Kristen Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Bethlehem, Pa

Acting liaison between faculty, staff, and students in the Department of TheatreMaintained detailed records of Theatre Department history, current projects, and faculty searchDesigned programs for four Lehigh University Theatre productions

Easton, Pa

Promoted community schools model of parental engagement to increase educational attainment in an impoverished school districtSpearheaded volunteer recruitment and community supportive services, including creation of a training procedure to sustain-ably support the community schoolConceptualized, organized, and executed school-wide events for 700 children and their families, including Veteran's Day celebration and parental and child literacy programs

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Redesigned recruitment/hiring process; recruit, interview, train, and effectively supervise a staff of fifty student development officersSupervise a shift of up to sixteen student development officers by responding to concerns, coaching and critiquing phone conversations for quality control, reviewing call records, monitoring and updating incentives programs, and improving shift morale through orchestrating competitive games

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Communicated concisely and effectively with Lehigh University graduatesProvided knowledge of campus updates, networked, built connectionsSolicited and negotiated small-scale and large-scale donations for the Lehigh Fund for a total of $28,800 raised in 20 weeks.

Majored in Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology, and graduated with Honors. Academic interests involve social inequality and mitigating educational disadvantage in early childhood education. I am currently in pursuit of my MA in Sociology.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Plan and lead weekly recitation discussion with twenty-five undergraduate studentsRespond to student concerns, give individualized attention to struggling students and students with special circumstancesReview class discussions and assignments to maximize student learningChallenge student's ideas and conceptions of the social world

Bethlehem, Pa

Pioneer skill assessments and online lessons to support in-classroom learning through website coursesIndependently created Social Institutions course including videos, articles, active learning exercises, self-assessments, peer interactions and quizzes for professor evaluations of class comprehension and student tools for enhancing classroom concepts

Bethlehem, Pa

Compiled multi-source data for Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges databaseMonitored and reported on quantitative data for trends over timeEvaluated data for economic and educational variable trends for Lehigh Valley School Districts

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Co-created Mountaintop Research Project involving Early Head Start/Safe StartAssisted professors and graduate students in on-going School Psychology research projectsParticipated in and collected qualitative data from participant interviews

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Organized and executed small and large-scale events independently and with a teamScheduled individualized monthly meetings with up to fifty residents while providing additional resourcesCreated an environment of academic, social, and emotional success

In charge of maintaining, restocking, and assisting customers in children's sectionManaged high-pressure, high-intensity situations including missing children, theft, etc. Communicated concisely with a team of colleagues regarding events and marketing

Rego Park, Ny

Organized and executed daily art program, assisting children ages 4-9Interacted in and facilitated structured and unstructured learning and play activities for campersProvided additional care/attention to special needs campers

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Sociology

Bachelor Of Arts, Anthropology; Psychology; Sociology, 3.54

Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Pi: National Honor Fraternity; Dean's List; Prison Project Tutor