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Denver, Colorado, United States

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Denver, Colorado, United States

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Denver

Greater Denver Area

The Director is responsible for establishing and implementing the strategic direction for all Colorado Symphony's education programs. The Director works collaboratively with the Artistic, Advancement, Marketing, and Finance departments. The Director is responsible for setting annual goals, objectives, and strategies that further the Colorado Symphony's mission to achieve enhanced appreciation for and enriched understanding of music especially classical music as a vital means of expanding community engagement.Highlights: • Establish and implement the strategic direction for all education programs while raising over $90,000+ for the department through grants and corporate sponsorships, including a National Endowment for the Arts grant. • Awarded a Denver Foundation grant to organize a music organization convening to examine equity and access in music education which resulted in the formation of the Alliance for Music Education Equity (AMEE)• Lead efforts to enhance the appreciation and enrichment of classical music through outreach and community engagement• Established the symphony’s equity, diversity, and inclusion statement that was approved by the Board of Trustees, Spring 2021• Developed culturally relevant programming and produced concert performances to honor cultural heritage, diversity, and celebrate community• Leveraged existing programs to include career exploration, parent tours, nights out at the symphony, and coffee chats at Boettcher.• Organized the first-ever Garibaldi Plaza celebration, a two-hour free community event prior to the Cinco de Mayo Family Concert.• The Education department achieved the largest turnout since 2013 with 30,651 participants and a 42% increase in youth concert attendance.

Commerce City, Colorado

The Manager of Family and Community Engagement was responsible for coordinating and managing school district events, celebrations, and trainings. The position is charged with creating a unified Parent Liaison, Community Partnership, and Community Engagement program. Tasked with supporting parent liaisons through professional development trainings and ongoing feedback, this position goal is to increase family/community engagement throughout the district by encouraging parent/guardian involvement in student learning through open houses, volunteering, parent/teacher conferences, etc. Lastly, the position will assisted in addressing parent and community concerns and recommendations and cultivated resources for families, students and programs.Highlights:• Oversaw Family & Community Engagement efforts with a District turnaround focus for Adams 14 School District• Received $34,400 from Rose Foundation/Climb Higher Colorado for family and community engagement efforts in Adams 14. • Instituted Superintendent Parent Forums to engage parents district-wide and gather input for district turnaround plan as well as the Families Empowered Institute & Resource Fair and Parent University. • Successfully launched Adams 14’s Parent to Paraprofessional program where parents support bilingual reading intervention; 13 District parents received paraprofessional credential and work for the district and the program recognized by CDE's Family, School, and Community Partnership as a promising practice. • Piloted wrap-around high-impact family engagement at a turnaround school in order to scale programming across the district.• Support both internal and external communications through the management of District website, social media, Flyer app and staff e-newsletter.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Highlights: • Served as an adviser to the Director in managing department unit goals, strategy, and data tracking systems.• Promoted to a manager to oversee a portfolio of 22 schools using high-impact parent and community engagement as a strategy for school improvement and turnaround. • Developed a strategic plan for FACE Leadership Schools and supported Empowerment Academies for DPS educators and parents. • Oversaw the implementation of District-wide parent engagement events like the Superintendent Parent Forum which grew in attendance each year by 25%. The largest turnout for our first parent forum for the 2015-16 school year was 600 participants. • Raised over $210,000 through grants and interdepartmental sponsorships to support Family Empowerment activities.

Greater Denver Area

• Assist in the development of a parent engagement strategic plan and parent engagement collaborative; including the coordination among schools, parents/guardians, city agencies, non-profit, and other community-based organizations, businesses, postsecondary, civic groups and other stakeholders.• Research and support the development and implementation of a district Parent University program.• Support the rollout of the parent engagement pipeline initiative.• Coordinate and oversee seven Superintendent Parent Forums and other district-wide parent leadership and engagement events.• Support the Training and Leadership development team in developing work plans and monitor the progress of department activities.• Assist with the design and implementation of programs helping parents to become knowledgeable decision-makers and in guiding the course of their child’s education.• Support the development of educational resources and training based on research and best practices to enable parents to evaluate and help improve their school’s academic progress.• Support the development of an inventory of parent engagement opportunities, support services, training tools and resources, communication, and outreach practices and will evaluate the capacity and effectiveness of these programs and practices.

Greater Denver Area

• Serve as an assistant and scheduler for Veronica Figoli, Chief Community Engagement Officer• Provide administrative support and strategic planning assistance to support the Chief Community Engagement Officer• Maintain the department’s budget, accounting, and payroll

Greater Denver Area

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Denver, Co

• Served as an assistant and scheduler for the Honorable Barbara O’ Brien, Piton Senior Fellow & Former Lt. Governor of Colorado.• Provided administrative support and strategic planning assistance to the Chief of Staff & Piton Program Officers.• Organized partnership and collective impact meetings around Piton’s place-based initiative called The Children’s Corridor. • Coordinated and managed the Children's Corridor Day of Service, in conjunction with the 2013 National Service-Learning Conference, hosting 16 service projects throughout the corridor. • Served as the EITC Project Assistant coordinating the statewide operation of the Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign.• Oversaw the statewide mailing of 1.5 million pieces of EITC collateral to various organizations & programs throughout Colorado.• Helped manage Piton’s NCCC AmeriCorps Team that provided free tax filing assistance for Denver Metro residents.• Became a VITA certified tax preparer and prepared taxes for the 2010-11 tax season.

Denver, Co

• Facilitated planning meetings for Every Child Matters (ECM) 2010 Campaign.• Assisted with the development of a six-week campaign strategy for the 2010 Election.• Coordinated ECM’s participation in Auraria Campus Voter Day, a sponsored event by COPIRG & UCD’s Hip Hop Congress.

Denver, Co

• 1 of 450 students chosen out of 8,500 applicants for the HACU National Internship Program.• Evaluated census recruitment procedures specifically targeting Spanish-speaking and rural communities.• Researched and proposed a plan to integrate online social media like Facebook and Twitter with current recruiting methods.• Compiled a thirty-six page report on recruiting and retaining field representatives to reduce turnover using social media.

Lafayette, Co

• Served as the fiscal agent overseeing the PIE program’s $250,000 budget and managing a $100,000 federal matching grant.• Managed a caseload of 55 individual participant matched-savings accounts and administered all check requests and disbursements.• Updated all financial records and conducted monthly progress reports for city, federal and foundational grants.• Revised advisory board bylaws and reinstituted the PIE advisory board to provide program oversight and assistance.• Wrote grants for the PIE program and raised over $30,000 through grant writing and grant renewal applications.

Boulder, Co

• Oversaw all visitation requests and scheduled prospective student visits. • Coordinated open house and major recruiting events hosted by the Office of Admissions.• Managed six admission counselor appointment schedules and recruiting calendars. • Created procedures for my position that would support my double role in the Office of Admissions.

Denver, Co

• Assisted the Program Director and consultants in developing statewide strategies and program goals.• Conducted quarterly federal progress reports and compiled RFPs for new grant funding opportunities.• Communicated and assisted interested grant applicants with RFP questions and/or grant application submission.• Coordinated grant review committees to screen grant applications to select and determine funding levels for grant awardees.• Responsible for managing 10 sub-grantees by providing technical assistance, monitoring their progress, and program budget.• Chaired the 2006 Colorado Service-Learning Conference and organized conference logistics for 300 conference attendees.

Denver, Co

• Successfully coordinated the week-long Summer Migrant Youth Leadership Institute for four consecutive years.• Oversaw summer institute logistics, schedule, and developed all conference materials (applications, brochures, programs etc.).• Managed the summer institute budget and raised additional money through sponsorships and in-kind donations.• Supervised 20 staff during the conference and facilitated monthly Migrant Youth Council planning sessions.• Presented a workshop on youth leadership at the 2005 National Migrant Education Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

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Bachelor'S Degree, Political Sociology

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