Detailed Professional Resume

1. S. Carattini Curriculum Vitae 1
Professional Curriculum Vitae
Sherelyn J. Carattini (Sherri)
PO Box 51 - Nenana, AK 99760 - (505) 399-0248 (Cell)
email: scarattini37@gmail.com
Professional Experience Summary:
• K-12 Principal: Nenana City Public School, Nenana, AK
o Nenana City School District, July 2013 – present
• Elementary Principal: Juan de Onate Elementary School, Gallup, NM
o Gallup McKinley County School District, July 2012 – June 2013
• High School Assistant Principal: Tohatchi High School, Tohatchi, NM
o Gallup McKinley County School District, July 2011 – July 2012
• Instructional Coach: Tse’Yi’Gai High School, Pueblo Pintado, NM
o Gallup McKinley County School District, September 2010 – July 2011
• Middle School English Teacher: Crownpoint Middle School
o Gallup McKinley County School District, August 2008 – September 2010
• Assistant Director: Double Six Art Gallery/Art & Artifacts Museum, Grants, NM
o January 2007 – July 2008
• Middle School English & Social Studies Teacher: Commerce Middle School, Yonkers, NY
o Yonkers Public School District, September 2004 – March 2006
• High School English Teacher: Yonkers Middle High IB School, Yonkers, NY
o Yonkers Public School District, January 2003 – August 2004
• High School English Teacher: MLK, Jr. High School of Arts & Technology, New York, NY
o New York City Public Schools, August 2002 – December 2002
• High School English Teacher: Academy of Mt. St. Ursula, Bronx, NY
o Private School, August 1999 – July 2002
• Media Lab Instructor: Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
o January 1996 - July 1999
• Studio Production Manager: New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY
o January 1995 – December 1995
Degrees:
• MA in Educational Leadership
WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, New Mexico
Degree Awarded May 2013, 4.0 GPA
• MST Degree in Secondary English
IONA COLLEGE, New York
Degree Awarded August 2001, 3.73 GPA
• MA Degree (with Distinction) in Communication (TV/Media Management)
NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, New York
Degree Awarded December 1995, 3.89 GPA
• BS Degree (Summa Cum Laude) in Communications Media, Minor in Law
KENNESAW STATE COLLEGE, Georgia
Degree Awarded June 1994, 3.95 GPA

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Certifications:
• AK Type B Principal PreK-12; expires 8/25/2020
• NM Level 3-B Pre-K-12 Administrative License; expires 6/30/2020
• NM Level 3-A Certification (English/Social Studies); expires 6/30/2018
• NYS Permanent Certification in Secondary School English
• NYS School Building Leader Initial Certificate; expires 1/31/2020
Professional Credits:
• Seminar in Educational Leadership
University of Alaska Anchorage, 2016, 3 graduate credits
• Creating Culturally Responsive Schools
Alaska Pacific University, 2014, 3 graduate credits
• Alaska Alive
Alaska Pacific University, 2013, graduate credits
Other Education:
• ATLANTA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Atlanta, Georgia
Liberal Arts Studies in Music and Christian Education, 1990 – 1991
• MUSIC BUSINESS INSTITUTE, Atlanta, Georgia
Liberal Arts Studies in Audio and TV Production, and Media Management, 1985 – 1986
Professional Memberships:
• ASCD
• NASSP
• AKASSP

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Comprehensive School Administrative Experience (full time):
NENANA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AK
Principal & Instructional Leader, NENANA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL (K-12), July 2013—Present
Responsibilities include:
• Work directly with District Superintendent to oversee the management of school business operations,
and to ensure all educators are actively supporting the school’s mission, vision, and goals for students.
• Work in partnership with the District Finance Manager to maintain operational and grant budgets.
• Work in partnership with the Special Education Director to ensure students with Individual Education
Plans (IEPs) are receiving appropriate services and interventions, and serve as the key administrator
on record for all Special Education IEP meetings.
• Work in partnership with Nenana School District Cyberlynx home school principal to coordinate
staffing, district-wide benchmark testing, and dual enrollment options.
• Work in partnership with the Director and Associate Director of the Nenana Student Living Center,
which boards up to 100 9-12 students from all over Alaska, to provide resident students appropriate
enrichment and academic opportunities and supports that help them adjust to life away from home.
• Work in partnership with the District STEM Director/Alaska Native Education (ANE) Grant Project
Director to ensure ANE funds are being utilized effectively to maintain the school’s STEM focus,
provide STEM education to Native students, and to ensure that current projects (the Aviation
Pathway, the Biomedical Pathway, the Technology Pathway, and the implementation of Project Lead
the Way) are progressing as planned.
• Work in Partnership with 21st
Century Community Learning Center (21CCLC) Grant Director to
ensure appropriate academic and enrichment activities are provided to students in the after school
program.
• Work in Partnership with Elementary and Secondary school counselors to ensure students are
receiving effective and healthy socio-emotional, behavioral, and career counseling services.
• Support ongoing partnerships with the University of Anchorage Fairbanks (UAF), Western Oregon
University (WOU), and other colleges and universities to provide internships and dual credit
opportunities for students and provide professional development opportunities for staff.
• Provide, present, and/or facilitate relevant teacher and staff professional development aligned to
Alaska Teacher Evaluation requirements. These trainings include STEM training provided by Idaho
National Laboratory, Understanding by Design (UbD) Unit Planning that incorporates project-based
learning, project-based/inquiry-based instruction, Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM)
instruction, 21st Century Skills, the Alaska State ELA/Math/Literacy/Cultural Standards, Response to
Intervention (RtI) strategies, PBIS, Differentiated Instruction, creating Smart Goals, ALICE and
Verbal Judo training, the CANVAS Learning Management System, using new school-adopted
technology, Trauma-Informed Instruction, Grit-and-Growth Mindset, Socio-Emotional Learning,
Anchor training and ROY-G-BIV practices provided by Brightways Learning, teaching students of
poverty, Special Education and Inclusion, Crisis Prevention and Response, implementing Project Lead
the Way in all grades, creating opportunities for Personalized Learning, creating Centers of
Excellence, integrating Intensive Courses into the general school calendar, and keeping current with
on-going Federal and State educational policies and initiatives.
• Collaborate with nearby school districts, Denali National Park, and Alaska Geographic to provide
additional teacher enrichment and professional development opportunities.
• Collaborated with Denali Borough School District to provide full day combined in-service
opportunities for all teachers and staff from both districts in which administrators and teachers from
both districts facilitated breakout trainings throughout the day.
• Served as a mentor for an on-staff administrative intern completing her requirements to receive
administrative certification.
• Provide weekly collaborative time for teachers and staff.

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• Prepare, write, and present monthly school board reports and/or school board work session
presentations.
• Oversee all student discipline issues utilizing Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) strategies
school-wide to alleviate behavioral issues in the classroom. Currently working a plan to include
Restorative Justice practices as part of the disciplinary process.
• Provide school-wide benchmark testing to be used to inform teacher instruction. In previous years,
contracted with Discovery Education. This year, Nenana City School will contract with Northwest
Evaluation Association (NWEA) to administer Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments
during the 2017-2018 school year.
• Serve as a member of the school’s Crisis Prevention Team.
• Supervise 17 certified teachers and five classified staff.
• Wrote and annually revise the school’s teacher and student handbooks.
• Transformed the school teaching culture by promoting the concept of teacher-leaders and encouraging
certain teachers to take on leadership roles, which led to creating and currently serving on the School
Leadership Team. As a team, we work together on school initiatives and projects including
implementing an alternative Friday schedule that offers students opportunities to engage in Centers of
Excellence and tutoring/study hall opportunities, planning and organizing parent and community
activities and events, planning and providing trainings that support school initiatives, developing
schedules that provide students with numerous instructional opportunities and, most recently, we are
working on forming a Parent Advisory Committee and developing a school-wide Personalized
Learning Model.
• Instituted teacher accountability practices in which teachers are given greater autonomy in the
classroom (as long as plans and teaching reflect current Alaska State Standards), and in which
teachers expected to take greater responsibility in managing classroom rules, norms, and behaviors.
• Using the Alaska State Standards for Teachers as a guideline, promoted, encouraged, and set high
expectations for teacher effectiveness. Effectiveness is evaluated by conducting regular informal and
formal classroom observations utilizing the Charlotte Danielson rubric; providing relevant and regular
positive feedback and/or suggestions for improvement; providing professional training opportunities
in classroom management, pedagogy, and best practices; coaching and mentoring new teachers and
staff; and helping all teachers and staff create a positive school culture committed and dedicated to
serving students.
• Instituted peer mentoring opportunities in which teacher leaders worked with new teachers,
acclimating and supporting them as they transitioned into a new teaching assignment.
• Instituted “peer observations” as a means for teachers to provide non-evaluative feedback to one
another and engage in collegial conversations about best practices.
• Took part in the nomination of teachers to receive awards, which resulted in one teacher winning the
BP Teacher of Excellence Award, one teacher coming in third place for the Alaska Teacher of the
Year Award, two teachers nominated for the CTE New Teacher of the year award with one of them
winning, and monthly school-site Certificates of Appreciation for teachers and staff exhibiting
excellence.
• In partnership with the high school social studies teacher, developed a Student Council course where
students learn about the principles of local, state, and national government as well as community
service and citizenship.
• Work in partnership with parents, community members, tribal leaders, local businesses, and local law
enforcement and service organizations to ensure students, families, and the school properties are all
safe.

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• Participate in self professional development opportunities including attending the annual Alaska
Principal’s Conference, attending the annual Staff Development for Educators (SDE) National
Differentiated Instruction Conference, attending the Alaska Society for Technology in Education
(ASTE) Leadership Summit, attending the annual Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development (ASCD) National Empower Conference in March 2017, and enrolling at a school site-
based University of Alaska Seminar in Educational Leadership course.
• Provide positive, open-door customer service to all visitors, parents, faculty, staff, and students.
GALLUP MCKINLEY COUNTY SCHOOLS, NM
Principal, JUAN DE OÑATE ELEMENTARY (Pre-K through 5th
) SCHOOL, July 2012–June 2013
Responsible for overseeing and/or completing all administrative functions, including:
• Supervised all faculty and staff, including completing annual evaluations on all certified and classified
staff in a school of over 300 students.
• Worked in partnership with the district’s Learning Services Department to provide obtain supports
and trainings for new teachers (including assignment of district mentors and instructional coaches).
• Led a drive to provide innovative and modern learning opportunities to students by forming an
informal partnership with Expeditionary Learning, which provided teachers and staff training in how
to utilize project-based and inquiry-based instruction methods using Expeditionary Learning’s Core
Values.
• Trained teachers in the innovative Understanding by Design (UbD) “backwards” unit and lesson
planning framework and implemented its use school-wide.
• Sought out and provided trainings to support the adopted curriculum and district initiatives including
Positive Behavior Intervention Supports (PBIS), Response to Intervention (RtI), Sheltered Instruction,
and Examining Student Work.
• Trained Language Arts and Math goal team leaders in how to sign in, maintain, and regularly update
the school’s Education Plan for Student Success (EPSS) housed within the New Mexico Public
Education Department’s WEB EPSS Program.
• Worked with Grade Level teams to rewrite/revise curriculum maps and lesson plans to align with the
newly adopted Common Core Standards and the school’s 2012-2013 Education Plans for Student
Success (EPSS).
• Served as an active member of the school’s Building Leadership Team, assisting goal team leaders in
collecting data and developing action plans to improve student learning.
• Oversaw all budget accounts, including Title I, JOM, Capital Outlay, and other funds in order to
enable the school to purchase necessary supplies and equipment.
• Managed and maintained all student discipline incidents and issues in order to promote a safe and
drug-free environment for all students and staff.
• Worked directly with the district’s Hearing Authority Officer when dealing with serious and/or illegal
school violations.
• Rewrote the school’s 2012-2013 Safety Plan, and worked directly with custodians and the school
safety team to proactively seek out and correct campus safety concerns.
• Rewrote the school’s Faculty/Staff and Parent/Student Handbooks for the 2012-2013 school year.
• Served as the key administrator on record for all Special Education Individual Educational Plan (IEP),
Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP), and Manifestation Determination meetings.
• Wrote and prepared school-site and district reports and presentations.
• Served as an active member of the school’s Advisory School Council, partnering with community
members, parents, and staff to create a proactive, productive, and student-centered professional
learning community.

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GALLUP MCKINLEY COUNTY SCHOOLS, NM
Assistant Principal, TOHATCHI HIGH SCHOOL, July 2011–July 2012
Responsible for overseeing and/or completing the following administrative functions:
• Supervised, evaluated, and coached 21 teachers and one secretary.
• Regularly acted as principal-in-charge due to extensive absences by the principal.
• Provided required support and assistance to the principal as expected and/or requested, including
writing and preparing school-site and district reports and presentations.
• Assisted the principal in acquiring and budgeting Title I, JOM, Capital Outlay, and other funds in
order to enable the school to purchase necessary supplies and equipment.
• Managed and maintained all student discipline incidents and issues in order to promote a safe and
drug-free environment for all students and staff.
• Worked directly with the district’s Hearing Authority Officer when dealing with serious and/or illegal
school violations.
• Served as a member of the GMCS Student Discipline Handbook Committee, headed by the GMCS
office of the Hearing Authority, to revise district student discipline policies for 2012-2013.
• As creator and chair of the school Safety Team, single-handedly wrote the school’s Safety Plan, which
was then reviewed and adopted by the team and the school community, as well as continued to work
directly with custodians and school safety officers to proactively seek out and correct campus safety
concerns.
• As creator and chair of the Student Recruitment and Retention Team, continuously worked to provide
programs and incentives to attract new student enrollment as well as encourage current student
retention.
• Served as an active member of the school’s Building Leadership Team, assisting the principal and
goal team leaders in collecting data and developing action plans to improve student learning.
• Served as an active member of the school’s Advisory School Council, partnering with community
members, parents, and staff in assisting the principal in creating a proactive, productive, and student-
centered professional learning community.
• Trained goal team leaders on how to sign in, maintain, and regularly update the school’s Education
Plan for Student Success (EPSS) within the New Mexico Public Education Department’s WEB EPSS
Program.
• Utilized my experience as an Instructional Coach to create and chair the Sheltered Instruction
Operational Protocol (SIOP) Goal Team in order to provide teacher training in using SIOP
differentiation instructional strategies in the classroom to improve student learning. This resulted in a
significant increase from 7% proficiency in Language Arts on the district’s first quarter Measured
Progress Short Cycle Assessment (SCA) to 54% proficiency on the second quarter SCA, as well
similar increases in math proficiency. Since the Measured Progress assessments are equivalent to the
New Mexico Standards Based Assessments (NMSBA), this increase provided teachers with an
encouraging prediction of the spring 2012 NMSBA scores, which was verified upon receipt of
NMSBA scores. As a result, Tohatchi High School won a district award for greatest growth among
high schools for the 2011-2012 school year.
• Served as the key administrator on record for all Special Education Individual Educational Plan (IEP),
Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP), and Manifestation Determination meetings.
• Worked directly with the district’s Special Educational Coordinator in order to improve the school’s
special education services to students via trainings for both special education teachers and general
education teachers in the inclusion classroom model, classroom management strategies for inclusion
classes, and the importance in providing accommodations to students with IEP’s.
• Revised the school’s Faculty/Staff handbook and Parent/Student handbook for the 2012-2013 school
year.
• Introduced and implemented Positive Behavior Intervention Supports to assist teachers with
classroom management issues.

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• Served as the first-responder in addressing parent or community member complaints, as well as
addressed unsatisfactory behaviors exhibited by faculty and staff, by following the appropriate GMCS
Personnel Department’s policies and procedures.
• Actively participated in the student scheduling process for the 2012-2013 school year in order to
ensure all students were on track with credits required for graduating on time.
• Other duties included maintaining and programming the school’s bell schedule; maintaining and
monitoring the school’s security camera system; assisting students with appropriate bus
transportation; overseeing the school’s In-School Suspension program; and implementing a warm and
friendly open-door policy that helped to improve overall faculty, staff, parent, community, and student
morale.
Teaching Experience (full time):
GALLUP MCKINLEY COUNTY SCHOOLS, NM
Instructional Coach, TSE’YI’GAI HIGH SCHOOL, Sep 2010–Jul 2011
SUPERVISOR: Chris Spade, Principal (Retired)
Provided training, support, and coaching services to teachers. Organized and planned professional
development activities, analyzed data with teachers to help them improve classroom instruction, assisted
the principal with administrative functions, modeled researched-based instructional strategies,
performed classroom walkthroughs and provided timely and constructive feedback to teachers, applied
the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) systems approach in all classrooms, oversaw the colleague mentoring
program, and served as an advocate for teachers and their needs. Also, served as the senior class
sponsor, as an advisor for the school EPSS goal teams, as a member of the parent involvement goal
team, and as a member of the Building Leadership Team.
GALLUP MCKINLEY COUNTY SCHOOLS, NM
Teacher (Secondary English), CROWNPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL, Aug 2008–Sep 2010
SUPERVISOR: John Bryant, Principal (Deceased)
In 2008-2009, taught 8th Grade English integrating New Mexico Standards, the district pacing guide,
and the PDSA format for preparing and implementing lessons; used the ACE Rubric, the Six Traits
Rubric, Curriculum Based Measures (CBMs), NMSBA results, Learnia results, and reading level
indicators to develop, implement, and analyze class assessments; was an active member of the Language
Arts Goal Team and the advisor for the School Newspaper; Served as the Student Assistant Team
(SAT) chair; served as the 21st Century Community Learning Center Site Coordinator from January-
May 2009. Collaborated with the Double Six Art Gallery in Grants in order to exhibit student art
projects completed as a class assignment; a special public reception was scheduled for those students,
their parents, and the community to view these projects, which were displayed on the gallery’s student
art wall for three months.
YONKERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Yonkers, NY
Teacher (Secondary English/Social Studies), COMMERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, September 2004–
March 2006 SUPERVISOR: Keith Fields, Principal, 914-376-8177
Taught 7th grade English, 7th grade Reading and Literacy, and 7th grade Social Studies. Served as a
member of the AP Vertical Team for the 7th grade.

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YONKERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Yonkers, NY
Teacher (Secondary English)
YONKERS MIDDLE HIGH INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE SCHOOL,
January 2003–August 2004
SUPERVISOR: Ralph Vigliotti, Principal, 914-376-8200
Taught the English 10 Pre-IB (International Baccalaureate) and English 11 Regents courses, following an
outlined curriculum designed to meet the IB and Regents standards for New York State. Taught the 45-
hour After School Academy (Spring 2003), a remedial class designed for 9th and 10th grade students
who were failing their regular English classes. Attended an IB training seminar in February 2003, at
which time I became a certified IB Instructor for the high school, and participated in the AP Vertical
Team Summer Institute in June 2004, whereupon I became an initial member for the district. Also, in
2003-2004, was advisor for the HS Academic Bowl.
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HIGH SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY,
New York, NY
Teacher (Secondary English, August – December 2002
Taught 9th grade English (and was instrumental in designing the 9th Grade Language Arts curriculum) in
this brand new innovative school created to provide a more positive learning environment for its students.
Participated in block/team teaching in which, via a smaller learning community model, the individual
needs of each student became the priority of every teacher. In this model, each teacher was assigned a
specific group of students to mentor and to collaborate with their parents.
ACADEMY OF MOUNT SAINT URSULA, Bronx, NY
Teacher (Secondary English), 1999 - 2002
In an all-female, private, college preparatory setting, instructed courses in English 9, English 10 and 10
Honors (British Literature), as well as the Senior English elective courses Women in Literature and
Mythology. Guided and advised in the development and completion of the Senior Research Paper, a
graduation requirement for each student. Also, served three years as advisor for the Instructional
Television (ITV) club, and worked one year as assistant coach for the track team.
IONA COLLEGE, New Rochelle, NY
Media Lab Instructor, 1996 - 1999
Responsible for the Communication Arts Department television and radio production facility. Oversaw
all student radio and television in-studio productions. Taught all video production students in the use of
production equipment and in the operation and techniques of straight-cut television editing and audio
mixing. Oversaw the ordering, installation, maintenance, and repair of all production equipment.
NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, New York, NY
Production Manager, 1995 - 1996
Responsible for the NYIT Communication Arts Department television, film, and radio production
facility. Oversaw every in-studio production produced for class, portfolio, or professional purposes.
Trained and advised professors, teaching assistants, and students in the operation and use of all studio
equipment as well as oversaw the ordering, installation, maintenance, and repair of all studio
equipment. Analyzed and critiqued story ideas, script formats, mise en scene, and editing techniques.
Hired, scheduled, supervised, and trained all teaching assistants. Assigned full-time professors, as well
as myself, to give recruitment lectures and presentations at other colleges and high schools.