Director of Programs and Partnerships

Kristin E Tripathy

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Highly motivated, creative, big picture thinker, leader, people manager, instructional designer, and children’s book author with 20+ years of experience in the educational field. She leads and designs adult learning and e-learning modules; advises and engages with districts, programs and school leaders on implementation of overarching teacher development systems and analyzing comprehensive problems to provide current research-based solutions. She has created and delivered adaptive consultation to support dynamic and comprehensive teaching, and learning environments which accelerate the growth of educators to reach all students and amplify systemic growth that centers equity, diversity and inclusion

Director of Partnerships and Programs, NTC (New Teacher Center) 2019 – present

Content Development

Led the instructional design for a direct to educator asynchronous learning platform in order to democratize and build knowledge, competencies and mindset gaps for all users across the nation, with a goal to reach up to 10,000 users at the end of the pilots;

Created a variety of media content which included in-person interviews with New York Times best-selling authors

Dismantled inequitable teaching practices through the development and implementation of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) trainings followed by real time wrap around services that involved observations, data collection and critical feedback to improve DEI competencies

Piloted, examined and reported findings for online educational platforms in order to identify a pedagogically aligned system that received at least 85% highly positive feedback from user learning experience that illustrated efficacy of the system and content

Designed, piloted, and refined Content Essentials, a professional learning series consisting of over 50 learning modules, that sustain educator practices in 7 key areas including developmentally appropriate literacy and math, equitable instruction and environments, play to learn environments, trauma informed practices, and social and emotional development and learning

Led the development, instructional design and implementation of eight, 2-hour Early Childhood math content essentials in collaboration with the prestigious Development and Research in Early Math Education (DREME) from Stanford University

Analyzed the educational training needs and developed new training programs based on ‘current state’ audits

Program Management

Managed and developed 10+ program staff and their teams through cultivating a positive and inclusive culture that expects and embraces effective feedback and development strategies and met bi-weekly to review and support goals, successes and barriers

Forecasted staffing needs and work with other program leaders to make staffing decisions balancing field needs and financial stability

Effectively managed 2-5 million dollar budgets for philanthropic, organizational, and fee-for-service contracts within a subset of partnerships

Served as a national client lead for multiple programs and districts in order to provide a comprehensive audit of system level needs to target high leverage teaching and learning targets

Designed strategic plans for districts and/or programs in order to successfully meet at least 90% of the teaching learning objectives based on standardized assessments

Embedded the implementation of an equitable performance management system that centered a holistic talent strategy to attract, maintain and retain talent

Built trusting relationships and collaborative partnerships across diverse groups of people, functions, levels and contexts through ongoing communication and research; establish credibility with executive leadership as a valued thought partner

Advised, facilitated, and lead early childhood programs and districts at the National Program Leaders Network; trains external facilitators at the national Presenter’s Institute

Led online and in-person professional development at national conferences

Sr. Program Consultant and Instructional Designer, 2015-2019

Develops strategies to foster Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as an active member of the DEI task force

Designed, coordinated, and facilitated the implementation of a yearly induction program that continuously developed new educators at CAP Tulsa

Designed and delivered interactive webinars to PreK and Transitional Kindergarten teachers to promote play-to-learn environments that develop executive functions, literacy skills, social emotional development with focus on dual language learners

Innovated, customized, and revised professional learning sessions and content in collaboration with Product Development team

Consulted, trained, and coached all levels of the educational system to embed high quality instruction and pedagogy, create and maintain an effective instructional coaching model, and develop professional learning communities

Benchmark Education 2013 – 2015

Literacy Consultant

Coached teachers and administrators in schools across the country on successful implementation of highly effective literacy initiatives to attain the Common Core Standards

Provided consulting services to school districts on best practices in the field of literacy; engaged groups of teachers and administrators through demo lessons

Customized professional development curriculum to meet the highest standards of education for each school district’s unique needs; developed curriculum protocols to help ensure fidelity of implementation

Greenfield Learning Inc. 2014 – 2015 Educational Consultant

Consulted with schools on interpreting their data from Lexia Reading in order to successfully intervene with identified students and monitor school/district wide growth

Implemented Lexia Reading at various school districts across the state of California; implemented training for schools and districts on the usage of Reading Plus as a silent reading intervention

Created sales and staff development presentations and webinars for districts across California and Canada.

Red Oak Elementary School, Shakopee, MN 2004 - 2013

Dean/Assistant Principal, 2013-2014

Implemented the six pillars of character education to encourage a positive school culture; collaborated with principals, teachers, parents, and volunteers to ensure that all students are successful in academics and extra-curricular activities

Intervened and problem solved disciplinary issues via relationship building and creative thinking

Created a progress monitoring system to make appropriate data driven decisions within reading intervention programs on a weekly basis

Literacy Coach, 2008- 2013

Created and implemented ongoing staff development for 75+ K-5 teachers in the area of current research-based literacy practices and in the area of Language Arts

Developed curriculum and common assessments for Language Arts that created rigor and consistency among five elementary schools

Created, implemented, and served on a PLC (Professional Learning Community) for intervention teachers to determine strategies/programs to assist struggling readers and writers

Classroom Teacher, 2002 – 2008

Designed and delivered research-based instructional practices to meet all diverse learners’ social-emotional and academic needs and growth targets

Education Specialist Degree in Administration, St. Thomas University, Minneapolis, MN

Master of Education, University of Hamline, St Paul, MN

Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education, University of Wisconsin, Stout, WI

Authored and published two children’s book: My Friend Mi Amigo and Zedonk; featured speaker at schools and community events

Presented “Authors as Heroes,” an innovative approach to teaching author studies, at Literacy in Motion international conference at Judson University June 2013

Developed a curriculum and website “Authors as Heroes” to embed innovative author studies that link reading and writing skills and shine a flashlight on the power of writing

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