1. Anna Moore
Qualifications
- Demonstrated leadership capacity
- Demonstrated academic and psychosocial program development, program growth, and strategic
planning in academic settings
- Expertise in human behavior, group dynamics, and personnel management including work with faculty,
students, and parents
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with parents, faculty, staff and students
- Development and guidance of Advisement curriculum for Freshmen
- Expertise in psychology and neuropsychology; licensed psychologist in state of GA
- Successful academic grantsmanship (obtained > $1.2 million in federal funds as Principal Investigator)
Employment History
The Westminster Schools 2010 - Present
Director, Summer School (2013 – present)
Grade Chair, 9th grade girls (2011 – present)
Academic Lead, Concussion Team (2014 – present)
JV Football Cheerleading Coach (2011-2014)
Science teacher (2010 - present)
Trinity School 2008, 2009
Admissions testing
Emory University School of Medicine 2004-2010
Assistant Professor (tenure accruing) of Rehabilitation Medicine (1st woman on tenure accruing line in Division)
Wrote and obtained federal funds for grant supported research on brain function
Assessed, diagnosed, and treated patients with various neuropsychological conditions
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Professional Experience
Summer School Director
- Responsible for hiring and monitoring work quality of all summer school teachers for both Middle and
Upper School programs (25 teachers; 2 interns; approximately 200 students)
- Created new course offerings with substantial student enrollment at first offering
- Implemented new assessment procedure and psychoeducational screening battery to monitor
conditional admissions, establish baseline performance of newly admitted students, and facilitate
tailoring of subsequent classroom work
- Collaboration with multiple school entities including Business Office, Information Technology, Middle
School Administration, Upper School Administration, Admissions, and Marketing and Communications
to create, coordinate and manage a successful program
- Worked with Senior Systems and Westminster staff to program IT infrastructure for course creation,
registration, grading, and integration of summer work into permanent school records
- Facilitated continuity of information flow from Summer Programs to Deans, Grade Chairs, and School
Counselors for students in the Middle School Enrichment program as they transitioned to the
academic year
- Provided tangible support and assistance to Summer School teachers with clear commitment and
focus on empowering those teachers to do their best work
- Responded to and addressed parent concerns about program, teachers, and student performance
- In first year, increased net gain of Summer School by $12,000 over projected profits
Grade Chair
- Oversee all phases of student life for 108 girls in the Class of 2018 including transition from Middle to
Upper School and transition for 14 girls and families new to the Westminster community
- Successful communication with parents over the course of the school year about their student
- Effective communication with parents around issues of social-emotional development and well being
of their child including behavioral issues on campus
- Respond to and serve as “front line” for parent concerns, questions, and feedback regarding school
policy, procedures, etc
- Lead and support 13 Advisors in their work with the academic, extra-curricular, and psychosocial lives
of their advisees
- Collaborate with school counselors, as needed, in management of psychosocial and academic
stressors for students
- Monitor academic progress of students including facilitation of student-teacher dialogue when
needed
- Evaluate applications for Upper School admissions; provide written feedback on applicant fit for
school environment
- Creation and implementation of Shadow Days, Blessing of the Backpacks, and the Freshman
Breakfast as tools to facilitate transition from Middle to Upper School
- Communicate with Director of Studies to facilitate optimal classroom placement for students
Concussion Team, Academic Lead
- Develop school protocol for Return to Learn policy and procedures for students recovering from
concussion. This protocol has been adopted as a model by other schools & healthcare providers
- Provide education and serve as a resource for teachers and coaches on brain injury and recovery
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- Communicate with students, parents, and healthcare providers about student return to our academic
setting
- Direct discussion and help develop protocol for complex concussion recovery profiles and/or for
academically “at-risk” students
Teacher
- Created a dynamic classroom experience using student-centered interests to guide Capstone
project-based work with an emphasis on service learning and community engagement
- Aligned course activities to be consistent with Westminster’s Learning for Life Strategic Plan and
Essential Skills
- Coursework involved deep collaboration with on-campus resources including Glenn Institute and
student engagement across our whole community from Lower School through Upper School
- Active member and regular contributor to weekly meeting of Science Technology Engineering Art &
Math (STEAM) professional learning team
- Fostered class discussions designed to include real world issues including the impact of economics,
religion, racism, and politics on the research and practice of science and medicine while engaging
students in hands-on, lab based approaches to the study of science
Global Online Academy
- Created and taught an online course in neuropsychology. Class consisted of 18 students living across
the globe
- Course I created served as a template for addition of multiple sections of neuropsychology
- Fostered a sense of community and collaboration despite having students on multiple continents
- Collaborated with colleagues around the world in regular online faculty meetings to refine best
teaching methods
Professional Development Facilitator
- Facilitator for EE Ford Foundation Fellowship on The Brain and Learning (2011-2013)
+ Guided small groups of teachers in a collaborative effort between public and private schools
in the Atlanta area as we studied the human brain and applied our studies to Action Research
projects in classroom
+ Presented findings of this work to the Chairman of the Board for EE Ford Foundation
- Invited speaker at several faculty meetings at The Westminster Schools and Pace Academy to foster
learning and conversation about how neuroscience informs teaching and classroom dynamics
- Co-Facilitator of Diversity and Inclusion training for new faculty
Additional Accomplishments
- TEDx Buckhead, January 25, 2013. Invited speaker. Purpose, Learning, and Power
- Co-creator of a year-long parent educational seminar series covering topics including: the teenage
brain, fostering GRIT and growth mindset in students, time management, and stereotype threat/
identity development
- Presenter to Cornerstone Society Reception at The Westminster Schools, Spring 2014
- Over 100 local, national, and international presentations on the human brain and human behavior
- Stanley H. King Counseling Institute participant (August 2014)
- Numerous peer reviewed publications in scientific journals and guest editorships
- 2 published book chapters on brain function
