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KSA's <br />International experience- After being honorably discharged from the military I became a teacher <br />working in Panama, Iceland and Belgium, I have been an elementary, middle and high school <br />teacher at an international (NATO/DOD) school with students from 32 different countries. My <br />role has been to deliver educational curriculum that will help all students be proficient enough to <br />be successful whether they go on to a U.S. university or back to their home country. I have <br />mentored students in their home country college entrance exams (i.e. Spain's Selectividad). This <br />is also an example of my Problem -solving skills. Helping students to overcome the challenges of <br />adapting to a new environment as well as helping educators, some being a first-time overseas <br />teaching is an important aspect of the ruling take on as acting principal. Being Adaptable to the <br />many environments and countries I have lived it's important skill that has increased overtime <br />with the knowledge I have gained from one being in the military and experiencing foreign <br />countries for one perspective and then becoming an educator and experiencing foreign countries <br />provide new and exciting perspective. My travels and the work I have done with students helping <br />increase my language skills. Living in Iceland I've become fluent in Icelandic from attending the <br />University of Iceland. Each year here in Belgium the students are my teachers and helping me to <br />increase my language skills and build my Networking and communication skills <br />1. Academic Accomplishment: An earned master's degree in educational leadership. Earned a <br />second master's in Secondary education. Earned a Doctoral degree in Principal leadership and <br />management <br />2. Curriculum Development and Program Evaluation: Participated in performance management <br />data meetings with network officials to analyze school data that led to a number of initiatives: <br />Examined school -wide data on attendance and developed a variety of programs that increased <br />overall attendance by 30% Led instructional rounds to identify best practices for increasing <br />student engagement levels and then shared finding with full staff. Participated in research of <br />grading methodologies to determine ways to improve student investment in their educational <br />goals. <br />3. Counseling: transformed conceptual understandings into usable strategies that were <br />intentional, purposeful, repeatable, and lead to student success. Instructed teachers, counselors, <br />and principles on how to assess the structures, processes, and systems needed to create gifted <br />schools and college -ready cultures on their campuses. Teachers also learned specifically how to <br />use the strategies they experience and practice during trainings to engage their students in daily <br />instruction. International experience- After being honorably discharged from the military I <br />became a teacher working in Panama, Iceland and Belgium, I have been an elementary, middle <br />and high school teacher at an international (NATO/DOD) school with students from 32 different <br />countries. My role has been to deliver educational curriculum that will help all students be <br />proficient enough to be successful whether they go on to a U.S. university or back to their home <br />country. I have mentored students in their home country college entrance exams (i.e. Spain's <br />Selectividad). This is also an example of my Problem -solving skills. Helping students to <br />overcome the challenges of adapting to a new environment as well as helping educators, some <br />being a first-time overseas teaching is an important aspect of the ruling take on as acting <br />principal. Being Adaptable to the many environments and countries I have lived it's important <br />skill that has increased overtime with the knowledge I have gained from one being in the military <br />