Alyssa S. Kesler
Curriculum Coordinator, Elementary Literacy
Raleigh, NC · (626) 555 0157 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/alyssaskesler
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years in instructional coaching and district elementary curriculum work
SETTINGS
Title One elementary schools and a suburban district office
SPECIALTIES
Literacy adoption, coaching cycles, universal screening, standards alignment
SYSTEMS
PowerSchool, Canvas, Google Classroom, Renaissance Star Assessments
CREDENTIALS
North Carolina educator license, curriculum and instructional specialist endorsement
EDUCATION
Master of education in curriculum and instruction, North Carolina State University
Executive Summary
Curriculum coordinator with seven years in public elementary education, most of it in Title One buildings. Moved from instructional coaching into the district office and now leads literacy adoption, coaching cycles and multi tiered systems of support across eleven schools without losing the classroom view.
Signature Achievements
- Raised third grade readers at or above grade level from fifty one percent to sixty eight percent across eleven Title One schools.
- Led a literacy adoption for four thousand three hundred students and closed the rollout a semester early.
- Built coaching cycles reaching two hundred and ten teachers, with ninety four percent reporting changed daily practice.
- Won a three hundred and forty thousand dollar state literacy grant that paid forty teachers to write summer units.
Professional Experience
Curriculum Coordinator, Elementary Literacy
Wake Meridian Public Schools, Raleigh, NC 2023 to present
Literacy curriculum for eleven elementary schools and four thousand three hundred students, inside a district team of five.
- Runs the adoption cycle from teacher review panels through board presentation and first year implementation support.
- Coaches twelve building literacy leads and models lessons most weeks so guidance fits the real schedule.
- Reads screening and state assessment growth data by school and student group, then sets intervention priorities with principals each quarter.
Instructional Coach
Neuse Crossing Elementary School, Raleigh, NC 2019 to 2023
Coached twenty eight teachers in a Title One school serving six hundred students.
- Led weekly professional learning community meetings for the primary grades, keeping agendas on student work.
- Designed small group intervention blocks with the reading teacher and checked progress every three weeks.
- Supported eight first year teachers through short classroom visits and joint planning.
Licensure and Certification
North Carolina Professional Educator License, elementary education, kindergarten through sixth grade
Member, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Education
Master of Education in curriculum and instruction, North Carolina State University, 2022
Bachelor of Arts in elementary education, East Carolina University, 2019
Core Skills
Literacy curriculum design · Instructional coaching · Multi tiered systems of support · Title One programming · Standards alignment · Assessment analysis · Professional learning communities · Grant writing