Elizabeth Devlin Email & Phone Number

Easton, Md, Us

Wye Mills, Md

DEVELOPED PROGRAM MODEL, BUSINESS PLAN, VISION, AND STRATEGY for founding PageTurners: a network of afterschool book clubs that use the discussion of literature as a tool for empowering at-risk middle school girls as readers, leaders, thinkers, community members and graduates. LED ORGANIZATION’S GROWTH from a pilot project serving ten girls in two book clubs in 2008-2009 to an established 501(c)(3) organization with a $130,000 operating budget and staff serving over 225 girls in 27 book clubs in Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot and Wicomico counties and Baltimore City in 2012-2013.DEVELOPED AND CONTINUALLY INNOVATED PROGRAM CURRICULUM, TEACHER MANUAL, TEACHER TRAINING MODEL AND EVALUATION SYSTEMS around PageTurners’ five goals to guide program implementations.LED BOARD, STAFF AND TEACHERS IN A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING around all programmatic and organizational functions.MANAGED all aspects of the organization’s programs, fundraising and operations.

Baltimore, Md

GENERATED NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES by working with region-based sales team to establish connections in target districts and by identifying and responding to state education department and school district Requests for Proposals and grants with a winning approval record.COACHED PROSPECTIVE AND EXISTING SCHOOLS in understanding how to use federal, state, and district funding for Foundation programs and in grant processes by assisting in researching, writing and editing grant applications.MANAGED AND ORGANIZED PROJECTS, including specific marketing activities, state/district curriculum review projects, and key partnerships.LED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT of Foundation’s first comprehensive five-year marketing plan.INITIATED AND COLLABORATED with representatives from various Foundation departments on a website redevelopment process focused on appealing to the Foundation’s specific audiences and on a redesign of Foundation marketing materials to create cohesiveness.CONCEPTUALIZED AND WROTE various marketing materials.

Charlotte, Nc

SELECTED FROM A COMPETITIVE POOL OF APPLICANTS to work toward ensuring educational equity for low-income students by teaching at a Title I school in Charlotte, NC as a member of the Teach For America Charlotte charter corps.ACHIEVED STRONG GAINS IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT leading 76% of students to master at least 80% of course objectives in 2005 and 80% in 2006 with 19 of 60 students scoring at level 4 on the NC End of Grade (EOG) test through hands-on, engaging, student-centered lessons despite school’s average 6th grade language arts achievement being 55%; in 2005-2006.LED AND MOTIVATED sixth-grade language arts team through a collaborative planning process. IMPACTED SCHOOL CLIMATE by initiating a grade-level behavior incentive and a team plan for re-teaching before the EOG.SERVED AS 6th GRADE REPRESENTATIVE on the School Leadership Team, which worked to improve the academic and cultural community at Eastway Middle School--helped initiate a set of school-wide expectations and developed the foundation of a school-wide behavior system.SERVED AS 6th GRADE REPRESENTATIVE on school’s Intervention Team to help determine concrete ways to encourage the success of students with academic, social, emotional, and/or physical challenges. PARTNERED WITH LOCAL OPTIMIST CLUB TO LEAD Eastway Middle School students in developing and presenting speeches at a school and district competition; in 2004-2005 school year, two of my 6th grade students competed on the district level with all high school students.

Charlotte, Nc

PLANNED AND TAUGHT ENRICHMENT CURRICULUM to rising sixth graders in a summer school enrichment program.COLLABORATED with other program teachers and staff on how to ensure a positive transition for participating students from elementary to middle school.