Leadership Experience

1. Discovery Charter Preparatory Teacher Leadership Team (2020-Present)

2. Co-Admin of Discovery Charter Preparatory Student Council and Senior Events

Coordination (2021-present)

3. Co-Coordinator of Discovery Charter Preparatory’s PBIS implementation team

(2020-Present)

Leadership Goals
1. I will develop my leadership goals in collaboration, re ection, and professional
development

Goal: I will collaborate with colleagues to provide support and mentorship.

a. Short Term Objective: I will meet with department-level colleagues twice a

month to collaborate, share ideas, and re ect on learning strategies
b. Long Term Objective: Become a mentor in the school, both informally as
well as through future new teacher induction and teacher observation.
c. Rationale: E ective mentoring and support increases teacher retention,
helps new teachers build con dence, and contributes to overall success in
the school environment.
d. Evidence: Education Commission of the States research review on the
e ect of mentoring programs on teacher retention.
e. NBPTS: Proposition 5: Teachers are members of learning communities
f. TLMD: Domain 1: Fostering a Collaborative Culture to Support Educator
Development and Student Learning

2. I will develop my leadership in promoting social-emotional learning and positive

behavioral interventions and supports

Goal: I will further develop my knowledge and implementation of positive behavioral

interventions and supports (PBIS), as well as teaching social and emotional skills
to both students and colleagues

a. Short Term Objective: Implement in-class and teacher PD discussions that

allow students and colleagues to re ect on their own emotional wellness, as
well as the emotional wellness of others in the learning environment
b. Long Term Objective: Create a parallel in-class and PD curriculum around
SEL and PBIS to facilitate a supportive, inclusive, and positive school culture
and learning environment.
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 c. Rationale: The emotional health of students has a signi cant impact on their
academic success. Similarly, the emotional health of teachers and sta has
an impact on their success as educators,
d. Evidence: US Department of Education handbook on Supporting Child
and Student Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Needs
(2021)
e. NBPTS: Proposition 2: Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to
teach those subjects to students
f. TLMD: Domain 4: Facilitating Improvements in Instruction and Student
Learning

3. I will develop my leadership goals in learning and teaching

Goal: Encourage students’ increasing pro ciency in using Historical Thinking Skills
to analyze historical events, make a claim, and support their claim with evidence

a. Short Term Objective: Facilitate critical thinking within the classroom, nd

ways to e ectively assess student use of historical thinking skills
b. Long Term Objective: Help students e ectively support claims with
evidence through an understanding of logical inquiry
c. Rationale: Historical thinking skills allow students and historians to develop
unique accounts of past events or time periods within a particular culture
d. Evidence: National Council for the Social Studies article: Historical
Thinking Skills: A Second Opinion; (2019)
e. NBPTS: Proposition 3: Teachers are responsible for managing and
monitoring student learning.
f. TLMD: Domain 2: Accessing and Using Research to Improve Practice and
Student Learning
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