Performance-focused professional eager to offer cross-functional academic leadership, curriculum development, instructional, and communication talents toward supporting an employer in achieving key scholastic objectives.

         Integral leader who offers experience in forward-thinking Educational Administration, Collaborative Instructional Leadership, Curriculum Planning, Program Development, Budgeting, Team Building, and Regulatory Compliance.

         Out-of-the-box thinker who delivers highly effective academic action plans and conceptualizes diverse workable solutions, including proactively defining educational challenges and developing initiatives to boost students success.

         Excellent communicator who builds solid relationships with students of various academic and cultural backgrounds, and seamlessly interfaces among peers, administrators, faculty, parents / guardians, leaders, and community members.

         Ambitious self-starter who supports quality teacher recruitment that encourages diversity, low turnover, and strong employee loyalty, and successfully prioritizes and manages key administrative tasks within high-pressure situations.

         Spearheaded Response to Intervention (RTI) to support students with learning and behavioral needs, including supervising teachers and meeting with parents to analyze progress data while promoting high-quality instruction and universal screening of children to provide essential interventions and accurately monitor key learning rates / intensity.

         Capitalized on opportunity to serve on Superintendent Search Committee for Columbia County Board of Education.

         Led school in process of successfully merging two schools into one while actively training teachers and professionals.

         Served as GAEL member, Chair of Safety & Wellness Committee, and Columbia County Benefits Committee member.

Principal (2009 Present)

Assistant Principal (2006 2009)

Evans Elementary School, Evans, GA

        Utilize broad scope of industry knowledge toward directing forward-thinking operations of a school educating 800+ students with a $70,000 annual budget, including supervising all employees and managing core instructional initiatives.

        Demonstrate experience in complying with federal, state, and local policies / procedures and Board regulations regarding finances, accountability, and reporting for school funds, along with developing a fiscally responsible budget.

        Maximize use of academic resources to achieve goals by planning and prioritizing instructional workflow, including collaborating with staff, students, parents, and stakeholders to analyze academic achievement data and monitor progress of School Improvement Plan, as well as creating synergistic plans to consistently optimize school s success.

        Drive school growth by recruiting, training, mentoring, and managing top-performing teachers and staff, including supporting professional learning and instructional practices that incorporate achievement data and increase progress.

        Create a safe and secure academic environment by actively communicating and implementing crisis emergency plans and school safety measures, along with supervising proper use and preservation of building, grounds, and equipment.

Special Education Teacher (2002 2006)

North Columbia Elementary School / Martinez Elementary School, Evans, GA

        Planned and presented dynamic special education instruction by employing effective teaching methodologies designed to facilitate creative lesson plans and achieve significant increases in student performance on all wide-ranging testing.

        Contributed sharp analytical abilities toward establishing Individualized Education Plans for students, including expertly assessing proficiencies and designing and using rubrics to produce balanced student performance evaluations.

        Ensured seamless instructional efforts by integrating top teaching strategies in a co-taught general education classroom.

Interim Development Learning Center Coordinator (2000 2002)

        Applied strong leadership talents toward serving as a management team chair, including proactively designing training modules, delivering bi-weekly staff meetings, effectively managing instructor payroll, and handling all fiscal reporting.

Training Facilitator / Development Learning Center Instructor (1993 2000)

        Played a vital role in providing high-quality scenario-based active treatment while serving as Return Demonstration Coordinator and facilitating comprehensive training of direct care staff and all additional teams from other institutions.

        Led decision-making within a fast-paced learning laboratory, including planning and implementing program initiatives.

Ed.D., Educational Leadership Georgia Southern University

Ed.S., Administration & Leadership Cambridge University

M.Ed., Education Troy State University

B.S., Special Education Augusta State University

Board of Directors (Since 2016) CSRA American Heart Association

Board of Directors (Since 2015) SCAD Alliance

The Impact of RTI on Special Education (Published 2011)

The Heart Feels First: A Story of Revival and Recovery (Published 2014)

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