Jodi Black

17422 Durham Ridge Lane, Humble, Texas 77346

Phone: (281) 788-6981 E-mail: jodinotes@yahoo.com

Objective
Dedicated and accomplished educator seeking an assistant principal position

Experience

Oak Forest Elementary, Humble ISD 2007-present

Third Grade Bilingual/ESL Teacher providing meaningful, rigorous, and relevant individualized and small
group differentiated instruction to students in a self-contained classroom setting.
Early Childhood Pre-K Bilingual Summer School Program Educator 2007-present
Providing Kinder readiness instruction in reading, math, science, and social studies to Bilingual Pre-K students.
Atascocita Springs Elementary, Humble ISD 2007-2014
ESL First Grade Teacher. Provided guided reading instruction, writing workshop, math workshop, and integrated
science and social studies instruction to students in a self-contained classroom setting.
Humble Elementary School, Humble ISD 2006-2007
First Grade Two-Way Dual Language Teacher. Created and coordinated a well-balanced and structured classroom
environment differentiated L1 and L2 instruction so that learners received comprehensive academic support.
Pine Shadows Elementary, Spring Branch ISD 2000-2007
Third Grade Bilingual/ESL Teacher 2002-2007
First Grade Bilingual/ESL Teacher 2000-2002
Wilson Elementary School, Houston ISD 1995-2000
Bilingual Kindergarten teacher 1995-2000
Sanchez Elementary School, Houston ISD 1993-1995
First Grade Bilingual/ESL Teacher 1994-1995
Second Grade Bilingual/ESL Teacher

1993-1994

Campus Leadership
Bilingual/ESL Summer School Administrative Intern Summer 2017
Processed summer school enrollment information, organized EOY LPAC information in summer school
cumulative folders, created Pre-K, K, and 1st grade Bilingual and ESL class lists, and supervised p.m. dismissal.
OFE Bilingual/ESL Lead Summer School Contact Summer 2017
Collaborated with Humble ISD Bilingual Coordinators to purchase new supplemental Pre-K, K, and 1st grade
reading material that aligned with curriculum themes. Inventoried, distributed, and collected curriculum
materials. Coordinated summer school documents by distributing and collecting staff summer school surveys
and submitting all educator lesson plans to the district program coordinator.
Oak Forest Elementary Master Schedule 2017
Organized, updated, and revised the OFE Master Schedule. Collaborated with grade level teams using a
Google Doc.s shared file, made final revisions, and edited the master schedule.
Curriculum Writer and Curriculum Presenter 2010-2016
Collaborated with a team of district social studies curriculum writers to update and revise social studies
curriculum documents. Helped distribute surveys in order to conduct a district wide needs assessment, helped
align district resources and integrated social studies TEKS with RELA lessons. Presented curriculum information
and modeled integrated lessons during three Humble ISD PLC sessions.
Beginning Teacher Mentor 2007-2014
Mentored University of Houston Interns and Sam Houston State University Interns in order to help them transition
into competent, effective, and prepared classroom teachers.
First Grade Team Leader 2007-2009
Third Grade Lead Teacher 2004-2007
 Education
University of Michigan, Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, minor in Comparative Lit. 1990
University of Houston, Texas teacher certification coursework 1992
HCC, Texas teacher certification coursework 1992
University of St. Thomas, Master of Education Administration 2017

Certifications and Training Certificates

Texas Teacher Certificate Provisional English Content Area
Classroom Curriculum and Instruction & Provisional Bilingual/ESL
Content Area Classroom Curriculum and Instruction, PreK-6 1993-present
Gifted and Talented Education trained teacher 1995- present
Woodcock Munoz Trained Evaluator 2007-2014
University of St. Thomas Guided Reading and 2002
Reading Intervention trained teacher
University of St. Thomas NJWP Writing Workshop trained teacher 2000

Professional Organizations
ATPE
Teaching Tolerance
ASCD

References
Linda Schmidt, Oak Forest Elementary Principal and Administrative Internship Mentor
OFE, Humble ISD, 612 618 4122, linda.schmidt@humbleisd.net
Laurie Taska, Oak Forest Elementary Assistant Principal
OFE, Humble ISD, 832 549 3482, ltaska@humbleisd.net
Carol Suell, Summer School Principal and Administrative Internship Mentor
OFE, Humble, ISD, 281 703 2468, csuell@humbleisd.net
Matthew Webb, Social Studies Coordinator and Curriculum Writing Team Director
Humble, ISD, 281 536 2485, mdwebb@humbleisd.net

Philosophy of Education
I am an experienced and dedicated educator. Teaching students to understand concepts on a deeper
level has been my mission in life. I believe it is important to encourage all educators and students to
take on challenges, problem solve, and acquire knowledge.

It is my belief that a high quality education is a priceless gift to all learners, and caring teachers can
motivate students to learn, provide positive reinforcement, differentiate instruction, align activities to
match student learning styles, encourage hard work, and reinforce the idea that everyone can set
learning goals and achieve learning goals.

As an administrator, I hope to inspire, motivate, support, and guide teachers to create meaningful
learning experiences for all learners so that students can set goals, attain goals, and achieve success
with rigorous learning standards. My leadership will emphasize the importance of building respectful,
caring, positive, and supportive relationships between educators and students. I believe kind and caring
educators are role models; they help students unlock their true learning potential. In my role as an
administrator, I will hold true to my philosophy of education because I believe in promoting a
collaborative learning environment and providing comprehensive support to all students.