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Kansas City, Mo, Us

Kansas City, Mo, Us

• Maintain oversight of all local military installation CYS issues involving public schools and their relationship to the surrounding community.• State subject matter expert regarding education trends, challenges, and best practices in relation to military relocation experiences.• Conduct individualized needs assessments virtually/in-person and serve as the focal point for gathering and disseminating relevant policies and procedures of the local school system.• Spearhead the integration of military children into the local school system; meeting with families, school principals, guidance counselors, teachers, and other school staff and superintendents, as appropriate.• Participatory member of installation and community councils, committees, and boards related to youth education and services to children/youth. • Develop guidelines and procedures for establishing and maintaining an organization-wide marketing working group.• Implement installation Partnerships in Education (PIE) initiatives to foster partnerships and successfully integrate between the military community, schools, and the local community that supports academic transitions for children/youth and promotes community/parental involvement in schools.• Community engagement through outreach and event planning/coordination with team members and stakeholders. Plan and execute small and large-scale community events.• Develop and facilitate workshops for parents, educators, staff, and youth on military culture, customer service, resiliency, child development, and other related topics.• Prepare and execute small and large-scale professional briefings to installation, community, and school members.• Facilitate connections between installation and school communities based on expressed need.• Implement and monitor DA policies to include SLS guidance, baseline standards and benchmarks, andprogram utilization goals.• Maintain a record of and enter data for all contacts, challenges, and activities.

Fort Polk, Louisiana, United States

• Responsible for the operation of a child development center in accordance with all applicable regulations and standards. Maintained NAEYC Accreditation and DoD Certificate to Operate.• Program supervision, oversight, and accountability for the performance of approximately 45 staff.• Weekly use of management system to monitor child spaces/vacancies, ensuring facility footprint meetsthe demand of the waitlist.• Monthly data input/verification of enrollments, meals served, and staffing.• Comprehension of funding by space and impacts on budget based on child/youth enrollments.• Budget oversight for the program to ensure curriculum and environments drove purchases of supplies.• Monitored outstanding work orders until timely completion.• Ensured staff signed in/out and were wearing appropriate uniforms in compliance with policy.• Routine spot checks completed to ensure children were signed in/out accurately both in the rooms and in the child and youth management system.• Served as a panel member for organization-wide (MWR) hiring fairs, interview panels, and finalselections. Conducted new employee onboarding and orientations.• Periodic observation of all staff members for performance. Served as a mentor and coach through rolemodeling developmentally appropriate interactions and expectations.• Scheduled monthly staff meetings to communicate important information and receive feedback.• Responsible for the oversight of the payroll system at the program level. Adjusted scheduling with themanagement team to accommodate child attendance trends, weekly staff meetings, and trainings.• Established relationships with families, children, and staff daily, to include their incoming orientation tothe program. Daily presence was essential in classrooms and throughout the building.• Implemented meetings held for the Parent Advisory Group at the center level, increasing parentparticipation and surveying family needs.

Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord, Wa

• Worked closely with the management team, co-workers, and families to provide a program thatpromoted the positive growth and development of children.• Acted as a manager in the absence of the Director/Assistant Director and assisted with additionaladministrative support.• Assisted with scheduling and budgeting.• Responsible for the oversight of 8-16 ratio groups. Served as a mentor/supervisor to approximately 40staff, spending the required 50% of scheduled time in the classrooms.• Maintained all special needs paperwork for assigned classrooms.• Collaborated with the management team to develop curriculum expectations, approved weekly planningforms through TS Gold, and ensured their implementation as changes were made to the OperationsManual. Incorporated the use of the Pyramid Model as detailed by the Center on the Social andEmotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL).• Assisted Training Specialist with staff training and new employee onboarding/orientation.• Conducted new parent orientations and participated in conferences upon request.

Fort Bragg, Nc

• Observed staff and provided feedback to ensure competency and consistency for each learning modulefocused on child development.• Conducted training reviews with every staff member and maintained approximately 40 training files both paper and electronically through the management system (CYMS).• Served as a coach and mentor for staff, assisted in implementing strategies to help children succeed, and approved weekly lesson plans.• Trained staff for the conversion of lesson plans to the online format of TS Gold, setting the expectationfor weekly lesson plans and individual child activities.• Prepared and conducted required training content for adult learners, ensuring all standards were met.• Conducted simultaneous program observations with management to ensure classroom environmentsmet the needs of the children and staff.

Fort Polk, La

• Observed staff, conducted training reviews, maintained training files both paper and electronically in the management system (CYMS), and organized new employee orientation schedules.• Supervised approximately 40 staff and assisted with performance reviews and evaluations.• Scheduled staff to ensure ratios were simultaneously maintained for all programs (Hourly, Before/AfterSchool, Part-Day, and Full-Day) at all times and verified payroll accordingly.• Monitored ratios and compiled this data for entry into required reports.• Involvement with the interviewing and selection process for new employees.• Acted as Director in Director’s absence.• Coordinated transportation schedules to accommodate requests aligned with lesson plans.• Served as a Child Development Associate (CDA) Advisor and a resource for staff.• Approved weekly/individual lesson plans and conducted staff training for adult learners.• Worked with other programs to plan and coordinate organization-wide events.• Communicated expectations and standards during parent orientations.• Assisted with budgeting and purchasing of necessary supplies and equipment to uphold standards.• Completed NAF for Supervisors Training and was selected/trained as facility Environmental ComplianceOfficer.

St Charles, Missouri, United States

Assistant Director of Student Activities - Graduate Assistant (May 2006-May 2007)Associate Director of Student Activities - Staff (June 2007-May 2008)• Managed and performed a wide range of services to promote the social, intellectual, spiritual, andrecreational needs of students.• Assisted in the formulation and implementation of policies regarding extra-curricular activities.• Coordinated, implemented, and promoted special events (welcome events, concert series, etc.).• Created content for special event promotion through text and images for campus distribution.• Assisted in the preparation and administration of a fiscally sound operating budget.• Assisted in the training and supervision of over 100 work-study students.• Designed and executed instruction for an introduction to university life course based on requiredcomponents (1 semester).• Provided basic editing and feedback for the university handbook and student activities guide.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Education

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education