Cynthia Trinidad Sheahan Ed.S Interdisciplinary Bilingual Educator/Leader K-12 EXPERIENCE SKILLS Director of Secondary Education and Educator Effectiveness Bilingual/Bilicultural Educator October 2016- PRESENT Adams 14 School District Supervise, evaluate and coach secondary building principals Coach and advise building principals on writing, implementing and monitoring of Unified Improvement Plan Facilitate creation of high school course description and graduation requirements. Monitor budgets of all secondary schools. Partnered and collaborated with Chief Academic Officer on instructional practices and vertical articulation K-12 Developing systems and structures for teacher/principal induction Developed and monitored district mentor/mentee program Developed professional development district wide that aligned with the District Unified Improvement Plan and Turnaround plan Created and shepherd the implementation of district professional development programming K-12th grades Trained and monitored district on teacher/principal evaluation program Director of Language Development June 2014-October 2016 Boulder Valley School District-Director of Language Development Develop systems and structures district wide for ELL students and Bilingual programming Observed and evaluated building programs and district ELD program to comply with the Office of Civil Right Created and implemented protocol for identifying language learners who may also have a learning disability to prevent over identification Researched and reviewed data of all ELL students K-12 grade in all 56 BVSD schools Researched and reviewed data to implement Cohort of buildings to participate in training by the Centered of Applied Linguistics (CAL) Researched and reviewed student count of ELL students to accurately report to Colorado Department of Education Equity Specialist Leadership development Intervention specialist Parent and Community Engagement Specialist AWARDS Hispanic Advisory for embracing diversity 2002-2003 Teacher of the Month Brighton City of commerce 2005 Recognized by 9NEWS for Black History instruction 2005 Recognized by Prairie View High School Inaugural class for Most Influential teacher 2009 Keynote Speaker CU-Bueno HEP GED graduation 2011 Presenter La Raza Youth Leadership Conference 2012 Presenter: CABE(Colorado Association of Bilingual Educators) Conference 2014 Co-Chair of CO-ALAS (Colorado Administrators and Superintendents of Colorado) 2015-2016 LANGUAGES English/Spanish:Fluent in reading, writing, speaking and listening Collaborated and developed process for reporting and sharing ELL student count to BVSD and CDE in order to properly allocate funding Supervised Title III grant and allocations Supervised ELD Budget and FTE allocations Collaborated with Early Childhood Learning and Literacy on district plans for student achievement directly connected to District UIP and Strategic Plan Collaborated with Early Learning and Literacy to create action steps for District UIP for students K-12 Collaborated with Data and Enrollment for proper monitoring of ELL student count in BVSD Created and aligned professional development of Sheltered Instructional Strategies Assistant Principal Aurora Central High School (population 2,250 students) grades 9-12 Aurora Public School District (July 2013-2015) Supervised and coordinated communication, budget, and progress for Tiered Intervention Grant (TIG) with district grants office and Colorado Department of Education Collaborated and implemented Professional Development in conjunction with Dr. Robert Marzano, MRL, and the ACHS Leadership team on “Best Practices” Supervised and coordinated all efforts with Colorado Initiative-Legacy Grant Developed a “Pipeline Partnership” with Metro State University for student teacher placement Implemented a Newcomer process for all Linguistically Diverse Students Rebuilt and turned around an underperforming English Language Development Department where there was a 70% increase in the number of students who were redesignated. Implemented changes in the ELL Department that led to the increase of academic growth by 7.1 % and reducing academic growth gaps by 13.7% through best practices for ELL students Administrative TOSA/Fulton Academy of Excellence Aurora Public Schools (Assistant Principal, population 530 students) (July 2012-2013) Assisted supervision with Tiered Intervention Grant (TIG) for School Turnaround Process Supported the implementation of a Pilot School Status Insured school goals were strategic and focused for optimal increases in student achievement Worked collaboratively with principal and leadership team to gather and analysis student data Monitored discipline of students and communication with parents Monitored and executed strategies to increase student attendance Implemented and instructed professional development for classified/Para staff Evaluated and supervised classified staff Implemented and monitored parental involvement program K-5th grade Coordinated State Assessment schedule and process for State Assessment Data-Grant TOSA/Fulton Academy of Excellence Aurora Public Schools (November 2011-2012) Assisted with supervision and monitoring of Tiered Intervention Grant (TIG) for Turnaround Process Responsible for gathering and uploading student and building data to the Colorado Department of Education to support work of the TIG Implemented and monitored parental involvement programs K-5th grade Facilitated meetings and communicated with Colorado Department of Education in regards to the progress of Fulton Academy of Excellence with Turnaround process Prepared documents and materials for the U.S. Department of Education review of the TIG grant and the progress of Fulton Academy of Excellence for the Federal Audit Middle School Teacher Leader/Department Chair ESL, and Literacy Intervention Brighton 27J School District, Brighton CO Stuart Middle School (2008-2011) Established discipline and attendance expectations Implemented data learning communities for ELL students Facilitated professional development focus on Language Acquisition student achievement as a new school Provided professional development on instruction for ELL and Literacy Intervention students Middle School Teacher/Department Chair of Social Studies, ESL and Literacy Intervention-Brighton 27J School District, Brighton CO Overland Trail Middle School (2002-2008) Instructed and chose curriculum for U.S. History 8th grade with district 2002-2007 Facilitated professional learning communities as Teacher Leader 2006-2007 Facilitated professional learning communities and curriculum search as ESL Teacher Leader 2006-2008 Social Studies facilitator linking resources to standards 8th grade literacy to ELL students of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds Spanish to 6th-8th grades for diverse student population Spanish 6th 7th and 8th grade 2007-2008 EDUCATION Colorado University Denver Doctorate Ed.D.-In Progress 2018): Doctoral Program Latin@ Communities and Educational Equity University of Northern Colorado: 2012-2013 ED.S. Education Specialist- Administrative Leadership- Type D License University of Colorado – Boulder 2005 M.A., Education – Multicultural Education, Equity and Diversity, and Linguistics University of Northern Colorado-Greeley 2001 B.A. Bilingual Education/Spanish-Elementary Education