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Anniston, Al, Us

• Develops and manage plans for workforce development priorities at ASNT.• Ensuring that workforce development programs and services follow all federal, state, and local government regulations, certifications, and licensing requirements.• Works with industry employers to ensure the nondestructive testing (NDT) pathway programs align with workforce needs in their various communities.• Partners with hiring managers to identify the talent needs and what success looks like for open positions; determines qualification criteria, recruiting plans and process for open positions.• Works collaboratively with supervisors, on-the-job trainers, instructors, industry leadership, human resources departments, so that the workforce will meet the industry needs.• Implements and provide program management for an NDT Technician Apprenticeship Program including developing and maintaining the administrative elements needed. Sets goals for program and develops metrics for measuring success.• Collaborates with leadership to create professional development offerings based on feedback from technicians and employers.• Coordinates and manages on and off-site outreach efforts with institutional, community, and corporate partners and participants. Provides assistance in developing marketing strategies for internship and apprenticeship programs in alignment with workforce needs.• Plans and maintains work systems, follow processes and policies that enable and encourage the meeting of workforce development and apprenticeship program objectives.• Conducts workforce development programs to help people learn about and prepare to enter the nondestructive testing (NDT) field. These programs will target secondary school students, college students, transitioning military members, and veterans.• Designs and facilitate activities and presentations related to career and retention services at designated colleges and universities, including but not limited to new student orientation,

North West Louisiana

I use innovation and industry expertise to provide consultation and training on quality care and education through Developmentally Appropriate and Best Practices in Early Childhood Education.As an independent trainer certified through Louisiana Pathways, I provide training in the following subject areas: Health and Safety Physical and Intellectual DevelopmentSocial and Emotional DevelopmentRelationships with FamiliesEffective Program OperationProfessionalismObserving and Recording Children’s Behavior Child Development

Bossier City, La

The Bossier Chamber of Commerce’s volunteer diplomats are a group of business professionals who support the Chamber’s mission by helping to grow and maintain a strong membership base through activities that promote member recruitment, engagement and retention. As primary Chamber member liaisons, the Diplomats interact with members to provide information, celebrate and encourage member growth and prosperity, and serve as an additional resource and communication link between the Chamber and its members.

Shreveport-Bossier City Area

Advocate for STEM Council activities and initiatives throughout the assigned STEM Region and beyond. Provide leadership to the LaSTEM Advisory Council by serving the broader state mission beyond the Regional STEM Director’s region.Establish working relationships with STEM-related business and industry, workforce, economic development, school-to-career, trade/professional, early childhood, preK-12 schools, community colleges, intermediaries, public and private colleges and universities, and cultural and community organizations in the region, cataloguing their contributions to STEM education and their STEM workforce needs.Implement STEM programs throughout the region to meet the regional demands of the workforce.Identify support and collaboration of new STEM programs and scale-ups/optimizations of existing STEM programs within the region.Develop a strategy to support data gathering, analysis, action plans, and achieving identified benchmarks.Maintain updated financial records and prepare financial reports for the Regional STEM Advisory Committee and the LaSTEM Program Administrator.Lead planning, partnering, and publicity to organize family/community STEM events.

Recruits students and businesses to participate in apprenticeship or work-based learning programs to support talent development needs.Consults with and advises stakeholders engaged in developing curriculum, creating course work, and planning the sequencing of courses to ensure proper coordination with employer sponsored apprenticeship and work-based learning programs.Provides both proactive and corrective training, oversight, and support with regard to allowable and unallowable expenditures for grant-funded projects, as well as for the accurate, complete, and timely preparation and submission of reports and other documentation required by funding sources.Monitors all expenditures for timeliness and allowance to ensure successful performance throughout state grant-funded projectServes on the Louisiana Community and Technical College System's Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce.Develops and creates program work plans in coordination with sponsors/employers to develop schedules and timetables delineating their work and academic responsibilities including work schedule/hours, compensation, employer expectations, course requirements, and expected academic progress.Evaluates and implements project goals in collaboration with the Vice Chancellor for Economic and Workforce Development, and others on campus as necessary to implement a cross sector systemic approach to WBL programs.Promotes Work-Based Learning programs by conducting outreach and participating in recruitment efforts to increase the number of and access to work-based learning opportunities by students and to increase enrollment and retention at the college. Monitors performance of apprenticeship and work-based learning programs, conferring on a regular basis with partners and Vice Chancellor.Seeks out new funding sources for apprenticeships and educational programs, placing emphasis on diversity & inclusion.Manages grants and grant accounting; works with finance department for audits.

Bossier City, La

Managed the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) initiative by leading Bossier Parish Community College's grant projects.Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives determined by college leadership and USDOL.Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.Provided innovation to expand and improve the college's ability to deliver short-term education and career training programs specifically in technology, engineering, and mathematics.Developed and implemented programs that can be completed in two years or less, and prepare program participants for employment in high-wage, high-skill occupations.Implemented sustainability strategies to ensure the programs success and longevity. Managed the total overall operation of the federal grant project in the areas of safety, productivity and efficiency to the standards of the contract and to the satisfaction of the customer.Responsible for directing, developing, implementing, and administering operations strategies and objectives to ensure achievement as prescribed by leadership in conjunction with the Department of Labor.Provide leadership operational and technical reports on performance and advise how best to achieve performance goals and results to Federal Project officers.Leads all grant activities and provides management, guidance, supervision and direction for the project. Responsible for ensuring compliance and timely reporting throughout the grant period. Works closely with BPCC's institutional research and finance departments to gather data for required reports and future planning.

Provides professional development opportunities in the area of employer expectations for the staff and faculty to improve performance and grant outcomes. Assist in aligning curriculum to employer requirements. Work with the division on the establishment and maintenance of USDOL memberships in Registered Apprenticeships for Community Colleges.

• Coordinates the childcare services offered by Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital System and manages The Family Tree Child Development Center.• Demonstrates understanding of financial management principles to ensure decisions are fiscally sound and responsible.• Develops evaluation designs and assessment systems to measure the quality and effectiveness of program in order to ensure Kindergarten readiness.• Schedule and deliver small to medium sized training sessions as needed for Teachers, Managers, and Support Staff, via classroom or group session format.• Demonstrates proficiency in developing & administering training need assessments, analyzing organizational challenges, & developing organizational solutions that have a measurable impact on addressing performance gaps & problems.• Designs programs and research projects on the basis of national/state reports, trends, economic conditions, future needs, educational research findings, and state and federal legislative or policy development.• Ensures that all accreditory and regulatory agency standards are met and maintained.• Analyzes and demonstrates knowledge of market and competition.• Develops challenging goals and plans for area of responsibility while gaining employee engagement and commitment.• Adapts to and develops workable implementation plans processes and systems that ensure consistently high performance. .• Establishes collaborative relationships and networks to achieve objectives Develops challenging goals and plans for area of responsibility and gains employee engagement.

Manages the center in conformance with all state and local regulations.* Plans work schedules and supervises staff, assists in lesson planning and evaluatesstaff. * Maintains an accurate financial accounting of the center operation. * Conducts conferences with parents and staff in order to maintain effectivecommunications. * Trains staff on curriculum and safety rules and regulations. * Recruits, interviews, and hires and trains staff to maintain proper staff/child ratios.* Enforces staff habits that result in clean and healthy care of children, includinguniversal precautions. * Increased Center utilization by 20 %. * Maintained positive comp over budget consistently. * Increased Center profitability by 46% in a year.