Passionate, Vision-directed Educator & Strategist who thrives on working to build strong systems within schools as well as community/school partnerships to strengthen, enhance and sustain education and development opportunities that address the diverse needs of youth and adults.Known for experience, expertise, and commitment to authentic youth engagement and voice.Known for leadership, comprehensive expertise, and experience in assisting schools/organizations with Social-Emotional Learning initiatives, character development, Check & Connect student engagement intervention, social-emotional-behavioral health, bullying prevention, and evidence-based experiential learning methods using Implementation Science and within Multi-Tiered Systems of Support framework.Dedicated to experiential learning strategies where students own their learning including service-learning, youth participatory action research, and project-based learning.Collaborative Leader able to create meaningful, long-term, professional, and personal relationships.Effective Communicator among all levels of technical, business, and program understanding which fosters consensus and generates measurable mission-critical results that are aligned with project/program goalsExperienced National Presenter, Consultant, Trainer, and Coach serving the Educational, Non-profit, and Business Communities In-depth knowledge of Educational Systems, Human Services Policies and Practices including the garnering and managing aid from Federal, State, and Local Government in the form of Grants and other services.Highly organized, motivated, and efficient in all aspects of daily program and project operations including Research & Analysis, Program Design & Development, Instructional Design, Formal Documentation, Grant Administration & other FinancesCertified on Generational Diversity in all types of settings: education, nonprofits, government, business.Formal education with Bachelor of Music Education, Master of Science in Education (special education), Specialist in Education (adult training and management), and Doctorate in Educational Leadership all from Drake University. Certificate for Social-Emotional Learning for Educational Leadership through the Academy for Social-Emotional Learning through the College of St. Elizabeth in partnership with Rutgers University.Governor's Award for Volunteer Service 2022. So check out my volunteering info.
Listed skills include Program Development, Nonprofits, Public Speaking, Service Learning, and 39 others.