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Texas Education AgencyHQIM Adoption Strategy & Operations Lead
May. 2023Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area• Lead recruitment strategy, activities, and awarding for adoption and HQIM grant opportunities (including Strong Foundations Planning)
• Manage Innovator District grant, Learning Labs, and Learning Lab recruitment to facilitate ESC recruiting of low performing LEAs to Learning Labs in their region
• Lead development, create, and execute data management and evaluation plan for pre-adoption and adoption supports (Strong Foundations Framework Grant and SF Planning Grant) in coordination with Data Strategy team
• Manage, monitor, and improve Strong Foundations LEA and TA provider performance management to drive continuous improvement of resources, trainings, and programs
Austin Sunshine CampsChief Program Officer
Jul. 2019 - Nov. 2022Austin, Texas Area• Obtained American Camp Association camp accreditation for first time in camps’ 93 year history • Developed and maintained robust systems of program efficacy measurement • Managed and oversaw resident summer camp programs, including all elements of hiring, training, and staff coaching
• Developed program budgets with accountability to performance and ensuring program expenses met organizational standards • Built and maintained effective community partnerships
• Developed and implemented risk and crisis management plans • Acted as principal driver of change and visionary within the programmatic side of the organization
IDEA Public SchoolsCurriculum Designer
Jul. 2018 - Jul. 2019Austin, Texas Area• Created specialty courses in emergency medicine, dentistry, veterinary science and world health for elementary and middle school classrooms
• Created all evaluation metrics, lesson plans, materials and supplementary items for specialty courses
• Worked with Grants Manager to build community partnerships with various organizations in Austin to work with students on campus • Starting in Spring 2019, served as the Program Designer for the school's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative
IDEA Public SchoolsMiddle School Teacher
Aug. 2015 - Jul. 2018Austin, Texas Area• Driven by Data instructional approach - employed backwards planning to ensure student success
• Taught sixth grade science and world cultures. • Awarded Teacher of the Year in 2016 and 2017
• Awarded Top District Teacher in 2016
• Planned and executed daily 75 minute lessons for a sixth grade class of 130 students (four classes daily)
Auturgy: Liberation-Minded Curriculum DesignCurriculum Designer
Jul. 2015Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area• Consult with multiple districts and nonprofit organizations across the country in the area of curriculum development (including KIPP, IDEA, Maya Consulting and Echo4Us)
• Design curriculum, including: course overviews, scope and sequences, unit plans, course exams, unit exams, quizzes and other measures of assessment, and day to day lessons (including scripted lessons) for grades K-12
• Focus on equity, student empowerment, and contextual education
KIPP Austin Public Schools7th Grade Social Studies Course Leader
Jun. 2012 - Jun. 2015Austin, TX• Designed curriculum for KIPP Austin Public Schools, including assessment creation, assessed standards by semester, Tier III vocabulary, scope and sequence, and course outline
• Redesigned all of KIPP Austin Public Schools' seventh grade social studies curriculum in Summer 2014 to shift from American History to Civics and Geography
• Facilitated data meetings with teachers from across the district four times a year
• Served as resource for seventh grade social studies teachers across the district
KIPP Austin Public Schools7th Grade Social Studies Teacher
Jun. 2010 - Jun. 2015Austin, TX• Taught civics and geography, with a heavy emphasis on expository writing
• Taught early American history (Native America through Westward Expansion), and various historical subjects from various perspectives from WWII to 9/11
• Planned and executed daily 55 minute lessons for 125 students (5 sections of 25 students each)
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