Devon Cahill Email & Phone Number

Santa Barbara, California Area

Serve as Adult Education team leader. Led team in the establishment of Adult Education Program through successful integration of our Adult Literacy, Career Online High School, and SBPL Works! workforce readiness programs. Regularly train community volunteers to provide one-to-one learner-centered peer literacy tutoring to over 200 learners. Supervise pool of over 100 active library volunteers. Design and instruct effective workshops for tutor training. Conduct learner placement interviews and evaluations. Organize and lead drop-in discussion groups at branches, community sites, and online. Train staff in program philosophy, methods, and protocols. Participate in hiring committees including interviews, references, and ranking. Write several grants annually ranging from $70K to over $100K. Manage grant budgets totaling over $200K per year. Pivoted all programs online during COVID-19 shutdown and secured grant for devices and wireless hotspots for literacy learners and job seekers. Planned and executed inaugural career fair and opened SBPL Works! satellite location. Attained 98% client success rate in reaching job readiness goals. Cultivate productive relationships with partners locally, regionally, and statewide. Collaborated with another literacy coordinators to design and teach webinar for statewide network. Worked with regional group to coordinate live and virtual trainings for fellow coordinators, volunteer tutors, and adult learners. Collect and maintain confidential patron data. Maintain Adult Education Center facility. Promote Adult Education programs via bilingual social media posts and print advertisements. Write, design, and send regular e-newsletter to volunteers. Teach patrons to navigate library catalogs and databases to locate books and other materials. Developed large print book collection and develop extensive Adult Education resources library. Launched and facilitate monthly teen anime and manga club—the longest running teen program at SBPL.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Taught patrons to navigate library catalogs, databases, and indices to locate books and other materials. Offered patrons strategies to select reliable resources. Maintained collection by compiling digital records, sorting and shelving books, and deaccessioning or repairing damaged volumes. Facilitated library usage by registering patrons for library cards and checking their materials in and out. Created a warm and welcoming environment for patrons visiting in person and responded to phone and email queries in a professional and timely manner. Designed, planned, and facilitated SBPL's monthly Teen Anime and Manga Club.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Worked one-to-one with students in learner centered peer tutoring sessions to develop knowledge and strategies to become self-sufficient and confident writers. Greeted students and provided orientation to the Center. Managed flow of tutor/student sessions. Entered session data for each student. Directed students to additional services as needed.

Advised individual students. Accurately maintained confidential student records. Taught lectures on Asian literatures and writing workshops as assigned. Graded student work including written critique on draft papers. Courses include Japanese Film, Modern Chinese Literature, The Fantastic in East Asia, Reading Asian Cultures, Modern South Asian Literature, Reading Asian Cultures, Japanese Theater, and Traditional Japanese Literature in Translation.

Modern Japanese Literature in TranslationDesigned and taught course. Met one-to-one with students to develop research topics. Graded and maintained confidential student records. Liaised with dean and student support services to effectively handle issues as needed, including plagiarism and disruptive behavior.

Led language lab sessions. Provided one-to-one language practice for students. Read and graded student work. Served as Editor and Co-editor of the department newsletter.

Master'S Degree, Library And Information Science

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Asian Literatures, Cultures, And Media

Modern Japanese Literature

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Asian Studies, High Distinction

Activities and Societies: Asian Studies Dept. Newsletter editor and co-editor (2007-2009)Asian studies with modern Japanese literature.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English, Magna Cum Laude

Transferred To Suny Albany, English Language And Literature/Letters