Elijah Palmer rd

                                       Elijah Palmer




PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

A transformative leader who leads with compassion and empathy. 12 years of
experience in Education total and have been instrumental in providing structures and
system to help school buildings flourish. 9 years as a school educational support
personnel and 3 years as a district level administrator, I understand that policy people
and practice are the 3 phases in my approach to addressing student outcomes for all
students. By building trusted and meaningful relationships with team members and
focusing on goals through strategic planning is the way I approach my work. Students
do not fail, adults fail students by the systems that are created or not created for them. I
am forever committed to servicing my community, students, families, and the board that
I serve to ensure that all are aligned and are on one accord.


EDUCATION
Master of Science in School Business Mgmt.                            December 2023
Northern Illinois University                                          Dekalb, IL
Bachelor of Arts in Communication                                     May 2004
Duquesne University                                                   Pittsburgh, PA
Associates of Arts                                                    May 2002
Kennedy King City College of Chicago                                  Chicago, IL

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Written Communication Oral Communication                Professional Development
Community Partner     Youth Outreach                    Behavior Interventionist
Parent Advisor        SEL Instructor                    Culture and Climate Specialist
Incident Commander    RP Instructor                     Crisis Intervention Specialist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director of Culture and Climate, Evanston/Skokie School District  Aug. 2020- Present
   ● Assist Principals with school work plans around culture and climate goals
   ● Lead professional development for educators around Restorative Practices,
       Responsive Classroom, Bullying Prevention, and Non-Violent Communication
   ● Assess data to ensure that exclusionary practices such as suspensions and
     expulsions are used as a last resort
   ● Provide restorative conversation for adults and families to promote repairing of
     harm and building community
   ● Lead student advisory committees to promote student voice
   ● Ensure that active school climate teams are formed at each school building to
     address and identify trends to address discipline
   ● Member of DEIB to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to add to
     student outcomes and addressing biases towards gender, race, lgbtq status, and
     disabilities
   ● Serve as Incident Commander to provide live communication when crisis occur
     so that all key stakeholders are kept up to speed in real time
   ● Provide healing circles in the community when gun violence and tragedies that
     impact the community occurs
   ● Provide updates to the board around school climate and supports and resources
     needed to address trends that are identified through data and social media

Culture and Climate Coordinator for Phillips High School      Aug. 2011- Aug. 2020
   ● Provided school support for educators to teach in safe environment
   ● Created a behavior management continuum to address Danielson's Framework
       Domain 2
   ● Created systems to address repetitive tardiness and chronic absenteeism
   ● Provide restorative practice training for educators
   ● lead parent conferences of multiple families and stakeholders
   ● Provide discipline guidance for educators around student referrals and parent
       communication techniques of marginalized families
   ● Create a uniform culture that identifies all students by grade level instead of
       socioeconomic status to combat bullying through personal appearance.
   ● Invested in cell phone lockers to have students focusing on learning and not
       being distracted by other influences
   ● Collaborated with District 2 of Chicago’s Police Department to have proactive
       conversation around approach to teens in Chicago and how to communicate with
       them to build trust
   ● Develop School Discipline Code of Conduct and involved families and teachers
       during the process

Professional Basketball Player in Europe and Asia from 2004-2011 in countries such as
Austra, Belgium, Netherlands, and Japan

District Leadership Experience
   ●   Member of DEIB in current district
   ●   Served as Incident Commander for district
   ●   Co-facilitate Superintendent Student Advisory Committee
   ●   Leader for Risk Assessment (Threats and/or Suicide)
   ●   Created FACE Liaison position for district
   ●   Supervise security team across district
   ●   Collaborates with Principals before suspensions occur
   ●   Leader of Discipline Improvement Team through ISBE for D65
   ●   Collaborates with Teachers Union to address policy in D65

Key Achievements
   ● Received Those Who Excel Award by Illinois School Board of Education for
      contribution on DEIB Team in Evanston/Skokie District 65
   ● Key contributor to decreasing suspension data in district by 85%
   ● Developed Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in District that saw bullying
      decrease drastically in 2 years of implementation
   ● Saw high school go from a Level 3 to a Level 1 status which is the highest rating
      in Illinois for public schools based on overall performance through my culture and
      climate support
   ● Trained over 300 staff members on Crisis Prevention Intervention to be able to
      address students who are dysregulated through verbal and physical safe
      strategies.