Danielle E. Salter
Assistant Principal for Instruction
Nashville, TN · (615) 555 0119 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/danielleesalter
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Thirteen years in secondary teaching, deanship and school administration
SETTINGS
Comprehensive high school, suburban middle school, rural high school
SPECIALTIES
Teacher evaluation, master scheduling, growth measures, advanced coursework access
SYSTEMS
PowerSchool, Canvas, Google Classroom, Schoology, Frontline Education
CREDENTIALS
Tennessee Instructional Leader License, teaching license in English language arts
EDUCATION
Education specialist degree in educational leadership, Middle Tennessee State University
Executive Summary
Assistant principal for instruction at a comprehensive high school of sixteen hundred students, with thirteen years in Tennessee public schools. Evaluates thirty eight teachers, runs the master schedule and chairs the school leadership team. Known for making growth data readable to teachers who never wanted a spreadsheet.
Signature Achievements
- Lifted the school composite growth score from below expectations to above expectations in two years across sixteen hundred students.
- Raised advanced coursework enrollment by two hundred and forty students by opening placement to anyone meeting a growth threshold.
- Cut chronic absenteeism from twenty one percent to thirteen percent through a weekly attendance team and home visits.
- Rebuilt the master schedule to give every department a common planning period without adding a single position.
- Coached four teachers rated below expectations back to proficient within one evaluation cycle.
- Increased the four year graduation rate by six percentage points by tracking credit recovery weekly rather than each semester.
Professional Experience
Assistant Principal for Instruction
Cumberland Heights High School, Nashville, TN 2021 to present
One of three assistant principals in a comprehensive high school of sixteen hundred students and ninety staff.
- Evaluates thirty eight teachers across four departments and writes the growth plans that follow each observation.
- Builds the master schedule and course request process, protecting intervention blocks and common planning time.
- Chairs the professional learning community structure, setting the question each team answers with its own student data.
- Leads the attendance team and reviews average daily attendance and chronic absenteeism reports with counselors every Monday.
Dean of Students and Instructional Coach
Harpeth Valley Middle School, Franklin, TN 2017 to 2021
Split role covering behavior, attendance and coaching for a middle school of nine hundred students.
- Redesigned the behavior referral process and reduced out of school suspensions by a third in two years.
- Coached twelve teachers in their first three years, most of them hired through alternative routes.
- Ran state assessment logistics for the building, including accommodations for students on individualized education programs.
- Represented the school on the district committee that revised the middle grades literacy block.
English Teacher and Department Chair
Stones River High School, Murfreesboro, TN 2013 to 2017
Taught five sections of English and chaired a department of seven teachers in a rural high school.
- Led the department through a curriculum revision aligned to state writing standards.
- Started a schoolwide reading intervention that served ninety struggling ninth graders.
Licensure and Certification
Tennessee Instructional Leader License, beginning administrator
Tennessee Professional Educator License, English language arts, grades six through twelve
Member, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Education
Education Specialist degree in educational leadership, Middle Tennessee State University, 2020
Bachelor of Arts in English education, University of Tennessee, 2013
Core Skills
Teacher evaluation · Master scheduling · Growth data analysis · Professional learning communities · Attendance intervention · Credit recovery · Instructional coaching · State assessment administration · Staff hiring