Meredith H. Truesdale
Mathematics Department Chair
Tacoma, WA · (253) 555 0138 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/meredithhtruesdale
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Fourteen years teaching mathematics, six as department chair in a district serving nine thousand students
INDUSTRIES
Comprehensive public high schools, rural secondary campuses, regional professional development consortia
SPECIALTIES
Common assessment design, Advanced Placement expansion, teacher induction, mathematics intervention
SYSTEMS
PowerSchool, Canvas, Google Classroom, Desmos, Renaissance Star Math
CREDENTIALS
Washington professional teaching certificate with mathematics endorsement, National Board certified
EDUCATION
Master of education in curriculum and instruction, bachelor of science in mathematics
Results at a Glance
22%
Age points
$84k
Title One
19%
Percent by writing
Executive Summary
Mathematics department chair with fourteen years in public high schools and six of them leading an eleven person faculty. Rebuilt the algebra sequence around common assessments, opened Advanced Placement courses to students who had never been invited into them, and carried nine new teachers through state induction without losing one to attrition.
Signature Achievements
- Grew combined Advanced Placement Calculus and Statistics enrollment from 41 students to 118 while holding the qualifying score rate above 70 percent.
- Cut the ninth grade mathematics failure rate by 22 percentage points after adding a daily support period tied to weekly data reviews in the professional learning community.
- Mentored nine teachers through Washington induction across six years, all nine still teaching past their third year.
- Secured 84,000 dollars in Title One and grant money for graphing technology, examination fee support and a summer bridge program serving 90 rising ninth graders.
- Brought chronic absenteeism in department courses down from 19 percent to 12 percent by writing attendance conferences and family calls into the department routine.
Professional Experience
Mathematics Department Chair
Sound Ridge High School, Tacoma, WA 2020 to present
Chairs an eleven member department serving 1,650 students on a campus where 54 percent qualify for free or reduced price meals.
- Manages a department budget of 46,000 dollars covering graphing calculators, summer bridge staffing and examination fees for families who cannot pay.
- Observes every teacher four times a year on a coaching cycle kept separate from formal evaluation and logs growth notes for the assistant principal.
- Represents mathematics on the school leadership team, where student growth percentiles and attendance are reviewed every six weeks.
Mathematics Teacher and Instructional Coach
Kittitas Valley School District, Ellensburg, WA 2016 to 2020
Taught geometry and precalculus while coaching six teachers across two secondary campuses in a rural district of 3,200 students.
- Modeled lessons and ran observation debriefs for teachers new to the state standards, focusing on discourse and error analysis.
- Aligned the geometry pacing guide to the state assessment blueprint and shared it with the two neighboring districts in the consortium.
- Wrote the accommodation routines used for students with individualized education programs and section 504 plans in mathematics classrooms.
Mathematics Teacher
Fern Hollow High School, Olympia, WA 2012 to 2016
Taught five sections of Algebra One and Algebra Two, two of them team taught with a special education colleague.
- Held a 92 percent course passing rate across four years in classes with the highest intervention caseload in the building.
- Coached the mathematics club to two regional finals and started a peer tutoring bank staffed by upper class students.
- Served on the committee that selected the current algebra materials after piloting two of the three finalists.
Licensure and Certification
Washington Professional Teaching Certificate, mathematics endorsement, grades five through twelve
National Board Certified Teacher, Adolescence and Young Adulthood Mathematics
Praxis Mathematics Content Knowledge passed at the state qualifying score
Member, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Education
Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, Western Washington University
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Washington State University
Core Skills
Common assessment design · Advanced Placement growth · Teacher induction · Instructional coaching · Data protocols · Multi tiered systems of support · Department budgeting · Curriculum mapping · Master schedule input · PowerSchool reporting