Former ’Teacher of the Year’ working to provide excellent education to her entire community

Thank you all for supporting the New Leaders Giving Tuesday Campaign. Your donations support Kimberly, a Baltimore, Maryland area principal of an elementary and middle school.

The women in Kimberly’s family have paved the way for her to become a school leader — both her mother and sister have been principals and she is eager to continue her family’s commitment to school leadership.

Prior to joining New Leaders, Kimberly served in the Baltimore City Public School System for 17 years, spending four years as an instructional support teacher and literacy coach, and 13 years teaching third and fifth grade. Over the course of her career, Kimberly’s students have made significant gains; during the 2011-2012 school year, her fifth grade students achieved a 20 percent increase on their reading assessments. In recognition of her outstanding results, Kimberly has been named “Teacher of the Year” not once, but twice.

Kimberly applied to New Leaders because of the dynamic learning and mentoring that drives the program, which she believes will help her to achieve her goal of providing an excellent education for her entire community.

Thank you for supporting Kimberly and New Leaders!