Ana Hale · 205 Tallow Box Drive, Roswell GA 30076 · 404-259-4361 · [email protected]·
EDUCATION The Ohio State University Bachelors of Arts—English, 1995 Kennesaw State University Master of Education—Secondary English, 2005 Kennesaw State University Specialist-Instructional Technology, in program
CERTIFICATION
English (6-12) Teacher Leader Endorsement
Middle Grades: Language Arts, Reading, Social Science Special Education General Curriculum Consultative P-12 Special Education: Reading P-12, Language Arts P-12, Social Science P-12
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Kennesaw State Universty Kennesaw, GA Instructional Technology Specialist, iTeach 2015 - Present Elkins Pointe Middle School Roswell, Georgia Reading Teacher 2012 – Present and Reading Department Chair August 2013 – Present Special Education Social Studies 2010-2011 Centennial High School Roswell, Georgia Interrelated Education Teacher (2001– 2007 and 2008-2011) Connected Academy Alpharetta, Georgia English Teacher (2007-2008)
QUALIFICATIONS Coaching teachers and administrators in personalized learning. Providing individual and small group coaching for technology and personalized learning for K-12 teachers and administrators. Developing instructional design plans for schools adopting personalized learning plans. Conducting professional development for educators in the personalized learning, best practices, technology integration, and productivity tools. Coordinating and organizing professional development events. 2013-14 Student Growth Percentage 63.5% qualifying in the top 25% of Fulton County teachers. Fulton County Vanguard Team member coaching school-based personnel to facilitate growth utilizing the Technology Integration Matrix (TIM). Responsible for leading and managing the organization and operation of the reading department leading to all reading teachers at EMPS achieving greater than 50% student growth in the 2013-2014 school year. Discovery Education Star Teacher (2012 – Present) Working with teachers at my local school to assist them in integrating digital media in their daily lessons. Discovery Education Leadership Council 2013 – Present – Working with Discovery Education to coordinate Discovery Education Network events across districts in the greater Atlanta area. Discovery Education Ambassador Lead 2014 providing professional development to Fulton County Teachers in digital media integration. Leading 2 groups, totaling 26 teachers from all over the county in continuing education. Provides leadership in educational innovations, research, and best practices at the school level by leading 6 school-based technology workshops from 2010 – 2015 Writing school-level grants to purchase web-based tools for the school to use, including Glogster and Voicethread. Leading EPMS’s New Teacher Orientation (NTO) from 2011 – 2015, co-leading incoming new teachers to orient them to Fulton County policy and procedures, TKES standards, and developing their individual teaching skills. Evaluate and communicate student progress and liaising with other team members to discuss individual student needs using county provided tools as well as web-based tools to systematically gather, analyze, and use relevant data. Providing Response to Intervention (RTI) data to inform special education placement decisions. Collaboration in a content PLC to plan and implement new Milestones testing information redelivering county level information to the Reading and Language Arts teachers at EPMS. Conducted school-based parent meetings to communicate changes in state-wide testing.
CERTIFICATIONS Microsoft Innovative Educator Certification Office Specialist Certification- OneNote
EXTRACURRICULAIR INVOLVEMENT AND AWARDS
DENapalooza presenter 2013, 2014, 2015 Fulton County Leadership Academy participant Strategic Staffing Recruit 2015-2017 Cohort Attended Discovery Education Summer Institute 2012, 2013, and 2014 Technology Leadership Cohort 2011-2012 National Writing Project, Leadership Institute Presenter 2012 and 2013 Georgia Educational Technology Conference Presenter 2012 NCTE Conference Kennesaw Mountain Writing Program, Technology Institute 2008 National Writing Project Fellow at Kennesaw Mountain Writing Program, 2008 Fulton Schools Activity Bus Driver 2008– Present Coach Swim/Dive Team 2002-2006 Debate Club Assistant Coach 2001-2002 Centennial Teacher of the Year Finalist 2005, 2006, 2007, & 2009 2007 City of Alpharetta Teacher of the Year—Connected Academy EPMS Above & Beyond Award Recipient 2011 and 2012