Nakeeya Ervin

Website: http://www.nervin.weebly.com Email: nakeeyaervin@gmail.com Twitter: @heymservin

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Secondary ELA&R Instructor

Education University of St. Thomas – Houston Campus Teacher of the Year
(2018-2019)
 Master of Education in Educational Leadership with Principal Certification
Campus Teacher
 Anticipated of theDate
Graduation Year
- May(2018-2019)
2020

Sam Houston State University – Huntsville, TX

 Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications
o Minor Political Science
 Graduation Date - May 2013
Certification(s) 1. English Language Arts and Reading (4 – 8)
2. Principal Certification (Projected for May 2020)
3. ESL Supplemental (Projected May 2020)
Professional Key Middle School – August 2015 to Present
Experience
6th Grade Reading Teacher (2018 – Present)
 Developed engaging and rigorous reading lesson based off the needs of scholars
 Maintained classroom management while building student rapport
 Evaluate each students’ academic progress through data tracking
7th Grade Reading Teacher (2015 – 2018)
 Created lessons that emphasized the development of reading and writing skills
 Maintain classroom management while building student rapport
 Evaluated each students’ academic progress through data tracking
 Organized writing programs that aimed to strengthen scholars’ writing skills.

Leadership
ELA Department Chair (2019 – Present)
Experience  Create PLC agendas and facilitated meetings
 Coach and provide feedback to teachers
 Collaborated with other department chairs to design cross-curriculum lesson plans
 Provides resources to those in need of assistance
6th Grade Level Chair (2018 – 2019)
 Create PLC agendas and facilitated meetings
 Effectively communicated expectations with grade-level to maintain continuity
 Supports team members to cultivate a positive culture
 Intervened with student discipline
Effective Practice Specialist (2018 – 2019)
 Collaborated with school leaders and teachers to evaluate campus data to identify and
implement high-impact instructional strategies
 Coached beginning teachers on how to utilize instructional practices effectively
Academic To achieve growth, I developed higher order thinking questions for rigorous activities that require
Growth extended thinking and align to STAAR with any authentic selected text. Reviewing data from
previous assessments, my approaches increased from 43 to 54. Students at meets increased from 9
to 20, and students who mastered the assessment increased from 1 to 11. Currently I am at 51
approaches, 28 meets, and 15 masters after the district’s Snapshot 2.
  Houston Public Library Project
Accomplishments o 2019 - 2020
 Transforming the Middle Lead Instructor (6th Grade ELA)
o 2019 - 2020
 Campus Teacher of the Year
o 2018 - 2019
 Career Pathways Leadership Excellence Award
o 2018 - 2019

References  Erika Carter – Principal

o ecarter3@houstonisd.org
 Joshua Dawson – Assistant Principal
o joshua.dawson@houstonisd.org
 Jennifer Mazone – Teacher Development Specialist
o jennifer.mazone@houstonisd.org
 Sarah Jerasa – Doctoral candidate/ Research partner
o sarahjerasa@gmail.com