Teacher-Leader | Pianist | Beyoncé-obsessed
RESUME
Profile Summary
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7+ years of experience as a teacher, teacher-leader, grade level dean, curriculum developer, and DEI practitioner
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Student-centered teacher and facilitator with a demonstrated ability to meet people where they are while also challenging them to expand their understanding
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Employs best practices in the fields of cognitive science and DEI to advance the school’s curricular and co-curricular goals
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A highly capable decision-maker who values transparency, collaboration, and communication
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Active listener, transparent, consensus-builder, reflective practitioner, strategic leader
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Lover of piano, Fleetwood Mac, Nat King Cole, and Law & Order SVU
Skills
Curriculum Development
Differentiated Instruction
Program Management
Technology Integration
Research & Data Analysis
Community Outreach & Liason
Creative Thinking & Problem Solving
Education
Education
Ed.M., Independent School Leadership, Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University (NYC, NY)
Program Highlights: Educational Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Cognitive Science, Ethics in Education, Organizational Development, School Finance, Law & Education, Strategic Communications & Marketing
MA, English Literature, Belmont University (Nashville, TN)
Examination Areas: 19th & 20th Century American Literature, American Modernism, African American/Black Literature, The Harlem Renaissance, Womanism, Literary Theory, Creative Writing
BA, English Literature, Maryville College (Maryville, TN)
Thesis Study: "The Etymology & Evolution of Alice Walker's Womanism Theory and Its Reflection in 20th Century Black Women's Novels"
Work
experience
The Harpeth Hall School - Nashville, TN
Director of Equity & Inclusion and Upper School English Teacher
9th Grade Dean & Upper School English Teacher
Upper School English Teacher
Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy - Chattanooga, TN
Reading Teacher & Literacy Specialist
Director of After School Performing Arts Program
Esperanza Academy - Lawrence, MA
English, Reading, and Music Teacher
Director of Musical Theater Showcase
Chappell Music Lessons - Various Locations
Piano teacher specializing in beginning to intermidiate learners.
Related
experience
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Afternoon Program Director, Time to Rise Summer Academic Enrichment Program
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Reading Coach, Blount County Schools
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Grades K-8 Literacy Coach, Martin Luther King Jr. Center
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Teaching Assistant in the English Department, Maryville College
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Writing Center Consultant, Maryville College
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Reading Teacher Fellow, Memphis Teacher Residency
Honors & Awards
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Step Singing Speaker, Harpeth Hall School
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Heath Jones Prize for the Promise of Excellence in Teaching, Harpeth Hall School
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Faculty Cum Laude Society, Harpeth Hall School
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W.E.B. Du Bois Diversity Action Award, 2012
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W.E.B. Du Bois Diversity Action Award, 2016
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Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, Member
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Tri-M Music Honor Society, Member