Elementary & Secondary
Dallas Independent School District
Director, K-2 Curriculum & Instruction (2015-2016)
Special Projects Coordinator - Early Childhood & Community Partnerships (2014-2015)
Professional Development Specialist - Reading Language Arts Department - All Level (2014)
Instructional Specialist/Literacy Coach - Kindergarten through 3rd grade (2008-2009)
ESL Teacher - 3rd grade (2006-2008)
Title I Summer Reading Program Coordinator - 2nd grade (2007)
Mesquite Independent School District
ESL English Teacher - 8th grade (2013-2014)
Southwest Multisensory Teacher Training Center and School
Summer School Instructor - Kindergarten through 8th grade (2005; 2006)
Dallas Diocese School District
Teacher - Kindergarten (2004-2006)
Dyslexia Specialist - Kindergarten through 8th grade (2004-2006)
Teacher - 1st grade (2002-2004)
Eastridge Christian School
Teacher - 1st grade (2001-2002)
Director, K-2 Curriculum & Instruction (2015-2016)
Special Projects Coordinator - Early Childhood & Community Partnerships (2014-2015)
Professional Development Specialist - Reading Language Arts Department - All Level (2014)
Instructional Specialist/Literacy Coach - Kindergarten through 3rd grade (2008-2009)
ESL Teacher - 3rd grade (2006-2008)
Title I Summer Reading Program Coordinator - 2nd grade (2007)
- Developed and implemented the K-2 Literacy Academy.
- Developed curriculum documents for Kindergarten, First, and Second grade teachers.
- Collaborated with District Administrators to implement all K-2 initiatives including professional development, curriculum, and research.
- Supervised the development of curriculum resources, assessments, and training materials.
- Managed department budget and personnel.
- Collaborated with the Executive Director, Director, and Supervisor in areas of professional development, curriculum, and research.
- Worked with "School Readiness Integration" partnerships as a teacher evaluator.
- Collaborated as part of the district’s intervention team in response to the Texas Education Agency’s audit.
- Developed professional service contracts in partnership with the procurement and legal departments.
- Designed and develop department video series based on the Texas Education Agency's Pre-Kindergarten Guidelines.
- Created and implemented both face-to-face and online professional development opportunities for area facilitators, campus coaches, principals, and schools in all areas related to reading instruction, assessment, data analysis, and intervention.
- Coordinated a variety of projects with curriculum writers, vendors, and other professional development staff.
- Supervised instruction, monitored student achievement, maintained attendance records, budgeted and coordinated materials, and developed learning activities to prepare second graders for the rigors of third grade reading.
- Provided support for district K-3 general education, bilingual/ESL education, and special education teachers through targeted and explicit feedback loops, co-teaching opportunities, and modeling of instruction.
- Coordinate materials and budgets through Reading First grant.
- Supervised reading program’s pedagogical practices, instructional content, student achievement, attendance records, and materials budget.
- Delivered differentiated third grade reading instruction to general education, special education, and English language learners.
Mesquite Independent School District
ESL English Teacher - 8th grade (2013-2014)
- Provided differentiated general education English Language Arts instruction.
- Provided differentiated advanced placement (AP) English Language Arts instruction.
- Provided differentiated English an a Second Language (ESL) English Language Arts instruction.
Southwest Multisensory Teacher Training Center and School
Summer School Instructor - Kindergarten through 8th grade (2005; 2006)
- Provided differentiated reading instruction to students with language learning differences using multimodal forms of instruction.
- Provided differentiated mathematics instruction to students with language learning differences using multimodal forms of instruction.
Dallas Diocese School District
Teacher - Kindergarten (2004-2006)
Dyslexia Specialist - Kindergarten through 8th grade (2004-2006)
Teacher - 1st grade (2002-2004)
- Provided differentiated kindergarten and first grade instruction to general education, special education, and English language learners.
- Offered one-on-one instruction to students identified as Dyslexic using research-based, multimodal forms of instruction.
Eastridge Christian School
Teacher - 1st grade (2001-2002)
- Provided differentiated instruction to general education, special education, and English language learners.
- Coordinated the drama club.