Lacey Richards Email and Phone Number

Complete special projects as assigned by executive director, program directors and staff of organization. Consult on organizational/program processes and programs to share institutional knowledge and skills.

• Manage the scholarship process including application distribution, online application management, application scoring, scholar awards banquets, scholar payouts, alumni programs, partner school relationships and volunteer management. • Manage and oversee scholarship team members to meet and maintain program goals and timelines.• Maintain database of scholars, alumni, and school partners.• Interact with scholars and scholar families to develop and maintain an active and engaging scholar and alumni network.• Maintain oversight of all scholarship related activities on the website, marketing materials, and all social media.• Coordinate, recruit, and train volunteers for application scoring.• Assist with marketing of the organization's mobile app and events.

Program coordinator executing non-profit organization's two programs with educational missions.• Support all scholarship program activities including chapter awards ceremonies, scholar payouts, and application processing.• Plan, coordinate, and execute regional chapter awards ceremonies and fundraising events.• Coordinate and manage reading room creation throughout the country.• Build and foster relationships with school partners and donors.• Support all reading room program activities including reading room creations and opening ceremonies, national reading day, and workshops.• Identify, develop, and maintain grant proposals to obtain funding for the organization.• Author and edit documents including letters, program books, reports, press releases, blog posts, social media posts, scripts, brochures, flyers, newsletter articles, and proposals.• Some email marketing and design experience.• Research grant opportunities, school system operations, fundraising and organization marketing/program ideas, and educational statistics.• Customer service.• Development experience: coordinate, manage, and communicate with out-of-state chapters.• Data entry and database management.• Communicate with over 3,000 schools nationwide.

• Timekeeping.• Coordinated and assisted employees with work travel arrangements.• Adhered to all security protocols.• Created, formatted and reviewed documents to adhere to regulations.• Planned division team-building activities including picnics, holiday parties and bowling outings.

• 4th and 5th grade Gifted/Talented math and language arts • 4th grade general education including all core academic subjects• Team planning • Planned and executed rigorous lessons designed to meet objectives of MD state curriculum• Math and language arts professional development• Lead math intervention of 3rd - 5th grade students performing below grade level• Adhered to Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) both in the classroom and school-wide• Data analysis for PBIS planning and goal-setting