Leadership

Great lead­ers never for­get they are lead­ing peo­ple. As a leader, I lead by exam­ple, and it is my goal to make it pos­si­ble for those under my lead­er­ship to achieve their max­i­mum potential.

I cur­rently lead teams of both gifted and ele­men­tary math teach­ers to coor­di­nate cur­ricu­lum and instruc­tion in those areas. I also serve my  col­leagues as pres­i­dent of our local admin­is­tra­tor association.

As my pre­vi­ous dis­trict devel­oped a new sci­ence cur­ricu­lum, it was impor­tant to pro­mote an inquiry-​​based approach to instruc­tion. I did this as Sci­ence Lead Teacher through the devel­op­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of a pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment pro­gram, includ­ing plan­ning and lead­ing staff devel­op­ment workshops.

I honed my medi­a­tion skills as the Local Edu­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion rep­re­sen­ta­tive at IEP meet­ings, bal­anc­ing the inter­ests of the dis­trict with the needs of the student.

I suc­cess­fully admin­is­tered a four-​​week reme­dial sum­mer pro­gram in read­ing and math­e­mat­ics for four years. The pro­gram was used as a model by a neigh­bor­ing dis­trict when they began devel­op­ing their own sim­i­lar program.

My school received a Sci­ence: It’s Ele­men­tary grant from the state of Penn­syl­va­nia in 2007. I was selected to admin­is­ter and super­vise the imple­men­ta­tion of that grant, includ­ing coor­di­nat­ing staff devel­op­ment, act­ing as liai­son between the dis­trict and the state, and devel­op­ing plans for apply­ing grant guide­lines to dis­trict cur­ricu­lum goals.

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