1. Rachel V. Dahill-Fuchel
160 West 85th Street, NY, NY 10024
Phone: 917-613-4013
Email: rachel.dahillfuchel@gmail.com
Professional Experience
District 79, New York City Department Of Education, New York, NY 2013 – Present
Executive Director of Academic Support
• Advise on district-wide curricula
• Support and coach within academic programs
• Create and deliver professional development to District 79 teachers, coaches and administrators
• Write and manage grants
• Lead district-wide Content Leadership Team (in creation of high school equivalency curricula)
• Conceptualize and support arts partnerships district-wide
• Coordinate annual district-wide arts showcase at The Queens Museum
The Global Learning Collaborative, New York, NY 2009 – 2013
Co-Founder, Dean of Students, Assistant Principal
• Successfully collaborated on proposal resulting in creation of a NYC public high school
• Led academic and student support teams with emphasis on social emotional learning and social justice
• Managed partnerships with external service providers
• Implemented Restorative Practices and integral guidance and counseling programs
• Created and taught seminar courses
• Mentored and supervised teachers
UFT Teacher Centers, New York, NY 1997 – 2009
Teacher Center Specialist
• Designed and presented school-based and citywide professional development workshops.
• Operated Teacher Resource Centers at DeWitt Clinton, Louis D. Brandeis & Mott Hall high schools
• Improved public relations between school and community through the composition and
publication of newsletters, press releases and through providing interviews
• Educated teachers, staff and parents about technology, literacy skills and current instructional strategies
New Teacher Academy Teachers College Innovations 2003 – 2007
Instructor
• Provided on-going professional development for New York City’s newest teachers
Metropolitan Corporate Academy High School, Brooklyn, NY 1994 – 1997
Teacher/Administrative Staff
• Developed Diversity Training, Work Prep and school wide curriculum for Advisory
• Taught Humanities, Spanish, Drama and Advisory.
Universidad de Guanajuato Centro de Idiomas, Guanajuato, Mexico 1992 – 1993
Faculty
• Taught Mexican students advanced levels of English
Newman Preparatory School, Boston, MA 1989 – 1992
Teacher/Director of the Peer Leadership Program
• Taught all levels of English to international students representing 40 countries
• Created, developed and delivered a program of Experiential Learning.
• Directed the Peer Leadership program of drug and alcohol education
• Served as Conflict Resolution practitioner and trainer
2. Rachel V. Dahill-Fuchel
Phone: 917-613-4013
Email: rachel.dahillfuchel@gmail.com
160 West 85th Street, NY, NY 10024
Additional Work Experience
MSG Metro Learning Center, New York, NY 1998 – 1999
On-Air Teacher
• Co-produced quality educational programming
• Provided on-air teaching for School’s Out: Art & Humanities Tuesday
Regional, New England 1987 – 1993
Actor/Teacher and Teaching Artist
• Performed and toured with a variety of Improvisational, Educational & Children’s theater companies
California Theater Center, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
Site and Artistic Director
• Directed full production and taught classes in theater to young people
• Responsible for all aspects of administrative oversight of summer arts program
Loon and Heron Theater Company, Brookline, MA 1988
Artist-in-Residence/Program Coordinator
• Taught Theater In Education within local public schools
• Collaborated with school staff and art/academic programs
Thomas Jefferson High School, Brooklyn, NY 1984 – 1986
English and Theater Teacher
• Founded and taught theater program.
• Taught full course load of English, grades 9 - 12
Education
• Advanced Certificate - Administration and Supervision, Fordham University, NY, 1996
• NYC Board of Education Spanish extension, 1993
• Master of Arts - Performance and Theater Education, Emerson College, Boston, MA, 1987
• Bachelor of Arts - English and Theater, Queens College, CUNY, 1982
Awards
• Secured and facilitate Arts Integration Grant for District 79, 2016, 2017, et al
• WESTY Award – for excellence in education. Nominated by Gail Brewer. Awarded by Manhattan Media, 2011
• IMPACT II – National Teachers Policy Institute, Fellowship Recipient
• IMPACT II – NYC Teachers Policy Institute, Inaugural Recipient of Fellowship
Licensing
• New York State and City Certification – Administration and Supervision (SDA)
• New York State and City Certification for Teaching English (6-12)
• Practitioner of Restorative Practices and Guided Discipline
References and Publications available on request
