Jahi Rohrer

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Jahi Rohrer's Bio:

Jahi Rohrer's Experience:

• Staffing Specialist at Cimarex Energy

  January 2014 - May 2014

  o Manage recruitment efforts working cooperatively with directors and managers to hire qualified people to achieve departmental and organizational goals o Supported hiring managers in the strategic identification and onboarding of qualified candidates o Saved Cimarex and average of $50K on search firm fees through sourcing, screening and supporting with the hiring of two positions o Initial screening & coordination of 30 interviews for the Denver and Midland offices o Highlight - 1st quarter Production meeting anecdotal (from regional manager in Midland) "Dramatic improvement in the quality of resumes from the Denver office"

• Principal at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools

  June 2012 - November 2013

  o Recruited, interviewed, hired and onboard 83% of teachers and school leaders from organizations such as Teach for America and TNTP fellows o Authored a teacher career pathway model consisting of five levels of teacher compensation o Managed two consecutive two-week orientations of upwards to 70 staff members per orientation, coached and facilitated weekly professional development and wrote curriculum guide o Wrote staff operational and instructional handbooks, oversaw a $4 million budget and three grants, directed district, community and university partnerships o Designed the academic and organizational infrastructure of the school o Lead continuous learning and improvement cycle, trained as an evaluator through the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET), coaching and evaluating upwards to 80 teachers and administrators o Increased parent participation at school functions by four-fold, in most cases filling public spaces (the gymnasium and library) in the school to capacity o Co-designed and led a data analysis protocol in collaboration with Insight Education Group (C) and the Uncommon Schools Initiative Solicited community partnerships and support from 15 state museums and organizations, three colleges, two high schools and 62 volunteers, dedicating 2.5 hours of service time per week for tutoring and enrichment opportunities o Achieved significant reduction in student behavioral incidences through PBIS, Uncommon Schools Initiative and Responsive Classroom training, achieving a 55% reduction in student behavioral incidences from 2012 to 2013 o Averaged 20% student gains in 3rd-4th grade math, 25% gains in Reading Language Arts, and 11% gains in Science on Discovery Education Assessment's (DEA) benchmark assessments from 2012 to 2013. DEA is 85% predictive of standardized test results on the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP)

• Principal at DC Prep

  June 2010 - May 2012

  o Interviewed, hired and onboard up to 40% of teachers and school leaders from organizations such as Teach for America, TNTP fellows and from other peer schools o Managed two consecutive two-week orientations of upwards to 25 staff members per orientation, coached and facilitated weekly professional development o Wrote staff operational and instructional handbooks, oversaw a $2 million budget o Introduced improved curricular planning processes, refining the school's approach to literacy o Lead continuous learning and improvement cycle, coaching and evaluating upwards to 25+ teachers and administrators o Piloted a departmentalization model in 1st and 2nd grades, and a Targeted Literacy Block with 1.5 hours of small group instruction resulting in 75% of students proficient on end of year Achievement Network interim exams o 92% of students achieved proficient on Achievement Network end of year interim exams, 5% of students nearly missing the cut off, and 3% of students needing intensive support o Led parent orientations, informational sessions, and increased parent involvement in parent association and action team meetings o As an instructional coach, observed and coached nine teachers in establishing effective planning, management and instructional practices o Developed Math and Reading interim assessments for Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade and led assessment analysis and action planning

• Principal at Omololu International School

  June 2007 - May 2010

  o Recruited, interviewed, hired and onboard up to 90% of school's teachers from organizations such as Teach for America, Teachers College Columbia University, and the International Baccalaureate Program o Managed two consecutive two-week orientations of upwards to 15 staff members per orientation, coached and facilitated weekly professional development and wrote curriculum guide o Wrote staff operational and instructional handbooks o Top tier primary school in British West Indies as measured by end of year Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment o Initiated accreditation with International Baccalaureate Organization affiliate, permanently stabilizing the school and connecting program to 3,786 schools in 147 different countries o Co-directed a fundraising team raising in excess of $125,000 for the institute's bursary fund o Raised $50,000 for the construction of a new school o Endorsed over radio and newspapers a partnership between Anguilla's only special needs program, the Arijah's Children Foundation, and Teacher Gloria Omololu Institute

• Teacher at NYC Department of Education

  August 2002 - June 2007

  o Teach for America regional semi-finalist for the New York Sue Lehmann Award. This award is given annually to a second-year corps member who has demonstrated extraordinary academic gains with his or her students. The semi-finalist group is comprised of 5 teachers chosen out of 250 second-year NYC teachers.

• Teacher Effectiveness Coach at Omar D. Blair Charter School

  July 2014

  o Provide leadership in curriculum and instruction across the school environment by working efficiently with school leadership, staff and EdisonLearning personnel. o Facilitate the implementation and maintenance of effective instructional practices in core content areas (Math, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies) for the teachers at Omar D. Blair. o Provide leadership in data analysis and intervention in areas related to core content areas as a key member of the Response to Intervention (RtI) Team

Jahi Rohrer's Education:

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  2005 – 2007
  Master's degree

• Pace University

  2002 – 2004
  Master's degree
  Concentration: Education

• Middlebury College, Middlebury VT

  1998 – 2002
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)
  Concentration: Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

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