Ame Patton Email & Phone Number

Provo, Ut, Us

Orem, Utah

I work jointly with family educators to improve the qualifications and professional development of staff. As a coach I support high quality education services and promote career development/classroom interactions and environments, using research-based measures. General Responsibilities• Assesses all education staff to identify strengths, areas of need and to best analyze which staff would benefit most from intensive coaching.• Acts as a change agent, using research-based measures… Show more I work jointly with family educators to improve the qualifications and professional development of staff. As a coach I support high quality education services and promote career development/classroom interactions and environments, using research-based measures. General Responsibilities• Assesses all education staff to identify strengths, areas of need and to best analyze which staff would benefit most from intensive coaching.• Acts as a change agent, using research-based measures of quality in the preschool classroom. • Uses research based coaching method that allows staff to be observed, assessed, receive feedback and have effective teaching practices modeled for them using Practice-Based Coaching• Conducts formal environmental observations for every center according to the schedule developed with the Management Team, and provides on-the-job guidance to teaching staff, and family educators to report outcomes and make recommendations. • Coordinates with the EHS Director and Managers in training, coaching, mentoring, and supporting the teaching staff, and family educators. • Maintains complete reports of observations and recommendations. • Develops mentor coaching plans, with specific goals and areas for growth which are based on observations. • Mentors staff to assure continuous quality improvement. • Provides program-wide professional development and individual technical assistance to teaching staff and regular classroom volunteers in the form of education, training, mentoring and coaching using a strengths-based approach. • Works collaboratively with Education Manager to establish and achieve quality goals using observations as a foundation for determining needs. - Has a knowledge of adult learning principles • Uses data to create clearly articulated goals informed by the programs goals and a process for achieving those goalsSupport School Readiness and Family Engagement Show less

Mountainland Headstart

Provides support and supervision in the Education service area to ensure teachers delivercomprehensive education services to all Head Start children, including those with IndividualizedEducation Plan’s (IEP), behavioral support or health plans and English language learners,helping them develop socially, intellectually, physically, and emotionally in a developmentallyappropriate manner toward the overall goal of social competence and school readiness, asoutlined in the Head… Show more Provides support and supervision in the Education service area to ensure teachers delivercomprehensive education services to all Head Start children, including those with IndividualizedEducation Plan’s (IEP), behavioral support or health plans and English language learners,helping them develop socially, intellectually, physically, and emotionally in a developmentallyappropriate manner toward the overall goal of social competence and school readiness, asoutlined in the Head Start Performance Standards, the 2007 Improving Head Start for SchoolReadiness Act and Mountainland Head Start, Inc.’s policies and procedures and ensures servicessupport the agency’s school readiness plan. Functionally supervises Child DevelopmentSpecialists.Provides training resources and mentoring to interested staff and parents. Suggests education resources for use by Head Start children and families. Coordinates the planning and implementing of home education activities for children, parents, and staff. Implements efficient operating procedures of library and other check-out educationalresources. Contributes to the monthly parent and staff newsletters, as assigned. Plans, prepares and provides training for staff during monthly in-service workshops.Participates in the hiring of center teaching staff, as requested, ensuring teaching staff hired posses the credentials required by the 2007 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act. Show less

Mountainland Headstart

Assists the Education & Child Development Services Director and the Child Development Coordinators with mentoring, coaching, supporting, and supervising teaching staff. Ensures teaching staff are providing comprehensive child development and education services to all HeadStart children, including those with Individualized Education Plan’s (IEP), behavioral support orhealth plans, and English language learners helping them develop socially, intellectually, physically, and emotionally in… Show more Assists the Education & Child Development Services Director and the Child Development Coordinators with mentoring, coaching, supporting, and supervising teaching staff. Ensures teaching staff are providing comprehensive child development and education services to all HeadStart children, including those with Individualized Education Plan’s (IEP), behavioral support orhealth plans, and English language learners helping them develop socially, intellectually, physically, and emotionally in a developmentally appropriate manner toward the overall goal of social competence and school readiness, as outlined in the Head Start Performance Standards and the 2007 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act and ensures services support the agency’s school readiness plan. Functionally supervises Teachers.Develops Mountainland Head Start, Inc.'s child development, education, and training plans and services for children, parents and staff. Reports all service area activities, accomplishments, problems, etc. on a regular basis. Ensures all education and child development Performance Standards are being met. Assists the service area Director in monitoring educational expenses to ensure thechild development service area operates within the allotted budget.Conducts CLASS observations at assigned centers on a monthly basis or as assigned. Provides complete written reports of observations and recommendations. Ensures all Head Start Performance Standards and MHS policies and procedures arebeing implemented by teaching staff. Gives periodic evaluations to the teacher and provides feedback to teaching staff. Assists Child Development Coordinators in ensuring teachers receive the required 15hours of professional development per year. Maintains communication with the teacher, acting as the contact in behalf of the Central Office by providing and receiving information to and from the teacher. Monitors the attendance of each teaching staff member. Show less

Provo, Utah Area

Youth correctional counselors (YCCs) are employed by state or national governments to help juvenile law offenders become productive citizens. They work with youth offenders individually and in groups, and are responsible for the offenders' rehabilitation and transition back into ordinary life. Depending on the situation, a YCC might interact with offenders on a daily or weekly basis at a previously determined location, or at a live-in facility, where the YCC would be much more involved in… Show more Youth correctional counselors (YCCs) are employed by state or national governments to help juvenile law offenders become productive citizens. They work with youth offenders individually and in groups, and are responsible for the offenders' rehabilitation and transition back into ordinary life. Depending on the situation, a YCC might interact with offenders on a daily or weekly basis at a previously determined location, or at a live-in facility, where the YCC would be much more involved in everyday activity and supervision.YCCs are responsible for counseling juvenile delinquents in group sessions as well as individually. Like other forms of youth counseling, this involves discussion of the subject's personal life and feelings, though in correctional work emphasis is placed on specific deviant behavior. While typical issues such as self-image and family relationships are often discussed, the YCC must be prepared to deal with extreme situations that can involve dangerously criminal behavior, drug and alcohol abuse and sexual abuse.The job of the YCC is not limited to basic counseling; the ultimate goal is to rehabilitate the child in question. YCCs are responsible for acting as liaisons and working with family members, teachers, medical professionals and parole officers, along with the YCCs' own supervisors and anyone else related to the case, to plan and structure a therapeutic program that's tailored to fit the offender's needs. These programs typically include a firm set of rules to govern the child's behavior, as well as a series of well-established goals and objectives that the YCC will help the offender work towards. Show less

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Behavioral Sciences W/ Social Work Emphasis, 3.75 Gpa

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Child Development