Justin Smith Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Justin leads the consulting arm of Catalyst Kitchens' services, helping to deliver consulting to clients, work with national partners, and lead his team in innovating new ways to develop resources and supports for the Catalyst Kitchens network and workforce development field overall.

Seattle, WA

Oakland, CA Cohort

Selected into a Global Professional Fellowship program for experienced professionals working to further develop global leadership, design thinking, shared-value, and social enterprise know-how. This global community of Fellows works together to learn and share best-practices through case-based learning, exposure to thought-leaders, coaching & mentoring.

Seattle, WA

Garfield Park, Chicago, IL

I work in a dual role to support and lead students through the Inspiration Kitchen program and assist them in achieving ideal outcomes. My job duties begin with training individuals struggling with homelessness in the culinary arts. Along with other Chef Trainers and restaurant staff, we teach students to find joy in cooking and train them to become.

2524 S. Central Park Ave.

One-year teaching fellowship through Chicago Teaching Fellows. Taught summer school in small classroom for students with autism; complete academic year at an urban middle school. Worked in both dedicated special education classrooms and as a co-teacher, with 5th through 8th grade students. Caseload fluctuated between 17 and 24 students. Specific duties.

Chicago, IL

I took part in the Chicago Teaching Fellows (the Chicago chapter of The New Teacher Project) summer training program to procure my license in Special Education to work with Chicago Public Schools. See the listing for my special education position for a longer description of my skills and responsibilities in this role.

Oversaw 20+ programs happening each semester at CPS schools, private schools, and community centers. Managed a team of chef instructors: trained them on curriculum I helped to design, established policies surrounding spending, payroll and reimbursements, coordinated all schedules, managed quality of programming at all sites, managed expenses and payroll.

Was trained in and taught a 10 course afterschool program to 8-12 year old children at multiple schools in the Chicago area. Programming focused on movement, culture and nutrition. Classes were two hours long, and contained lecture as well as active cooking with a class of 20 students and team of 4 volunteers. Each week the class would learn about a new.

Designed and aided in the implementation of new curriculum and programming, including graphic design and formatting, as well as nutritional evaluation and pricing of ingredients and lessons. Aided in the management and execution of programming at all sites around the city, especially equipment management and inventory, as well as supply distribution to all.

Master'S Degree, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management, 3.80 Gpa

Bachelor'S Degree, Sociocultural Anthropology, Gender Studies, 3.3 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Humor Artists of Notre Dame, Anthropology Club, Summer Service Internship