1. Ryan
Dent
32432
Perigord
Rd
Winchester,
CA
92596
Phone:
619-­‐254-­‐4895
E-­‐Mail:
ryanpdent@yahoo.com,
ryan.dent@leusd.k12.ca.us
Objective
To
continue
my
contributions
to
mathematics
education
in
a
position
in
which
my
pedagogical
content
knowledge
and
instructional
leadership
experience
combined
with
my
passion
for
depth
in
mathematics
learning
will
have
the
greatest
possible
impact
on
students,
teachers,
administrators
and
the
community
in
which
I
work.
Experience
K-­‐12
District
Mathematics
Administrator
Lake
Elsinore
Unified
School
District
March
2013
to
present
With
large-­‐scale
support
in
my
assignment
as
the
leader
of
our
district
of
24,000
students
in
implementing
the
Common
Core
Standards
for
Mathematics,
including
effective
use
of
technology,
MTSS
and
ELD
integration,
I
stand
out
as
a
true
leader
in
advancing
effective
teaching
and
learning,
through
planning
and
leading
numerous
Common
Core
professional
development
sessions
focused
heavily
on
implementing
the
practice
and
content
standards
for
TK-­‐12,
collaborative
planning
with
teachers
and
administrators
both
district
wide,
developing
our
PLC
model,
coaching
teachers
and
administrators
on
a
regular
basis,
facilitating
lesson
studies,
and
utilizing
the
community
by
building
a
Parent
University
program
to
teach
parents
how
to
help
their
students
at
school
and
home.
Coupling
my
powerful
mathematics
instructional
experience
with
the
innate
ability
to
initiate
and
develop
strong
relationships
with
teachers
and
administrators,
my
success
in
supporting
the
development
of
their
pedagogical
content
knowledge
has
led
to
my
authoring
and
implementation
of
a
3
Year
Professional
Development
Plan
that
focuses
on
deepening
teachers’
mathematical
content
knowledge,
strengthening
beliefs
and
understanding
of
the
power
of
facilitating
meaningful
discourse,
using
and
connecting
multiple
representations,
using
assessment
as
an
integral
part
of
instruction,
developing
the
Universal
Design
for
Learning
Framework,
utilizing
technology
to
promote
reasoning,
problem-­‐solving
and
conceptual
understanding,
and
leveraging
teacher
leaders
to
write
units
that
enhance
our
existing
curriculum.
Principal/Assistant
Principal/District-­‐Wide
Professional
Development
Leader
Lake
Elsinore
Unified
School
District
July
2008
to
March
2013
As
a
Middle
School
Assistant
Principal
and
later
an
Elementary
School
Principal,
I
successfully
facilitated
development
of
curriculum
and
instruction
in
all
content
areas
at
the
schools
I
served
based
on
my
strong
pedagogical
content
knowledge,
instructional
leadership
and
professional
development
experience.
I
was
able
to
build
an
immediate
rapport
at
each
of
the
3
schools,
and
use
trusting
relationships
as
grounds
to
promote
change
in
thinking
and
instruction
in
math
and
science.
Teaching
lessons
for,
and
in
conjunction
with
K-­‐8
general
and
special
education
teachers
was
an
anchor
point
for
allowing
further
discussion
and
coaching
on,
and
change
to
a
student-­‐centered
environment
where
students
are
given
the
opportunity
to
make
sense
of
problems,
construct
viable
arguments
and
critique
the
reasoning
of
others
and
make
connections
to
existing
understandings
to
new
understandings
through
students’
representations
.
District-­‐wide,
I
planned
and
facilitated
professional
development
sessions
in
“Effective
Classroom
Management
Strategies”,
“Teaching
Meaningful
Mathematics
in
a
Student-­‐Centered
Math
Classroom”
and
“Interactive
Notebooks
as
a
Window
into
Student
Thinking”.
6th
/7th
/8th
Grade
Math
and
Science
Teacher/Classroom
Peer
Coach
Wilson
Middle
School,
San
Diego
City
School
District
January
2001
to
June
2005
Warm
Springs
Middle
School,
Murrieta
Valley
Unified
School
District
July
2005
to
June
2008
Beginning
at
Wilson
Middle
School,
shortly
after
developing
my
pedagogy
as
one
that
strives
for
depth
of
understanding
in
mathematical
concepts
and
becoming
a
demonstration
classroom
for
other
teachers
at
Wilson
and
other
schools,
I
was
assigned
by
the
principal
to
begin
peer
coaching
other
math
teachers.
Having
a
strong
foundation
of
teaching
for

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DENT
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understanding
built
from
powerful
professional
development
in
my
earliest
years,
I
regularly
met
and
planned
with
several
teachers
who
were
either
new
or
struggling,
led
lesson
studies,
observed
lessons
and
provided
feedback
and
resources
to
support
teaching
math
in
a
way
that
brought
out
true
meaning
and
understanding
of
the
mathematics.
I
was
able
to
help
teachers
see
how
we
can
use
student
misconceptions
to
pull
out
the
math,
delay
answer-­‐getting
for
the
purpose
of
developing
conceptual
understanding,
and
use
questioning,
student
collaboration
and
consensus-­‐building
to
allow
students
to
think
critically
about
mathematics
and
appropriately
apply
prior
knowledge
to
new
situations.
We
strengthened
writing
in
mathematics
to
extend
beyond
simply
writing
out
procedures,
to
a
vehicle
for
opening
the
window
into
students'
thinking
and
problem-­‐solving
rationale
as
an
informal
assessment
to
guide
our
next
essential
questions.
Major
Presentations
and
Professional
Development
Sessions
Implemented
“Primary
Students
Engaging
In
Powerful
Mathematical
Discourse?!”,
National
Council
of
Teachers
of
Mathematics,
San
Francisco,
CA.
(April
2016
-­‐
scheduled)
“Linking
Proportional
Reasoning
to
Algebraic
Thinking”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(March
2016
-­‐
scheduled)
“Mathematical
Modeling
in
High
School”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(March
2016
-­‐
scheduled)
“Engaging
Primary
Students
in
Discourse
that
Advances
Learning”,
California
Math
Council,
Palm
Springs,
CA.
(November
2015)
“Linking
Number
Sense
and
Operations
to
Algebraic
Thinking”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(December
2015)
“Leveraging
Student
Representations
and
Discourse
to
Advance
Learning
through
Progressions
–
Secondary”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(August
–
December
2015)
“Leveraging
Student
Representations
and
Discourse
to
Advance
Learning
through
Progressions
–
Elementary”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(August
–
December
2015)
“Number
Talks
that
Engage
Students
in
the
Standards
for
Mathematical
Practice”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(December
2015)
“Estimation
as
a
Gateway
to
Number
Sense”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(October
2015)
“Mathematics
Professional
Development
and
Instructional
Materials
Update
for
the
LEUSD
Board
of
Trustees”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(October
2015)
“Using
and
Creating
Virtual
Manipulatives”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(October
2015)
“How
Traditional
Curricula
Can
Demote
Reasoning
and
Problem-­‐Solving,
and
What
to
Do
About
It”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(October
2015)
“Using
Virtual
Tools
to
Promote
Reasoning,
Conceptual
Understanding
and
Problem-­‐Solving”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(August
2015)
“Instructional
Models
that
Engage
Students
in
the
Standards
for
Mathematical
Practice”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(June
2014)
“What
to
Look
for
in
the
Common
Core
Classroom
–
Administrators’
Series”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(October
2014
–
February
2015)
“The
Content
and
Pedagogy
Underlying
the
LEUSD
Instructional
Modules”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(October
2014
-­‐
Present)
“The
8
Standards
for
Mathematical
Practice”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(February
2013
–
August
2015)
“Understanding
the
Common
Core
Standards
for
Math
in
a
Way
that
Helps
your
Child
–
Parent
Series”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(November
2013
–
September
2015)
“A
3-­‐Day
Overview
of
the
Common
Core
Standards
for
Mathematics
–
Middle
School”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(August
2012)
“Four
Levels
of
Learning
–
Holding
Students’
to
a
Higher
Standard”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(August
2012)
“Orchestrating
Productive
Discussions
in
Mathematics
Classrooms”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(August
-­‐
September
2012)
“Integrating
Interactive
Notebooks
with
Problem-­‐Based
Learning”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(August
2011)
“Creating
Student-­‐Centered
Classrooms
as
a
Classroom
Management
System”,
Lake
Elsinore,
CA.
(August
2010)
“Promoting
Discourse
and
Writing
in
Mathematics
as
a
Window
into
Students’
Thinking”,
Murrieta,
CA.
(March
2008)
“Math
Journaling
that
Goes
Beyond
Explaining”,
San
Diego,
CA.
(February
2004)

3. RYAN
DENT
3
Licensures
and
Education
Multiple
Subject
Teaching
Credential,
Professional
Clear
and
NCLB
Compliant
Administrative
Services
Credential,
Clear
Master
of
Education
National
University
San
Diego,
CA
1999
to
2001
B.S.
–
Business
Administration/Economics
Bloomsburg
University
Bloomsburg,
PA
1992
to
1996
Skills
Professional
Development
Leader
–
Since
only
a
short
time
after
beginning
teaching
and
discovering
my
passion
for
high
cognitive-­‐demand
mathematics
instruction,
my
heart
has
always
been
to
share
that
with
others
for
the
purpose
and
hope
of
them
reaching
the
same
level
of
enjoyment
and
fulfillment
of
teaching
as
I
have
experienced,
which
powerfully
translates
to
high
levels
of
student
learning.
Years
of
reviews
and
session
evaluations
continue
to
be
overwhelmingly
positive
as
a
result
of
a
dedication
to
research-­‐based
planning,
a
focus
on
participants
“doing”
not
just
hearing,
speaking
at
a
pragmatic,
sympathetic
and
realistic
level
while
integrating
the
successes,
experiences
and
resources
developed
by
myself
and
others
to
support
teachers’
capacity
to
manifest,
interpret
and
effectively
respond
to
student
thinking.
Mathematics
Content
Specialist
–
Understanding
the
strong
need
for
developing
teachers’
deeper
understanding
of
mathematics
concepts
through
engaging
in
rich
tasks
and
connecting
the
representations
of
others’
thinking,
while
yet
maintaining
the
focus
on
how
our
understandings
impact
students
and
instruction,
I
have
continuously
embedded
content
knowledge
growth
opportunities
in
every
professional
learning
experience
that
I’ve
planned
and
implemented
for
teachers
and
administrators,
in
large
groups
and
small,
as
we
build
capacity
in
our
teachers
to
pose
purposeful
questions
and
select
tasks
that
promote
reasoning
and
problem-­‐solving,
and
support
administrators
in
advancing
the
professional
growth
of
their
staff.
Instructional
Leader
-­‐
A
non-­‐negotiable
focus
on
my
role
as
the
Teaching
and
Learning
Leader
on
each
campus
I’ve
served
has
enabled
teachers
to
become
safely
empowered
to
reflect
on
their
own
instruction
on
a
daily
basis,
deepen
their
thirst
for
professional
growth
through
courageous,
yet
evidence-­‐based
efforts
to
reach
students
more
meaningfully
and
develop
a
culture
of
intense
collaboration
on
what
matters
most
–
powerful
student
learning.
Professional
References
Dr.
Doug
Kimberly,
Superintendent
Kip
Meyer,
Assistant
Superintendent/Personnel
Dr.
Alain
Guevara,
Assistant
Superintendent/Curriculum
and
Instruction
Marybeth
Slane,
Director/Curriculum
and
Instruction