"In addition to extensive knowledge and practical experience, Kristi brings patience, facilitation skills, and special interpersonal skills to bear on any situation. She knows how to get along with others and apply the right approach in any situation. These are learned behaviors that have come from her varied experiences and determination to be effective. She empathizes easily, understands the challenges in education today, and cares deeply about performance and support. Above all she is a learner herself."

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Jim Mahoney- Executive Director,

Emeritus, Battelle for Kids

"Kristi has many attributes that make her an effective leader. Moreover, she has a deep understanding of curriculum and the systems that need to be in place to bring about positive, significant adacemic improvements.   If your district/organization is looking for someone transformational, she is a person who will take your district from good to great."

-Mel Rentschler, Superintendent, Allen East Local Schools

"Kristi has served in a number of diverse educational roles and this enables her to see what it takes to truly improve growth and achievement. She has been an educational consultant, superintendent, director of curriculum and instruction, principal and classroom teacher. This experience enables her to quickly assess a situation, engage people and work toward productive action. Kristi knows what teachers need to be successful and she knows how to connect with them in ways that both support and challenge them. Her mind is very strategic and we relied on her keen ability to assess and make strategic corrections as necessary. Finally, the strength which I believe brings all the other strengths together is that she knows how to connect and relate with people."

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-Brad Mitchell, Managing Director,
Battelle for Kids

"Kristi possesses many skills in the realm of educational leadership, curriculum, administration, and interpersonal relationships that make her effective when addressing the issues that are inherently challenging for every school district.  She develops and maintains strong positive relationships with others with whom she works and will add a very strong and powerful leadership element to the community, staff, and especially the students."

-Robert L. Schwartz, Toledo Public Schools

COMPETENCIES

district and building leadership | human resources and personnel | curriculum development | designing & delivering training | policy and procedure implementation | community engagement | Subject Matter Expert (SME) formative instructional practices | data organization & presentation |needs & task analysis | online teacher practice network | data driven instruction | learner centered instruction |

e-learning design and delivery

“Kristi is always willing to offer support and assist with the work at hand. She seems eager to learn and find ways to apply her knowledge and skills from the field to the work. Amenable to a wide range of assignments--willing to accept new roles and sees these projects as opportunities to expand her knowledge base. Once people get to know Kristi, they immediately witness her passion for education. Kristi seems to be keenly sensitive to school/staff culture from a change leadership perspective. She is thoughtful about how principals and district leaders should introduce the information, as well as how the educators are likely to use the results once they become available.”

-Jamie Meade, Battelle for Kids 

“Kristi does an excellent job in relationship to best practices in the classroom to district level data. She is able to provide her expertise in a manner that helped me understand the process. She is very good at hitting concern areas and then suggesting improvements.” -

 

Anonymous Participant, Leadership Professional Learning 

“Kristi was willing to ‘divert’ from the plan and assess our needs. Multiple participants needed refreshers and better understanding of basic foundational components. She was amazing, patient, flexible and differentiated her teaching ON THE SPOT! She was an example of a GREAT teacher. She really cared about the learning so we could be successful. Thank you for making this meaningful.”

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- Anonymous Participant, Documenting Evidence and Effective Feedback 

“Kristi did a great job presenting the information clearly. Excellent content and resources with very informative and engaging activities. She also asked valuable critical thinking follow-up questions which led to deeper thought on the topics and helped to guide building discussions. Very good at giving answers to some very diverse questions. She listened to our needs and used evidence to address them. Thank you for your patience and interaction with the staff.”

-Anonymous Participant, Introduction to Formative Assessment Practices