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Professional Summary

Innovative, dedicated, and people-centric Master Educator with 15+ years of experience researching and implementing programmatic learning techniques and tactfully engaging participants, specializing in innovative learning solutions, professional development, dissemination, and instruction. Exudes passion for driving scalable initiatives with integrity to empower people as a call to action for nurturing their professional growth. Demonstrated skills in communication, customer service, backward planning, change management, coaching, and teaching. Expert at working autonomously, demonstrating high technical knowledge and network coordination skills, and facilitating group training sessions. Focused on ensuring an equitable educational experience for all learners.

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Skills

Technical Proficiencies:

Authoring tools (ongoing): Articulate Storyline, Articulate Rise, Camtasia, Adobe Captivate, Canva
Project Management: Trello, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace Suite, Zoom, BaseCamp, Asana, Slack
K-12 LMS: Infinite Campus, Blackboard Learn, Canvas, Google Classroom

Learning and Teaching Methodologies

Content Development: ADDIE, SAM, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Backward Design, Universal Design for Learning
Instructional Delivery: eLearning, Blending learning, Flipped Classroom, Formative & Summative Assessments Feedback, Growth Mindset, Collaborative Learning.

Work Experience

2023-2024

Professional Development Specialist

Uses extensive content expertise to create resonant training materials, conceptualize meaningful and engaging learning experiences, and facilitate training sessions for school and program leaders
Provides presentations and workshops to small and large groups of teachers, within district, to increase the use of exemplary instructional practices to improve student achievement models through innovative learning design, inclusive of personalized learning models
Reviews, recommends, and develops support materials to enhance personalized learning
Provides requested classroom observation, coaching observations, and Leadership professional development while offering feedback for improvement
Designs and implements support systems and learning networks to increase school/ district capacity and usage of personalized and competency-based practice
Collaborates with coaches, school leaders, and educators in a variety of ways to improve teaching and learning practices

2018-2022

Rockdale County Public Schools

PBIS Program Manager & Instructor

Led the staff development of the Positive Behavior and Intervention Supports program, including: design, outreach, relationship management, and recruitment
Composed an interactive diversity and inclusion PD training aligned with academic achievement resulting in staff retention of 93%
Maintained strong rapport and engagement with all stakeholders, Commended by Senior leadership team for 98% positive feedback
Implemented assessment tools to determine learning gaps and leveraged data analysis to inform learning and instruction, resulting in increase in proficiency of implementation by 70%
Analyzed historical learner data to identify Student Learning Outcomes and evaluated learning with formative and summative assessments to increase state standardized test scores for 100% of students annually
Managed the programs of PBIS Tier I (Building Level) & Tier II (District Level) teams to promote positive school behavior and increase academic achievement, evidenced by the reduction of discipline referrals to less than 5% of the student bod
Implemented mentorship to internal staff and producing programs aligned to culture, leadership, advocacy & equity which reached an audience of 100+

2019-2020

R.E.A.L. Academy for Leadership

Building Leader

Analyzed learning needs and evaluated success criteria, in collaboration with SMEs and senior stakeholders, to regularly maintain and update development amongst staff, resulting in retention improvement of Net Performance Score- 32%
Onboarded and virtually trained several teams, identifying individual strengths and areas of growth; resulted in 90% of retention
Supervised and trained cross -functional team to decrease negative outcomes for student achievement resulted in a decrease of 47% school wide
Collaborated with the Learning & Professional Development team to deliver and develop staff training tools.
Selected by the Director of Professional Development & Training to train hundreds of classroom teachers to integrate positive classroom management during the district-wide, Professional Learning Day
Facilitated numerous workshops on Interventions, Cultural Diversity, for leadership events based on constituents interest and garnered overwhelmingly positive satisfaction ratings with an average of 4.5/5
Contributed to the hiring and employee training process; created and managed training programs, scheduled professional development or learning activities
Attention to detail and strength in adoption of multimodal approaches culminated in the creation of a learning website with successful user adoption, resulting in improvement in assessment scores.

2024-Present

Atlanta Public Schools

Educational Technology Specialist

Collaborates with teachers and other instructional staff to develop Common Core curriculum materials and multidisciplinary lesson plans integrating technology to help students develop and enhance their 21st-century skills.
Collaborates with the school media specialist to provide leadership in using instructional technology resources to enhance learning.
Models delivery of curriculum resources and lessons that facilitate the implementation of the school technology plan.
Coach teachers to improve teacher effectiveness in best practice technology integration.
Lead the coordination of and conduct workshops, seminars, and training sessions with school staff to increase effective technology integration.
Develops & implements technology-infused collaborative projects that assist students in building critical thinking skills
Participates with school technology committees to identify instructional goals and objectives and develop long-range technology plans to accomplish them.
Assess teacher's technology proficiency to develop and deliver differentiated professional development for teachers based on their identified needs and student data.
Prepare, submit, and present accurate reports and information about educational technology for internal and external communication.

2010-2018

Valdosta City Schools

Department Chair, Instructor, and Coach

Designed and delivered customized training to staff regarding equity & diversity within instruction in the classroom, resulted in improvement in Tier II & Tier III student performance on assessments by 30%
Provided learning support services by developing training materials and learning activities (handouts, PowerPoints presentations, outlines and agendas)
Facilitated conflict resolution to establish improved client satisfaction
Coached and developed 80+ staff with an emphasis on building relationships with their targeted audience in person and via educational technology needs
Designed, developed, and implemented content for the first year launch of the STEM academy courses including accelerated math, project-based learning, and STEM engineering to increase exposure to hundreds of students
Managed 12 external vendor relationships to coordinate and financially support the STEM academy along with stakeholder buy-in