Thomas J. Kadelbach
EDUCATIONAL LEADER & CONSULTANT
US & MX Address available upon request
MX
Email:
Current City:
Mexico City, MX
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Other Cities Called Home:
Oakland, USA; Madrid, Spain; Los Angeles, USA; San Diego, USA;
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Date of Birth:
May 20, 1965
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DEFINING WORK EXPERIENCES
2021-Current
General Curriculum Director and Middle & Upper School Head
COLEGIO MERICI
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Designed and implemented a COVID policy to ensure ongoing quality student learning no matter the learning modality (hybrid, 100% online, or 100% in person)
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Designed, convened, led, and developed a cross-school Technology Task Force that has created a three-year proposal designed to encourage Digital Creative Thinking and further the schools' direction and leadership in Inclusión and Problem-Based Learning with Design Thinking that is built on an Apple architecture, hardware, and applications.
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Currently collaborating and leading the academic aspects to create a Strategic Plan for Colegio Merici
2019-2021
MS Principal
PETERSON SCHOOLS
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Design and implement All-in-One Learning Program for world-class student learning and wellbeing for multiple delivery configurations during the pandemic (Remote Learning, Overview, Details)
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Collaboratively develop the annual professional development goals, agendas, and content with four strands: Strategic Initiatives, Department Collaborative Work, Teacher Self-Directed Learning, and Government Requirements
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Oversee planning, instruction, and assessment to ensure personalized, constructivist student learning that privileges high academic rigor, student choice, engagement, and wellbeing in a 100% online delivery platform
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Build out and oversee an advisory program based on equity, inclusion, Restorative Practices, and student voice to promote student academic and social-emotional growth and healthy living
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Ensure innovation within existing programs and new offerings to achieve Peterson Schools Mission & 2030 Strategic Plan and assess effectiveness through ongoing and end of cycle quantitative and qualitative evaluation
2017-2018
Chief Academic Officer
DOWNTOWN COLLEGE PREP
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Led with an equity lens the collaborative development and socialization of the 2018-2023 Education Division Theory of Action to align resources toward our measurable strategic goals through a co-development process with site strategic planning and budget allocations​
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Ensured that all Education Division policies, practices, goals, planning, curriculum, instruction, and evaluation were based on and actively promoted equity, diversity, cultural relevance, and social justice for students and all stakeholders across all schools
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Facilitated, fostered, and innovated on the DCP instructional model in collaboration with principals, coordinators, department heads, and teachers
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Re-designed the strategic planning and budget process in collaboration with the Executive Team to increase transparency and participation in these processes with stakeholder groups across the organization
2008-2015
MS/HS Principal
ASPIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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Ensured and achieved 100% 4-year college acceptance for all graduates every year and increased the percentage of students attending the top 100 US Universities
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Built a school culture that dismantled the school to prison pipeline through Social Justice and Restorative Practices to reduce classroom disruptions by 40%, fights by 75%, and suspensions by 16%.
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Developed rigorous, care-focused, culturally sensitive, and equity-based teacher development and support programs to rapidly increase student learning and reduce teacher burnout and turnover
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Oversaw the transition from state to Common Core standards and all related system and resource alignment to ensure continued student success
1998-2005
Director
ORACLE CORPORATION
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Founded the Oracle Academy, a corporate philanthropy program to teach high school students database and Java programming, from inception to 30 states, eight countries and reaching over 6,000 students
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Oversaw the redesign of the corporate curriculum to increase student choice through project-based learning and hands-on practice with real-world learning
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Designed an innovative teacher development program that paired corporate trainers and experienced high school teachers to deliver industry cutting-edge real-world preparation with best practice pedagogies from education
EDUCATION: Degrees & Credentials
DEC 2020
Master's Degree
CSU, East Bay
MS in Educational Leadership
MAY 2019
Preliminary Administrative Credential
CSU, East Bay
Certificate of Eligibility. Conferred May 1, 2019
Through JUNE 2027
Teaching Credential
LAUSD
District Intern Program. Conferred July 1, 1995
MAY 1990
Bachelor's degree
BIOLA UNIVERSITY
BA in Humanities with an emphasis in History
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Google Certified Educator - Level 1&2
IB - Una Introducción al Módulo Curricular del PEP
Leading for Equity
Primeros Auxilios Nivel Básico
Racismo en México
Google Project Management Certificate - April 2022
Apple Teacher
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Coaching para el desarrollo de equipos
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El Coaching para potenciar y retroalimentar el Liderazgo
English - Native Speaker C2
Spanish - Fluent C1
EXPERTISE
I'M AN EDUCATOR
Engaging and motivating educator who is sensitive to learner’s needs while creating a trajectory toward long-term goals through short-term objectives and outcomes and formal and informal assessments
I'M A COACH
Proven ability to collaboratively coach excellence in others in complex relationships and situations through the use of six lenses: Inquiry, Adult Learning, Change Management, Systems Thinking, Systemic Oppression, and Emotional Intelligence
I'M A LEADER
Human-centered and goal-oriented leader focused on achievement through instructional excellence, strategic, technical, and equity leadership, and cultural, social, emotional proficiency