Career Highlights Regional Award Recipient for greatest percentage of growth, attainment, and overall scores on state standardized tests * Designed and implemented units of study using the Understanding By Design (UbD) framework for diverse learners, including ELL, emerging, and special-needs students, proven effective by a data study analysis a trend in gains on standardized tests * Held monthly staff informational meetings, created a school website, coached and trained teachers, and hosted parent and community events as the Gifted Coordinator to roll out the school's Comprehensive Gifted Program * Wrote and was awarded a grant to become a Supplemental Education Services (SES) provider for the states of Illinois and Florida funded through the No Child Left Behind Federal mandate * Composed and facilitated a variety of professional developments motivating and training teams of professionals to successfully remediate student deficits in reading achievement * Established strong rapport with families, students, community businesses, colleagues, schools, and state/local SES contacts to ensure effective implementation of SES Grant federal, state, and local requirements

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• Microsoft PowerPoint
• SES
• Framework
• Science
• Services
• Training