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Yvonne Marie Hernández

Yvonne HernandezYvonne Marie Hernández is the proud principal of Hot Wells Middle School in SAISD.  She has been in the field of education since 1999.  In her 23 years in public school education, she served as a bilingual educator, instructional technologist, instructional facilitator, campus testing coordinator, assistant principal, and principal.  In 2015, The Texas Association of School Administrators awarded her The Johnny L. Veselka Award for outstanding achievement as a doctoral student pursuing a career in educational leadership with a focus on school improvement.  This experience led to an opportunity for her to represent as a Delegate at the 2015 Annual Conference sponsored by the British Educational Leadership, Management & Administration Society (BELMAS) in London, England.  She was selected to be part of a panel representing American School Principals.  In 2017 she was selected as Texas State University’s Rising Star for implementing her research as a practitioner when she turned around her first campus in the first year and earned three distinctions as recognized by the Texas Education Agency. 

In the summer of 2022, she will represent SAISD at the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative Compendium.  Ms. Hernández brings a well-versed background in classroom instruction, data analysis, professional staff development, effective classroom management practices, modeling effective teaching strategies, building teams, and overall campus leadership.  She is known for being a high-energy team player, building systems and structures, and campus turnaround.  Ms. Hernández strongly believes in creating a positive learning environment for students and teachers to foster life-long learning.  She has a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies with a specialization in Spanish from the University of the Incarnate Word and a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in technology from Houston Baptist University.  She is in her last year of completing her Ph.D. in School Improvement with superintendent certification from Texas State University.

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Yvonne M. Hernández es una educadora dedicada y realmente una líder motivadora que actualmente ocupa el cargo de directora de Hot Wells High School en SAISD.  Su notable carrera en la educación pública abarca más de 25 años e incluye una amplia gama de funciones, como educadora bilingüe, tecnóloga y facilitadora de instrucción, coordinadora de pruebas del campus, subdirectora y directora. La inquebrantable dedicación de la directora Hernández y su extraordinario compromiso con el liderazgo educativo la han hecho merecedora de prestigiosos galardones, como el premio Johnny L. Veselka de la Asociación de Administradores Escolares de Texas en 2015 y el premio Rising Star de Texas State University en 2016. Esta experiencia generó una oportunidad para que ella representara como delegada en la conferencia anual de 2015 patrocinada por British Educational Leadership, Management & Administration Society (BELMAS, por sus siglas en inglés) en Londres, Inglaterra.

La experiencia de la directora Hernández no es sólo teórica, sino también práctica. Su éxito en transformar los campus es un testimonio de su capacidad para manejar situaciones desafiantes. Su enfoque enérgico, su capacidad para crear sistemas y estructuras eficaces y su convicción en la creación de un entorno de aprendizaje positivo y propicio para estudiantes y maestros contribuyen a su enfoque centrado en el estudiante y a su compromiso con el aprendizaje de por vida. La directora Hernández cuenta con una licenciatura en estudios interdisciplinarios con una especialización en Español de University of the Incarnate Word, y una maestría en Currículo e Instrucción con una especialización en Tecnología de Houston Baptist University. Actualmente está por terminar un doctorado en Mejora Escolar con una certificación en superintendencia en Texas State University.  Sus impresionantes logros y dedicación a la mejora escolar la convierten en una líder ejemplar en liderazgo educativo.

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