Sherri Roccaforte

Experience

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  New Life Outreach International Church

  Jul 1991 - Oct 2006

  DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES

  Developed and provided oversight for a full range of Children's Ministry programs • Managed a team of 70 volunteer teachers and support personnel • Coordinated 20 ministry classes per week • Designed and developed customized curricular programs• Facilitated major events and fundraising efforts

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  Chesterfield County Public Schools

  Jul 2004 - Jul 2007

  SECONDARY ENGLISH TEACHER

  • Taught 9th grade Honors and upper level 12th grade English• Strong curricular focus on the "construction" of knowledge, rather than just "transmission." • Recommended for Clinical Faculty program at VCU• Served as Cooperating Teacher for Teaching Careers Program

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  Youth Life Foundation of Richmond

  Jan 2008 - Sept 2009

  NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Managed all operations, including staffing, curricular programs, fiscal management, strategic planning, partnership and fund development • Doubled organizational capacity by facilitating the opening of a second after-school learning center in the high-risk community of Highland Park in Richmond City’s East End • Developed and managed partnerships with a host of foundations, businesses, faith organizations and universities to provide program support and funding, including Northside Outreach Center, Richmond Public Schools, Richmond Police Department, Robins Foundation, Community Foundation, Dominion Foundation, Altria, Car Max, University of Richmond's Bonner Center for Civic Engagement and Virginia Commonwealth University• Collaborated with The Idea Center to create and launch redesigned YLFR website. Over $10,000 in pro bono services were provided • Secured over $150,000 in new grant funding, including United Way CFC funding and over $45,000 in in-kind donations• Spearheaded major GALA fundraising events at the University of Richmond and Richmond International Raceway and helped facilitate the Darrell Green Charity Golf Tournament • Coordinated strategic planning retreat with Youth Life Foundation’s Board of Directors to develop a three-year strategic plan and major gifts campaign • Supervised the publication of all media, including monthly newsletters, annual report, brochures, website content and press releases Show less

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  Chesterfield County Public Schools

  Jan 2009 - Aug 2010

  ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN

  Completed a Post-Master’s in Educational Leadership and a full-time administrative internship Accomplishments: • Developed an instructional improvement logic model plan and implemented a pilot session of the plan during Thomas Dale High School’s Friday Focus study hall. Plan addressed the need to provide large group remediation sessions for 600+ students • Developed a reading, writing and math improvement plan for Overby-Sheppard Elementary School, a Richmond City Title School, based on a comprehensive analysis of three years of student achievement data. Plan was selected as a model for use with future VCU Educational Leadership classes. • Conducted formative assessments on teachers, in public and private sector, including development of professional goals, counseling in areas of weakness and organizing innovative and relevant professional development opportunities• Administrative Internship completed at Bird High School Show less

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  Time to Teach Inc.

  Apr 2014 - now

  NATIONAL TRAINER

  National certified trainer providing professional development training for educators who want to transform their classrooms into hubs of twenty-first century learning by having more "Time to Teach." This innovative five-point program revolutionizes classroom management by putting responsibility for student behavior back on the student. Compassionate, yet highly effective, this proven program eliminates repeated warnings and multiple requests, increases time on task and handles both low level and serious behaviors with a unique proprietary approach. Training options for administrators, teachers and support personnel include one to two day staff development workshops and presentations at conference break-out sessions. Office referrals go down and test scores go up! Testimonials…."During my first two years as a principal, we experienced over 300 office referrals and over 150 out-of-school suspensions. This year we are using Time to Teach strategies and have had only two office referrals in six weeks!" John Hargrove, Principal, Henderson, NC"Using Time to Teach strategies, we saw school suspensions drop from 39% to 18% over a three-year period, in-house suspensions cut in half, and significant increases in passing rates on the California High School Exit Exam and other student achievement measures!" Elsbeth Prigmore, Principal, Redding, CA•Presenter at VA Department of Juvenile Justice “Teaching Disrespectful Students to be Respectful” Conference. Over 100 instructors in attendance•Classroom management blog author for VASCD, Nov. 2104 http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs121/1111688353693/archive/1119144831017.html Show less

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  Chesterfield County Public Schools

  Oct 2014 - Jun 2017

  WORKPLACE COORDINATOR

  Facilitated the transition of the county's alternative high school into a College and Career Academy model.• Forged over 150 business, postsecondary and community partnerships to shape and support the creation of four industry-themed technical academies• Recruited and formalized an executive council and four program level academy councils to provide leadership support for the school's transition process• Collaborated with community partners to develop and coordinate new school programs including the BBB’s “In Pursuit of Ethics,” Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce’s Champions program, Swim RVA Aquatics program and ChildSavers’ trainings • Facilitated industry tours, guest speakers, workplace readiness and career exploration events and developed work sites and initial processes for student workplace experiences including job shadowing, volunteer opportunities, internships and apprenticeships• Coordinated with postsecondary partners to increase dual enrollment opportunities resulting in some academy programs offering all dual enrollment classes• Solicited in-kind and financial donations to support technical and sports programs and collaborated with executive council to develop and formalize a fund development plan • Coordinated a public dedication event to celebrate the school’s new name and instructional model. Secured Virginia Secretary of Education, Anne Holton, as the keynote speaker. Community and political leaders, district officials, school partners and over 100 alumni from the original Carver High School, the last segregated high school in the county, attended the event (see media link) • Virginia Technology and Engineering Education Association (VTEEA) recognized the school as the 2017 Program of the Year for having the best high school technology education program in the state (see media link) • Personally received “Employee of the Month” and “Outstanding Service Award for Transforming Our School and Our Students" Show less

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  RX for Teachers™ LLC

  Oct 2016 - now

  PRESIDENT / FOUNDER
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  Chesterfield County Public Schools

  Aug 2017 - Jun 2018

  PROJECT COORDINATOR

  Coordinated with a host of diverse stakeholders, including school administration, faculty and staff at two high schools, school district level specialists and executive leadership, county government agencies and the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) to design, develop and create an implementation plan to launch an innovative new pilot program. • Spearheaded project momentum by conveying project vision, ideas, goals and issues to keep stakeholders engaged and focused on meeting goals and timeline objectives • Served as a lead for stakeholder planning committee whose work culminated in thedevelopment of a two-year project implementation plan that was accepted and approved by the VDOE and resulted in the award of a second year $50,000 implementation grant• Leveraged project as a "PBL Incubator" by securing increased support from district level specialists to accelerate growth, development, evaluation and sustainability of the pilot program model • Pioneered collaborative partnership between schools and county government agencies to design, develop and implement “real world” projects • Innovated instructional delivery by facilitating customized "blended" professional development training and team visits to observe other innovative instructional teams in action Show less

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  Catalyst:Ed

  May 2021 - now

  PROVIDER NETWORK MEMBER (Culture and Leadership Support)

  Catalyst:ED catalyzes ecosystems of expert support so all educational leaders can access the skills, experience, and guidance they need to help their teams innovate, excel, and scale.