Chris Riley

Background

About Chris Riley

Doctorate-level educated, certified Salesforce Consultant. Former award-winning school leader, trainer, educator, and researcher with 16 years of experience teaching grade 5 up to the undergraduate level. Three years training and leading teachers. Innovative, creative, and resourceful problem solver. Excellent relationship builder and storyteller. Lifelong learner. CORE COMPETENCIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS • CRM Skills: Salesforce Certified Administrator; Salesforce Trailhead Ranger; earned 3 Superbadges: Lightning Experience Reports and Dashboards Specialist, Security Specialist, and Business Administration Specialist. • Saas Skills. Have experience with Salesforce, Slack, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, CompanyCam, Lucid Chart, Schoology, PowerSchool, FACTS SIS, Google Classroom, Headmaster, TCi, Khan Academy, IXL, NVivo, SPSS, and ESRI ArcGIS. • Innovative, Resourceful Educator and Problem Solver. Improved reading levels of advanced readers by 1.75 years worth of lexile growth per student at KIPP and advanced through 2 years of math curriculum in a single year at Mead Hall using technology to personalize learning. • Curriculum Design and Standards Alignment. Designed full curriculum of nine courses, including 7th Grade Geography and Medieval World History aligned to TN State Standards, 5th Grade Geography, 5th Grade Science to NGSS standards, National Geographic Giant State Traveling Maps to SC State Standards, and fully remote curriculum for 5th Grade Math, 7th Grade Math, Pre-Algebra, and Algebra. • Data-Driven. Incorporated best practices that led to two years of growth in math and reading skills in one school year at Mead Hall and KIPP. • Leadership. Served as a school administrator for 16 months for over 110 students and 20+ teachers, served on the COVID-19 Task Force and Accreditation Team for Mead Hall, teacher transition leader for Teach for America, grade-level chair at Gestalt Community Schools, and Chairperson of the Graduate Student Affinity Group of the Association of American Geographers. • Award Winning Educator and Researcher. Winner 10+ awards as an educator and a researcher; research grants and awards totaled approximately 20K.