Marisa Tersy

Experience

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  Sept 2014 - May 2015

  Graduate Assistant for Diversity Initiatives-Latino Cultural Center

  Coordinate and facilitate the first annual Diversity Leadership Retreat, the Multicultural Conference and other workshops and retreats revolving around issues of diversity, multiculturalism and leadership developmentFoster community within the Latino/a and Hispanic student population at MIT, through the use of the Latino Cultural Center (LCC)Serve as the official advisor to the Latino Cultural Center executive board

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  KIPP DC

  Jul 2015 - Jun 2020

  Coach, observe, and progress monitor six teachers across three classroomsParticipate in leadership team decision-making processes, including analyzing feedback surveys and problem-solving based on dataDeliver professional development about creating equitable classrooms, and classroom and behavior management Utilize the CLASS (Classroom Assessment Scoring System) to observe and score teachers in order to provide feedback for classroom end-of-year evaluations Assess and monitor student progress daily and with end-of-unit summative, and formative assessments, in order to ensure that 95% of students are on track to meet end-of-year literacy and math goalsCreate, monitor, and assess academic and behavior intervention plans for students who demonstrate the need for additional levels of supportImplement Engage New York, MyMath, Core Knowledge Language Arts, KIPPDC Reading and Writing Workshop and PATHs social-emotional curricula

  • Teacher Leader

    Jul 2017 - Jun 2020

  • Lead Teacher

    Jul 2016 - Jun 2020

  • Early Childhood Capital Teaching Resident

    Jul 2015 - Jul 2016
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  EmpowerK12

  May 2020 - Sept 2021

  Educational Improvement Specialist

  Facilitate EmpowerK12’s 2 Educator Continuous Improvement Networks (ECINs), comprised of 32 elementary and middle school teachers, whose aims are to improve third grade literacy achievement and middle school absenteeism and GPA for students with disabilitiesCoach network participants on utilizing the principles of improvement science to enhance their own practice and improve outcomes for all students, particularly BIPOC students, at-risk students and students with disabilitiesResearch and write publications about best practices in education, educational systems of inequality, and applying continuous improvement in practice Show less

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  KIPP DC

  Sept 2021 - now

  • Director of Equity and Inclusion

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Associate Director of Equity and Inclusion

    Sept 2021 - Jun 2023