Catherine Smith Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Utilize a unique mentoring methodology based upon adolescent social-emotional development, cultural relevance, and critical consciousness. Enable conversations that allow students to reflect upon the impact of.
• Hold students accountable to year-round program participation, as well as demonstrating a personal commitment to students that results in a high level of engagement throughout their Summer Search experience.
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• Monitor and promote students’ academic and extracurricular participation and performance, as well as postsecondary readiness requirements.
• Participate in student recruitment, interviewing and enrollment, as well as planning and attending key milestone events for students and their families throughout the school year, including travel to schools within the.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Manages a caseload 60 college-aged students to persist through their post-secondary journey and career exploration in addition to a caseload of 20 high school seniors to distribute information of NYC programs to those.
• Hires and supervises student interns to improve program efficiency and team morale
• Designs and implements curriculum for mentoring program and summer bridge transition programming to over 300 students
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• Collaborates with college access counselors and teachers to create and distribute marketing collateral (including flyers, calendar notices, electronic messaging, etc.) to promote events, activities,and programs for.
• Plans and implements over 15 student events to over 300 students Show less

Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Spearheaded multi-site recruitment efforts for Bottom Line’s career events, including establishing project plans, creating communication templates for advisors and support team members, creating marketing materials for.
• Led and provided support in Bottom Line’s annual graduation and Juneteenth Celebration, which has over 500 attendees

Brooklyn, NY

• Provide individualized advisement to a caseload of ~85 first-generation college students at various community and senior colleges to ensure graduation, college affordability, employability and well-being
• Conduct, track and assess student progress using both qualitative and quantitative measures
• Maintain ongoing communication with all students on caseload, and lead meetings for 18 - 21 students per week on campus and virtually
• Guide students through financial aid renewal process… Show more
• Guide students through financial aid renewal process by appropriate deadlines
• Plan and co-lead various student-facing events to advance program engagement and community building

Greater New York City Area

• Co-managed the Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP)’s operations for over 300 low-income high school students by planning events, registering students for appropriate courses, and recruiting talent
• Hired and supervised 8 student interns to increase workflow and assist with event execution
• Recruited 150 low-income high school students at public events
• Revamped and operated various supportive services such as tutoring, mentoring, and transit payments
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• Created marketing items such as brochures, flyers, and folders for staff training, recruitment, and special events

East Hartford, Connecticut, United States

• Produced numerous tracking tools for Career Pathways Manufacturing program’s development and evaluation
• Created data visualizations for overview project progress every month
• Served as a liaison for constant communication between the community partners and Goodwin College community (staff, faculty, and students)

Master Of Education - Med, Leadership In Higher Education

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Journalism And Psychology (Minor)