Homestead Senior High School

	Mr. Juan DeArmas Mr. Juan Carlos DeArmas holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice and a minor in English. He also has a Masters in Educational Leadership. He is certified in English 5-9, Educational Leadership K-12, and ESE K-12, with an endorsement in ESOL K-12 and Gifted K-12. He has three years experience teaching reading and two years experience as a reading coach. He was instrumental in helping Campbell Drive Middle School move from a "D" to a "C."
	Ms. Kimberly Morgan Ms. Kimberly Morgan holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, a Masters of Science in Reading, and a Specialist in Educational Leadership. She is certified in all degreed areas. Ms. Morgan has ten years of experience as a teacher, five of which was serving as a Reading Coach/Department Chair for Reading and Language Arts. In addition, Ms. Morgan is a Reading Endorsement instructor through the Teacher Education Center and an adjunct instructor at Miami Dade College. Ms Morgan’s area of expertise is with data driven instructional focus. Having implemented the Continuous Improvement Model at Centennial Middle School, Ms. Morgan was instrumental in the significant increases made in reading and the school’s grade improving from a “C” to a “B” in the 2005/2006 school year. She has developed instructional focus calendars and implemented benchmark assessments in all core subjects and monitored student progress through the data obtained from those assessments.
	Dr. Gactjens Saint-Hilaire Dr. Gactjens Saint-Hilaire holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from North Carolina A & T State University; Masters of Science degree in Educational Leadership from Florida Atlantic University; Specialist degree in Mathematics Education from Florida State University; Doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University where his doctoral thesis was on technology integration in mathematics. Dr. Saint-Hilaire has taught mathematics for 6 years, was mathematics teacher of the year, and has served as team leader for three years. For the past three years, Dr. Saint-Hilaire has implemented an Early Bird Educational Enhancement Program (EBEEP) for all the students at Miami Edison Middle from 6:40 A.M. to 7:40 A.M. to assist students with their educational needs before school begins each day. Students who participated in the EBEEP have consistently outperformed the other students every year since its interception. He was instrumental in helping the school improve its academic performance from an “F” to a “C”.
	Mr. Francisco Sauri Mr. Francisco Sauri holds a B.S. in Special Education, an M.S. in Varying Exceptionality, and a specialist degree in Educational Leadership. He is currently working on his doctoral degree in Distance Education at NOVA Southeastern University. He has eight year teaching experience in SLD, ESOL, and BCC. He had two years experience as an Assistant Principal at South Dade Adult Education Center before joining the faculty at Homestead Senior High School. He is certified in Special Larning Disabilities K-12 and Educational Leadership K-12. He also has his ESOL endorsement. He was instrumental in helping Homestead Senior High School increase its student attendance during the 2005-2006 school year, which resulted in increasing the school grade.