Sally Francis

About Sally Francis

I\'ve spent 20+ years helping people learn — students, teachers, campus leaders, and now…

Experience

1. Instructional Specialist

   Humble ISD

   Mar 2022 — Present

   Lead design, internalization, and rollout of standards (TEKS)-aligned curriculum from scope and sequence through lesson-level plans and assessments, ensuring vertical alignment across grades 6–12. Integrate AI tools into curriculum development workflows to accelerate lesson creation, improve alignment, and enhance instructional clarity. Develop model lessons, unit overviews, and assessments using both traditional instructional design and AI-assisted strategies, ensuring pedagogical soundness and teacher usability. Collaborate with campus instructional coaches to deliver data-driven professional learning, increasing teacher content knowledge and improving student outcomes. Audit instructional resources for clarity, alignment, and engagement, providing targeted revisions and guidance to improve instructional quality. Designed, implemented, and evaluated ELA curriculum and assessments for alignment to TEKS, instructional quality, and student engagement. Leveraged generative AI to accelerate creation of scope and sequence documents, unit overviews, daily lesson frames, and assessment items. Reviewed and refined AI-generated materials for clarity, rigor, and pedagogical soundness, applying evaluation rubrics to ensure quality and alignment. Coached instructional coaches and teachers in personalized learning, technology integration, and data-driven planning. Integrated research-based innovations such as problem-based learning, makerspace projects, and gamification into literacy instruction.