100% of class of preschool-aged children labeled “at-risk” due to low performance on assessment of pre-literacy skills by leading team of 8 employees to develop and implement literacy curriculum, and administering regular evaluations to assess students’ progress.

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  Tutor Doctor

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2012

  Accelerated Achievement Specialist

  Devised and implemented individualized learning plans for 17 clients in STEM subjects and standardized test preparation by facilitating vision setting meetings with each client to develop ambitious, specific long-term goals, collaborating and communicating with client’s teachers, administering diagnostic assessments, performing gap analyses, defining prioritized learning objectives, and developing benchmarked learning plans to drive toward established goals. Coached 100% of clients to meet or exceed articulated goals: increased clients’ composite ACT score by as many as 9 points, with an average increase of 4 points; increased clients’ ACT subject scores by as many as 11 points, with an average increase of 4 points. Show less

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  Teach For America

  May 2012 - May 2014

  Corps Member

  Selected from over 48,000 applicants to serve in a highly acclaimed service organization in which participants teach for two years in low-income schools, leading students to make extraordinary academic progress.

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  Dallas Independent School District

  Jul 2012 - Jul 2014

  Lead Biology Teacher

  Researched essential habits, skills, and mindsets of transformational teachers and highly successful college science students in order to articulate a vision for classroom culture and set ambitious personal and student development goals. Devised metrics and systems to regularly measure and respond to progress toward personal and student-level goals. Collaborated with students’ families, veteran teachers, and researchers to develop culturally responsive, developmentally appropriate materials for all students, especially English language learners, talented and gifted students, students with behavior disorders, students with special education needs, and students impacted by traumatic events. Led 165 students in extraordinary academic growth: analysis of STAAR (end of course standardized test) data reveal 76% gap closure (40% gap closure is considered extraordinary); 98% of all students passed STAAR Biology exam (compared to 89% in Texas), with 100% of English language learners passing (compared to 38% in Texas).Designed and monitored implementation of inquiry-based, standards-aligned curriculum for Biology team of 5 teachers, impacting over 600 students enrolled in General Biology, Pre-AP Biology, and Biology for Non-Native Speakers. Show less

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  TNTP

  Apr 2013 - Aug 2014

  New Teacher Development Coach and Launch Skills Instructor

  Acted as a learning leader and coach for approximately 100 new, pre-service teachers during summer training. As a group learning leader, I facilitated approximately 80 hours of engaging and effective professional development for teaching fellows on Teach Like A Champion strategies, lesson planning skills, and diversity and inclusiveness. At the end of summer training, 99% of fellows reported that skill building sessions were effective and contributed to their development and classroom success, and I received a rating of “skillful”—highest available—on end of summer evaluation rubric.As a coach, I managed and evaluated a caseload of 15 fellows, providing individualized, practice and experience-centric coaching. Show less

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  Teach For America

  Dec 2014 - Jul 2015

  Curriculum Consultant
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  Teach For America

  Apr 2016 - Aug 2018

  •Supported and tracked the progress of 42 undergraduate Accelerate Fellows over the course of nine-week fellowship, which engaged fellows in three week Human-Centered Design project rotations in Albuquerque, Nashville, and Chicago. •Executed community immersion experiences that developed fellows’ understanding of social and civic innovation. •Cultivated partnerships with local organizations and managed fellows' progress and performance as they consulted partner organizations to develop innovative education solution with positive community impact•Led collaboration and design sessions for fellows, along with internal and external partners, and supported knowledge and skill development in leadership, design thinking, innovation, executive communication, pitching, and problem solving. Show less •Managed the performance and development of a cohort of 34 first and second year, alternatively certified teachers, partnering with 7 unique school sites, and impacting over 3,200 students across Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex by: providing differentiated coaching for teachers on pedagogical and leadership competencies, vision setting, progress monitoring, and curriculum design, through lens of each teacher’s personal values, beliefs, and current and future goals; consulting instructional coaches and leadership teams at on teacher support; providing teachers with reach learning experiences and opportunities through the design of learning experiences and partnership with internal and external entities. •Collaborated on 4-person team to set vision and strategy for support and development of all teachers in region by analyzing qualitative and quantitative data to synthesize teacher effectiveness and student learning trends, performing root cause analyses, conceptualizing learning solution prototypes, and designing and facilitating learning experiences for over 350 teachers, spanning all grade and subject levels.•Designed and facilitated trainings and learning experiences for staff members on learning design and facilitation. Show less •Led high school site (15 staff, 100 new teachers, over 1,000 students) during 8-week summer training by collaborating with a team of 4 to set vision for school wide culture and developing systems and procedures to actualize vision.•Designed and facilitated over 100 hours of training on culturally responsive pedagogy, classroom management, lesson planning & execution, culture design, and relationship building; led high school site to achieve highest program satisfaction in region; 74% of high school teachers agreed or strongly agreed professional learning significantly impacted their efficacy (compared to 56% at the middle school level and 45% at the elementary school level).•Increased teacher effectiveness by as much as 20%, week over week, by using quantitative and qualitative data to identify areas of improvement, collaborating with staff and school leaders to design and implement learning experiences, and iterating strategies to meet needs for a diversity of contexts. Show less

  • Program Director, Accelerate Fellowship

    Mar 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Learning Design & Curriculum Development

    Aug 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Manager, Teacher Leadership Development & Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Science

    Jun 2015 - Sept 2017

  • Professional Learning Leader

    Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
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  Deep Ellum Foundation

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2018

  Design Strategist

  •Collaborated with the Deep Ellum Foundation to conduct a Human-Centered Design project that investigated how improve waste management in the Deep Ellum neighborhood•Conducted observations and stakeholder interviews, analyzed data, and generated insights related to the pedestrian experience and behaviors related to littering•Prototyped anti-littering campaign visuals and waste receptacle placement strategy to understand pedestrian beliefs and behaviors related to littering•Created client deliverable articulating strategic insights and recommendations Show less

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  Coleman Law

  Oct 2018 - Dec 2018

  Designer, Brand Identity

  •Collaborated with founder of Coleman Law- a nascent and innovative law practice based in Chicago, IL- to develop a cohesive and compelling brand identity.•Engaged in client interviews & iterative co-creation sessions to understand the organizational vision, articulate a cohesive, mission-driven identity, and establish a strategic direction.•Created a logo, cohesive visual system, and wireframes for future client website.

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  CitySquare

  Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Design Researcher

  •Conducted a 16-week Human-Centered Design project in collaboration with CitySquare to understand how the historic Forest Theater might be revitalized to ensure it would be an asset to the local community.•Engaged with community stakeholders through participatory observation and in-depth interviews.•Designed an experiential prototype to better understand design principles necessary for generating buy-in and engagement in a historically underserved community.•Created client deliverable articulating strategic insights and recommendations Show less

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  Southern Methodist University

  Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Designer, Data Strategy & Visualization

  I partnered with Southern Methodist University's Center on Research and Evaluation (CORE) and Child Care Associates to reimagine student-level data reporting from the CIRCLE assessment. Through this project, we redesigned teacher and parent facing data reports so that they were not only more user-friendly, but also more actionable and strategic.

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  Southwest Airlines

  Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

  Design Research Strategist

  •Collaborated with Southwest Airlines' internal Innovation team to conduct a 16-week Human-Centered Design project that investigated how to scale a culture of innovation across the organization.•Conducted observations and stakeholder interviews, analyzed data, and generated insights related to employee experience as well as user experience of internal innovation training programs•Prototyped employee engagement experience to understand how innovation practices might scale within organizational structure•Created client deliverable articulating strategic insights and recommendations Show less

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  Big Thought

  Jan 2020 - Jul 2021

  •Manage all aspects of project and client partnership, including developing of design calendars, providing open and ongoing communication with members of internal and external project teams, recruiting and scheduling primary research participants, and creating and organizing client-facing assets and deliverables. •Conduct primary research, gather quantitative and qualitative data, and analyze and synthesize data to develop actionable insights and strategic recommendations aligned to client goals.•Facilitate remote workshops to share research findings and elicit feedback from internal and external design teams. Show less •Designed studies to better understand mindsets, behaviors, and needs at the user and organizational levels. •Developed and implemented a spectrum of qualitative and mixed methods research methodologies including in-depth interviews, focus groups, surveys, field studies, usability tests, rapid ethnographic studies, contextual inquiry, journey maps, and experience prototypes. •Developed systems for qualitative data management and analysis, synthesized strategic insights, identified high impact opportunities for future testing and exploration, and presented findings and recommendations to leadership team.•Developed and implemented creative prototypes to accelerate learning and test recommendations. Show less

  • LAB Design Lead & Project Manager

    May 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Design Fellow

    Jan 2020 - May 2020
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  Duke Energy Corporation

  Jul 2021 - Dec 2022

  Design Strategist
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  Buildertrend

  Dec 2022 - Apr 2024

  Lead Product Designer