For almost 20 years, I've been transforming schools and organizations. I'm looking for a stable team who's not afraid of success, willing to do the right things for our children.

1. JARRET M. SHARP, Ed. D.
9826 North 56th Avenue
Glendale, Arizona 85302
602.615.5586
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EXPERTISE Executive Public School & Non-Profit Leadership – Policy & Advocacy – Community Engagement
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
notMYkid March 2014 – Aug 2014 CEO
Highly recruited to lead organizational reform and national playbook development. Established departmental; Key Performance Indicators,
job descriptions, professional development goals, and benchmarked financial goals. Spearheaded first ever Role Clarity Project with
Executive Team, Founders, and Board Governance Committee.
• Engineered $300,000 in funding for youth drug abuse prevention education via policy advocacy with AZ Legislature.
• Restructured $2.5 million budget resulting in departmental transparency, quarterly reviews, and new revenue streams.
• Improved partnerships to include City of Phoenix Police, FBI, Arizona Coyotes, over 300 public schools.
BALSZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2011 – 2014 Principal – Crockett Elementary
Recruited to lead a turn-around of one of the nations bottom 5% persistently low-achieving schools. Tasked with managing over 60 federal,
state, private sector & public school performance mandates. Experienced three-year average 5% decrease in teacher retention while
adopting teacher/leader performance evaluations along side draconian budget cuts and two school closures.
• Celebrated an AZLEARNS “B” rating from a Persistently Low-Achieving (“D” rating) status in one year.
• Students from15 nations with 22 languages spoken embraced best practices resulting in Academic Parent Teacher Teams,
Community Outreach Room, Parent Resource Room, and 18 community and private sector collaboratives.
SEQUOIA SCHOOLS 2008 – 2011 Principal – Children First Academy – Phoenix
Lead the first ever County-to-Charter school transition. In less than 90 days, we staffed & outfitted physical facilities for over 400 children of
homeless families. We routed over 1200 weekly miles in transportation routes extending services to more than 200 families.
• Raised $180 thousand in sustainable funding for Expeditionary Learning Schools reform model programming.
• 200% increase in student enrollment engineered through strategic internal and external branding campaigns that.
• Raised over $1.3 million in donations, with a 3-year average of over $40 thousand extra-curricular fund campaign.
JMS RESOURCES 2005 – 2008 Owner/Principal
Hired away from education by successful entrepreneur to pioneer best-practice operational strategies to improve organizational
communications. Streamlined bidding-to-billing pipelines that optimized company resources and led to industry-leading client services.
• Achieved growth of $250,000 gross sales in two months, averaging over $19,000/month in sales over a three year period, and
increasing gross company profits to over 2.5 million in 11 months.
• Directed executive level training in fiscal, organizational, and professional development/planning.
DYSART UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2004 – 2005 Assistant Principal – Countryside Elementary
One of 10 newly hired school administrators tasked with leading the rapid growth of the Dysart District. Managed the fiscal, operational,
athletic, human capital, and instructional processes of a K-8 school with over 1,200 students.
• Specifically responsible for developing, maintaining and drilling school/facilities emergency response plan. Supervision of
classroom management, progressive discipline and school safety.
• Coordinated the development of school within a school articulation, normative group development, schedule facilitation, and
instructional strategies training; resulting in streamlined academic accountability reporting measures.

2. PEORIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2002 – 2004 Assistant Principal – Sky View Elementary
Successfully transitioned from small County schools to an “A” rated district. Managed the literacy intervention, hearing impaired, emotionally
disabled, and athletic programs for a K-8 elementary of over 800 students.
• Supervised K-3 literacy development modules resulting in cutting edge reading intervention programs that improved student
comprehension scores over 30%.
• Executed school culture renewal by articulating traditions, establishing best practices, creating teacher/parent-led committees
that resulted in increased community involvement & higher teacher retention.
MARICOPA COUNTY SCHOOLS 2001 – 2002 Principal – Pappas Elementary
Hired directly from administrative internship into principalship where I served, to that date, as the longest standing principal of TJ Pappas
Phoenix Campus, who’s brief tenure saw 4 school superintendents lead Maricopa County Regional Schools.
• Initiated peer mediation program reducing incidents of school violence by 80%.
• Established cutting edge play therapy partnership with Nana’s Children Foundation, serving over 400 children.
ARIZONA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 1998 – 2003 Sergeant - Team Leader/Forward Observer
At 29 years of age, voluntarily enlisted as a citizen-soldier during Serbian/Bosnian conflict. Trained as BLUFOR and OPFOR at Fort Irwin &
Fort Polk. Assigned to the 11th Armored Calvary Regiment, 1/180th Field Artillery, FIST Detachment as a Fire Support Specialist.
Experienced Unit Deployment during Operation Enduring Freedom.
• Led a team of military personnel in artillery, mortar, close-air, mechanized and direct-fire support.
• Provided intelligence, communications, coordinated direct-fire amongst individual forces, and assisted military services with
any special operational support.
ISSAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 1995 – 2001 Special Educator/Interventionist/Coach
Pueblo del Sol Middle School – Isaac Middle School – Escuela Azteca – Isaac Junior High
• Oversaw classroom management and crisis intervention policies utilized for 8,000+ students (consisting primarily of inner-city/
at-risk students) on a district-wide basis.
EDUCATION
Educational Doctorate in Advanced Educational Leadership ARGOSY UNIVERSITY, 2013
Master of Arts Degree in Education, Special Education CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, 2003
Master of Arts Degree in Education, Curriculum & Instruction CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, 1998
Bachelor of Science in Psychology BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1992
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Mountain Park Health Board of Directors February 2014 - present
Choice Education and Development – Governing Board Member 2008 – 2011
Arizona School Administrators – Member 2008 – 2014
National Association of Elementary School Principals – Member 2008 – 2014
SPEAKING & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Argosy University – Phoenix/4th Annual Research Conference – Leading Arizona Schools with Legal Literacy 2013
Arizona School Administrators – Connections: AZ Law and the Office of Civil Rights on Bullying 2013
Expeditionary Learning/2012 National Conference/Master Class Facilitator
Expeditionary Learning Professional Development – Civil Rights Institute, Outward Bound Sailing, Leading Change
Arizona Charter School Association – National Charter School Lobbyist 2011
Arizona School Administrators – Aspiring Principals Conference – Facilitator 2011