Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at BetterLesson
January 2020 - Present | Cambridge, MA
● Ensuring the integration and alignment of BetterLesson’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) vision, beliefs, acknowledgments, and solutions both internally and externally
● Developing and implementing company-wide DEI initiatives to achieve ambitious internal- and external-facing goals
● Collaborating with company and team leaders to design and execute a range of initiatives to incite reflection, growth, and transformation among all BetterLesson staff
● Advancing BetterLesson’s capacity to serve as a resource for partner districts as they evolve their policies, structures, curricula, and teaching practices to serve all students equitably through analysis, training and coaching, and systems development
Senior Manager of Inclusive and Responsive Educational Practices at BetterLesson
December 2018 - December 2019 | Cambridge. MA
● Ensured BL Coaching quality across our Inclusive and Responsive Educational Practices (IREP) Program
● Identified, created and developed Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CRTL) and Social Emotional Learning content and products that delighted and engaged participants and partners
● Acted as a resource for supporting and thinking through complex problems related to IREP coaching and professional development (internal and external)
● Collaborated with BL Coaches to gather feedback about successes and areas of improvement in IREP coaching
● Managed a subset of BL Coaches to delight and engage BetterLesson Coaching participants and engaged in the work of a BL coach
● Collaborated with FTE Coach Development team, Contract Coach team, and other subteams within the Coaching Team to ensure a cohesive and comprehensive approach to supporting the development of coaches in IREP
● Monitored, assessed and revised the CRTL certification courses for coach contractors
● Supported BL’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts by designing and facilitating internal learning opportunities and discussions
Manager of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning at BetterLesson
July 2018 - November 2018 | Cambridge, MA
● Ensured BL Coaching quality across our Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CRTL) Program.
● Identified, created and developed CRTL learning content and products that delighted and engaged participants and partners
● Acted as a resource for supporting and thinking through complex problems related to CRTL coaching and professional development (internal and external)
● Collaborated with BL Coaches to gather feedback about successes and areas of improvement in CRTL coaching
● Managed a subset of BL Coaches to delight and engage BetterLesson Coaching participants and engaged in the work of a BL coach
● Collaborated with FTE Coach Development team, Contract Coach team, and other subteams within the Coaching Team to ensure a cohesive and comprehensive approach to supporting the development of coaches in CRTL
● Supported BL’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts by leading weekly, interdepartmental discussion groups regarding Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk About Race, and the America to Me documentary series
● Developed CRTL certification courses for contract coaches
Instructional Coach at BetterLesson
July 2015 - July 2018 | Cambridge, MA
Supporting K-12 personalized PD participants, building BetterLesson’s culturally responsive teaching and learning (CRTL) resources, providing CRTL professional development for the coaching team, and supporting the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team.
T3 Coach at TeachPlus
January 2015 - June 2015 | Boston, MA
Supporting T3 Teacher Leaders in designated turnaround schools.
Curriculum and Instruction Director at Discovering Justice
July 2012 - May 2014 | Boston, MA
Developing and facilitating professional development trainings for teachers, recruiting new schools, and revising the Children Discovering Justice curriculum for grades 1-5 to include learning experiences for students that will engage them in history/social studies/civics and develop critical thinking skills.
K-5 Literacy Director at Randolph Public Schools
July 2011 - June 2012
Responsible for transitioning elementary teachers to a new reading assessment, progress monitoring, and the Common Core State Standards, planning, facilitating and following-up on 28 weekly literacy common planning times, creating, and analyzing quarterly reading assessments, and creating related assessment reports for parents and district personnel, observing and providing feedback to teachers, facilitating monthly elementary principals/ELA directors meetings, providing curricular support to teachers in four elementary schools, preparing trainers for community literacy nights, and planning literacy-based professional development for elementary teachers.
Literacy Coach/New Teacher Developer at Randolph Public Schools
August 2010 - June 2011
Responsible for supporting regular and special education teachers at the elementary school level as they create rigorous, standards-based reading and writing lessons that build students' literacy skills by providing classroom-based demonstrations, one-on-one coaching, related professional development, and also by processing DIBELS and GRADE testing data, and facilitating the creation of action plans in response to student assessment data during district common planning time (DCPT). Responsibilities also include working with administrators and teachers to align their work with state and district priorities, and participating in professional development and inquiry into effective instructional practices.
METCO Director at Sharon Public Schools
August 2009 - August 2010
Responsible for writing the METCO grant and managing the METCO budget, educating Sharon Public Schools staff about the METCO program, securing and managing an academic support grant for the high school, supervising the METCO Teaching Assistants and the METCO bus monitor, facilitating curricular supports for students in the program, ensuring student access to extra-curricular opportunities, co-managing weekly high school boys' group, advising and collaborating with K-12 principals and curriculum coordinators, serving on the Sharon High School Leadership Team, facilitating monthly parent meetings, participating in student conferences and IEP meetings, facilitating parent transportation to school meetings as needed, advocating for continued state funding from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), helping to prepare for and facilitate the annual METCO Directors' Association conference, collaborating with support staff at METCO, Inc., providing access to culturally responsive professional development opportunities for staff, collaborating with Connolly Bus Company and the Sharon Public Schools Transportation Director regarding transportation issues, helping to create the METCO bus route and schedule, negotiating contracts, and supporting district efforts to recruit teachers of color.
New Teacher Developer at Boston Public Schools
2007 - 2009
Responsible for working with 14 beginning teachers (BTs), establishing and maintaining a trusting, confidential, non-evaluative, and professional relationship with each teacher, providing weekly, on-site support using a variety of strategies focused on the BT's needs, helping teachers to plan for, reflect on, and analyze their practice and reviewing student work to inform instruction and enhance student achievement.
Responsibilities also included regularly conferring with BTs, helping them to identify instructional resources, additional support and appropriate professional development in the school community as well as the district, helping BTs to develop and reflect on professional teaching goals using the Individual Learning Plan and the BPS Dimensions of Effective Teaching, maintaining and submitting documentation of work with new teachers, planning, participating in, and facilitating support and training activities for BTs, including the New Teacher Institute, monthly seminars, and exemplary teacher observations, participating in extensive professional development focused on skills and strategies that support new teacher development, partnering with school administrators/staff to enhance support for BTs, promoting the development of a professional learning community among new teachers in assigned schools, and actively contributing to the support of overall program goals by building personal leadership capacity and assuming leadership responsibilities.
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