ARISE High School - Granicus

1110 LAURA FLAXMAN
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Employment
CO-DIRECTOR, SMALL SCHOOLS PROJECT 2003-PRESENT
Coalition of Essential Schools Oakland, CA
Collaborated on the creation of the CES Small Schools Project, a Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation funded initiative to identify 20 existing, exemplary small CES
high schools to serve as Mentor Schools, create 10 new small high schools and
break down 3 existing large high schools into small schools. Responsible for
recruiting,,identifying and selecting the schools in all three categories, convening
and leading the national network of these schools and school teams, creating
and facilitating professional development for the network and beyond, and
providing technical assistance and coaching to the new school design teams.
PRINCIPAL 2001-2003
Life Academy of Health & Bioscience Oakland, CA
Created the first new small autonomous high school in Oakland, hired the staff,
recruited students, responsible for every aspect of creating, supervising and
running a high school of 250 students and an annual operating budget of
$1,400,000. Sought and received accreditation in the first year from the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges. Brought in outside resources, grants and
community and business partners, served as spokesperson for the school in the
school district, community and with local and national news media, wrote a
charter for the school. Served as a leader in the small schools initiative both
locally and nationally. Also served as an advisor to sixteen students and taught
an annual "Intersession" class called "Capturing the Spirit: The Art of Portraiture."
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL 2000-2001
Fremont High School Oakland, CA
Supervised and evaluated teachers; collaborated with a group of teachers to plan
and implement weekly staff development focused on examinations of student
work; managed disciplinary issues with students; responded to individual student
and parent concerns and needs; worked on a school improvement plan for
Fremont while also creating a new small autonomous school coming out of
Fremont.
PRINCIPAL INTERN 1999-2000
Boston Arts Academy Boston, MA
As part of the practicum for Harvard, worked two to three days a week during the
1999-2000 school year with the Headmaster of this public, visual and performing
arts pilot school in its second year. Supervised teachers and helped teachers to
develop curriculum. Co-taught a tenth grade writing class. Planned, staffed,
budgeted, implemented and evaluated school-wide college preparation events
including an on-site fair and a day of college visits for the entire student body.