Experience

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Instructor, Principal Licensure Program, Colorado School Leaders

Mentor, Presenter, Principal Mentorship Cohort, Colorado Department of Education

Board Evaluator and Board Training, Colorado Charter School Institute

Community Superintendent for Charter Schools, Jefferson County Public Schools

• Supported leaders in 21 schools
• Coached school leaders in planning, crisis support & finances
• Worked with boards in planning and crisis management 
• Oversaw charter applications, charter renewals, and other district accountability processes around state regulations and district reporting

Supported schools through rescue situations: 

• Leaders leaving mid year 
• Boards imploding 
• Parents threatening to protest on campus
• Emergency situations

Executive Director, Jefferson Academy & Summit Academy

• Hired 5 Principals for elementary through secondary responsibilities.
• Mentored 8 Principals of varying experience from first time to highly experienced.
• Mentored 4 Business Managers
• Hired and mentored Central Office Administrators
• Opened a new school and 3 Homeschool programs

Treasurer, President, Board of Directors, Woodrow Wilson Academy

Principal, working under Woodrow Wilson Academy Board of Directors

Community Superintendent, working under JeffCo Board of Education

Founding Team member & first Co-Chair, Colorado Association of Charter School Authorizers. 

Executive Director, working under JA Board of Directors

Treasurer, President, Board of Colorado League of Charter Schools

Evaluating and Training Boards, Contractor, Charter School Institute Supporting Charter School Boards through observation.

 Sales Manager, Branch Manager, Regional Manager

CEO, Front Range Job Services 

Member of Adams Co Right to Work committee

Principal, Woodrow Wilson Academy

• Paid off 30 year Bond in 7 years
• Earned S&P Double A rating

Community Superintendent of Charter Schools, Jefferson County 

• Provided financial counsel to help 5-6 schools achieve fiscal stability
• Helped one school with a $700K deficit to balance the budget & stay open
• Helped one school work through facility issues that were threatening to close the school

Executive Director, Jefferson Academy & Summit Academy

• Managed $30M a year budget
• Built substantial reserves to pay off $21M bond in 10 years
• Paid cash for Secondary Track and Grandstand project
• Paid cash for a building adjoining one campus
• Increased staff salary by 36% in 5 years
• Converted Coal Creek Canyon, a fiscally failing small mountain school, to a charter school with growing enrollment and stable funding
  • Worked with the community to raise funds 
  • Applied for and received Federal grant and Daniels Fund grant
  • Developed Super Monday to include Homeschool students with Traditional students
  • Developed budget and installed JA processes to bring fiscal stability in 3 years.
  • Received 57 of 60 points in the national evaluation of the start-up/replication federal grant

 Woodrow Wilson Academy

• Researched models, Colorado law, and finances of Homeschool programs to start a new publicly funded homeschool program
• Grew the Homeschool program from 47 students in 1 location to 450 students in 3 locations

State Wide Support

• Helped at least 6 schools/districts start Homeschool programs all over Colorado
• Supported Colorado Department of Education with homeschool questions/challenges
• Helped the Colorado Charter School Institute develop a Homeschool playbook
• Consulted with charter Homeschool programs across the state
• Consulted with small school districts on Homeschool matters

Jefferson Academy Charter School

• Helped grow a 300 student program to 900 students with large wait list
• Helped a start up program grow into 2 locations and 350 students
• Helped develop and implement specialized Homeschool programs for:
  • Highly specialized athletes whose training is too extensive for traditional school
  • Pregnant girls and teen moms who cannot attend school regularly