James Starr Email & Phone Number

Oakland

• Group tutoring format (1:15). 3 hour session immediately after school.
• Positive Role Model/Mentor for K-8th grade students in a classroom setting.
• Ensure that student’s health, care, safety, welfare, security, rights, choices & the classroom and school facility is a safe environment for K-8th youth.
• Facilitate and plan academic skill-building activities.
• Manage an academic and social development.
• Ensure all students graduate with successful completion of A-G requirements.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Coordinator/Tutoring format (1:8). 2 hours long sessions (Monday through Thursday).
• Tutor at school site in conjunction with After-School Program. Tutor/mentor 6th-8th grade students.
• Academic/Mentoring (Tutoring w/homework)
• Intake, Assessment & Test students in Language & Arts & Math on a weekly.
• Support students’ school enrollment, attendance and academic achievement.
• Oversee homework study hall, creating a positive learning environment for students to succeed.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Academic & Career Counselor/Tutor/Mentor to 8-10 Latino/Hispanic student/athletes in East Los Angeles, CA. Tutored in high school math, English, history, writing and science. Facilitated mentor sessions on topics such.
• Mentor/Tutoring format (1:5). 3 hours long sessions (Tuesday & Thursday).
• Tutor at school site in conjunction with After-School Program. Tutor/mentor 9th-12th grade students.
• Manage an academic and social development after school high school program to prepare at risk youth for college success.
• Monitor academic performance of all students to develop successful tutoring & workshop.
• Ensure all students graduate with successful completion of A-G requirements.

Berkeley, CA

• Case Manager/Counselor for Adults with Disabilities. Worked with 3-5 clients for approximately 10 hours each. Assisted each client in social/independent living skills, applying for social services, in-home care and.
• Moves clients through five phases: admission; engagement; learning; stabilization; and linkage to medical and social resources and aftercare.
• Assisted clients in functional areas: household maintenance, personal hygiene, planning meals and preparation, shopping and money management.
• Developed individualized service plans for each client, linking clients to resources and providing referrals for clients to meet their service, disability or hardship needs.
• Works with clients to develop client centered treatment plans, and documents weekly progress.
• Works with clients to identify behaviors or situations that interfere with their Alcohol, Drug or Mental Health Recovery.

Berkeley, CA

• Assistant Director/Extended Coordinator for an After-school program for elementary and junior high school aged students (12-16). There were approximately 20 students over saw each day. I also supervised a staff of 10.
• Oversee homework study hall, creating a positive learning environment for students to succeed.
• Track student attendance, grades, and homework assignments.
• Ability to build rapport with students. Advocating learner-centered, “personalized” student curriculum, Agency, Power and a belief in educational equity

Concord, CA And Richmond, CA

• Assisted consumers with Vocational/Educational placement. Conducted Mental Health seminar work-shops on topics such as healthy living/stress, time management, resources in the community, budgeting social security.
• Moved clients through five phases: admission; engagement; learning; stabilization; and linkage to medical and social resources and aftercare.
• Responsible for providing addiction and mental health treatment as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team. I provided direct service, including individual, couple/family and group psychotherapy, consultation and.
• Specifically addressed issues relating to mental health, such as emotional distress, depression and anxiety, coping with trauma, improving interpersonal relationships, and identifying and utilizing healthy coping.
• Intensive Counseling services include Day treatment, crisis stabilization, crisis residential treatment. Coaches clients in developing social skills, money management, personal hygiene, and job readiness.
• Provided counseling, psychiatry support, medication management and rehabilitation services.

Berkeley, CA

• Recruit appropriate youth for program participation.
• Counsel and advise at-risk youth ages 14-18 during 2 weeks in the summer and Fall & Spring academic school year.
• Develop individualized program and career goals/objectives with each participant.
• Maintain complete client files by documenting and tracking progress of youth in who participated in Young Entrepreneur Program (YEP) of The Eastbay Outreach Project at Walter Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley.
• Serve as liaison and YEP representative throughout the EastBay (Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, El Cerrito, San Francisco community).
• Engage in programmatic development and planning with Executive Directors, Milken Foundation, YEP Instructor, MBA Mentors & Program Staff.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), African-American/Black Studies, 3.6

I was accepted directly into the Ph.D. program at Temple University's Afrocentric/African-American Studies Graduate Program. I didn't.

"Ba", African-American/Black Studies/Business, 3.5

Activities and Societies: Walter Haas School of Business, Eastbay Outreach Project Black Recruitment & Rentention Center (BRRC) Alpha Phi.

Hotel Management, Kiswhahili, Business Management, 3.5

Activities and Societies: Howard University Homecoming Fall 1993 Alpha Ph. Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Beta Chapter) Homecoming Step-ShowU.C..

High School Diploma, Hotel Management, Business, African-American Historty, U.S. History, Education & Ethnic Studies, 3.0

Activities and Societies: The Durant Hotel The Shattuck Hotel The Shattuck Movie TheatreI graduated a semester early and enrolled in.