Student Support Executive Director
Resume:
Carol Zinn Iwhiwhu
Horn Lake, MS 38637
Mobile: 901-***-****
Email: **********@*****.***
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
Mississippi Alternate Path to Quality School Leadership 2013 - 2014
Mississippi Community College Foundation/MS Dept of Education
Strayer University Memphis, TN 2009 - 2011 Master of Education in Educational Management
IC3 Certification: Internet and Computing Core Certification
C.O.O.L Certification: The Designation of Certified Online Instructor
Mississippi Educator License, #1851914, Class AA
● 486- Entry-Level Administrator (Expired)
Mississippi University for Women 2000 - 2004 Bachelor of Science in Social Studies Education
EXPERIENCE
Executive Director of Early Learning 2023-present
YMCA of Memphis & the Midsouth
●Lead and directly support childcare center leader team across five childcare centers in MS and TN
●Initiate and leverage community stakeholders to improve childcare programming
●Establish the vision for the early learning program
●Manage day to day operational oversight for five childcare centers
●Develop childcare leaders through coaching and training
Freedom Preparatory Academy Charter Schools Network Memphis, TN 2015 - 2023
Director of Student Support 2021 - 2023
●Provides consultative support to Principals and Department Managers to ensure compliance in matters relating to child welfare and attendance, support services, student discipline, and alternative education, when appropriate.
●Establish a shared vision for the department of student support with all stakeholders through quantitative data and hosting
●family/parent conferences/meetings.
●Collaborate with school leadership teams to create operational systems for student support.
●Collaborate with Porter-Leath for early childhood programming as it relates to student support for our Pre-K students.
●Manage school nurses and establish compliance systems for immunization and medication administration in schools.
● Collaborate with department managers, school leaders, and the community to develop and implement services and/or programs that promote the core values of the organization
●Plans, implements, and evaluates student support services programming (i.e. Special Education, ESL, Intervention, and Social Work)
●Advise and support manifestation determination meetings, including student suspensions and expulsions for students with IEPs and 504s.
●Coordinate, organize, and deliver professional development trainings for five schools.
●Facilitate professional development/training for school-based teams
●Lead and develop Social Work Manager to create a system of multi-tier supports.
●Guide and support Social Work Manager in establishing an SEL program vision, long term goals, and metrics.
●Manage expense budget for student support department including procurement of service providers, vendors,
●Establish a management system for external service providers (i.e. Therapists, Behavior Specialists, BCBA, etc.)
●Partner with Memphis Shelby County Schools Advisors to ensure federal compliance of documents
Director of Special Populations 2017 - 2021
● Support a network of five charter schools in the area of Special Populations (SWD, ESL, Homeless/Migrant, RTI2)
● Collaborate with school-based instructional leaders in conducting observation and performance evaluation of Special Populations’ Teachers
● Create a system to screen, recruit, hire, and retain highly qualified Special Populations’ Teachers
● Serve as network point of contact for compliance and reporting of SWD, FAPE, ESSA, and OCR compliance
● Attend ongoing
● Observe and evaluate performance of the Behavior Specialist
● Provide support to Heads of Schools for professional learning, Special Populations’ personnel, and instructional program needs
● Coach and support Special Populations’ Teacher daily
● Oversee the network intervention model and system
● Provide professional development to ESL and Special Education Teachers
● Coordinate and hire service providers for special education services
● Review and approve service invoices for payment for independent contractors
RTI Coordinator/Special Populations Teacher 2015 - 2017
● Conduct Response To Intervention fidelity checks
● Facilitate RTI training for teachers with school of assignment
● Administer academic readiness and early childhood diagnostic assessments
● Coordinate Pre-K Special Education transition services with Tennessee Early Intervention System ●Construct Individual Education Plans (IEP) for pre-school children before/by third birthday
● Schedule and facilitate IEP meetings for elementary school students in grades PK-5
● Collaborate with Pre-K teachers and Porter-Leath on service planning, referral process, and student services ●Collaborate with elementary teachers on progress monitoring and student referral process
Tunica County School District Tunica, MS
Instructional Specialist 2014 - 2015
● Build capacity in classroom teachers to increase academic achievement
● Facilitate district-wide Professional Learning Communities on research-based instructional practices
● Conduct daily evidence-based artifact reviews to improve quality classroom instruction
● Conduct coaching and feedback conversations with teachers
● Evaluate student assessment data monthly to identify growth areas
● Develop and revise district policies
● Monitor district compliance with state board of education accountability and process standards
● Facilitate teacher feedback norming sessions with school-level instructional coaches
● Collaborate with School Leaders to provide instructional support
Carol Zinn Iwhiwhu
3150 Fairmeadow Drive
Horn Lake, MS 38637
Mobile: 901-***-****
Email: **********@*****.***
RTI Coordinator 2012 - 2014
● Identify academically and socially at-risk students
● Create a behavioral screening process
● Implement a classroom behavior screener
● Conduct observations for behavior and student engagement
● Input data into MSIS regarding RTI students
● Provide research-based teaching strategies and interventions to teachers and interventionists
● Observe classroom instructional practice for high quality instruction based on various tier levels
● Create and maintain RTI student records
● Utilize test data to set goals for students in the tier process
● Collaborate with local mental health agency to determine social emotional health of tiered students
● Prepare RTI student folders for submission/referral to the Director of Special Education
● Serve on School Leadership Team and participate in weekly PLCs
● Develop school-wide academic intervention schedule
● Implement best practices for successful interventions
● Serve as the school-level chairperson for the progress monitoring computer program, Renaissance Learning
● Create data visuals to track progress of teachers and students
● Guide teachers in understanding progress monitoring data
● Enforce district discipline policy
● Supervise and monitor student behavior during transitions
Social Studies/Vocational Teacher 2004 - 2012
●Instruct 7th grade students in Social Studies classes, using lecture and demonstration teaching methods.
●Instruct 8th grade students in Computer Discovery classes, using hands-on, active learning teaching methods.
●Participate in faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops.
●Serve as Department Chairperson for Technology Department
●Serve as school Technology Consultant
Tunica County Youth Development Program Tunica, MS
Computer Applications Instructor 2007 - 2008
●Instruct 10th-12th grade students in an after-school career preparation program
●Chaperone college tours with students
Coahoma Community College 2006 - 2007 Workforce Development Instructor
●Instruct gaming industry employees in computer applications
●Teach Microsoft Office programs to employees
Carol Zinn Iwhiwhu
3150 Fairmeadow Drive
Horn Lake, MS 38637
Mobile: 901-***-****
Email: **********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Association of Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Teacher Leadership Initiative (TLI)
Mississippi Leadership Steering Committee
HONORS
Dedicated Service Award, FBLA-ML, Tunica Middle School Dedicated Service Award, Technology Department Chairperson, Tunica Middle School Recognition Award, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
REFERENCES
Lars Nelson 901-***-**** ****.******@****.***
Bernard Stephen Chandler 662-***-**** **********************@*****.***
Kristle Hodges-Johnson 708-***-**** ********@*****.***
Dr. Bacardi Mayfield-Harris 901-***-**** **********@*****.***
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