Heather Peaden
Awards
1410 Lena Lane
Awarded a fully-paid fellowship
Knightdale, NC 27545
with NC State University, Top
hpeaden@wcpss.net
Principal Preparatory Program in
(919)749-2907
the United States (one of only 5
universities to earn distinction

EXPERIENCE from UCEA).

Carroll Magnet Middle School, Raleigh, NC​ — ​Principal

Resident-Full Time Administrative Internship Specialized Trainings
August 2019 - PRESENT ● SIOP
Assumed duties of school administrator; such as building operations, ● Responsibilities of
including, scheduling, space allocation, maintenance requests, field trips, 21st Century Educator
monitoring completion of annual training, budgeting, and visibility; ● Practical Ways to
attending and organizing community and parent outreach events; Evaluate Student
attending district level meetings and complying with district and state Learning
mandates; addressing student affairs, including attendance, discipline, ● Foundations of
and transportation; using various data points for school improvement Mathematics with Dr.
planning and goal setting; engaging in instructional leadership such as Valerie Faulkner of NC
conducting formal and informal observations; coaching teachers on State
instructional best practices; facilitating professional development; and ● Teacher Leader Corps
assisting in the implementation of school-wide initiatives (PBIS, Positivity ● K-6 Writers Workshop
Project, Leader in Me, Competency Based Grading, and Digital ● K-6 Book
Portfolios); serving on the hiring committee Club/Literature Circle
Training
Underwood Gifted and Talented Elementary School, ​Raleigh, ● K-6 Balancing Literacy
NC — ​Teacher Leader in Classrooms
August 2006-June 2019 ● K-5 Teacher Leaders
Served in various roles of each leadership, including member and for Literacy
Co-Chair of Instructional Leadership/School Improvement Teams, ● Reading Interventions
member of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Team; facilitated with Dr. Ann
and participated in Professional Learning Team Meetings; served as Harrington of NC State
member of Multi-Tiered Systems Support Committee/Intervention Team; ● Literacy Coaching
mentored NC State student teachers; and created/facilitated staff equity Practicum
team ● Conscious Discipline
● Crucial Conversations
● Understanding By
Design
● Literacy Training at
the Hill Center,
Durham, NC
● Racial Equity Institute
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Underwood Gifted and Talented Elementary School, ​Raleigh, Specialized Trainings (cont..)
NC​ ​— ​Instructional Leader
● Emotional Intelligence
August 2006- June 2019
and Myers-Briggs
Coaching 3rd-5th grade language arts/math teachers teachers in
● Make it Stick
increasing student engagement/discourse through implementation of 4
● BB&T Leadership
C’s, used student data and research studies to provide intervention
● Poverty
recommendations to classroom teachers during Professional Learning
● Restorative Discipline
Team meetings, WCPSS Magnet Office curriculum writer, led teachers in
● Flipped Classroom
creation of common formative and summative assessments, participated
● Maxwell Leadership
in NC State beginning teacher panel, and collaborated with teachers
● Dale Carnegie’s ​How
across the county and state to ensure student success
to Win Friends and
EDUCATION Influence People
● Stephen Covey’s
North Carolina State University, ​Raleigh, North Carolina — Seven Habits of Highly
Master of School Administration Effective People
June 2018 - May 2020 ● Equity and Social
Fully funded scholarship through NC State University, top principal Justice Retreat
preparatory program in the United States (One of only five universities to ● The Ron Clark
earn distinction from UCEA); earned North Carolina Principal License Academy, Atlanta, GA
● Digital Storytelling
Eastern Michigan University, ​Ypsilanti, Michigan — ​Bachelor of ● LGBTQ
Science in Elementary Education ● Time Management
September 2001-April 2006 ● NC School
Certifications earned in K-6 education, all subject areas; and 6-8 Social Improvement Project
Studies in Michigan and North Carolina ● American Enterprise
Institute
REFERENCES
● Covey’s 4 Disciplines
Elizabeth MacWilliams, Principal- Carroll Magnet Middle School, of Execution
(315)727-5863, ​emacwilliams@wcpss.net ● Beyond Diversity
● Madeline Hunter
Dr. Bonnie Fusarelli, Professor of MSA Leadership Academies- North
Carolina State University, (919)-631-2026, ​bonnie_fusarelli@ncsu.edu ● Teach Like a
Champion
Karen Anderson, Cohort Director- North Carolina State University,
● No Child Hungry,
(910)840-5100, ​klrosebo@ncsu.edu
Chapel Hill, NC
Teresa Pierrie, Executive Coach- North Carolina State University,
(919)-247-9216, ​teresapierrie@gmail.com

Travis Shillings, Principal- Underwood Gifted and Talented Magnet

Elementary School, (919)856-7663 EXT. 21071, ​tshillings@wcpss.net