Merve Lapus Email & Phone Number

San Pablo, CA, US

San Francisco Bay Area

• Develop & evolve marketplace diversity, engagement, & impact of the organization through strategic partnerships that reach regional & international communities, informed by research & development.
• Define and lead the strategy of Outreach & Engagement programs to significantly expand reach with diverse audiences.
• Lead a team of managers across the country to establish meaningful partnerships, deepen relationships, establish priority alignment, and deliver high-quality professional services for K12 learning environments in over.
• Collaborate closely across organizational teams to create or modify content and programs so they are culturally relevant and responsive to the needs of diverse communities.
• Serve as a brand champion, cultivating strategic partnerships with for-profit and non-profit organizations that reach and improve the lives of kids and families from diverse backgrounds.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Oversaw strategy and growth focused on driving change at the school system level. Key issues: digital citizenship, effective choice and use of EdTech tools, and student data privacy.
• Guided regional staff across the country to establish strategic statewide and district partnerships, deliver high-quality professional services for K12 learning environments, and drive pilot programs to inform world.
• Trained and evaluated professional services focused on driving scale and impact to over 15,000 educators per/year.
• Worked cross-functionally to deepen institutional alignment and develop professional growth opportunities for staff.
• Developed a sustainable revenue stream focused on institutional strengths, professional services, and informed marketplace needs.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed and lead sales operations for Common Sense Education professional services.
• Directed and oversaw channel sales partnerships, objectives, and initiatives with 10+ national distribution partners
• Established partners to support broader go-to-market plans that strengthened value proposition and opened new revenue opportunities
• Created and drove the sales cycle processes alongside Product & Engineering using Salesforce

San Francisco Bay Area

• Supervised Common Sense Education program staff in the Western United States
• Increased regional education adoption and district certifications over 100% in a year
• Built direct partnerships with Departments of Education, foundations, school districts, and communities through professional training, systems management, and general support primarily in California, Texas, Denver &.
• Developed and coached a diverse team through comprehensive growth and career planning
• Researched national/regional/local education standards, priorities, policies; identified and networked with key decision-makers at targeted state/district levels; participated in meetings with partners to define.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Lead outreach and development of California implementation for Common Sense Education
• Designed pilot program plans for school district partners to deepen engagement, outline objectives, manage budgets, and evaluate the effectiveness of parent/teacher programs and student curriculum
• Managed targeted school partnerships to ensure progress is made, tracked and reported to meet project and grant timelines and deliverables (Targeted districts include San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles)

San Francisco Bay Area

• Established district level relationships in CA focused on adoption and professional development
• Developed training programs, tutorials, and materials tailored to partner needs (Over 200 Professional Development Days/Presentations delivered)
• Facilitated in-person regional trainings, professional development, speaking engagements and evaluations (Trained/Presented to over 10,000 educators)
• Collaborated with Development Department to create and manage grant deliverables for adopted territories

• Responsible for a portfolio of hundreds of schools and school districts in Northern California
• Cultivate partnerships across multiple academic and economic levels
• Implement California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) intervention curriculum, algebra remediation curriculum, and SAT/ACT prep courses for Community Based Organizations and high schools in Northern California
• Provide training across multiple academic models for groups of 1-50
• Create dynamic presentations and marketing materials tailored toward district officials, school administrators and college counselors
• Exceed and generate annual revenues of 400K to 1 million dollars

• Responsible for retention of 600 students through their first three years at an open enrollment art university
• Provided one on one/group advising, support and follow-up to students to help them identify their academic, artistic and personal strengths, weaknesses and goals while enforcing academic policies and regulations.
• Served as department lead in identifying and addressing online trends, concerns and strengths
• Identified problematic trends in university systems; orchestrated team efforts to devise and implement solutions
• Trained new Advocates including tracking progress and preparing material for periodic reviews
• Developed and monitored training for “Exact Target”, an e-mail program tool which targets specific users, measuring surveys and identifying unique trends/patterns

• Managed educational center to improve performance, customer service, and retention
• Supervised up to 15 academic coaches to increase in-center educational support and build student encouragement
• Partnered directly with schools to individualize student learning plans
• Set and monitored curriculum to pace students’ learning styles
• Managed director development for 2 full time directors through training reviews and real-time feedback
• Responsible for the financial management of payroll, facilities and incentives

Arts And Science, Psychology And Sociology

Activities and Societies: RHA, NRHH, Psi Chi, Kasamahan, BSU, RA, M.O.D.E.L., Peace Parnters, Foreward Summer Bridge, and IntramuralsI was.

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