Cassandra Fiadini Email & Phone Number

- Provide outreach and assess the needs to prospective families and at-risk youth to explain program requirements and benefits while providing meaningful, positive, and sustainable interventions - Assist families experiencing homelessness, foster parents, social workers, and local shelter managers in identifying students, enrollment, and connections to necessary services - Coordinate with the Transportation Department and other districts to arrange transportation - Facilitate data sharing with the child welfare agencies, consistent with FERPA and other privacy protocols - Conduct training related to McKinney-Vento to district staff for identification and enrollment of homeless students - Conduct attendance and academic monitoring - Collaborate with counselors in identifying at-risk students as defined by poor academic progress, chronic absenteeism, and other related criteria to provide proper interventions - Provide verification letters for FAFSA and Running Start programs for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth - Develop systems and maintain records for data collection as required by OSPI - Attend required trainings and conferences facilitated by OSPI and Snohomish County - Assist with grant writing for supplemental funding to the McKinney-Vento program- Raise awareness to build and maintain collaborative relationships with community agencies, county agencies, non-profit organizations, local shelters, and community members who support our families

- Facilitate the relationship between home and school for students and families, encouraging attendance and addressing academic concerns- Support student achievement by acting as a communication liaison, helping students feel welcome in the high school- Participate in school-based teams to provide support to students and families transitioning into the school and community- Assist in supporting students preparing for their transition from high school into college, or future endeavors post high school graduation- Act as a navigator for students and families to collect, organize and access academic support and resources- Organizing information and helping parents to advocate for the academic and social well-being of their children- Collect appropriate evaluation data on the success of efforts put forth- Analyze and present collected data- Conduct cross-sectional surveys of student, faculty and staff to access community and school needs- Organize and execute school community resource fair for Board of Education families and community; bringing organizations together to promote resource knowledge and increase advocacy

Bayonne, New Jersey, United States

Science Department; Grades K - 12• Serve as liaison for and collaborate with teachers, parents and senior administration toprovide team-based support in service of addressing students’ wide-ranging academic andpersonal needs and concerns.• Coordinate logistics for and oversee student participation in numerous academic and extra-curricular events and programs, including the Science Fair/STEM Showcase, BOOST Tutoring,Gateways to STEM, NJBCT Testing, and Proyecto Science Summer Program.• Program and implement teacher and staff training events to facilitate skill enhancement.• Manage and administer multiple departmental budgets totaling $100,000+ annually.• Build vendor relationships, execute contracts, order and track supplies across departments.• Assist in grant writing; negotiate collaborations with external entities for grant applications;conduct outreach soliciting special programming donations.• Reconcile timesheet processing and payroll for roster of 30 teachers.• Maintain Science department website, Wiki, and OnCourse curriculum resources.

Bayonne, Nj

• Work alongside district teachers via the Mini-grant program, Math Olympiad, Back to School Celebration and Teacher of the Year dinner.• Liaises with outside organizations in order to establish and maintain business partnerships.• Plan and coordinate numerous events through the foundation.• Work closely with the foundation treasurer concerning funds granted to local schools.• Manages administrative tasks for the organization.

Scranton, Pennsylvania Area

• Represented the Center at various locations and events.• Conducted interviews and wrote evaluations to assist in hiring of staff, interns and volunteers.• Forged partnership with local Women’s Resource Center of Lackawanna County to enrich programming and volunteer opportunities available to both students and community members, including Take Back the Night, the Empty Place at the Table exhibit, and events for residents of the WRC shelter.• Coordinated other events including activities for Love Your Body Day and International Women’s Day, as well as the Women in Film Screening Series.• Spearheaded cross-promotion of JKWC events with Women’s Studies faculty offerings to ensure maximum student engagement on both ends.• Compiled data and prepared reports encapsulating campus sexual assault statistics and university polices for the Center’s prevention and outreach programs. • Helmed a weekly feminist discussion group to explore thought-provoking books and articles.Programmed and coordinated a monthly lunch series, each kicked off by a lecturer presenting a women’s studies topic through the lens of their particular field. • Co-created and led a yearly t-shirt design and fundraising campaign to create enhanced awareness of the risks during the “Red Zone” window on campus each fall. • Promoting Awareness of the College Transition (PACT) - Conducted peer-to-peer awareness sessions to educate incoming freshman on topics such as consent, healthy relationships, sexual assault, and other issues critical to making a safe transition to college. Trained other student presenters to conduct PACT sessions. • Take Back the Night & The Clothesline Project - Planned, organized, and supervised the design and execution of annual rally and pre-rally festivities; solicited donors for food/prizes/services; created informative games and activities; selected vendors and entertainment; recruited and trained a committed volunteer staff that tripled in size over four years.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

• Performed intake assessments for homeless and low-income walk-in clients; provided assistance or referrals to help secure resources, as needed.• Planned and chaperoned offsite photo shoots for after-school teen photography program.• Developed and supervised activities for visitors to UNC’s senior center.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Counseling And Human Services, Concentration In Women'S Studies

Activities and Societies: Sexual Assault Response Team, Center for Health Education and Wellness, Students Promoting Assault.

Master'S Degree, Psychology

Specialization is Social Psychology