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Sam Zakaria

Assistant Principal School Operations & Administration
Jacksonville, Florida
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zakariao82@gmail.com
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9048877478
An innovative school administration leader with a knack for identifying opportunities for curriculum planning and improvements. My experience in curriculum development, education policies and programs, and academic progress tracking make me the best candidate for the position of school Principal. I successfully completed the principal eligibility screening for Duval County Public Schools.
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Work Experience

Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts

Assistant Principal
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Jul 2016 - Current

Assistant Principal of Student Services, Public Relations Lead, Communications Lead, Academic Progress Tracking for Middle School Academic Review team, Positive Behavior Intervention Support Lead Assistant Principal, Title 1 Lead Assistant Principal,

  • Academic Program and Policies-developed, implemented, and guided a highly structured, focused, and meaningful professional learning community by subject area (PLC) and grade level. Lead the creation of a plan utilizing multiple assessments to improve academic performance and close the achievement gap, resulting in improved teaching practices and improved learning outcomes.
  • Academic Progress Tracking- Lead the creation of the Middle School Academic Review Team to identify and target specific support for students.
  • Academic Progress Tracking- Lead Assistant Principal for state accountability in Social Science subject area exams. Established weekly protocol to identify students needing the greatest level of support for Civics and United States History. Additionally lead the creation of a increased communication plan, helping families to receive weekly communication on their students progress on content benchmarks.
  • Academic Program and Policies- Impact student achievement on state end of course exams by leading subject area teachers through common assessment item analysis.
  • Academic Program and Policies- Developed school wide E.S.E. (Exceptional Student Education) Survival Guide, identifying common accommodations with practical advice for implementation. This helped to mitigate risk of litigation and due process complaints.
  • Academic Policies & Programs- Head of middle school academic magnet program.
  • Academic Program and Policies- Instructional leader by example; meet with social science teachers weekly reviewing content, analyzing data, identifying student needs necessary for success on specific benchmarks, and establishing lessons to be taught that are aligned with those needs.
  • Operations Expert- Designed a digital distribution system to ensure just in time delivery of textbooks and instructional materials. Reducing the wait time for delivery while improving the quality control of inventory record keeping.
  • Operations Expert- Redesigned transportation procedures for buses, improving arrival time for students and reducing disruption to homes neighboring Darnell-Cookman. Student discipline experienced a reduction of code of conduct violations before and after school.
  • Program Budgeting- Lead Assistant Principal for extended day program.
  • Teacher Mentoring and Development- create and implement professional development for weekly professional learning communities to improve and enhance instruction in the classroom.
  • Facilitated the development of a shared vision that fostered a Professional Learning Community centered around achievement of all students, allowed for a common focus, and put a process in place to assess the school’s needs, determine areas of focus, and align resources in order to drive student achievement.
  • Culture and Community Builder- Webmaster for Darnell-Cookman. Redesigned existing website to enhance user experience and communication.
  • Culture and Community Builder- Lead stategic partnership with the United States Navy through the Service Science Medicine Mentoring. Providing a 5 day intership for Darnell Cookman students on the campus of Naval Hospital Jacksonville.
  • Public and Community Relations- Created the DConnect weekly Podcast. The Podcast engages the community through an unconventional medium, increasing communication between the school and stakeholders.

Educational Testing Services, Princeton, NJ- Virtual Location November

Test Rater
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Jul 2015 - Current

Online test rater for E.T.S.

  • ELPAC Test Rater
  • Advanced Placement Seminar Rater
  • Advanced Placement Research Rater

Atlantic Coast High School - Duval County Public Schools

Assistant Principal
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Jun 2011 - Jul 2016

Assistant Principal of Student Services, Advanced Placement Honors Academy Coordinator, Advanced Placement Capstone Administrator, Admissions and Student Enrollment, Curriculum Planning and Development, Staff Mentoring and Development

  • Teacher Mentoring and Development- Created the Atlantic Coast High School Innovation Board as a community to identify and distribute technology solutions to common instructional challenges. Through an analysis of Gallup Poll Survey data, targeting areas of high need and established a program to promote cultural growth.
  • Instructional Leader- Promoted the implementation of on site professional development. Established a format to capture the highest rated resources from the Innovation Board, then developed high impact instructional development opportunities for the faculty.
  • Academic Progress Tracking and Culture and Community Builder- Created Youth of Today. A school wide positive behavior management plan to increase student performance. This was the first program to blend academics with athletics to increase student and teacher motivation.
  • Instructional Leader/Culture and Community Builder/Operation Expert- Lead Assistant Principal for Advanced Placement Honors Academy. Leading recruitment and expansion of the program for Atlantic Coast. Lead Assistant Principal for A.P. Capstone. Atlantic Coast was one of fewer than 200 high schools in the United States to offer A.P. Capstone.
  • Culture and Community Builder- Established partnership with educational technology companies to secure resources for students and teachers at Atlantic Coast.
  • Culture and Community Builder/ Talent Manager- Lead contact for partnerships with Web.com, Big Brother Big Sisters, Take Stock in Children, Citi Bank, and Bank of America.
  • Operations Expert- Textbook manager, locker management and distribution, and transportation management
  • Culture and Community Builder- Proper Channel Featured User for work inside of my school and the community. Proper Channel is like Wikipedia for Workflows - http://blog.properchannel.co/
  • Academic Progress- participated as content area expert to hire a team of teachers to create Duval County common assessments.

Paxon School for Advanced Studies- Duval County Public Schools

Advanced Placement/ International Baccalaureate Teacher
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Oct 2005 - Jun 2011

Successfuly instructed the following courses: Keystone, Economics Honors, Government Honors, Advanced Placement Human Geography, and International Baccalaureate World Geography.

  • Teacher of the year Paxon School for Advanced Studies 2009-2010
  • Teacher of the year nominee 2007-2008, 2008-2009
  • Lead facilitator Duval County Public Schools Advanced Placement Human Geography Courses 2009-2011
  • Faculty governance board member and Vice Chair 2009-2011.
  • Clinical Educational Trainer 2008-2009, 2009- 2010, and 2010-2011.

Education

University of New England

Master of Science Educational Leadership
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Jul 2009 - May 2011

4.0 Grade point average

University of North Florida

Bachelor of Arts Political Science with Minor in Religious Studies
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Aug 2001 - Aug 2005

3.42 Grade point average

Projects

Education Hunt

Chief Content Writer
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May 2015 - Current

Education Hunt delivers Education Technology "Field Notes" each week. 2 high-impact Education Technology resources with 1 intriguing site from around the web.

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/greaterthan1000

Ignite Duval

Creator
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Jun 2014 - Nov 2015

Created Ignite Duval. A web design boot camp for young adults 17-21 in North Florida. Young adults learn how to create a professional website using WordPress. A local small business is introduced. Students build a free or low-cost​ website for a deserving small business. Students gain a technical skill, small businesses gain a digital footprint, project-based​ learning simplified.

Skills

  • Successful Completed Principal Eligibility Screening- February 2016- April 2019
  • Certifications- School Principal All Levels, Educational Leadership All Levels, Social Science 6-12, Professional Crisis Management
  • Guest Featured Blogger Creative Coast- "Look for Opportunities to Fail" https://www.thecreativecoast.org/look-for-opportunities-to-fail/#.VkFcx9KrRnI
  • 2015-2016 P.B.S. Local Innovator
  • 1 Million Cups Savannah, Ga. Presenter- selected from history of community and the creation of Ignite Dvual
  • Teacher of the Year 2009-2010
  • Teacher of the Year Nominee 2007, 2008
  • Web Hosting, Graphic Design, Copy Writing
  • WordPress implementation and theme customization
  • Public Speaking