Dawn Gerundo Email & Phone Number

United States

Major Responsibilities:• Stay current on social sector trends as well as socio-economic and political trends that may have an effect on VSUW’s Impact Strategies• Responsible for the strategic engagement of Community Objective Advisory Councils• Lead directors to evaluate and take actions that improve community objective outcomes, engagement and resource development strategies• Implement highly effective programs and strategies that align with the overall strategic plan and community objectives• Select and/or ensure that community objective strategies move our metrics forward• Lead actions to achieve a long-range goal or vision; take actions considering factors such as cost, benefits, risks, timing, and buy-in from organization and stakeholders• Develop and monitor budget • Research information and data to identify/explain major trends, problems, causes affecting the community; evaluates information and recommends solutions• Conceptualize the design or develop new or improved services or products that increase impact, engagement and resource People • Lead and coach the directors with the goal of improving their professional expertise to better serve key stakeholders and support business initiatives• Demonstrate relationship-building skills; solid judgment; critical thinking skills; a sense of teamwork and community• Build an organizational culture in which passion for continuous improvement is innate• Ability to adapt to changing environments and manage multiple priorities, organize interpret and communicate data• Ability to lead the planning, organization, monitoring and control of all aspects of a project and the motivation of all involved to achieve the project objectives within agreed parameters including performance criteria with internal and external customers• Communicate changes or problems (e.g. team goals, new information, new business direction, etc.) to peers, team members, and/or others and work on solutions

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Project Management• Ability to manage the planning, organization, monitoring and control of all aspects of project collaboration with the partners in the community to achieve the project objectives• Knowledgeable in Early Childhood Development and Child Care including quality standards• Knowledgeable in data management including internal and external data and monitors contract compliance• Manages contracts including meeting contract deliverables, maintaining positive relationship with funding entity, oversight of subcontractors and coordination with Finance and Administration.• Collects, reviews, and interprets data for the purpose of program evaluation.• Provides accurate reports and meets project deadline.• Ability to build consensus and gain cooperation from our community partners• Ability to work as part of a team and support the goals of the organization• Strong interpersonal skills • Knowledge of the early childhood professional community• Works with key relationships to address critical issues and research based solutions• Build strong collaborative relationship to facilitate partnership in the creation of strategiesCommunication:• Ability to read, analyze, write reports, procedure manuals and interpret training instructions• Effectively presents information to team and external customers• Manages budget, account reconciliations and budget forecasting for internal and external useNonprofit Management• Is familiar with local, state and national government regulations for nonprofit organizations and knowledge of nonprofit financial concepts, terms and regulatory forms• Knowledge of effective volunteer engagement including recruiting, retention and recognition strategiesAnalytical Skills• Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions • Develops measurable solutions in partnership with internal and external resources• Familiar with logic model framework for program design and outcome measurement

Run day-to-day operations in a Preschool program with more than 200 children and supervising more than 40 staff members.Work with nine peer schools through the NECPA accreditation processEvaluating classrooms on a daily basisSupported Teachers to improve their program and set up training programs, to include time-sensitive goals," inspect" what I expected, and develop trusting work relationships that lead schools to a path of rapid improvement. Ensure licensing standards are met and implemented at all times.Develop and write self-study trainings that include area of study, evidence of understanding and documentation.Collaborated and worked with Quality First, Teach program and CACFP programs.

Presented trainings on the on going basis for Learning Care group such as; Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Documentation of Learning, Room Arrangements, Mandated Reporting, Design and Display, Lesson Planning and the use of the Learning Care System, Anecdotal Notes, Daily Care and Supervision of Children, NECPA preparation, Family Partnerships, Mission Visions and Values, Family Style Meal Service and Policy and ProceduresRegister trainings with SUCCEEDS (Arizona's data base for Early Childhood Educators)Evaluate classrooms using the ITERS, ECERS and SACERS instrument to determine goals for quality improvement. Set plans and worked on following through with individual Directors and Teachers.Supported Directors and Teachers to improve their program and set up training programs, to include time-sensitive goals," inspect" what I expected, and develop trusting work relationships that lead schools to a path of rapid improvement. Ensure licensing standards are met and implemented at all times.Collaborated with my supervisor in designing and developing "New Employee Orientation" three day comprehensive training model for Arizona.Partnered with my supervisor in designing and developing the "EnRoll, Renew and Retain" family retention program for the marketingWorked one to one with schools to go through National Early Childhood Program Accreditation process ensuring that school properly prepared to meet the standards of quality and excellence through observations, training, and consistency

Managed a school of more than two hundred children while maintaining high expectations while increasing enrollment from 126 students to 216 within months.Marketing and Community Involvement through participation in job fairs, school openings, events for families, and community trainings confidently selling the program and curriculum.Interviewing and implemented training for new staff training programs, that included developing staff improvement plans, follow-up observations and goal setting.Daily insured National Association for the Education of Young Children code of ethics, day care licensing, and Tutor Time Evaluation standards were met.

Managed a year round classroom according to the Head Start standards in accordance to the Department of Health and Human Resources by the federal governmentProvide quality learning for children to include analyzing the fine arts, developmentally appropriate practices, hands on and meaningful experiences that were full of cultural diversity.Maintained Children and Staff files to include confidential documentation of health services, education and family needsCollaboration with Social Workers on case management for families including needed follow-up and referrals to assist families in meeting the needs of the individual family. Interviewing and implemented training for new staff training programs, that included developing staff improvement plans, follow-up observations and goal setting.Daily insured National Association for the Education of Young Children code of ethics, day care licensing, and Tutor Time Evaluation standards were met.

Classroom ManagementLesson plans implementing state standards, report cards, and maintained accumulative child files State Testing

Site Director for after school program and summer program for school aged children with over 100 students enrolled.Supervised staff, maintained day care licensing, record keepingPresent trainings for new staff, and other agencies.

Provide age appropriate activities for preschoolers to do in the home with their parents in the home base setting.Provide quality learning for children to include developmentally appropriate practices, hands on and meaningful experiences that were full of cultural diversity.Collaboration with Social Workers on case management for families including needed follow-up and referrals to assist families in meeting the needs of the individual family. Provide training for parents, staff and other local agencies to help assist the development of children and families, and professionalismMaintain Head Start Performance Standards and Arizona Day Care Licensing compliance. While insuring the National Association for the Education of Young Children code of ethics was met.Interviewing and implemented training for new staff training programs, that included developing staff improvement plans, follow-up observations and goal setting Participated on committees' for implementing the new mental health, and behavior health standards for Head Start and collaborated with peers in developing a home base education curriculum that was rich in cultural diversity; Bachelors of Liberal StudiesEmphasis: Early Childhood and Business Management

Ba, Liberal Studies (Early Childhood & Business Management)

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (A.A.S.), Early Childhood

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Early Childhood And Business Administration

Bachelor Of Education - Bed, Early Childhood Education And Teaching