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Queensbury, New York, United States

Supporting 250+ 7th grade students with academic, personal, social, career and crisis counseling Teaching communication skills to students learning how to self-advocate and express their thoughts, feelings and needs appropriately Developing multi-tiered behavioral support strategies to address school-wide and individual student behavior concerns with the.

Batavia, New York

• Serving 200+ middle school students through classroom instruction, individual and group counseling, RTI and MTSS processes, SEL practices, and post-secondary/career conversations and exploration
• Building positive relationships with key community stakeholders including students and their families, teachers, administrators, support staff and local agencies to leverage all student supports
• Analyzing and developing data-driven action plans to increase school attendance for at-risk students missing 10%+ school days
• Facilitating mediation and restorative practices to manage conflict

Pioneer High School

• Provided IEP counseling services for 16 students with disabilities to meet academic, career and personal/social needs and goals
• Advocated for students across all academic settings by connecting with faculty and staff for consultation and collaboration to decrease achievement gaps and referrals
• Empowered students with opportunities to excel in areas of strength; combating negative self-image and stigma associated with special education programming that prevents progress

Mckinley High School

• Balanced master schedule for 550+ students enrolled in summer school with equitable class-sizes for 17 teachers
• Created report for administration that includes all necessary, up-to-date information organized alphabetically by home school to be shared with administrators of other attending schools
• Called students’ parents and guardians regarding attendance to warn of potential drop status

Buffalo, New York

• Implementing lesson plans and classroom management K-12
• Employing conflict resolution to prevent disruption and improve class unity
• Building rapport by engaging students in learning process with listening and empathy skills
• Empowering students in their academic and personal life through small group and one-on-one conversations involving reality/choice theory

North Tonawanda, NY

• Counseled 10 students from various grade levels through emotional, social and academic issues while collaborating with faculty and parents for more holistic support
• Scheduled juniors based on desired courses for senior year and diploma requirements
• Developed psychoeducational groups for building academic and life skills in organizing, goal-setting and studying to improve grades and career success
• Organized and played master of ceremonies for National Signing Day program for 100+ seniors celebrating post-graduation plans of enrollment in higher education, the military, vocational training, or immediate entry.
• Reviewed transcripts with 75 seniors per state graduation requirements and guided 5 college-bound students missing direction or focus of study through career exploration
• Presented to district cabinet members, including superintendent, school board members and administrators, critical information on a referral for suicidal students

504 Frankhauser Road, Amherst, NY 14221

Equip, encourage, empower, and care for MyCircle Catalysts so that they are able to faithfully embody and lead others to live on mission within the context of their daily lives and relationships, using the MyCircle Training Initiative as the platform.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Led a 5-week career training, life skills program with mentors for unemployed and underemployed men, ages 17-25, collaborating with local professionals
• Identified young, at-risk men for mentoring on the East Side of Buffalo by networking at community centers, churches, and by referral
• Facilitated a weekly basketball program for young adults, ages 17-30, offering dinner and motivational speakers with a multi-ethnic group of volunteers
• Collected and utilized data in areas of education, vocation, relationships and spirituality to assess personal growth of each client
• Raised $1,000 in monthly support through one-on-one presentations and monthly e-newsletters effectively communicating transformative progress
• Built a national audience with a 65% open rate through MailChimp, an email campaign website with 8 million users and an industry average 23% open rate

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Coached 5 at-risk unemployed men, ages 18-24, with a high school education or less, to full-time employment, independent living, and the decrease of dependence on government welfare.
• Taught financial literacy to formerly unemployed clients who transitioned from receiving government assistance to personally paying living expenses.
• Researched and identified possible career path options with respect to client interests.
• Managed a house renovation project that enabled partial custody for a father of four.

Tonawanda, New York

• Audited commercial property surveys, the most expensive and extensive report sold to our insurance clients.
• Screened and resolved conflicts over field reports for high value homes costing over 1 million dollars.

Tonawanda, New York

• Fabricated web design guides for a multimillion-dollar project with Allstate.
• Restructured and revamped marketing materials for CoverageKeeper 2.0, risk analysis software.
• Produced advertisements to reach local businesses promoting The Mueller Mile race event.

Rochester, New York Area

• Designed two efficient logistical layouts in a Radisson banquet hall for a 70-vendor retailer sale and pajama party with roughly 2, 000 women attending.
• Consistently created marketing and advertisement material for multimedia formats with ASAP deadlines.
• Moderated and maintained event website for 7th Annual What Women Want Weekend.

North Tonawanda, New York

• Led new product development team for fire resistant paper used in multiple industries.
• Prepared, processed and tracked sample marketing orders for clients and customers.
• Supported management with client questions, problems, and issues

Saratoga Springs, New York

• Modeled email-marketing statistics of Convention and Visitor Bureau clients for improved client analysis.
• Explored and amassed innovative mobile marketing techniques to be considered in the company’s future suite of software service offerings.
• Targeted new partners offering enterprise software solutions for collaboration in future company expansion.

Albany, New York Area

• Piloted, promoted, and trained regional office employees on Hidden Workload Database, which consolidated and tracked lower priority work and increased management’s knowledge of work efficiency.
• Researched sustainability methods in the hotel industry to integrate into NYS college hospitality programs.

Albany, New York Area

• Drafted web pages that were published on the department’s website educating the public on recycling cell phones and remanufacturing printer cartridges.
• Constructed database for proficiently tracking New York waste transfer stations.
• Generated 25-page sludge report for upper level management using MS Word and Excel that exceeded job expectations.

Msed Counselor Education, Counselor Education/School Counseling And Guidance Services

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication Design, Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: VP of university's American Marketing Association chapter • Member of Alpine Ski Racing TeamMajored in Marketing