Orlando Ramos, Ed.D.

American Schools of Fez and Rabat- Morocco
2019-2020: Chief Academic Officer

School District of Beloit
2018-2019 Principal

“….that success came in November, 2019, when the State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released state-wide testing results showing that Beloit Memorial High School improved from a school “Meeting Few Expectations” to a school that “Meets Expectations.” This is a direct result of Dr. Ramos’ initiatives and the collaborative instructional staff efforts he introduced.”

Milwaukee Public Schools
2015-2018 Regional Superintendent/Principal Coach

“Under Orlando’s leadership, he and his team inspired school site-based leaders and teachers which resulted in the following: • For 2 consecutive years, our students improved in every single content area of the ACT • 500 fewer suspensions were recorded during the 2016-17 school years • Student course failure rates were reduced by 35% • According to our accountability department, these results were “firsts” for our school district since modern accountability systems have been integrated.”

“…Principals were very appreciative of Orlando’s leadership style and morale was very high under his leadership. To see teachers and administrators work together on instructional strategies instead of these strategies coming from the top-down was impressive and like a breath of fresh air”

East Baton Rouge Parish School System
2012-2015 Associate Superintendent-Office of Innovation and Reform

“…for two consecutive years, Dr. Ramos’ team had increased scores on State standardized tests and increased the graduation rate to an all-time high. Dr. Ramos had a high school slated for State takeover because of low test scores. After one year, the school came off the list for schools deemed academically unacceptable. As a team, we improved the school district from a State of Louisiana rating of “D” to a “C” falling just 4 points short of a “B” rating within 3 years (2012-2015). Upon our arrival, we had 13 schools slated for takeover by the State school recovery district. By the end of our administration, not a single school was taken over…”

Decatur Public Schools, Decatur, Illinois
2011-2012 District Transformation/School Improvement Officer

” …Initiated, implemented and monitored a new grading policy which resulted in fewer student course failures…

Chicago Public Schools
2010-2011 Director - Office of Transformation/Turnaround Schools

“He was in the challenging position of having to get approval from all of these entities around a single plan in order to make us competitive for the grants. This required a significant amount of people, organizational and political skills.Most importantly he built trust in a manner that I have not seen before in my career. We were impressed with Orlando’s ability to bring people together who normally would not or could not work together.”

Alum Rock Public Schools
2008-2010 Principal

“This is one of his greatest strengths. He is able to see how student behavior is directly connected to the behaviors of the adults in the organization.”

West Contra Costa School District
2005-2008 Principal

“… Orlando united his staff and significantly increased the achievement of the students in Richmond High School. What is most outstanding about his efforts are the fact that the increase in student achievement impacted students of all socio-economic backgrounds and race…”

New York City Public Schools
1993-2005 Teacher, Dean, Assistant Principal, Director

“To move our school off of the top 10 list of the City’s most violent schools list is an extremely daunting task……To have reduced student suspensions by 30% over the course of one year is an incredible achievement.”

“… a persistently failing school that ranked last in all categories within our district. …..In merely a little more than two years, EHLA had recorded some of the highest gains in the district on the State reading exam and the suspension rate was reduced by 50%.”