Rachael Crossman

Experience

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  Varta Academy of Musical Arts

  Jan 2012 - Jul 2015

  Music Teacher

  Music educator for ages K-12 and adult lessons in all levels of piano and vocal performance in private lessons at the Academy and privately in homes.

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  New York University

  Aug 2013 - Jul 2015

  Voice Teacher

  Steinhardt Music and Performing Arts Adjunct Voice Faculty.

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  Basilica Voices

  Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

  Assistant Director

  Assistant director, conductor and music leader of the children's choir, Basilica Voices.

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  MUSICAL SURPRISE, LLC

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2018

  Voice and Piano Teacher

  Private musical instruction in voice and piano. Music educator in private settings as well as group lessons both online and in person.

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  Arizona Charter Academy

  Jul 2016 - Jan 2021

  Instructional Coach for Art, Music, PE, Drama, Tech, and Specials teachers and middle school Instructional Team at Arizona Charter Academy was where I have been for the last 5 years. My role was guiding teachers through Teach Like a Champion PD leadership, observations, instructional guidance, and curriculum support. This position reported to many stakeholders, extrapolating data and reporting quarterly. As the Instructional Coach, I was responsible to make sure my teachers were teaching the curriculum with fidelity and supporting them when necessary to rewrite or work through gaps in the curriculum. Show less As the grade level lead, I was responsible for assisting the principal in presenting weekly meetings to my team. We assessed data, wrote lessons, organized plans for the school calendar, planned state benchmark testing, and worked as a team to meet the needs of our students.It was my responsibility as the middle school grade level lead to help organize calendars, help students select electives, write systems and routines for the school and disseminate that information to the teachers. I lead the team in weekly meetings to understand the upcoming events and benchmark schedules etc. It was also my responsibility to track parent communication for each student in 5-8th grade and make sure that students and parents were receiving accurate and up-to-date information throughout the school year. Show less As a Professional Learning Community Lead for the School, I helped guide my teachers in creating PLC goals yearly, then supporting teachers in meeting those goals. Goals were tracked with our data benchmarks. I was responsible to report that school data quarterly to ensure that teachers met their goals and to help realign PLC goals to support teachers to meet our standard of excellence as needed.We disaggregated data together as a team to discern gaps in students learning and support the groups of students that were falling through the cracks. As a PLC, we would work together to have cross-curricular support on the identified standards and use the time together weekly to make sure our team was meeting goals and moving scholars forward. Show less

  • Instructional Coach

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2021

  • Grade Level Lead 5-8

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2021

  • PLC Lead

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2021

  • Director of Music

    Jul 2016 - Jan 2021
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  Legacy Traditional Schools

  Jun 2022 - now

  Assistant Principal

  As the Assistant Principal, I assist the Principal to fulfill her chief responsibility of promoting the educational well-being of each student within our school. This position has supervisory responsibility and creates a unifying workforce vision that brings Team Member Development, Performance Management, and Succession Planning together while maintaining healthy and positive relationships with students, staff, parents and our community.Completed my Prinicpal Internship, and Principal Certification and am now in my Superintendent Internship phase! Show less