JOY MICHELSON CLANCY

Orford, NH 03777 •  Contact me by email.

 

Experience

 

Dean of Students, 2024-Present

Rivendell Academy (Orford, NH)

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• Administrative leader supporting conduct and attendance policies, school safety and emergency response, restorative processes, professional development, teacher support and evaluation, and intentional school culture for grades 6-12.

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Regional Director for High School Programs, 2023-2024

The DREAM Program (dreamprogram.org)

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• Upper Valley regional director for DREAM's Guided Mentoring program, providing high school students with the tools, resources, and confidence to provide mentorship to elementary-aged youth. Current UV program sites: Windsor High School, White River Valley High School, Mascoma Valley Regional High School.

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Assistant Principal, 2018-2023

Hillsboro-Deering High School (Hillsboro, NH)

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• Administrative leader supporting conduct and attendance policies, school safety and emergency response, design and implementation of Multi-tiered Systems of Support for Behavioral Health and Wellness (MTSS-B), restorative processes, professional development, teacher support and evaluation, and intentional school culture for grades 9-12. Member of the SAU 34 Leadership Team, Emergency Management Committee, and School Board Policy Committee.

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Interim Assistant Principal, Spring 2018

Newport Middle & High Schools (Newport, NH)

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• Administrative team member and school culture and truancy officer, supporting attendance and discipline policy for a middle/high school (547 students, grades 6-12) and career and technical education center.

 

Principal Intern, 2017-2018

Indian River School (Canaan, NH)

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• Completed 750 clinical hours as a principal intern in a middle school, participating in day-to-day leadership activities and independent practice as a professional learning facilitator.
• Led a middle school grade-level teaching team in piloting a new weekly meeting format using a professional learning community model and collaborative and reflective practice protocols, to examine and enhance instructional and family engagement efficacy.
• Coached a first-year teacher in curriculum and lesson planning and classroom management.

 

Director of Marketing & Public Relations, 2016-2018 (Part-time)

Cioffredi & Associates | The Institute for Health & Human Performance  (Lebanon, NH)

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• Point person for community outreach, maintaining face-to-face relationships with local referring medical practices, developing patient education materials, handling e-communications and quarterly print newsletters, and coordinating community educational events.

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Director of Advancement Communications, Special Projects, 2009-2017

Cardigan Mountain School (Canaan, NH)

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• Responsible for design and production of all external print and electronic communications for parent and alumni relations, marketing, campaign fundraising, and donor stewardship.

• Multi-year strategic planning coordinator, responsible for design and facilitation of multiple-stakeholder strategic planning retreats, data consolidation and analysis, strategic plan development, coordinator of SMART goal tactical implementation and documentation, and NEASC two-year interim report captain.

• Governance Committee Coordinator, responsible for administrative oversight of board election and succession processes, annual self-evaluation, meeting coordination, policy updates, and documentation.

• Special project and event coordination, establishing school archive and creating planning framework and volunteer network for a celebration of the school’s 75th anniversary.

 

Art Educator, Grades 1–12 (1997–2000) and

Art and Humanities Educator, Grades 6–12 (2000–2008)

Orford Schools and Rivendell Academy (Orford, NH)

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• Teaching Assignments: Visual art (grades 1-12), darkroom and digital photography, digital videography, graphic design, media literacy, art history, senior exit project.

• Leadership: National Board Certified Teacher (2002-2013), Early Adolescence Through Young Adulthood Art), teacher mentor, NSRF Critical Friends reflective practice coach, UVBEP (Careers CLiC) Educator in the Workplace Extern (2001); Leadership Teacher program (2004-2005), curriculum chair (K-12 Art), Yearbook, SADD, Junior Achievement (Titan)

• Special Skills: Service learning; community engagement; staff development and reflective practice; collaboration; place-based, experiential, and project-based learning design.

 

Archaeological Illustrator and Photographer (1989-1999)

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY) & University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)

• Field and Studio Archaeological Photography (Dahshur, Egypt) 1995

• Field Archaeological Illustration (East Karnak, Tel el Amarna, and Dahshur, Egypt) 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999

 

Education

 

Certificate in Educational Leadership, June 2018  (24 cr)  

• Upper Valley Educators Institute, Lebanon, NH       

 

Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, 2010

• Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH        

 

Graduate-Level Education Coursework (15 cr), 2001–2005

• Plymouth State University, American Council on Education        

 

Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Preparation & Certificate Coursework, 1992–2001

• University of Vermont, Burlington, VT        

 

Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Magna Cum Laude, Minor: Drawing, 1991

• University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT        

 

Publications

 

Cardigan Chronicle (Semi-Annual Magazine, 2009-2016 Issues)

www.cardigan.org/chronicle

The Strategic Plan for Cardigan 2020 (2012 and 2015 Editions)

www.cardigan.org/strategicplan

Two Towns One Community: Haverhill, NH & Newbury, Vermont 1763-2013

ISBN: 9780615786339