Michele James Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Qc, Ca

New York, Ny

-Oversee program fidelity, curriculum design, and professional development of advisement staff at nine campuses.-Manage recruitment, selection, orientation, and training of new advisors at all sites. Create and deliver core trainings to new advisor cohorts. Write, update, and maintain advisement manual, resources, and support materials.-Observe, coach, and evaluate new advisors in their first and second semesters of campus work.-Lead program-wide team in redesign and rewrite of 12-lesson College Seminar curriculum aimed at developing students’ understanding of themselves as learners in demanding college systems.-Provide support and resources to staff around complex academic and personal student issues.-Collaborate with Central administrative staff, academic professional developers, campus leadership teams, and advisors to develop and maintain new program initiatives and structures, balancing multiple layers of requirements and intensive data analysis.

Queens, New York

Program Coordination-Co-designed and developed program management systems and structures, including program database for student information management, reporting, program evaluation, and day-to-day operations. Planned program calendar, weekly schedules, and classroom assignments.-Led recruitment process for up to 350 incoming students per semester.-Worked with director to design collaborative staffing and team structures, pairing faculty and matching with groups of students.-Planned and facilitated weekly advisement team meetings and quarterly full-staff meetings.-Liaised and collaborated with key campus offices to ensure seamless student experience.Advisement-Managed College Seminar curriculum development, writing lessons exploring majors, careers, and college readiness, teaching weekly lessons, and training others to deliver them.-Coordinated new advisor training, modeling advisement and teaching for new staff and observing new advisors for feedback and evaluation.-Trained and observed new advisors in classroom, focusing on effective student-centered active learning, inquiry-based pedagogy, and student engagement.-Advised diverse population of students on a collaborative academic team to assist with academic concerns, problem solving, time management, and personal challenges.-Provided on-campus and external student referrals for additional support.

Seoul, Korea

-Supported 50 American high school students studying the Korean language and completing summer homestays in Seoul.-Collaborated with Korean staff to facilitate weekly student meetings and ongoing student support and advisement.-Submitted weekly reports and mid-program evaluations to New York staff.-Advised students on challenges with homestays, academic issues, and personal concerns.-Assisted in coordination of logistics, travel, orientation, and program administration.-Created end-of-program digital newsletter with student writing, videos, and webpages.

Winter Park, Florida

-Integrated Web 2.0 technologies into the AP curriculum, including blogs, wikis, digital stories, video production, and learning management systems-Designed and taught Intensive Reading Comprehension for 10th grade students struggling to pass the Reading FCAT Exam;-Taught elective class in Digital Multimedia, creating curricula using project-based approach to teach students graphic design and digital audio and video programs.-Mentored a first-year teacher-Founding Faculty Sponsor for Gay-Straight Alliance club-Accomplishment: December 2008 Teacher of the Month

-Assisted with administration, design, and coordination of Teaching American Historyprofessional development program for New York City middle and high school teachers,including curriculum design and integration of SMARTBoard;-Managed creation and implementation of new online resource and classroom activity database;-Audio and Video editing: re-mastered video content and redesigned viewer’s guides for ten 30-minute documentaries, edited podcasts of scholar lectures, assembled DVDs of video and audioclips for education programs.

Bronx, Ny

-Designed and implemented engaging project-based curriculum for 9th, 10th, & 11th gradeEnglish, Global History, and US History courses, using backward design planning anddifferentiated instruction;-Worked as transcript coordinator and college counselor to 11th grade students;-Served on committees for hiring, discipline, special projects, and developing a 4-year plan;-Assisted students in compiling, organizing, and presenting detailed project portfolios;-Facilitated advisory group of 18 students, working on group-building activities, discussingteen issues, and assisting with academic and life counseling;-Developed creative classroom management strategies to provide structure, assistance, and encouragement for population of at-risk students;-Additional duties & accomplishments: Instructional Team Leader, Scheduling and Programming for entire student body, created & piloted program of elective courses.

Master Of Arts - Ma, North American Studies

Completed all coursework

Ma, Secondary Social Studies Education

Ba, Women'S Studies And Media Studies