Kate Masterson Email & Phone Number

• Perform full range of professional duties to operate a school bus transporting students and authorized staff to and from a variety of school-based programs within FCPS• Execute assigned route as designed by MapNet and suggest alternatives to routes based on mitigating safety risks to students and staff• Adhere to State of Virginia Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) requirements and maintain good driving record• Establish positive relationships with students and parents• Drive administrative support processes to aid senior management in completing assigned tasks• Promote the recruitment process to include Open Hire events and, advertising open hires availability to prospective candidates • Encourage candidates through the job application and Human Resources processes• Knowledge on driver and pedestrian best safety practices on school grounds• Knowledge of Fairfax County and Virginia State laws and regulations related to active transportation to include pedestrian and bicycle code• Knowledge on walking zones and kiss & ride at FCPS schools• Knowledge on use and implementation of MapNet software• Patrol Representative working as liaison between the Office of Transportation and FCPS schools to implement training for patrols and students and staff• Create innovative approaches to solve logistical challenges while preforming job duties

Fairfax County, Virginia, United States

• Planned, organized, prioritized and over-saw community-based programs and leisure activity programming offerings catered to the needs of specific populations and communities throughout Fairfax County in the Therapeutic Recreation Services division• Developed and lead programs designed to promote community-based safety and leisure skills in children, teens, young adults, adults, and seniors with deliverables• Supervised and mentored a team of full-time and part-time team members, handling all related training and performance assessments• Coordinated safe transportation options for participants of our programs via a partnership with the FCPS Office of Transportation Routing and Planning Department• Developed the first-ever online registration system for the Therapeutic Recreation Services, partnering with DIT (IT) Specialists during planning, production, testing and implementation of TRACERS (Therapeutic Recreation Activities Centralized Electronics System) customer payment system live• Managed the maintenance, troubleshooting and success of the still-existent TRACERS, made available to thousands of existing customers within all programs• Work directly with parents, school administrators, and other county departments to plan, organize and implement programs based on current community needs • Liaison to Department of Communications for Therapeutic Recreation Services social media presence and website maintenance• Supervised accounting and budgets for assigned programs; in addition, functioned as the agency’s credit card custodian to oversee agency card processes and uphold the integrity of credit card security as well as petty cash custodian• Skillfully recorded credit card an petty cash transactions to ensure timely submission to the Finance Department • Managed timesheet submissions and corrections in conjunction with the Finance Department • Accelerated inter-department strategic planning teams designed to improve agency best practices

Reston, Virginia, United States

• Furnished therapeutic services to patients within the Cameron Glen Care Center, fostering positive relationships with their families and working together to gauge patients’ progress• Developed, finalized, and made edits to patients’ therapeutic recreation treatment services, measuring patients’ progress to best determine their respective therapeutic recreation treatment goals• Engaged in interdisciplinary case conferences to examine and edit existing treatment plans

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

• Assessed, planned, and implemented goal specific therapeutic interventions to patients• Created evaluation tools that aided in proving intervention efficacy• Managed a caseload of 20 patients• Planned and implemented center wide programming designed to improve health and over all well-being of patients