Kelisha King

Executive educational leader with more than 20 years of progressive leadership experience in K-12 education. Bring a rare combination of school turnaround leadership, executive coaching, instructional systems design, talent strategy, and organizational improvement. Translate complex performance data into clear priorities, practical systems, and measurable action.

Help educational organizations transform performance by developing leaders, strengthening instructional systems, and implementing sustainable improvement strategies that accelerate student achievement and organizational excellence.

Executive School Improvement Consultant - Bailey Education Group - Ridgeland, Mississippi

(2025-11)

Trusted executive advisor to district and campus leadership teams, providing strategic leadership, school transformation, executive coaching, and organizational improvement support that strengthens leadership capacity and instructional systems.

• Directed comprehensive turnaround initiatives across 4 campuses, partnering with district and campus leaders to strengthen instructional systems and organizational performance.
• Coached 4 principals, 8 assistant principals, and approximately 20 teachers, strengthening leadership capacity and instructional effectiveness.
• Contributed to campus accountability improvement from F to B through leadership coaching, data-driven continuous improvement, and implementation monitoring.
• Designed principal playbooks, reteach calendars, instructional monitoring tools, leadership look-fors, PLC systems, and execution frameworks aligned with Texas accountability expectations.
• Conducted instructional audits, classroom observations, root-cause analyses, and executive data reviews to identify barriers and guide strategic decision-making.
• Facilitated executive leadership meetings, PLCs, instructional rounds, and professional learning focused on sustainable school improvement and HQIM implementation.

Talent Acquisition / Human Resources Leadership - International Leadership of Texas

(2024-04 - 2025-11)

Supported organizational talent strategy, staffing operations, HR data systems, and executive reporting in a multi-campus K-12 environment.

• Managed recruiting and HR systems while producing staffing analytics and workforce reports that supported leadership decision-making.
• Partnered with hiring leaders to strengthen recruitment workflows, candidate experience, and staffing execution across school-based and central-office roles.
• Translated workforce data into actionable insights related to vacancies, pipelines, hiring progress, and organizational talent needs.

Interim Principal - Dallas ISD - Dallas, Texas

(2023-07 - 2024-04)

Directed campus improvement planning, instructional leadership, operations, staffing, counselor supervision/evaluation, and accountability; led leadership teams through data-driven improvement cycles.

Assistant Principal - Dallas ISD - Dallas, Texas

(2018-07 - 2023-07)

Led teacher development, PLCs, assessment analysis, instructional coaching, student support systems, and middle-school counselor supervision/evaluation.

Campus Instructional Coach - Dallas ISD - Dallas, Texas

(2015-08 - 2018-07)

Built campus-wide instructional systems and coached teachers through planning, data analysis, observation-feedback cycles, and continuous improvement.

6th Grade Mathematics Teacher - Richardson ISD - Richardson, Texas

(2012-08 - 2015-07)

Delivered rigorous mathematics instruction, monitored student growth, and differentiated instruction using assessment data.

M.Ed. - Curriculum & Instruction - LeTourneau University

M.Ed. - Educational Administration - LeTourneau University

B.S. - Biology - Alcorn State University