Educational Consultant
Greater Atlanta Area
Educational Consultant
Greater Atlanta Area
•Assist leadership teams with disaggregating, analyzing, and interpreting student achievement data.
•Evaluate school achievement /improvement plans, and assist school administrators with the implementation and monitoring of those plans.
•Assist principals with implementing district-wide and comprehensive school reform initiatives.
•Coach school-based Instructional/Curriculum Specialists and classroom teachers.
•Observe and provide critical feedback to classroom teachers to ensure effective implementation of the curriculum, and to improve instructional practices.
•Conduct school-based and district-level instructional profile audits.
•Coordinate/design and conduct data-driven professional development for school-based instructional personnel.
•Generate reports utilizing a variety of computer software programs.
Training, coaching, curriculum development
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
August 1994 — Present (14 years 3 months)
Coordinate the effective implementation of the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) in middle grades science classes. This is accomplished by evaluating lesson plans, conducting informal classroom observations, providing feedback to teachers, and modeling effective best practices strategies.
Coordinate summative and formative assessments, and analyze data
Design and develop interactive professional development workshops.
Assist school administrators with the implementation and monitoring of their school achievement plan.
Develop a system-wide science framework, science benchmarks, science GPS curriculum guides, and concept-based units.
Conduct online courses.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
August 1994 — May 1999 (4 years 10 months)
Taught science classes, provided support to teachers, managed the science department.
MPA, Human Resources, 1989 — 1991
BS, Biology, 1977 — 1982
Professionally Speaking - training, school consulting, instructional analysis, organizational analysis, data analysis, curriculum development, science education, and tutoring. Personally Speaking - graphic arts, party planning, "Go Green" activities, and arts & crafts.
National Education Association, National Science Teachers Association, and Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
1998-1999 Teacher of the Year
Master Teacher (2003)