Experience

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  Savannah-chatham county public school system

  Aug 2008 - Jun 2016

  Serving as administrator and academic coach, I developed and provided professional development classes weekly to the entire faculty. Constantly in all content classrooms observing, modeling, co-teaching and providing feedback in addition to developing action plans for future improvement. Pedagogy is my passion and building teacher toolboxes is key to engaging students and furthering authentic learning. Additionally, my responsibilities included department management, inventories and orders, leadership team, information sharing, data collection and analysis, observation and support inside of the classroom, support for professional development opportunities.As the Saturday School Administrator, I managed the needs of the program and facilitate successful teaching and learning on Saturdays. This includes tracking student data and building a team of teachers able to effectively support students on a sixth day of school with meaningful teaching and learning. As the New Teacher Induction Coordinator, I work with new teachers and their specific needs in order to grow and develop as flourishing educators. Show less As the coordinator of Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) I was able to lead a great team through specific trainings and guidelines in order to meet the program requirements. AVID is a profound program that was needed in our urban high school.With a dedicated team, the school was certified an AVID School within one year. It was a priviledge to lead a dedicated team to educational greatness for students. The program continues to be successful today.As the Grade Level Team Leader, I was able to work with dedicated colleagues to process and analyze vast areas of data in order to plan and organize school based decisions of the needs of the students.As an English teacher, it was exciting to teach:AP languageAP literatureAmerican LiteratureBritish Literature Show less

  • Dean of Instruction

    Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

  • Teacher, Grade Level Leader, AVID Coordinator, Academic Coach

    Aug 2008 - Jul 2014
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  Virginia college

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2015

  English instructor

  In this position I taught composition I and II. In addition I developed the curriculum suitable for a literature class offering in the college.

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  College of the marshall islands

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2018

  English instructor

  + Taught: English as a Second Language; Academic English; Interpreting Literature+ Developed and implemented an Advanced Program for students motivated to make big gains+ Academic Outreach Coordinator+ ASL interpreter + Hiring Committee

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  Majuro deaf education center

  Jan 2017 - Aug 2018

  Volunteer teacher

  Taught grades 11 and 12:1. The Writing Process2. Types of writing3. Basic GrammarConsulting with Teachers to prepare lessons to include learning targets, scaffolding and differentitation

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  Rhode island school for the deaf

  Aug 2018 - Aug 2021

  K-12 curriculum director; elementary administrator
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  Providence public schools

  Aug 2021 - now

  Assistant principal