Jerry Roper Email & Phone Number

Oxford, North Carolina, United States

Provide supervision and care to the residents and related support their families while ensuring that the mission of providing quality services to all clients is conducted according to best practices, Agency policies and procedures, and in accordance with existing laws. Including but not limited to:- Providing care: Meeting the physical, emotional, and social needs of children and young people .- Supporting development: Helping children and young people develop independence skills and become involved in their local communities.- Creating a safe environment: Providing a warm, supportive, and homely environment that meets the children's needs. - Planning: Preparing, implementing, and reviewing programs for children and young people. - Teaching: Teaching daily living skills like budgeting, shopping, and claiming benefits.- Providing activities: Providing leisure and creative activities in a safe and supportive setting. - Supporting families: Talking with residents' families and arranging family and home visits.- Recording and reporting: Keeping accurate records and reports that reflect the child or young person's views or wishes. - Being a role model: Acting as an appropriate role model for the children and young people. - Promoting equal opportunities: Promoting equal opportunities for all and challenging any behavior or practice that discriminates against any young person.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Responsible for managing Crossworlds volunteers serving in Thailand, including on boarding, developing opportunities for Volunteers to serve in Thailand, Building effective teams that ensure volunteers are serving where their skills and training are best utilized for the organization's mission. - Building relationships with national and expat organizations to develop opportuniites for volunteers to be placed in assignments that are beneficial to both the volunteer and receiving agency. - Ensuring volunteers are appropriately trained and matched for a position.- Delegating and supervising roles and responsibilities, and maintaining communications with volunteer teams throughout Thailand. - Developing campaigns to promote volunteer opportunities and raise staff awareness of the role of volunteers.- Providing support and training for volunteers through regular contact and reviews.- Celebrating volunteers by organizing celebration events - Researching and writing volunteer policies and procedures, including risk assessments. - Liaising with departments within the organization or with both National and expat organizations for which volunteers are recruited. - Complete quarterly and annual reports for presentations to stakeholders.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Help non-native English speakers improve their language skills, by using a variety of resources to help students learn to read, write, speak, and listen. - Plan lessons and activities for students from 3 years to Adult.- Choose age and ability appropriate curriculum to help students learn English. - Conduct placement test to determine English language ability. - Advise other volunteers who come to assist in teaching. - Work with staff to accommodate individual volunteers and teams.

Goldsboro, Nc

- Consulted with program administrators, and students.- Was responsible for defining learning objectives, evaluating and validating outcomes.- Incorporated educational technologies to meet the learning needs of 21st Century students.- Reviewed and revised curriculum. - Participated in professional development activities during non-teaching periods.- Ensured student awareness of course learning outcomes and evaluation techniques.- Provided tutoring and academic advising for students both in and out of class.- Provided a learning environment which makes effective use of available resources including educational technologies.- Evaluate student progress/achievement and assume responsibility for the overall assessment of the student’s work within assigned courses.- Effectively developed and created a learning environment that was conducive to success for all students.- Provided guidance to students relative teaching assignments.- Remained current in Human Resources and Business Administration, maintaining awareness of emerging trends and practices related to teaching and learning in higher education.

Smithfield, Nc

- Provide comprehensive training to the unemployed and underemployed populations enrolled at both the JCC main campus and off site campuses, to include Johnston Correctional Institution.- Teaching classes and instructs students in all areas of job search preparation. - Prepare lesson plans, lectures, course overviews and course syllabus. - Selects appropriate learning material for assigned classes. - Prepares attendance reports and adheres to attendance class polices- Provide a learning environment which makes effective use of available resources including educational technologies.- Evaluate student progress/achievement and assume responsibility for the overall assessment of the student's work within the assigned courses. - Provide guidance to students relative to the course of study.

Various Locatoins

- Worked at multiple levels during my 23 years of service. - Supervised FT and PT employees. - Managed Human Resource Offices- Was responsible for all HR activities to include recruitment and selection, orientation, compensation and benefits, labor relations, training and development.- Set up interviews for job applicants; review resume; evaluate applicant skills and make recommendations regarding applicant's qualifications.- Recommend training, ensured training and development courses were scheduled.-Provided advice, assistance and follow-up on company policies, procedures, and documentation.- Supervised the maintenance of human resource data bases, computer software systems, and manual filing systems. - Advised executive staff, developed and recommended operating policy and issued procedural guidance.

Mba, Business

Student Masters of Business Administration

Bs, Management

Student Bachelors of Science in Management