Our team of Mentors
We have assembled a team of mentors from all walks of education and various backgrounds to provide the richest experience available.
Dr. Jeff Arnott
Areas of Expertise: Grant Writing, Career and Technical Education (CTE), Program Development, Adult Education, Family Literacy, Afterschool Pregaming, STEM Education, work-based learning, apprenticeship programs, community and business partnership relationships.
James Bailey
Areas of Expertise: Improvement Science, Principal Development, Instructional Leadership, School Culture, Teacher Retention Strategies, Technology Integration, New School Models
Dr. Joseph Ferguson
Areas of Expertise: Instructional Leadership, Classroom Engagement, Campus Improvement Plan, RTI, Campus Efficiency and Efficacy, Special Programs, Culture Building, Teacher Retention, Effective Professional Development, Effective Incentive Programs, Discipline Management, Campus Systems, Effective Teacher Walkthroughs and Evaluations, Instructional Technology, Classroom Structure, Effective Leadership, Time Management, Strategic Budgeting, Educational Research, PLC, Communication
John Hinds
Areas of Expertise: Systems management, Data analysis, Positive culture building, Turnaround schools, Personal Leadership Development, Data analysis, Trained Life Coach
Dr. Chris Jones
Areas of Expertise: Instructional Leadership, Instructional Coaching, Assessment and Accountability, Campus Leadership, Communication and Culture
Jessica Lane
Areas of Expertise: Data-Informed Decision Making, Strategic Planning, Secondary Math Instruction, Building Leader-Teacher Trust, Teacher Based Teams
Christina McRay
Areas of Expertise: All things Career & Technical Education; teacher coaching; Policies & Procedures; Master Scheduling (both as a stand-alone school and with multiple feeders); documenting events and organizing employee records; school celebrations and public relations (ie selling our school to the community & stakeholders); industry involvement
Theresa Morris
Areas of Expertise: Assessment and Accountability, Instructional Strategies, Teacher mentoring and coaching
Martin Silverman
Areas of Expertise: Building Campus Culture, Communication, Family/Community Engagement, Instructional Strategies (especially in early childhood grades), Teacher Retention, PLC, Working with ELL students/families
Dr. Tony Tipton
Areas of Expertise: Personal leadership development; Culture; Routines & procedures; Organizational leadership; Change leadership; Core value creation; Mission & vision; Discipline