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Wheaton, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Executive Director for Trinity United Church of Christ Early Childhood Centers (2019-Present)Diligent organizational leader with accountability for overseeing and administering a $6M annual budget; partner with the TUCC Board of Directors, Policy Committee, and stakeholders to maintain high levels of operational effectiveness, efficiency, and excellence.> Strategic Planning: Develop and implement organizational systems in alignment with strategic plans and overall organizational mission and vision.> Team Collaboration: Work in close collaboration with key leaders on program development and management, ensuring consistent levels of compliance based on funding matrices.> Quality Management: Vigilantly uphold tight quality controls, serving as a leader for Head Start partners and other external community advocate organizations.> Organizational Growth: Create comprehensive strategic planning systems with a focus on maximizing organizational growth and stability.> Budget Management: Directly responsible for managing a $3M annual budget and a $4.5M budget for Head Start.> Marketing Management: Oversee marketing and branding initiatives to increase organizational visibility and awareness.> Regulatory Compliance: Developed systems for ensuring compliance with Head Start and Early Head Start regulations, including classroom management checklists; partnered on the design of performance management and professional development tools to support agency staff with providing high-quality education.> Strategy Development: Crafted creative strategies for support staff with addressing challenges in working with children and parents; designed effective organizational best practices and standards for staff behavior.

Provided strategic leadership to children services operations with accountability for a combined enrollment of 300 children. Managed a $3M budget and supervised a team of 50 members, ensuring consistent compliance with city and state regulations. Accountable for leading directors in a variety of school management models, providing service to both corporate clients and community education organizations.> Strategic Partnerships: Fostered a key partnership with the City of Chicago on program agreements for the funding of early childhood services, resulting in one-quarter of new teachers being enrolled and completing early childhood or leadership classes.> Program Development: Developed a staff reward program for recognizing outstanding work performance, resulting in a boost to employee morale, substantial productivity increases, and strengthening of team cohesion.

Greater Chicago Area

Served as a strategic leader for the northern regions of Illinois suburbs early childhood centers; acted as a dedicated liaison to corporate business to harmonize daily operations, ensuring consistent compliance with best practices, budget controls, and policies.> Leadership: Provided effective leadership for corporate clients on full-time enrollment, achieving the goal and requirements associated with annual strategic planning objectives.> Program Development: Developed a staff reward program for recognizing outstanding work performance, resulting in a boost to employee morale, substantial productivity increases, and strengthening of team cohesion.

Chicago Il

Group discussions with Teachers on mentoring young children, Strategies for Educators on building healthy relationships with young people

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Provided comprehensive support to local partners in the successful execution of programs for 9 Head Start and 3 Family Childcare Home Programs with an emphasis on quality, sustainability, effectiveness, vision, communication, and financial management for 365 program slots. Accountable for identifying and capitalizing on new opportunities and developments; led, mentored, coached, and provided professional development opportunities to 50 staff and managed a $1.1M budget.> Recruiting: Crafted an organization recruitment strategy and marketing plan for Head Start families; credited with identifying families that would benefit the most from services and coording 4 recruitment events in the Englewood community that resulted in the enrollment of 54 children.> Program Management: Engaged with creative opportunities to enable men to actively participate in their child’s education through the development and implementation of a male and fatherhood think tank; male participation in Head Start classrooms increased from 1% to 20% within a 2-year time frame.

Indiana

Provided consulting services to Head Start programs and grantees across multiple states with a focus on rectifying issues of non-compliance and program deficiencies and aligning with federal regulations Head Start standards, and contract requirements.> Trend Analysis: Meticulously analyzed trends in skill gaps for teaching staff and developed and delivered early childhood leadership training to more than 100 teachers to improve performance.> Team Collaboration: Successfully collaborated with education programs and organizations in Illinois and Indiana on early program/education assessments for grant requirements.> Professional Development: Led more than 25 leadership training courses on best practices for teachers and educators, as well as professional development workshops for community leaders.

Masters Degree, Early Childhood Development

Bachelor'S Degree, Art History, Criticism And Conservation