July, 2009 - June 2012
  • Chief administrator for elementary school responsible for developing, enforcing, and revising policies, programs, curriculum activities, and budgets to meet the needs of the building all-the-while meeting district-wide strategic goals, 
  • Provide opportunities for staff, students and community to reflect and refocus efforts to meet instructional and academic goals for current school year,
  • Conduct evaluations and provide opportunity for professional growth of all staff members; 
  • Provide leadership, vision, and inspiration to staff and students; promote a belief system and values driven culture of equity and excellence, setting high expectations for all students, 
  • Develop and promote teacher leadership for student success; lead staff in the analysis of student achievement data, develop school improvement and student academic achievement plans specific to the needs of students, and implement and evaluate the plan throughout the school year; use of data to guide instruction; laser like focus on instruction and closing the achievement gap, 
  • Select, hire, and supervise staff and provide professional development to meet the needs of staff based on student learning needs.

Superintendent

Helena Flats School District, Kalispell, MT

November, 2013 - December, 2017
  • District project lead for district’s Race to the Top grant; overseeing the work of 13 projects with a budget of more than $4,000,000, 
  • Work closely with faculty and staff in transforming ideas into grant proposals; including the writing and submissions of grants, 
  • Assure that federal procurement and compliance guidelines are met, 
  • Prioritize activities keeping multiple projects on schedule; meeting deadlines and data collection,
  • Plan and lead district level meetings; represent district at regional meetings, 
  • Develop relationships with and between district personnel and community partners, 
  • Internal evaluator; collect, analyze and compile data for evaluation reports to fiscal sponsors.  

Interim Principal

Park Orchard Elementary School, Kent, WA

Customer Success Manager

Imagine Learning, Phoenix, AZ

  • Educational leader; K-8 rural school district with 225 students, 
  • Develop annual budgets, prepare reports, 
  • Supervise and evaluate 25 employees,
  • Oversee realignment of curriculum from state standards to common core,
  • Upgraded classroom technology tools and led professional development around effective technology integration in classroom
    ​instruction, 
  • Implemented PBIS, Character Counts, and summer school programs, 
  • Secured more than $275,000 in grant funds to support programs, 
  • Improved student achievement and attained/maintained AYP status.  

Assistant Director, Grants & Special Projects

Kent School District, Kent, WA

October 2017 - Present

High Expectations       Highly Visible      Highly Engaged

Experience

December, 2016 - June, 2017
  • Drive successful implementations of Imagine Learning products at both the school and district levels,
  • Strategically guide product usage, building engagement, and customer satisfaction through on-site and remote interactions, professional learning events, and planning sessions to increase territory renewal rates and reach more children,
  • Coach district administrators, principals, and teacher leaders to ensure successful partnerships,
  • Assist sales teams to close deals through pre-sales customer consulting and presentations,
  • Use knowledge of math, literacy, bilingual and dual language curriculum and research to drive successful blended learning classroom experiences for teachers and student, 
  • Experience delivering professional development sessions and knowledge of adult learning,