Leadership Experience

Instructional Leadership Roles

ELA Lead Teacher - 6 years

- During my time as lead teacher, I have been able to be a part of two different grade level teams. Each team was different and needed different things from me as their leader. Through this leadership experience, I have learned the importance of listening to others and their needs, how to manage different personalities among team members, find and highlight strengths in others, keep conversations focused on student's best interest and needs.

ELA Curriculum Writer - 8 years

- I have been able to write curriculum for the past 6 years. I have seen and been a part of the progression the district has gone through over the years and have come to know the old and new ELA TEKS well. Vertical alignment, instructional fidelity, and assessment have been major focuses for me.

ELA Assessment Writer - 3 years

- Along with curriculum writing, I have had the opportunity to write assessments for the past 3 years. Again, knowing the TEKS has been important knowledge as we work to write assessments that appropriately answer the question of "How will we know that they know it?" Studying assessment data allows us to monitor student progress and adjust instruction as needed.

ESL Teacher - 10 years

- Since I began my teaching career in Coppell ISD, I have had the privilege of teaching ESL students. The specialized instruction that ESL students need are similar to what all students need. I believe that all kids can benefit from the instructional strategies that are known as best practices for ESL students. I have been a part of LPAC meetings and completed LPAC paperwork as well as participated in TELPAS training, testing, and rating.

Summer School ESL Teacher - 2 years

- For two summers, I taught a combined ESL summer school class for incoming kindergarten and first grade ESL students. The early intervention experiences that we were able to provide these students were incredibly beneficial, academically and socially, as they prepared to move into the next grade level.

Presenter for Several Instructional Initiatives

- Presenter for Daily 5 ELA Management System
- Consultant for Words Their Way
- Presenter for See-Saw, a classroom communication tool

Presenter for district for Daily 5 Initiative

- In 2014, Cristi Parsons, my principal, allowed me to pilot Daily 5 in my kindergarten classroom. The next year, I trained all Kindergarten through 5th grade teachers on this ELA management system from introduction to implementation. We also worked through some troubleshooting mid-year to monitor progress and provide support as needed.

Words Their Way consultant

- We used Words Their Way in Coppell and I was able to bring that knowledge to my position at North Elementary. Kindergarten through 3rd grade classrooms implemented this system and I was consulted along the way.

Presenter at HISD Mini-Conference

- I presented at HISD MIni-Conference on the Classroom Use of See-Saw, a parent communication tool. I shared how to set up an account, add parents, and various ways to use the See-Saw service in order to strengthen the home to school connection and improve parent engagement all while strengthening teacher to parent relationships.

Planned, organized and served as administrator for campus Kindergarten Parent Night

- I was tasked with planning and organizing our Kindergarten Parent Night where incoming Kindergarten students and their parents were invited into our school during the spring to get the students excited about kindergarten, inform parents about the Kindergarten year, answer questions, and give families some resources to help the students prep for their upcoming Kindergarten year.

Interview committee member for various positions including teachers, interventionists, assistant principal, instructional paraprofessionals, behavior assistants and more
DEIC teacher leader committee member responsible for representing our district teachers
SBDM campus committee member
Experience as an administrator during campus placement
Experience as an administrator during campus registration
Have been able to be a participating member of RtI meetings, SIT meetings, ARD meetings, LPAC meetings, retention meetings
Experience as substitute administrator when campus administrators were off campus

Principal certified K-12
ESL certified K-12
EC-4 Generalist certified
Teacher of the Year, North Elementary 2015
Administrative Intern for Cristi Parsons, Texas National Distinguished Principal 2014
Trained by Solution Tree in Response to Intervention
SIOP, ESL training