Laura L.

Wilson-Wadsworth
45 Twin Rock Court • Louisburg, NC 27549
919-369-4549 • llwilson@ncsu.edu

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

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May 2021 Enrolled in Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Target completion date Fall 2024.

February 2021 Alumna of NCPAPA’s inaugural cohort of Distinguished Leadership in a Remote Learning
Environment.

May 2020 Future-Ready Leadership, Raleigh, NC

Sponsored by NC Principals and Assistant Principals' Association, this program is designed for
active Assistant Principals to gain additional leadership training and experience. It is aligned to the
performance evaluation standards adopted by the State Board of Education for North Carolina's
school leaders.

May 2018 M.S.A. Master of School Administration, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Northeast Leadership Academy (NELA). NELA is a fully funded scholarship program, ranked
Top Principal Preparatory Program in the United States, (one of only five to earn this distinction
from the University Council of Education Administration).

May 2007 B.S. Secondary Mathematics Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
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Bunn High School | 2018 - present
Assistant Principal
Served as the 9th, 10th and 11th grade principal as well as the lead administrator for the Mathematics Department, Social Studies
Department and Exceptional Children’s Department. 2019 recipient of NC State University's US Department of Education grant titled,
“The Northeast Leadership Academy (NELA) 2.0: Developing and Sustaining Effective Leaders for High-Need Rural Districts” in the
amount of $6500 for Bunn High School. Presenter and guest panelist at NC State University’s 2019 NELA SUMMER
CONFERENCE: BUILDING TEACHER EFFICACY: THE KEY TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. Additional responsibilities
include serving as a panelist on the Franklin County Schools’ Discipline Appeals Committee, serving as the lead coordinator for the
first and second annual BHS Curriculum Fair, School Improvement and Leadership Team member, facilitating professional learning
communities and aligning their protocols, practices and procedures to our Indistar Indicators, teacher coaching and evaluations, data
analysis for Math I, Math III and ACT performance, designing a multi-tiered remediation plan for struggling Math I students,
transportation coordinator, LEA for 9th, 10th and 11th grade IEP/504 meetings and other supervisory responsibilities. I am also a
member of the Franklin County Schools Remote Learning Team, Franklin County Schools Attendance and Engagement Taskforce,
Franklin County Schools Capital Outlet Team and Bunn High School's Remote Learning team.

Bunn High School | 2017 - 2018

Principal Resident/Assistant Principal - Full-time Administrative Internship
Served as the 9th and 10th grade principal as well as the lead administrator for the Mathematics and Social Studies Department.
Additional responsibilities included coaching Math I teachers and analyzing student data in preparation for the NC Math I End of
Course test, conducting formal observations, walk-thru evaluations, leading professional learning community meetings,
transportation, lunch detentions, fundraising, field trips and prom.

Boys and Girls Club of Franklin County | 2017

Community Internship with the Summer Brain Gain program
Worked to translate instructional material into easy-to-use resources for club facilitators who are not teachers
by trade. These materials were used to remediate youth from low-income families in content knowledge which
 helped alleviate some of the summer learning loss typically experienced by students who are not otherwise
exposed to academic opportunities during the summer months.

Franklinton High School (FHS) | 2007 - 2017

Teacher Leader, Secondary Mathematics Educator
Served on the North Carolina Governor's Teacher Network, Superintendent’s Advisory Council, Franklin
County Schools Retention and Recruitment Team, District Professional Learning Community session leader
for Mathematics, Vice-Chair of the FHS Leadership Team, Vice-Chair of the FHS School Improvement Team,
Co-Chair of the Franklinton High School Professional Development Team, Mathematics Department Chair and
Cooperating Teacher for North Carolina State University.
Head Coach
Served as the head coach for Varsity Cheerleading Team and Competition Cheerleading Team

HONORS
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● Awarded a fully paid fellowship to attend NELA through North Carolina State University.
● Franklin County Schools Secondary Mathematics Educator of the Year - 2014 - 2015
● Recognized as a content writer for Math II by the North Carolina Governor’s Teacher Network - 2015
● Inducted into the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society – 2006 & 2017

SPECIALIZED TRAININGS
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● NC PAPA Fall Symposium - Fall 2017
● Stephen Covey Leadership Training Part 2 - Fall 2017
● Crucial Accountability Training - Fall 2017
● EVASS Training - Fall 2017
● Principal’s Academy: The 4 Roles of Great Leaders (Covey) - Summer 2017
● Non-Violent Crisis Intervention - Summer 2017
● SchoolNet - Summer 2017
● EVAAS - Summer 2017
● NCSTAR - Summer 2017
● Restorative Discipline - Summer 2017
● EdCamp - Summer 2017
● Pedagogy & Poverty - Summer 2017
● Principal as a Literacy Leader - Summer 2017
● Federal Education Policy Institute in Washington DC - Spring 2017
● Exceptional Education Workshop & Parent Panel Discussion - Spring 2017
● Collaborative Educational leadership: Building the Professional School Counselor-Administrator Relationship - Spring 2017
● Communities in Schools - Spring 2017
● Micro-political Leadership Strategies - Spring 2017
● Leverage Leadership - Spring 2017
● Social Justice and Equity - Spring 2017
● MTSS - Spring 2017
● Distinguished Leaders in Practice Sessions 4 - 6 - Spring 2017
● 2017 NC No Child Hungry Leaders Conference
● 2016 National Rural Education Forum and the 108th National Rural Education Association Convention and Research
Symposium at The Ohio State University - Fall 2016
● Grading and Homework Policies - Fall 2016
● Organizational Management - Fall 2016
● Digital Storytelling - Fall 2016
● Mindfulness Training - Fall 2016
● Instructional Rounds - Fall 2016
● Adult Learning - Fall 2016
● Distinguished Leaders in Practice Sessions 1-3 - Fall 2016
● PowerSchool Training - Fall 2016
● APA Training - Fall 2016
● How to Talk to Kids - Fall 2016
● Make It Stick- Fall 2016
● Dale Carnegie Leadership Training - Fall 2016
● Flipped Classroom Training - Summer 2016
● Emergency Building Plans Training- Summer 2016
● Time Management - Summer 2016
● Crucial Conversation - Summer 2016
● Facilitative Leadership - Summer 2016
● Ron Clark Academy National Conference - Summer 2016