Holly Hargrove

Experienced public school teacher and administrator with 20+ years working in PreK-12 settings as well as with post-secondary education students at Central New Mexico Community College and the University of New Mexico.

I am passionate about creating and sharing professional development with colleagues and staff on topics ranging from using technology for collaborative learning to the impacts of poverty on the developing brain. As a site administrator, district leader, and now university lecturer, I have been responsible for all aspects of campus management - compliance, staffing, supervision, discipline, communication, payroll, student and family supports, community involvement, state reporting, grant management, master scheduling, site safety, facilities maintenance, social media, academic goals, federal entitlements, special education coordination, and alignment between all systems towards our shared mission. That's a full plate!

I believe in servant leadership and leading without ego. I believe a healthy, collaborative culture is the source from which all good things spring. Investing in people is always the right move.

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM August 2023 • Present

Visiting Lecturer II/Resident Teacher Supervisor: Department of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy

College of Education & Human Sciences

• Oversee caseload of Resident Teachers participating in the Albuquerque Teacher Residency Program (ATRP)
• Design and implement seminar lessons for graduate and undergraduate students on topics including lesson planning, assessment, culturally-relevant pedagogy, classroom management, trauma-informed teaching, poverty and the developing brain, etc.
• Supervise Resident Teachers during their field placements in Albuquerque Public Schools classrooms
• Work directly with Co-teachers on program requirements, student concerns, and documentation
• Evaluate Resident Teachers using the NMPED’s Elevate NM rubric
• Maintain online components of web-enhanced courses in Canvas 
• Ensure all required portfolio components are uploaded and scored in SLL
• Courseload: EDUC 403L, EDUC 564, EDUC 413L, EDUC 595, EDUC 402L, EDUC 564, EDUC 581, EDUC 594, EDUC 450/550
• Collaborate with APS district staff and the Albuquerque Teachers Federation to support Resident Teachers

Education Director, Department of Health, Albuquerque, NM May 2022 • Sept 2023

District Lead/Principal, District Testing Coordinator, Special Education Coordinator, SATC

• Cultivate a trauma-informed approach across all departments through training and professional supports
• Design and implement materials supporting SEL for students in grades 7-12
• Manage Life Skills curriculum related to student needs around job skills, substance abuse, trauma
• Serve as Resident Advocate for residential students
• Development of trauma-informed walkthrough protocols, units of study, and professional development 
• Hire, supervise, and evaluate educational staff in service of the district’s mission for student success
• Manage daily operations of district as well as overall structures, systems, and accountability measures while providing professional development to clinical and milieu staff
• Ensure compliance with all state, federal, licensing, and accreditation regulations
• Liaise with school districts; juvenile justice system; and Children, Youth, and Families Department 
• Connect students with Dept. of Vocational Rehab for post-secondary goals
• Serve as LEA for all IEP meetings and for district decision-making
• Use student information systems for state reporting (MarkersPro, PowerSchool, Edgenuity, Board Works, etc.)
• Manage Title I, IDEA-B, and additional grants for educational funding partnering with Central Region Education
• Represent the district in SATC committees (Policies and Procedures; Multicultural Committee; Leadership Committee; Treatment Teams, Quality Assurance, etc.)
• Supervise and coordinate district Recreation Program, including Mountain Center clinical programming

Eisenhower Middle School, APS, Albuquerque, NM 2017 • 2022

Assistant Principal, Curriculum Administrator

• Provide instructional leadership to staff of 83, student body of 800 at NMPED designated Spotlight school
• On-going collaboration with Instructional Council and administrative team to completely redesign instructional delivery during the pandemic by training staff on Google Suite and other online tools
• Create and implement professional development and curriculum to support culturally responsive, equity-driven instructional practices
• Embed social and emotional competencies in schoolwide advisory lessons
• Responsible for ensuring English language learners are correctly placed, evaluated, and supported
• Hire, evaluate, mentor, and coach new faculty and staff; assign duties, classrooms, teaching schedules
• Create, adapt, and maintain systems that support teaching and learning (duty schedules, staff and student handbooks, surveys, parking procedures, schedule change requests, etc.)
• Oversee custodial staff and upkeep of facilities, including work orders, technology and equipment needs
• Build master schedule, including updating course descriptions, ensuring correctly licensed teachers are attached to sections, and making certain all applicable compliance requirements are in place
• Directly responsible for special education services on campus, including staff, programs, IEP implementation for students with disabilities as well as in the gifted program
• Served as the coordinator for COVID-19 intake, reporting, and contact tracing as well as liaising with outside medical provider to implement state-mandated Test-to-Stay Program
• Coach and mentor for six administrative interns over four years

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1999 • 2003

 

• Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education (graduated cum laude, Dean’s list)

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2003 • 2004

 

• Master of Arts, Secondary Education, Passed with Distinction (Cumulative GPA 4.05)

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2013-2014

• Ed.S, Educational Leadership (Alliance for Leading and Learning)