Our Team

Ron Moore | Yolunda Wilson

AST executive coaches represent turnaround. Each coach has experienced turnaround success by turning around a school or a school district and has the capacity to speak clearly on the turnaround process in detail – specifically related to student academic achievement. AST executive coaches understand the vital structure of turnaround and are focused on action versus routine.

Our coaches build relationships with principals by expressing past pitfalls and difficulties and the learning stemmed from them. AST coaches’ passion for success is manifested in empathy and concern for the principals’ challenge. As a consequence, AST coaches possess compassion for principals. Additionally, our coaches are acutely knowledgeable in analyzing data as well as the effective use of data. They remain current with regard to research and methodologies for teaching and learning as well as leadership.

 

Ron Moore

Ron Mooreis an experienced educator with several years of service including – 11 years as a classroom teacher, 17 years as an administrator – including 12 years as a principal and 3 years as an education consultant. 

Ron has a comprehensive background in instructional leadership, identifying problems, establishing priorities, developing strategies and evaluating progress. Ron’s instructional leadership has stopped schools from spiraling downward and moved them in upward trajectory paths. He currently serves as an executive coach for principals, district office personnel and other instructional leaders where he facilitates professional growth activities associated with improving student academic achievement. 

Ron’s coaching efforts have produced improved tests scores on state assessments in Arkansas, Hawaii, North Carolina and Texas. 

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Yolunda Wilson

Yolunda Wilson joins the AST team as an experienced educator with several years as a teacher, instructional consultant, assistant principal and 19 years as a principal.  She has successfully created learning environments that demanded high expectations of all staff and students.  Under her leadership, teachers and staff focused on continuous, sustainable school improvement. Student learning was frequently monitored and systematic interventions were incorporated where needed to ensure students received additional time and support for learning. 

Yolunda employed other successful approaches as principal.  She built teaching and learning capacity utilizing goal-setting and data use strategies resulting in test scores increasing by 10% in every subject each year. 

Yolunda currently serves as an executive coach for principals in Arkansas where exceptional instructional leaders are emerging.
 

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