Mike Lamb

Experience

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  Chicago Public Schools

  Aug 2005 - Jul 2008

  Middle School Teacher--National Teachers Academy

  ’06-’08: Middle School Literacy Leader and member of Lead Literacy Team; did not miss a day of school in three years-Taught 7th and then 8th grade Reading and Middle School Writing with emphasis on students’ own communities-Raised class reading scores from 12% passing 6th grade Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) in Reading to 81% passing in 8th grade; three students went from below the 36th percentile to the 94th percentile-Served on school-wide Lead Literacy Team as Middle School Team Leader, helping to improve NTA reading program resulting in an 18% school-wide gain on Reading ISATs over those two years-In ’06-’07, created NTA Writing Program, resulting in majority of students meets/exceeds on ISAT that first year-In ’07-’08, class beat State avg. (and City avg. by 10pp) with 13pp increase of meets/exceeds on Writing ISAT’05-’06: Taught 8th grade Reading and Social Studies with emphasis on social justice and students’ own communities-Raised class reading scores in one year from 12% passing Iowa Test of Basic Skills to 71% passing ISAT Show less

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  Obama for America

  Jul 2007 - Nov 2008

  Field Organizer

  Managed 4 staff and full-time team of 20 by the last month, as well as 500-person Election Day volunteer organization that consistently ranked at top of statewide voter contact leaderboardWon Lee and Mt. Vernon with increased vote margin of 22,000 for Obama from 11,800 for Kerry, increased overall turnout from 71% in 2004 to 77% 2008, and registered thousands of voters, including 1,000+ final 3 days

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  Presidential Inaugural Committee

  Nov 2008 - Feb 2009

  Deputy Director of Ticketing and Credentials
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  U.S. Department of Education

  May 2009 - Oct 2013

  Obama Administration appointee advising AS on President’s High School Redesign initiative, including development of criteria for $300 million proposal and interagency negotiations over $100 million competitionAdvised AS on all school improvement policy issues and helped craft release strategy of first-year achievement and leading indicator data for more than 800 School Improvement Grant (SIG) schoolsServed as AS’s lead on creation of $15 million School Turnaround AmeriCorps interagency competition, including strategic Notice criteria, planning for review process, and release strategy for 13 granteesLed strategic planning and implementation as Chair of School Turnaround Technical Assistance Working Group in 2012Led development and finalization of first-ever $15 million SIG National Activities Plan for FY 2012Served as primary contact for monitoring and technical assistance to 8 states implementing over $100 million in SIG funds, visiting over a dozen turnaround schools across the countryCoordinated turnaround communications plan to advance turnaround agenda, including Secretary Duncan school visits, Early Learning national tour, proactive/reactive press, and monthly problem-solving with national teachers’ unionsLed planning of School Turnaround Summit for 200+ Superintendents and district leaders and facilitation of Office of School Turnaround (OST)’s Onboarding and Strategic Planning Retreats to roll out vision/goals as part of office launch Show less Obama Administration appointee advising Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights and provided input on organizational, policy, enforcement, and technical assistance priorities in order to reinvigorate OCR and its more than 600 attorneys and staffProvided organizational advice on building office team, interviewing/recommending new political appointee hiresCoordinated FY 2010 OCR Strategic and Operational Plans, including personally developing and drafting plansLed development of FY 2010 Technical Assistance plan, including coordinating strategy, priorities, and final document with regional offices, resulting in 180 proactive presentations around the countryWrote speeches/talking points and prepared AS for over 50 events in 2010Coordinated, implemented, and tracked FY 2009 priorities and initiatives of the AS and OCR by creating OCR work-plan chart for all OCR projects detailing project leads, status updates, and upcoming deadlinesCoordinated clearance process for AS by reviewing, commenting, and briefing AS on high-profile ED clearances Show less

  • Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education

    Sept 2011 - Oct 2013

  • Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    Nov 2009 - Sept 2011

  • Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    May 2009 - Nov 2009
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  Turnaround for Children

  Oct 2013 - Feb 2020

  Served on Turnaround’s Leadership Team, and led Turnaround’s efforts in D.C., including management of school-based team and program, system partnerships, stakeholder engagement, and fundraisingTripled D.C. Regional budget to $3 million, including increasing DCPS partnership contract by 25X to more than $1 million annually from 2014-19, grew D.C. team to peak of 10 partnership directors, coachers, data analysts, and staffLaunched first multi-year million-dollar charter network partnership with KIPP DC and finalized five-year contract with DCPS cementing Turnaround’s long-term relationship and DC presenceLed Turnaround’s national business development strategy leading to 30X increase in earned revenue between 2014-19 through financially scalable, three-tier coaching and training service delivery model with portfolio representing 7,000 educators and 70,000 students—from 0 to 75 network/district leaders, from 0 to 220 school leaders, and from 2 to 18 targeted partner schoolsCoached/trained district and network leaders (Chiefs, Superintendents, Managing Directors) resulting in systemic adoption of key aspects of Turnaround’s Multi-Tiered Systems of Support model and trauma-informed practicesManaged delivery of DCPS school partnerships including average reduction of 23 points and 19 points in Math and ELA PARCC Level 1 scores (4X DCPS avg.), and doubled Level 4/5 proficiency across all partner schools from 2016-18 Show less

  • Executive Director, Washington D.C.

    Aug 2014 - Feb 2020

  • Director of District Engagement

    Oct 2013 - Aug 2014
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  When We All Vote

  Feb 2020 - Apr 2021

  Senior Advisor

  Serve as primary advisor to CEO of When We All Vote for youth and education, leading WWAV’s education-related strategy, programming, and partnerships, including $2 million My School Votes program

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  District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)

  May 2021 - now

  Deputy Chief, Science of Learning and Development

  With an awesome team, leading DCPS's transformation effort towards becoming a whole child-centered, antiracist school system to unlock the potential of every young person.