Thomas J. Kadelbach

EDUCATIONAL LEADER & CONSULTANT

US & MX Address available upon request

MX

Email:

thomas@thomaskad.com

Current City:

Mexico City, MX

Other Cities Called Home:

Oakland, USA; Madrid, Spain; Los Angeles, USA; San Diego, USA;

Date of Birth:

May 20, 1965

Greetings! I'm Thomas

Learning is my raison d’être! This energizes my passion for being and working with others to find and pursue our mutual goals, ambitions, and growth.

Full Resume in pdf

DEFINING WORK EXPERIENCES

EXPERIENCE

2021-Current

General Curriculum Director and Middle & Upper School Head

COLEGIO MERICI

Designed and implemented a COVID policy to ensure ongoing quality student learning no matter the learning modality (hybrid, 100% online, or 100% in person)
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.
Currently collaborating and leading the academic aspects to create a Strategic Plan for Colegio Merici

2019-2021

MS Principal

PETERSON SCHOOLS

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)
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
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
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
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

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
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
Facilitated, fostered, and innovated on the DCP instructional model in collaboration with principals, coordinators, department heads, and teachers
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

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
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%.
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
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

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
Oversaw the redesign of the corporate curriculum to increase student choice through project-based learning and hands-on practice with real-world learning
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

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

Coaching para el desarrollo de equipos
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

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