Michael Leaser Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

• Deputy Director of Professional Development and Special Education April 2017 – August 2018Manager of Professional Development and Special Education August 2015 – April 2017 Supervisor of Professional Development and.
• Played a pivotal role in growing professional development program tenfold within five years and doubling the size of the special education program within three years; nurtured and sustained multi-million-dollar growth.
• Delivered over $50 million in purchase orders from federal Title I, Title IIA, and Title III grants; developed the appropriate business case for all new program requests and actively directed the national proposals and.
• Acted as the compliance liaison and primary point of contact between company and multiple offices of NYSED and the NYCDOE to ensure that all educational content, program documentation, records management, reporting.
• Took a lead role in proactively managing relationships between the company and the schools, districts, parents, and students we served, including up to 50% of time in a sales/partnership function to secure new.
• Oversaw the coordination of daily activities for 150+ staff that included instructional coaches, school leadership coaches, special education teachers, teaching assistants, program supervisors, and administrative.

Clinton Township, MI, US

• Conducted community outreach activities and represented the organization at school events and service provider fairs; collected and analyzed student data to inform outreach strategies

US

• Planned and conducted 35 teacher-training seminars and workshops in remote areas of the Fatick Region of Senegal for the USAID-funded American Educators for Africa Program; trained over 300 in-service teachers.

Wakefield, Massachusetts, US

• Oversaw significant growth of a program providing free tutoring services and access to technology for students from low-income families.
• Trained, and managed a staff of 20; ensured compliance with state and federal law; met fiscal and performance reporting requirements. Collected and analyzed data to strategically plan outreach activities. Grew program.
• Worked with a wide variety of stakeholders to broaden the reach of the program and guide parents through the enrollment process; increased applications from 128 (2007) to 909 (2008)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Designed and implemented a successful strategic outreach plan for the books "Democracy's Edge" and "Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad" for best-selling author Frances Moore Lappé

New York, NY, US

• Conducted research, developed project proposals, participated in strategic planning processes, wrote articles, and managed program operations; six-month internship
• Played a pivotal role in the launch of the Community Knowledge Service, an international partnership and web portal that supported indigenous and community-based organizations that seek to manage areas with high levels.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Assisted in the daily operations of a major International Program, which included international exchange programs and development projects, student and social events, and international internship recruitment and.
• Researched, designed, implemented, monitored and evaluated the Canadian Practicum for Entrepreneurship and Business Development, a three-week capacity-building program for project professionals from the Bangladesh.
• Designed and implemented pre-departure training curriculum for international interns; taught two training modules; designed and coordinated training to meet the specific needs of each intern

Bowling Green, OH, US

• Teaching assistant for both parts of the world history sequence; History 151: Human Origins to 1500 and History 152: The Modern World, 1500-Present
• Research assistant for seminar on African culture and history in Benin, Togo, and Ghana; handled financial documentation, logistics, record-keeping, translation issues, and data collection

Fremont, Ohio, US

• Graduate assistant and archivist working in database management, grant-writing, exhibition set-up, archiving, and artifact preservation

Master Of Arts In History, African History / Public History

Postgraduate Certificate, International Development Management

Bachelor Of Arts, History