Vitae
Dr. Jeanette R. Westfall
Benton High School
Saint Joseph, Missouri 64504
816.671.4030
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES:
Principal, Benton High School, St. Joseph School District:
Responsible for staff hiring, staff professional development, school budget, master scheduling, and student discipline. Utilize data for decision-making for professional development, curriculum and instruction decisions, and school improvement. Create, organize, and develop staff leadership team for decision-making and operations.
St. Joseph School District Secondary Instructional Coaching Team Leader:
Plan and implement professional development for instructional coaching team, facilitate district-wide professional development for middle school communication arts MAP benchmark item writing and scoring, facilitate instructional coaching team presentations
St. Joseph School District New Teacher Induction Series:
Create and implement curriculum for new teacher professional development workshop series
MAP Scoring Assistant Regional Facilitator:
Train MAP scoring for Communication Arts Grade 11 Rockwood Scoring Site, analyze testing data, CTB/McGraw-Hill contact, testing calibration monitor
St. Joseph School District Middle School Communication Arts Curriculum Writing Team Leader:
Organized team, facilitated district-wide meetings, created innovative curriculum design,
EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
09/05 ~ Saint Joseph School District – Instructional Coach Team Leader St. Joseph, Missouri
Develop secondary instructional coach curriculum, lead team meetings, work with building administrators, lead new teacher professional development, provide MAP item writing/scoring training
08/06 ~ 11/06 Saint Joseph School District – Assistant Principal, Benton High School St. Joseph, Missouri
Develop secondary instructional coach curriculum, lead team meetings, work with building administrators, lead new teacher professional development, provide MAP item writing/scoring training
09/05 ~ 08/06 Saint Joseph School District – Instructional Coach Team Leader St. Joseph, Missouri
Develop secondary instructional coach curriculum, lead team meetings, work with building administrators, lead new teacher professional development, provide MAP item writing/scoring training
05/04 ~ 08/06 Saint Joseph School District – Secondary Schools Instructional Coach St. Joseph, Missouri
Job-embedded professional developer
06/98 ~ 08/06 DESE/MAP Test & Model Curriculum Development – Assistant Scoring Facilitator/Table Leader/Item Writer/Scorer; Communication Arts Model Curriculum Writing Team
Assistant regional facilitator in administering scoring of Grade 11 Communication Arts MAP, table leader for scoring site, item writer for previous and expanded MAP tests, unit writer and reviewer of model curriculum grades 8-11
04/97 ~ 08/06 Saint Joseph School District – Language Arts teacher, Lafayette High St. Joseph, Missouri
Teaching Language Arts to students in grades 9-12. LHS MAP Coordinator, CARE Team presenter, Student Intervention Squad, NCTE member, MSTA member, IRA member, Department chair person
08/96 ~ 12/05 Saint Joseph School District – Lafayette High School Soccer Coach St. Joseph, Missouri
Head coach-fourteen seasons, asst. coach-two seasons, planning and implementing varsity practices and games
06/95 ~ 07/98 Saint Joseph School District – Summer School Enrichment Teacher St. Joseph, Missouri
08/86 ~ 05/88 Del Valle School District – 6th grade teacher Del Valle, Texas
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY:
University of Missouri Statewide Cohort V ~ Columbia, Missouri June 2008
EdD Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
Northwest Missouri State University ~ Maryville, Missouri July 2006
Certificate of Secondary Administration
Baker University ~ Ballwin City, Kansas May 2002
MA Education
Northwest Missouri State University ~ Maryville, Missouri Fall 1997
Secondary Language Arts Certification
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Tax School ~ St. Joseph, Missouri December 1995
Tax Preparer Certification
Texas State University ~ San Marcos, Texas August 1986
BS Education
Kubasaki High School ~ Okinawa, Japan (DODDS) May 1981
High School Diploma
OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1. Creation and implementation of the Talented and Gifted: Explorations in Literature and Humanities
class at Lafayette High School. In its seventh year, this public school class researches, fundraises and reads in order to develop a basis which allows them to travel to their destination of study (1999-2006). TAG curriculum writing team (2006).
2. Creation and implementation of a Student Summer Hire Fair which combined student instructional
activities with local businesses to find and fill summer jobs positions in the community. Project was adopted by St. Joseph School District School to Careers Program for all three city high schools.
3. Team member for creation of high school language arts curriculum for the St. Joseph School District;
team leader for the creation and implementation of middle school language arts curriculum.
4. Selection for state-level MAP model curriculum writing, regional team member and test scoring
training leader; assistant MAP scoring supervisor for grade 11 test scoring site.
5. Completion of regional writing project (Prairie Lands Writing Project) course where classroom action
research foundations were realized resulting in district wide application of research topic, participant in the first Educator Institute – a cooperative learning venture between Missouri Western University, the city of St. Joseph and the Saint Joseph School District
6. St. Joseph School District’s Innovator of the Year; selected for the creation of the Talented and Gifted
Literature and Humanities class at Lafayette High School which trains students to become leaders through research, reading, speaking, fundraising and national travel to broaden the learning capacity of students.
CERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS:
November 2007 St. Joseph School District PTSA Co-Principal of the Year
May 2007 Phi Delta Kappa Innovative Principal of the Year
November 2003 Innovator of the Year, St. Joseph School District
March 2002 Appleseed Grant Award Winner, St. Joseph School District
January 2001 Class D National Soccer Coaching License – United States Soccer Federation
November 2001 Appleseed Grant Award Winner, St. Joseph School District
November 1998 Appleseed Grant Award Winner, St. Joseph School District
September 1998 Class E Soccer Coaching License – Major League Soccer Camps
October 1997 Secondary Certification in Language Arts, Missouri
February 1997 Class 1 United States Soccer Federation Assistant Referee
March 1997 Class G Soccer Coaching License – St. Joseph Soccer Association
January 1997 United States Soccer Association Referee 2 – Level 8 (FIFA)
January 1997 Missouri High School Athletic Association Coach, (ASEP, NFICA)
December 1995 Tax Preparer Certification
October 1994 Private Pilot’s License
July 1994 Mountain Home Air Force Base Volunteer of the Year (Volunteer of the Month, Volunteer of the Quarter)
September 1993 Class D City Softball Champions, Wichita Falls, TX
1987 – 1988 Teacher of the Year nominee – Del Valle Independent School District
August 1986 Teaching Certificate from the state of Texas
