Dexter Alexander Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Develops, manages, coordinates and implements special projects, programs, grants and activities in the Office of Diverse Learner. Directs and oversees the activities of subordinate staff engaged in various activities. Coordinates and ensures the successful integration of programs, grants and activities which directly affect schools, students and parents. Monitors and evaluates programmatic activities to ensure that identified objectives are being met in accordance with governmental mandates and system-wide goals.

Oversees, coordinates, and monitors the activities and programs in the assigned area of specialization; monitors the implementation of new and existing programs and initiatives designed to address the needs of schools and students.Acts in a consultative role for field and central office based staff; provides consultative services in the planning, development, and implementation of services.Identifies effective practices for delivery of services within the assigned areas of concentration.Ensures the implementation of programs and practices that support the goals and objectives of the District.Participates in trainings and professional development opportunities offered by PDE/BSE in order to develop train-the-trainer models.Serves in a liaison capacity; establishes and maintains partnerships with various public and private organizations, and governmental agencies; interacts and works collaboratively with other offices within the District as well as with external entities. Participates in the development of grant requests and proposals; implement, and monitor grants pertaining to all areas of the IU plan.Works collaboratively with other staff in the office.Provides support for and ensures compliance with IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Act) and PDE (Pennsylvania Department of Education) mandates such as, but not limited to trainings and data collection.Provides technical assistance in the areas of special education and compliance.Implements and evaluates training and professional development activities; provides training directly to staff members or through staff trainers. Assists the Executive Director with implementing the training and technical assistance areas of the Intermediate Unit Plan

Greater Philadelphia

Provides administrative and analytic support to internal and external constituents. Designs, modifies, develops, maintains and implements data software and tracking systems. Creates reports/dashboards, develops automated metrics dashboards of key business metrics at requested frequencies and provides ad-hoc data analysis. Trouble shoots, maintains databases and serves as a resource to District personnel and representatives of external organizations

Greater Philadelphia Area

Math Tutor with successful tutoring program at turning around school age students and adults who are failing in Math. Working with programs like Drexel University Exodus to Excellence as a Math Tutor Instruct school age and adults in the subjects of Algebra Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, GED, SAT and Economics

Greater Philadelphia Area

Design and develop assessments, reports, and management dashboards for the Office of Specialized Services with the goal of optimizing the performance and delivery of special education services.Support District’s Compensatory Education consolidation initiative to implement efficient data aggregation and analysis by creating databases, running tests, consulting with clients and solving customer queries.Drives data collection and performance measures that informs decisions being made to support special education directors and case managers in special education initiatives and projectsIdentify root causes for misaligned data.Conduct data cleansing tasks to maintain data systems with up to date and relevant data.Anticipate, identify, and resolve data related obstacles to success of overall project as well as specific tasks.Build relationships and liaises with various internal divisions to drive collaboration and project success; and interacts with and responds effectively to urgent requests Effectively streamlined Compensatory Education division by optimizing reporting systems and operational parameters to solve service backlogs invoices, service, and payment tracking system.Build relationships and interacts with various internal departments to drive collaboration and project success; and collaborates and responds effectively to urgent requests for data collection and database creationStreamlined the $8 Million Compensatory Education retrieval and monitoring Initiative by designing new one-step lookup database that aggregates multiple data sources into one centralized system.Responsible for the creation of the Comped Search Bot, a searchable database for compensatory education balances and verificationDesign and develop assessments, reports, and schedules for collecting, aggregating, and reporting on performance dataSupport Grant and Compliance Initiative by analyzing data and visiting Local Education Agencies for IDEA Part B Grant compliance.

Directly manage a variety of operational and administrative functions related to motivating and preparing high school students who are socially and economically underrepresented in higher education.Plays a lead role in the design, implementation, and supervision of post-secondary programs such as SAT/ACT preparatory workshops, writing workshops, career guidance and academic tutoring. Tracks all program metrics, and create successful continuous improvement to academic programs and career workshops and provides supervision at program sitesCollects and analyzes program data, provide individualized advising to students in regards to educational planning, course selection, career guidance and academic progress.Recruits, hire and supervises all academic instructors, handle HR tasks, and maintain positive rapport with staff, vendors, students and parents.Discuss and reinforce linkages and relationships between instructional program and occupation/career.Participates in related professional organizations serving TRIO personnelAssists Director with planning and implementation of summer educational enrichment component, cultural, social activities, and college visitsProvides college readiness test preparation training and materials to targeted teachers and students (PSAT, SAT, ACT)Assist with post-secondary readiness fairs and informational sessions Inform and, if necessary, refer students to other school resources when academic, attitudinal, attendance, or other personal problems require intervention by other professionals Monitors and evaluates client's progress through program components; monitors service providers through reports and site visits; resolves any problems or provides guidance and counseling

Assist with the Instruction in General Math and Pre-Algebra Math for Middle School age students

Partnered with Assistant Director for local government policy as a legislative liaison between the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the Department of Community and Economic Development.Collaborated with senior staff to develop long-range strategies to guide economic development policyParticipated in policy-focused meetings of high-ranking government officials and advocates.Worked closely with local, county, state and partners on issues related to economic development and government policyConducted cross sectional studies on major cities and towns across America looking for trends in urban decay, blighted housing and community development at the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Prepared and created data report for urban decay, blighted housing and community development, with accuracy and under deadline at DCEDAttended Pennsylvania legislative meetings on behalf of the Assistant Director and reported on policies related to developing and enhancing communities Pennsylvania - from downtown revitalization, to helping businesses access economic programs

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Organizational Leadership

Master Of Science (Ms), Organization Effectiveness Development And Change

Certification, Project Management

Applied Economics

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Political Science (Summa Cum Laude)

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