Andy Schalm

Background

About Andy Schalm

Highly skilled training and project management professional whose ability to design, create and implement change has resulted in higher achievement rates for students and clients. Selected Accomplishments: Change Agent: Drove significant student performance improvement in State Multiple Measurement Ratings from 66.83% in 2011 to 79.20% in 2012 by leading 300+ students in specific, targeted intervention in mathematics.(Levi P. Dodge Middle School) Professional Development: Led the development and implementation of school improvement plans for thirty school leadership teams for 2012-2013 by providing technical leadership in the field of mathematics.(MN Southeast/Metro Regional Center of Excellence) Program Management: In concert with school leadership, provided leadership and guidance to engage in root cause analysis, define corrective actions, and measure results to drive behavior changes in the classroom.(MN Southeast/Metro Regional Center of Excellence) Cross Functional Collaboration: Collaboratively designed and implemented an innovative three-tiered model for intervention on identifying specific strengths and areas for improvement in student learning through the analysis of classroom, district, and state assessments resulting in a improvement from 66.87% in 2011 to 90.09% in 2012 as measured by the Statewide Focus Rating.(Levi P. Dodge Middle School) Curriculum Design and Implementation: Helped achieve 12% increase from 2011 to 2012 in the Statewide Multiple Measures Rating and 23% increase from 2011 to 2012 in the Statewide Focus Rating after using student achievement data to inform instructional practice and supporting teammates through the navigation of data and analytics, how to analyze results, and how to adapt instruction based on data analysis.(Levi P. Dodge Middle School)