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• Oversees the design, implementation, and management of schoolwide systems for middle school students and staff.• Manages a team of school operations professionals o0n overseeing logistics, operations, and, safety.• Collaborates with school Principal and Network Finance team to manage the school budget and procurement.• Increase safety, accuracy, and timeliness of incident reporting by 20% through improving schoolwide systems and collaborating with student culture team.• Train and manage all school wide personnel; manages time and attendance; manages and approves payroll; and employee benefit contributions. • Manages school facility upgrades, collaborating with contractors and custodial team to ensure safety, aesthetics, and functionality improvements.

• Designs and distributes school schedules, assessment plans & scoring, and information systems training.• Maintains data health by inputting and updating student information in ATS, Illuminate, and powerschool.• Collaborates with instructional team to manage teacher submission of test scores, grades, report card comments increasing timely submissions by 15%.• Leads and motivates staff to execute network values; received network spotlight for “keeping students at the center of our work.”

Provided high quality management to New York City’s largest after school program provider in the development, implementation and successful operation of six public school-based afterschool programs. Oversaw extensive contract and compliance management including: reporting, record keeping, and budgeting. Effectively coached and supervised six fulltime Program Directors and sixty line staff. Served as liaison and knowledge-base for SASF, Funders, School Principals, and Parents.• Delivered high quality literacy programming, securing six additional literacy contracts and extending partnership to year 2020.• Manage budgets with multiple funding sources totaling over $1.6+ million. • Provided safe and high quality academic and recreational programs; increasing revenue by $170,000.• Repaired, cultivated, and maintained stakeholder relationship; leading to increases in revenue.• Designed performance rubric, significantly increased staff productivity and minimized risk; programs received an excellent rating from the state in leadership.

Managed day-to-day operations of school-based afterschool program by providing dynamic learning and recreational activities. Motivated and supervised students and staff to achieve high academic, behavioral, and community standards. Provided cross-functional coaching, mentoring, and team training.• Received excellence in leadership rating from city funders; received excellence in management award (2014-2015).• Created dynamic programming, increasing and exceeding goal for student rate of attendance.• Observe and develop line staff, significantly improving program quality.• Served on School Leadership Team to assist with structural and behavioral management changes.• Trained and mentor new Program Directors, increasing retention.

Innovatively taught literacy skills including phonics, reading comprehension, and fluency to 31 kindergarten students. Created individual student goals to push academic progress and positively manage student behavior. Effectively communicated students’ goals, achievements, and areas of growth with parents and school administrators. • Delivered high quality reading instruction; 80% of kindergarten students read on grade level, 15% read above grade level.• Created and implemented behavior plans to boost achievement and prepare students for 1st grade.• Planned and coordinated field trip for 85 kindergarten students.• Created a safe and controlled environment that foster learning and critical thinking skills,

Provided engaging reading interventions for students in grades K, 1, and 2. Taught exciting thematic based science and social studies units; served as substitute teacher; and provided additional support in behavior management to Dean of students and teachers. Created weekly homework assignments for 2nd grade.• Taught Leveled Literacy Interventions, lowest performing K, 1, and 2 students grew 2 reading levels.• Provided additional support to Dean of Students to reinforce positive behavior and school culture.• Created and distributed weekly homework packet for entire grade consisting of math, reading comprehension, and writing themes for the week.

Assessed and successfully advocated for the academic, social, and emotional needs of sixth grade students. Collaborated with students, service providers, parents, and teachers to provide academic, social, and emotional support. Created and submitted detailed bi-weekly case notes to monitor and report students’ challenges and successes.• Designed comprehensive discipline policy for afterschool program; improving students’ behavior.• Created and facilitated afterschool club for 5th and 6th grade girls; increasing the social and emotional competency of 20 girls from various caseloads.• Mentored and coached students through crisis.

• Assisted curatorial committee in managing, documenting and cataloging prospective students• Selected and created report of students meeting criteria for special review and honors program• Coordinated storage of office records

• Assisted curatorial committee in managing, documenting and cataloging events on and off campus • Provided clerical support by making copies, answering phones, and operating office equipment• Coordinated storage of office records

• Provided academic and emotional support to middle school students• Communicated students progress to site director• Improved students test scores and behavior