GABRIEL TRUJILLO, Ed.D.

Education

Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona

December 2012 Doctor of Education, Educational Administration and Supervision

Dissertation Focus: Credit Recovery Program Effectiveness

Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona

May 2005 Master of Education: Educational Administration

May 2000 Post Baccalaureate Secondary Education

Park University
Kansas City, Missouri Bachelor of Arts (BA)- History/ English

Arizona Department of Education Educator Certification

Arizona Standard Secondary Education (7-12) Teaching Certificate

Certification Areas: Language Arts & Spanish

Arizona Standard ESL Endorsement (K-12)

Arizona Administrative Certificate (K-12) Principal
Arizona Administrative Certificate (K-12) Superintendent
AZ St. Certified Bilingual- Spanish

District Office Administrative Experience

April 2017- present Interim Superintendent

Tucson Unified School District

Chief executive officer and Governing Board designee for Arizonas 2nd largest school
district at 47,000 students. With direct oversight of the districts divisions for operations,
human resources, finance, secondary leadership, elementary leadership, curriculum and
instruction, instructional technology, and communications divisions, the position is
responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective day to day operations of the districts
89 schools, is responsible for preparing and organizing information for TUSD Governing
Board members so as to keep all board members appropriately informed of major events,
issues, policy discussions, and challenges around the district, serves as a
visible leadership presence throughout the districts schools and administrative departments
and serves as the Governing Boards ambassador to various institutions and
community groups throughout the city of Tucson on behalf of the district.
 Organized and completed visits of all 89 schools in the district, conducted employee and
community forums, attended several neighborhood association meetings, and
conducted exit interviews with several employees for the purpose of identifying
major areas of improvement for the district according to its employees and community
stakeholders.

Organized and facilitated a $7 million cost reduction campaign, in preparation for the 2017-
2018 proposed budget, that limited budgetary reductions to district level departments
across all major divisions without implementing cost reduction measures at the school or
classroom level, while working collaboratively with all employee associations, and
avoiding employee layoffs.

Worked collaboratively with the Human Resources Division to facilitate the hiring and final
selection of principals and assistant principals for the 2017-2018 school year and to finalize
the re-organization of the Superintendents Leadership Team and the re-assignment of
duties as a result of vacated or eliminated positions.

Re-organized the Superintendents Office so as to implement efficient and timely systems

for the receipt of and response to parent, employee, and community concerns as well as the
receipt and processing of Governing Board or community requested requests for
information.

September 2016- present Assistant Superintendent Curriculum & Instruction

Tucson Unified School District

Supervising administrator of the curriculum and instruction division
comprised of the departments of Special Education, Gifted and Talented Education,
Magnet, Language Acquisition Services, Dual Language, Advanced Learning Experiences,
Assessment & Evaluation, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Fine Arts, and
Curriculum Development for Arizonas 2nd largest school district at 47,000 students
and 89 schools.

Re-organization of the 19 school TUSD Magnet program resulted in the creation

of campus level school improvement teams tasked with the creation of magnet school
improvement plans aligned to Arizonas College & Career Readiness Standards
and based on campus level student achievement data.

Created and finalized a multi-year implementation plan for TUSD Curriculum 4.0
for all grade levels and content areas, as well as the districts
guided reading and comprehensive literacy classroom initiative for grades K-5 across the
district.

Led the first year of the re-organization of the Special Education Department which
resulted in a centralized structure for the facilitation of IEP meetings across the district,
the establishment of written expectations for the roles and responsibilities of SPED campus
facilitators, and the establishment of centralized procedures for the notification of SPED
teachers with regard to expired IEPs.

Led the collaborative process for and served as one of the primary authors of the TUSD
Alternative ELD model, aimed at reducing the requirements of the states 4 hour
ELD language learning block and allowing ELL students access to Spanish
language two-way dual language programs.

July 2016- September 2016 Director of Human Resources Certificated & Classified Personnel

Phoenix Union High School District

Served as the lead administrative contact person for all processes and procedures
concerning the evaluation of certified and support staff employees, employee
disciplinary procedures, employee hiring processes, and site level hiring and selection
concerns for the largest high school district in the state serving 17 schools
and 28,000 students.
 Created and implemented a centralized protocol for the reporting, investigation, and
documentation of allegations of unprofessional conduct for use by campus level
administrators.

Created a district wide program and presentation for the yearly employee in service
on Phoenix Union High School District Governing Board Policy.

Facilitated professional development workshops regarding best practices in employee

re-direction, effective employee improvement plans, and highly effective strategies for
collaborating with employee association leaders.

Administrative & Teaching Experience

July 2009-July 2016 Principal

Trevor G. Browne High School/ Phoenix Union High School

Administrator of the district's largest comprehensive campus with
3,100 students and almost 200 employees (certified/ classified), with an
budget of more than $1,200,000 (Title & M&O combined)

Implementation of Close Reading and Marking the Text Initiative in all

content areas campus wide resulted in 7-10% increases in reading and
writing as measured by the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards
since assuming the duties of principal in 2009.

AP class offerings more than tripled from 5 offered in the 2006-2007

school year to 18 offered during the 2015-2016 school year

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Implemented the west valley ward's first evening school opportunities
program (ESO) in 2011, responsible for a 6% increase in graduation
rate from 72% in 2011 to 78% in May of 2015.

Re-organization of disciplinary practices and procedures and the

creation of the TGBHS Positive Intervention Disciplinary team led to a
53% reduction in student fights and a 39% reduction in major
disciplinary infractions between the 2011-2012 school year and the
spring semester of the 2015-2016 school year.

Trevor Browne High School's Positive Intervention Disciplinary team's

250 successfully completed student to student mediations lead the
district during the 14-15 school year.

Created and implemented the PUHSD's largest and most

comprehensive feeder district outreach and recruitment campaigns with
the Cartwright Elementary School District resulting in an 80% capture
rate for 8th graders, the highest for feeder middle schools in the district.

Implementation of weekly ACT advisory hour boot camp sessions

resulted in a 3-5% increase in average scores for ACT English,
Reading, and Math during the 2014-2015 school year.

Trevor Browne's 11th grade ACT English score average of 27 was the
highest for all district comprehensive campuses during the 2014-2015
school year.

Re-organization of the ELL Department in 2013 resulted in 62% of

ELL students increasing their proficiency level on AZELLA from one
performance level to another and a re-classification rate of 27% at the
end of the 2014-2015 school year, both almost 10% increases compared
to ELL AZELLA performance during the 2012-2013 school year.
July 2006-June 2009 Assistant Principal for Registration

Trevor G. Browne High School/ Phoenix Union High School

District Assistant principal charged with overseeing the creation of the
master schedule, the coordination of the opening and closing of school,
and with serving as the administrative point person for parents during
the enrollment process.

Re-organized TGB enrollment procedures creating a more efficient

and customer service friendly experience for parents and students.

Served as interim Dean in charge of facilitating the discipline process

for students and parents.

Served as the designated summer school administrator for TGBHS

including the creation of the summer school schedule, the coordination
of the first day of summer school, and the facilitation of the summer
school hiring and selection process.

Assisted the Principal with the hiring and selection process for both
certified and classified staff.

January 2005-June 2006 Principal

Ocotillo Public Charter High School (now closed)

Presented, facilitated and implemented newly aligned and standards
in math and language arts

Created master schedule of course offerings for 2005-2006 and 2006-

2007 school years.

Ensured financial and academic compliance with NCLB

September 1999-January 2005 Teacher/ ESL and ESL Department Chair

West Phoenix Public Charter School

Created, presented, and implemented ELL English curriculum for the
school.

Designed lessons and differentiated instruction according to student

ability levels in all classes taught.

As ELL Department Chair, assessed, scheduled and oversaw

compliance and record keeping for all ELL students.

Conducted multiple professional development workshops including

SIOP and SADIE instructional methodology classes for colleagues.

Served as a liaison between teachers and monolingual Spanish speaking

parents
 Created master schedule of course offerings for 2005-2006 and 2006-
2007 school years.

Ensured financial and academic compliance with NCLB

September 1998-May 1999 Paraprofessional/ Emergency Certified Teacher/ Bilingual Ed

Peoria Elementary School/ Peoria Unified School District

Assisted mentor teacher with the design of lessons and differentiated
instruction in social studies and English language components of a
bilingual education program for 1st and 2nd grade students.

Provided Spanish language translation services for supervising teachers

and administrators for parent meetings and phone calls.

Assisted the campus administration with campus, recess, cafeteria, and

crosswalk supervision.

Project Management & Facilitation

TGBHS Summer School Program Coordination- 2006-2015

Designed and coordinated the master schedule of courses for TGBHS

summer school sessions yearly since 2006.

Established a Summer School Hiring Committee of teachers and

classified employees to create and implement TGBHS site level hiring
procedures and criterion for summer school teaching positions and for
classified employee positions.

Established and led a TGBHS Summer School Effectiveness

Committee of teachers and counselors to analyze summer school course
completion and student achievement data for each summer school
session yearly.

Designed and implemented procedures and parameters for the

mandatory assignment of students to summer school courses

TGBHS Professional Learning Community (PLC) Effectiveness

Established and led a PLC effectiveness committee of teacher

representatives from all departments to develop a rubric for PLC
effectiveness for each course team on campus.

Established and implemented a quarterly monitoring and review

process for all course teams on the campus requiring each course team
to share common formative assessment data, intervention, and
enrichment data with the administration on a quarterly basis.

Established and implemented a structured intervention program for

struggling PLC teams across the campus.
 Positive Intervention Team (PIT) (TGBHS Student Discipline
System Re-structure 2014)

Established a committee of counselors, social workers, administrators,

and support staff to re-structure TGBHS disciplinary processes and
procedures.

Led committee in its creation of the Positive Intervention Team

designed to review campus disciplinary infractions on a weekly basis,
identify trends in campus discipline, and to ensure students are referred
to the appropriate intervention.

Led committee in its work to establish a site based student mediation

program as well as the implementation of a mediation training program
for volunteer mediators.

Implemented committee recommendations for the re-structuring of In

School Suspension Program to an hourly model.

TGBHS Instructional Effectiveness Walk Through Program 2013

Assembled committee of teacher representatives from all core content

areas and elective courses to develop and propose a TGBHS walk
through visit form.

Collaborated with the committee in its identification of the 5 most

important instructional strategies to be included on the walk through
form to be used for classroom visits in all content areas campus wide.

Implemented the committee's recommendations for teacher training on

the new walk through form.

Facilitated training sessions for all TGBHS administrators and

counselors on the new walk through form to be used for classroom
visits.

Established and facilitated twice monthly instructional effectiveness

meetings with the administrative team for the purpose of identifying
and responding to instructional trends noted in completed classroom
visits.

TGBHS Daily Advisory Period Initiative 2015-2016

Assembled committee of teacher representatives from all core content

areas and elective courses to develop and propose a modified bell
schedule allowing for a daily 45 minute homeroom/ student advisory
period.

Implemented committee suggestions regarding required teacher

responsibilities during the daily advisory period, procedures for student
travel to and from the advisory period, and required training for
teaching staff regarding the daily advisory period.

Assembled committee of student representatives from all grade levels

to develop a list of required responsibilities for students during the
daily advisory period.
Professional Memberships/Committees/Awards
2014 PUHSD Administrator of the Year/ Principal of the Year
2013 Rodel Foundation Exemplary Principal Finalist
2012-2014 PUHSD Administrator's Association President
Standing member and original author of the PUHSD Teacher Evaluation Instrument
PUHSD Strategic Planning Committee
Negotiations Chair for Interest Based Negotiations, 2009-2014
PUHSD LEADS Cadre for Aspiring Principals and Administrators Presenter/ Mentor
Certified trainer for the PUHSD Teacher Evaluation Instrument
Arizona Association of Latino Administrators Board Member