Celestte Dills, M.A.Ed. Email and Phone Number

Curriculum development, professional development training, education business consultation, educator career growth/ coaching, teacher/ administrative mentoring, subject matter expertise in social-emotional strategies, inclusive/ diverse/ equitable best-practices, and prevention of challenging behavior.

Development of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) curricula (infant through adult). Act as content matter expert for various forms of media (books, video, web). Liaison for business development. Development of training materials. Development of business presentations. Professional development of peers. Creation of blog and social media content.

Education consultant for developmentally appropriate materials and content for a series of children’s books and television programming. Development of proprietary social and emotional learning (SEL) curriculum. Liaison for marketing and business partnerships.

Education consulting and content development focused on inclusive and equitable educational best-practices for 160,000 students. Subject matter expert on individual success plans for children with medical and developmental diagnoses. Development of resources for inclusion services tool kit for distribution on a national level. Contributor of print and social media education articles. Professional development for 30,000 educators and field management on pro-social skills and prevention of challenging behavior.

Developed national curriculum to meet or exceed state early childhood standards for academic achievement in all states of operation. Create coordinating education materials while effectively working with cross-functional teams and departments. National training and support in curriculum implementation. Content developer for professional development and national marketing campaigns.

Fiscal management of business. Recruitment and retention of 15 employees. District quality initiatives. Grass roots marketing campaigns and events. District-wide employee hiring. Helped lead district-wide teacher training and motivation public speaking events and seminars. Mentoring and training of teachers and peers.

Efficient and fun classroom management with a focus on fundamental knowledge building and useful social skills. Created a computer donation program for struggling parents returning to school to complete their education.

Full array of business management duties to include: book keeping and accounting, payroll and staff scheduling, staff hiring and retention, employee training and motivation, curriculum development and implementation, and high level customer service. Created a cross-cultural donation program with a sister school in Thailand. Fund raising efforts brought in over $5000 in monetary and physical donations to help refugee children from Burma attend school.

Curriculum development and implementation. Staff development, training, and motivation. Business management and marketing. Grass roots and national marketing initiatives. High-level product quality and customer service. Voted "Best Preschool" in the county each year of my employ. Won President's platinum award for charitable giving for helping raise over $100,000 for Reach Out and Read. Achieved high level accreditation through CITA/ SACS.