Kristin M. Kelley

Education professional with 30+ years successful experience leading and managing educational programs, schools and organizations.

• Strong interpersonal skills resulting in exceptional rapport with both internal and external cohorts. Proven success in initiating, promoting and maintaining strong interpersonal relations. Able to deal courteously, professionally, and tactfully with superiors, peers, staff, students and families.
• Confident, articulate, and professional speaking abilities and experiences, including presenting to a wide variety of audiences and on a wide variety of topics. Educational Diagnostician - Park Nicollet Clinic Alexander Center; Director of Education - MN Department of Corrections; and Education Services Manager - LDA Minnesota

• Proven leadership abilities with a strong commitment to team-building and development/delivery of high-quality professional development. Director of Education - MN Department of Corrections; District Program Facilitator - Minneapolis Public Schools; Lower School Principal - Nova Classical Academy; Education Services Manager - LDA Minnesota; and Special Education Coordinator - Hiawatha Leadership Academy
• Successful hiring, onboarding and mentorship leading to exceptionally high level of staff retention. District Program Facilitator - Minneapolis Public Schools; Lower School Principal - Nova Classical Academy; Education Services Manager - LDA Minnesota

• Successful program management and coordination ensuring quality programming and compliance with all applicable district, state and federal guidelines, including Due Process compliance. Outstanding operational oversight as measured by administration, faculty and parent evaluation. Director of Education - MN Department of Corrections; District Program Facilitator - Minneapolis Public Schools; Nova Classical Academy - Principal; Education Services Manager - LDA Minnesota; and Special Education Coordinator - Hiawatha Leadership Academy
• Co-developed and implemented a new faculty supervision, observation, evaluation and feedback model. Carried and furthered this model to a different organization. Lower School Principal - Nova Classical Academy and Education Services Manager - LDA Minnesota
• Demonstrated fiscal responsibility, including management of a $500K budget for total department programming. Maintained rigorous data collection and analysis for continued funding through grants. Director of Education - MN Department of Education and Education Services Manager - LDA Minnesota

State of Minnesota Department of Education - File Folder 321428 - Expires June 30, 2024

Principal K-12 (expired June 30, 2019)

Emotional Behavior Disorders K-12

Learning Disabilities K-12

Elementary Education 1-6