Blake Jessup

Educator Education and Teaching Leadership

Proven leader, Instructor, and Authentic Curriculum and Organizational Change Specialist seeking opportunities in Advanced Academics, School Leadership, and Student Advocacy

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History of high student engagement, performance, and collaboration in high needs urban schools, with focus on skill acquisition and refinement through culturally relevant, responsive, and authentic learning experiences.

Collaborative planning, departmental transparency, and performance accountability, to set and manage rigorous student, faculty, and school achievement goals while validating students’ cultural identities and social emotional needs.

Community Building through critique and collaborative faculty lesson design/delivery, developing contemporary multi and trans-cultural reading sources, and transparent student centered inquiry to promote efficacy, validation, and achievement.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AP English Literature and Composition Instructor, Pre – AP English 2

Rosie Sorrells Education and Social Services Magnet @ Yvonne A Ewell Townview Magnet Center 2014 - Present

Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, TX

Recruited by DISD/NMSI Advanced Academics to teach AP English Literature and Composition at highly ranked, nationally recognized urban magnet school collective serving 3,200 students in six schools.

• 2014 – 21: Increased student AP, SAT, ACT, and PSAT scores. 100% graduation rate; 100% four year and/or two-year college acceptance rate

• Average summative evaluation score:95

• Member of ESSM/Townview School Improvement Team

• DISD Facilitator: Advanced Academics Student Tutorials

• Implemented student use of multi-platform media composition

• Designed and Implemented Townview AP/ELAR student data self- reflection and accountability initiative

• 2014 – 2021: Students outperformed school by 4%, DISD peers by 34% on state and local exams.

• Turnitin Administrator and Training Facilitator

• Member: Cowan Humanities Magnet Curriculum Team

• Founding Sponsor ESSM and JBS Law Academic Decathlon Teams

• Sponsor: FTC Robotics (2016-18 team qualified for regional, super- regional, and world competitions winning the world championship

“motivate” award)

• Maintained post-graduation mentor relationships with students to monitor and support post-graduation academic and career success among mostly 1st generation college attendees.

SKILLS

Culturally Relevant & Responsive

Teaching Multicultural and Diversity

Student Advocate SEL Facilitator

Meaningful Differentiated Instruction

Gifted Student Certification

Transformational/Authentic Teaching Leader

Echoes and Reflections Holocaust Certification

Cowan Institute Humanities Certification

Curriculum and Design Critical Literacy

Mentoring Community Partnerships

HIGHLIGHTS

Dallas ISD Distinguished Teacher 2015-2021

Initiated review of current curriculum to expose

bias and need for Anti-Racist AP English &

Humanities curriculum redesign

Led DISD Vertical Team Assessment of culturally

responsive teaching practices and

inter/multidisciplinary collaborations

2013 Teacher of the Year Finalist

Led Lancaster ISD 1:1 student technology

initiative and authentic learning initiative

Member of Lancaster ISD STEM/PBL Team

Established LHS AP and ELAR Scholarships

Developed education partnerships with AAF

Dallas, MGB Media, Publicis Worldwide

facilitating authentic learning experiences in

Advertising and Marketing for traditionally

underserved students.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, English

University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

Master of Education, Teaching Leadership /

Advanced Instruction (Humanities), University of

Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Capstone Research – Promoting Student

efficacy, engagement, and performance

through culturally relevant texts

English Department Chair, AP English Literature and Composition, English IV Instructor

Lancaster High School; Lancaster, TX 2008 - 2014

Coached and Collaborated with 15-member department to improve teacher / student performance and engagement in urban high needs school of 1,800. Raised school ELAR STAAR/TAKS scores to “Recognized” status.

• Member: District Leadership Team, STEM/PBL Design and Implementation Team, School Leadership Team

• English IV students outperformed peers by 15% on Common and Final Assessments

• Established Outstanding AP Literature Student Scholarship 2009 – 2014

• Established student “Feeding America” guerilla and traditional marketing campaigns to support North Texas Food Bank.

• 2013 Teacher of the Year Finalist

• 2012 Region 10 Transformational Teacher Cadre Representative – Superintendent Selection

• LISD Textbook and Text selection committee

• In-Service Facilitator

• New Teacher Mentor

• 2011 – 2014 TKA performance evaluation 4 on 5-point scale

• Junior World Affairs Council Sponsor, Academic Decathlon Sponsor/Coach

• Maintained post-graduation mentor relationships with students to monitor and support post-graduation academic and career success among mostly 1st generation college attendees.

• 100% four year and/or two-year college acceptance rate. Non-Academic Career Experiences and Skills

Schrager Hotel Group: Food and Beverage Director, Santa Barbara, CA. Guided, Educated, and Trained staff of 100+. Improved guest experiences, guest retention, and profitability of all Food, Beverage, and Banquet/Catering Venues. Increased employee retention by 75% through sales and banquet bonus program, maintained 22% total food and beverage cost.

Optic Consulting: Developed products and marketing strategies as independent purveyor to Trader Joe’s Markets. Developed and maintained OOH advertising opportunities for Subway, Haggar, Maggiano’s, and the Austonian, as limited partner in MGB Media Intl/MGB production. Concept to Market Restaurant and Nightclub Specialist SW US & CA Community Activism and Social Advocacy

North Texas Food Bank, The Soup-mobile, First Baptist Church, 347 North Ripley Street, Montgomery, AL; Dallas Black Lives Matter, AAF-Dallas, CADD, The Black Academy of Art and Letters-Dallas, Dallas Institute for the Humanities, West End Neighborhood Association, Equal Justice Initiative Community Remembrance Project: Dallas, Ft. Worth, & Tulsa, OK; Phi Alpha Phi, Booker T Washington Alumni Association Tulsa, OK; Dallas Black Dance Theater, Dallas Truth, Racial Healing,& Transformation, Dallas World Affairs Council

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