Jaime Koppel Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

New York, NY And Honduras

• Bilingual Education for Central America exists to promote cultural exchange and affordable bilingual education. In our volunteer-driven bilingual school model, our students learn from dedicated volunteer teachers, and.
• Collaborated with local community members to create a unique cross-cultural community school model that offers disadvantaged children a quality bilingual education, long-term volunteer teachers an authentic cultural.
• Currently serving 500 children and their families and 30 full-time volunteers at three partner schools in Honduras.
• Designed, introduced and fine tuned “BECA model” - Honduran colleagues manage school’s daily operations. BECA supplies teachers at no expense to school. More than 40% of students receive need-based scholarships..
• Designed and help facilitate highly selective annual volunteer teacher recruitment and training processes.
• Fostered relationships with Honduran community partners, government officials, and other Honduran NGOs.

Placed At U.S. Department Of Justice From Jan 2014 - Aug 2015

• Advanced priorities under U.S. Depts of Justice's & Education's Supportive School Discipline Initiative (SSDI) including facilitating regular coordination w/ multiple federal & philanthropic partners.
• Organized high-profile events involving multiple stakeholders, including 2014 Nat'l Leadership Summit on School Discipline & Climate w/ cross-sector participation of high-level officials, parents & youth; 2015 White.
• Facilitated completion, release & follow-up for fed'l Correctional Education Guidance Package, including coordinating stakeholder advance notice, compiling contact lists, drafting OJJDP related materials.
• Researched school discipline & climate legislation as well as school district/states’ regulatory changes to school discipline policies/procedures. Developed landscape document outlining school discipline & school.
• Developed & promoted 6-part federal webinar series w/ 25 speakers to unpack chapters of CSG Justice Center's School Discipline Consensus Report. 5,000+ individuals participated.
• Drafted & revised promotional materials, white papers, articles, & speeches to articulate fed government efforts to support positive school discipline/climate as well as coordination with other systems' stakeholders.

New York, NY

• Supervise 3 youth justice staff. Testify regularly at city council and state legislative hearings. Organize advocacy days. Manage e-mail communications, Twitter and Facebook campaigns.
• Identified diverse partners through place-based advocacy strategy in NYC School District 16. Advocate for replacing zero tolerance discipline/overpolicing of students with positive alternatives and social/emotional.
• Designed community-led training for School Safety Agents. Successfully lobbied NYPD to allow CDF and community (students & parents) to train 450 SSAs on racial disparities and existence of Cradle to Prison Pipeline..
• Serve as steering committee member of Dignity in Schools Campaign - New York, member of School Justice Taskforce convened by Former Chief Judge of New York, Judith Kaye and state committee to draft language/protocols.
• Appointed co-chair of statewide Juvenile Justice Best Practices Center Committee. Serve on steering committee of NYC Juvenile Justice Coalition - a group committed to improving conditions of confinement for youth and.
• Support Freedom Schools partners in identifying needs and connecting with youth engagement agenda. Plan events to introduce funders and sponsors to program. Organize annual National Day of Social Action for several.

Developed strategic plan for CDF-NY’s enhanced advocacy around education issues. Focused upon the negative impact of zero tolerance policies in schools and the many ways in which our schools are criminalizing children.

New York City

• Selected for competitive, education leadership program. Served as consultant to NYC Department of Education.
• Reviewed charter school applications and synthesized feedback into letters offering detailed recommendations.
• Created enrollment projections database to assess potential growth and impact of NYC charter movement in future.
• Researched ELL policies. Developed “English Language Learners Handbook” for charter/new school principals.
• Worked with Academics Team to promote and facilitate series of “new school development” workshops.

New York, NY

• Chief of Staff to Executive Deputy Commissioner, Child Welfare Programs (May - August 05)Director of Development & Special Projects, Commissioner’s Office (April 04 - August 05) Special Projects Coordinator.
• Hired staff and oversaw work of five programmatic divisions comprising approximately 3,000 agency staff.
• Coordinated efforts of five deputy commissioners and numerous policy staff reporting to Executive Deputy Commissioner; significant responsibility for internal communications and budgetary oversight.
• Secured and managed federal, state and private grants totaling over $3,500,000 annually; served as agency liaison to New Yorkers For Children, a foundation supporting the needs of youth in foster care.
• Developed agency's youth mentoring plan including creation of Central Mentoring Office and mentoring referral system; increased number of foster youth mentored by screened and trained adults by 25%.
• Coordinated September 11th Memorial Leadership Scholarship initiative; played leadership role in organizing annual Day of the Child - event involving more than 1,000 participants.

Chesieres-Villars, Switzerland

• Selected (May 2001) as Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) International Scholar.
• Managed relationships with foundations in U.S., Canada, U.K., and Netherlands to increase annual giving.
• Cultivated major gift donors; initiated global phonathon; and doubled previous annual giving record.
• Initiated Alumni Internship Program; created Alumni Networking Directory and Alumni Leadership Weekend.
• Inaugurated alumni awards to recognize lifelong service and instances of exemplary service.
• Wrote and edited bi-annual 48-page magazine; maintained alumni section of school website.

Clinton, NY

• Coordinated creation of Black and Latino Alumni Network and Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Network.
• Facilitated organization of GOLD (Graduates of Last Decade) regional groups; recruited and trained volunteers.
• Assisted with implementation of Great Names Speakers Series’ including guests Colin Powell and Elie Wiesel.
• Planned events and traveled extensively as capital campaign representative of the College.
• Increased number of events for alumni as well as alumni participation in smaller cities throughout United States.

Mpa, Economic And Political Development

Activities and Societies: MPASA, Social Entrepreneurship Club

Ba, Religion, Government