James R. Webster
12218 Carriage Oak Circle, Humble, Texas
(W) 281-727-2015 (H) 281-852-4528 (C) 832-250-3812
webj1@comcast.net
Education/ Certification
M.Ed. Education Leadership, Prairie View A & M University Prairie View, Texas, 1995
B.S. Education, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 1991
Mid-Management
Certificate Texas
Teacher Certificate Elementary Education (1-6 self-contained)
Early Childhood
Administrative and Leadership
Experience
Coordinator of Student Services
Sheldon I.S.D.
Houston, TX 2010-present
· Served as the internal coordinator of Strategic Planning, ensuring that goals and action steps were developed and timelines for their implementation.
· Coordinated the homebound program to ensure appropriate instruction was delivered in accordance with the Student Attendance Accounting Handbook.
· Served as the district’s grievance officer ensuring objective decisions were made based on legal and ethical responsibilities.
· Coordinated student registration including a centralized district registration process.
· Supervised the counseling program of the district resulting in the implementation of a consistent counseling curriculum.
· Coordinated the Reach Out to Dropouts Walk resulting in the return of students who had quit school.
· Organized summer school for all campuses and grade levels in the district.
· Coordinated the district’s Fine Arts program.
Principal, Carroll Elementary,
Sheldon Independent School District
Houston, TX, 2008-2010
Recognized Campus 2009-2010
· Facilitated the opening of a new building through the hiring of staff, purchasing of supplies and overseeing the bid process on capital outlay purchases.
· Implemented the CHAMPS program across the campus to improve classroom management and increase time on task.
· Implemented the CSCOPE curriculum to align grade level instruction resulting in a Recognized rating.
Principal, Royalwood Elementary,
Sheldon Independent School District
Houston, Texas 2003- 2008
Recognized Campus 2004-2005, 2005-2006
· Focused on researched based curriculum, implementation and delivery resulting in significant increases on T.A.K.S. scores in all areas, including a 52 percentage point gain in Writing.
· Reduced the percentage of Special Education students from 12.2% to 5.8% by providing focused interventions prior to referral.
· Implemented a three tiered model of intervention for struggling students that consistently resulted in higher academic achievement.
· Implemented the “Be Part of the Pride” program which resulted in decreased school discipline referrals.
· Dramatically closed achievement gap between subgroups.
Assistant Principal, Cravens Early Childhood Academy,
Sheldon Independent School District
Houston, Texas 2003- 2008
Ÿ Opened a new school building, which entailed the ordering of all furniture and supplies for the entire building under strict timelines.
Ÿ Merged three different staffs into one academically focused team.
Ÿ Developed a writing continuum, correlated to reading skills, which focused on the developmental levels of students.
Assistant Principal, Thurgood Marshall Elementary
North Forest Independent School District
Houston, Texas 1997-2002
Ÿ Actively pursued parent/ community relations which included the development of a “Fast on Facts” video that was shown on the Houston Public Access station.
Ÿ Demonstrated effective time management and delegation skills while serving as the only Assistant Principal on a campus of 1200 students.
Ÿ Coordinated all Language Proficiency Assessment Committee meetings and consistently met deadlines for a Bilingual/ESL program with over 300 students.
Teaching Experience
Kindergarten Teacher, Thurgood Marshall Elementary,
North Forest Independent School District
Houston, Texas 1991-1997
Ÿ Managed a team of eight teachers while serving as Grade Chairperson.
Ÿ Served on the District Site Based Decision Making Committee for six years and participated in two T.E.A. monitoring visits to the district.
Ÿ Served on the Campus Site Based Decision Making Committee to develop campus procedures that positively impacted student achievement.
Ÿ Mentored new teachers by providing support in the areas of instructional delivery and classroom management.
Professional Development
Ÿ Dyslexia and 504
Ÿ Region 4 Legal Summit
Ÿ Grievance Training
Ÿ EEOC Training
Ÿ Professional readings including Teach Like a Champion, The Fluent Reader, The Art of Teaching Reading, In the Company of Children and many others.
Ÿ Professional Development Appraisal System (PDAS)
Ÿ LPAC training
Ÿ Margaret Kilgo workshops
Ÿ Training in Guided Reading and 6+1 Writing Traits
Ÿ Gifted and Talented workshops
Ÿ Phonemic Awareness and Reading Assessment Training
Presentation Experience
Ÿ Webster, J.(August 2011) PDAS for New Teachers. Presentation at the 2011 New Teacher Inservice.
Ÿ Webster, J. (August 2011) Documentation and Discipline Coding. Presentation at 2011 Assistant Principal Boot Camp, Sheldon I.S.D.
Ÿ Webster, J. (August 2011) 504 Requirements and the ADAA. Presentation to school district counselors and dyslexia teachers, Sheldon I.S.D.
Ÿ Webster, J. (August 2010) How to Handle A Grievance. Presentation at 2010 Assistant Principal Boot Camp, Sheldon I.S.D.
Ÿ Webster, J. (April 2010) Data Disaggregation. Presentation at Carroll Elementary, Sheldon I.S.D.
Ÿ Webster, J. (August 2010) Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. Presentation at Carroll Elementary, Sheldon I.S.D.
Ÿ Webster, J. (August 2009) TEKS /TAKS Alignment. Presentation at Sheldon Elementary, Sheldon I.S.D.
Honors & Awards
Ÿ Leader of the Year, Carroll Elementary 2008-2009
Ÿ Texas Regular Educator of the Year 2006-2007 -Texas Coalition of Administrators of Special Education.
Ÿ Gulf Coast Regular Educator of the Year 2006-2007 -Gulf Coast Coalition of Administrators of Special Education
Ÿ Educator of the Month - North Channel Rotary Club
Ÿ Leader of the Year, Royalwood Elementary, 2006-2007
Ÿ Principal of the Year, Sheldon I.S.D., 2006-2007
References
1) Dr. Vickey M. Giles, Superintendent of Schools, Sheldon I.S.D.
11411 C.E. King Parkway
Houston, Texas, 77044 (281) 727-2006
2) Dr. Joan Bowman, Asst. Superintendent of Instructional Services, Sheldon I.S.D.
11411 C.E. King Parkway
Houston, Texas, 77044 (281) 727-2046
3) Larry Pfeifer, Asst. Superintendent of Administrative Services, Sheldon I.S.D.
11411 C.E. King Parkway
Houston, Texas, 77044 (281) 727-2011
11 comments:
I changed the settings to a pop up window for the comments and that worked.
I enjoyed looking at your vita. Organized very well and you have plenty of administrative experience with a lot of staff development presentations to go along with it.
Great looking vita. Enjoyed seeing how you organized this and it gives a great summary of your experience. You have a wealth of experience from which to draw from as you continue to move up the ladder of administration.
VERY professional looking. Looks like you already have an amazingly varied educational leadership experience. I think I am going to use your vita as a framework for mine.
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Whatever you did commentwise, it worked. I can't seem to locate the comment settings to change to pop-up. I'll continue to look.
Your vita is very impressive. I will need to look critically at my PD history to be able to be as extensive as you have been. Usually I do not list all or even conider most because of the length that it would be... but looking at yours has made me reconsider, it looks impressive.
Thanks for the positive comments. I need to add the EEOC training I attended today. It was a great workshop.
Great Vita, very detailed and organized.
Great looking vita. I don't know about you, but I didn't realize how much I have really accomplished until I put it in this format, and how much more there is for me to do. I should get mine posted tomorrow night.
Great looking Vita. Longevity in your district will pay off.
This is an impressive Vita. Enjoy viewing the profile.
Webster ... WOW - I love your blog - I think I have blog ENVY! BTW, adding your professional developments is pretty sweet! I'll be doing the same.
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