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Education
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School Community Award
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Della Weaver

Chicago,Illinois

Summary

Results-driven elementary school instructional delivery for more than 40 years with honed expertise in financial and resource management and elementary school administration as assistant principal and principal. Familiar with Illinois, state and federal standards and regulations related to academic performance, assessment programs and educational practices.

Motivational in professional learning presentations that excel in team building, culture-improving and performance-increasing initiatives. Demonstrating versatility in leadership approaches to acquire active participation in collaborative activities.

Goal-oriented educator who is driven to help students focus on learning by maintaining discipline and equipping teachers with successful classroom strategies.

Professional and gifted education advocate with experience working for several Chicago Public Schools in which the student body was diverse culturally and economically. Poised and astute to coordinate various simultaneous tasks. Focused on promoting success for students.

Self-motivated school educator and administrator with assertive and outcome-driven nature. Independent worker remains extremely calm in most pressure situations. Skilled educator with over 45 years of experience leading school staff members and education programs.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran School
08.2023 - 06.2025

* Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness with 100% accuracy and efficiency.

  • Monitored student behavior and enforced discipline policies.
  • Administered personnel policies and procedures for school faculty and staff.
  • Defined and enforced student academic achievement standards in line with district goals and objectives.
  • Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies, and behavior modification.
  • Mentored newly hired educators and provided encouragement and feedback.
  • Cultivated positive relationships between community members, school students, and teachers.
  • Oversaw schedule management and protocols for orientation, registration, and related activities.
  • Communicated policies and procedures to students and parents regarding student behavior.
  • Administered personnel policies and procedures and approved professional staff additions.
  • Established instructional practices driven through statistical performance data.
  • Monitored and evaluated educational programs to maintain high-quality performance objectives and standards.
  • Counseled students about rules and policies during school assemblies.
  • Maintained school focus on learning by enforcing rules related to academics, student discipline and class attendance.
  • Coordinated retrieval and distribution of student records from other schools and institutions.
  • Verified student grades, attendance and schedules.
  • Managed budgets and resources for educational programs.

Reading Specialist or Classroom Teacher

Retired From St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran School
10.2013 - 06.2025
  • Built positive and productive relationships with teachers to drive improvements to reading programs which increased standardized assessments by more than 5% at each grade level for reading.
  • Wrote and delivered customized instruction to individual students and groups.
  • Performed assessments and analyzed results to spot students in need of further help.
  • Used approaches such as: Differentiated Instruction (e.g. Learning Centers/Stations and Direct Instruction); Literature (Mentor Texts); Student Choice/Interest Boards; Phonological Awareness and Phonics; Fluency Building; Reading Lists/Novel Study; Choice Boards; Technology Integration; Reading Comprehension (Summarizing, Visualizing, Text Structure, Figurative Language, Comparison and Contrast, Main Ideas/Supporting Details, Graphic Organizers); and Modified Text Techniques that achieved dramatic results with all students.

Assistant Principal

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran School
08.2015 - 06.2023
  • Oversaw schedule management and protocols for orientation, registration, and related activities with 100% accuracy and efficiency.
  • Built productive relationships with parents of students facing difficult situations at school or at home.
  • Monitored student behavior and enforced discipline policies.
  • Assisted with compliance efforts for fire and other safety regulations.
  • Built and maintained positive relationships with diverse stakeholders, such as parents, school volunteers and outside agencies.
  • Monitored and evaluated educational programs to maintain high-quality performance objectives and standards.
  • Partnered with principal to administer school program in alignment with vision and goals, providing positive, high-expectation academic environment.
  • Instructed small groups of teachers and students.
  • Studied assessment information covering students, teachers and school operations to formulate improvement plans.
  • Verified student grades, attendance and schedules.
  • Communicated with parents to encourage active parental participation in education.
  • Formulated and implemented school safety and security policies.
  • Counseled students about rules and policies during school assemblies.
  • Collaborated with administration staff to develop functional budgets within allocated funds.
  • Allocated school budgets and solicited additional funding from grant programs with well-written applications.
  • Kept school in full compliance with established policies, legal requirements and student safety standards.

Education

Doctor of Education- Ed D - Curriculum And Instruction

Illinois State University
100 North University Street; Normal, IL, 61761
06-2013

Master of Science - Reading Instructional Leadership

University of Illinois At Chicago
1200 West Harrison Street; Chicago, IL, 60607
06-1986

Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education

Chicago State University
Chicago, IL
06-1972

Skills

  • Student performance data
  • Annual reviews
  • Curriculum development and oversight
  • Safety and security procedures

School Community Award

The Funston School Community presented me with an award for Dedication and Commitment.

Timeline

Principal

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran School
08.2023 - 06.2025

Assistant Principal

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran School
08.2015 - 06.2023

Reading Specialist or Classroom Teacher

Retired From St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran School
10.2013 - 06.2025

Doctor of Education- Ed D - Curriculum And Instruction

Illinois State University

Master of Science - Reading Instructional Leadership

University of Illinois At Chicago

Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education

Chicago State University
Della Weaver