Kristine Hensley Consulting, LLC

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Professional Experience

Kristine L. Hensley, M.Ed., has most recently served as Supervisor of School Culture and Restorative Practices in Hillsborough County Public Schools, the seventh largest school district in the nation.  She has extensive experience writing and managing grants, many of which have been designed to improve the culture and climate within schools as well as the overall health, well-being, and educational outcomes for students.   Kristine was the sole writer for one of three of the Now is the Time (NITT) grants awarded to the district and a key writer for additional grants the district was awarded, including the first i3 grant ever awarded to the district.  She has a strong history of successful project management, including making systems improvements, implementing federal and state mandates, and providing sound fiscal and compliance management.  She has experience launching new project initiatives aligned to strategic plans and spearheading school and district culture initiatives including the implementation of preventative and responsive restorative practices.  Areas of expertise include strategic planning, project/change management, educational leadership, professional development, organizational culture and wellness, restorative practices, team building, continuous improvement, and sustainable program/system development/refinement aligned with organizational goals and priorities.

Prior to her current work, Kristine managed several federal grant projects, developed agreements with community partnerships to extend student mental health services, developed partnership agreements, and managed departmental grant budgets. Kristine worked in the district’s Department of Grants and Research, as well as Career and Technical Education as the Grants Supervisor.  Through this work, Kristine has traveled across the nation educating other districts on student-centric reform initiatives to support the myriad of students’ needs, as well as prevention and non-punitive behavioral systems to promote student engagement and responsibility.  Some of these initiatives include site-based teacher induction programs, cohort scheduled wall-to-wall school structures, restorative practices, student-centered interventions, transition programs, and designing and certifying career academies.  Prior to her work as a district administrator, Kristine served the district as an Administrative Resource Teacher (9th Grade Dean), Smaller Learning Community Grant Manager and as a high school Family and Consumer Sciences teacher.  Her career in education has spanned over 26 years.