Kristina Pittman
I have high expectations for personal and collective growth.
My mission is to empower educators to create classrooms where students are actively engaged in the learning process through a tight alignment between curriculum, instruction, and assessment in order to increase student achievement, which is our most important work.
I empower my clients to communicate powerfully and effectively using the English language as they become critical readers, writers, and thinkers who closely examine themselves and the world through reading, writing, discussing, listening, and viewing.
Today I work with my clients on continuous improvement strategies as they reach the next level of excellence.
My myriad experiences taught me several valuable lessons about mentoring, especially the importance of co-teaching and modeling, the need to support a teacher through the change process, the importance of building strong, trusting relationships, the importance of collaboration, the value of reflection, the role of data in decision making, the importance of inquiry-based reflection and inquiry-based learning, the need for specific goal setting, the need for ongoing training, and the need for open communication and dialogue with teachers and administrators.
I am grateful for these experiences because they have made me a capable, confident leader.
My ability to facilitate learning-focused conversations at the classroom, department, district, county, state, and national levels have thoroughly prepared me for my coaching and consulting work.
Professional bio
Kristina Pittman is an Educational Consultant at Continuous Improvement Solutions.
She is a high school English teacher, mentor for new teachers, literacy trainer, instructional coach, teacher consultant, curriculum writer, AP English exam reader, and a Teaching and Learning Committee facilitator.