Renita Cruz MEd.

Mansfield, TX 817-***-**** ad4wpp@r.postjobfree.com

Certifications: EC-6, ESL Supplemental, Reading Academies EDUCATION:

**/**** ** **/**** University of North Texas Dallas: Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction 08/2013 to 8/2016 University of North Texas Dallas: Bachelor’s of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies- Standard All-Levels Special Education

7300 University Hills Blvd, Dallas TX 75241

Awards: Teacher of the Year 2023- 2024 & Teacher of the Year 2017- 2018 Leadership Roles 2022- Present:

● Led Professional Developments

● CILT- Content Instructional Leadership Team

● Team Lead for Primary and Secondary School

● TEI Campus Expert (Texas Excellence Initiative)

● LPAC Committee Chair

● Mentor Teacher

● Emergent Bilingual Mentor

● Sunshine Committee Chair

Interests: Using my Cricut, traveling, cooking, eating out with family, junk scrapbooking WORK EXPERIENCE:

05/2022 to Present Educational Consultant (Independent Contractor)

● Proactively reaching out to each of your advisees and checking in 3-4x per month minimum

● Taking great notes and tracking / documenting each member’s progress and results

● Supporting advisees by answering questions, helping them overcome challenges, and helping them see the path to success

● Proactively addressing mindset issues that often arise as our members change careers and share strategies for getting through those issues

● Following up with your advisees and thinking creatively around how to bring advisees back in that have fallen off track

● Soliciting feedback and continuously improving processes 08/ 2022 to Present Dallas ISD: 3rd- 8th Grade Reading Language Arts & Social Studies Virtual School Pioneer

● Create eLearning activities to facilitate learning experiences. Consistent development of visually attractive lessons with progressive engagement strategies. Align lessons with goals, content, and assessments. Curate assessments for multiple points of evaluation. Teach evidence- based lessons, training others on instructional technology.

● Collaborating and communicating with subject matter experts to build cross-curricular learning. Enhance people communication skills across different teams,

● Expand LMS (learning management systems) to include 100% of assignments created. Program evaluation with LMS at different levels to ensure assessments were aligned correctly. Evaluate results into qualitative and quantitative presentations.

● Fostered diversity and inclusion to a responsive classroom to ensure equity across all learners. Establish relationships to foster a productive and safe-space learning environment for stakeholder partners.

● Discussed topics including, systematic oppression and learning to be racially conscious

● Facilitated user-based learning experiences and user-centered learning activities. Design lessons with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines for students with disabilities including Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Visually Impaired, Sensory Sensitivity, etc.

● Pioneered a 100% asynchronous and virtual learning environment. Built eLearning activities using evidence-based theory.

● Facilitating a user-centered learning environment. Using innovation in instructional design techniques when using learning software to influence engagement in the virtual environment. Structure lessons to be interactive and visually appealing for a smooth user interface.

● Designed surveys to ascertain learning for qualitative research. Use formative assessments to interpret quantitative data. Create content to guide learning to objectives and goals. 09/2021 to 05/2022 Uplift Education: 3rd Grade Virtual Teacher (Independent Contractor) 08/2020 to 8/2021 The Kessler School: 2nd Grade Self- Contained Teacher 08/2018 to 08/2019 Everman Independent School District: 3rd Grade Math Teacher 08/2017 to 08/2018 International Leadership of Texas: 1st Grade Self-Contained Teacher 08/2014 to 8/2016 FOCUS Learning Academies: 2nd Grade Self-Contained Teacher 10/2011 to 08/2014 Grand Prairie Independent School District: ESL Teacher Assistant