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Marlboro, New York, United States

Marlboro, New York, United States

Assisted with broad range of district wide administrative responsibilities.

Kingston, Ny

Minneapolis, Mn

• Co-taught 8 sections of Language Arts and Social Studies in Grades 5-8 focusing on grammar, writing, and oral language development.• Co-planned with content teachers to differentiate and modify lesson plans to accommodatevariety of WIDA levels while addressing state standards.• Coordinated annual WIDA ACCESS testing and administered tests in accordance with WIDAprotocol.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Design curriculum and warm-up exercises adaptable to different age levels and learning styles to advance grant-funded education initiative, increasing student knowledge of the arts and community based agriculture in the Twin Cities.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Recruit, train, and supervise volunteers and paid survey takers for three Creative City Challenge events to foster public art, community involvement, and bring attention to Downtown Minneapolis resources in partnership with the City of Minneapolis during July, August, & September 2014. Recruit, train, and supervise volunteers for Ruination: City of Dust an environmental education mystery bicycle race/public art experience created in partnership with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Edit and revise donor reports for 400 scholarship recipients in collaboration with Director of Scholar Services and Scholar Advisors. Refined content for length, clarity, and donor requirements.

Saint Paul, Mn

• Designed curriculum and lesson plans for six class levels, Pre-K - High School, using an experiential approach to help students absorb the fundamentals of Buddhism and mindfulness.• Managed volunteer staff of 15 teachers including recruitment, training, scheduling, and allocating space and resources.•Taught Nonviolent Communication for Teenagers building competencies in effective speaking and listening.•Initiated and coordinated Volunteer Management Plan including strategies for recruitment, interviewing, retention, recognition, and risk management.• Collaborated with Executive Director on fundraising events, manage donor relations, and report fundraising efforts to the board and community resulting in 10% increase over previous year’s fundraising.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Evaluated scholarship applications and made recommendations for the Wallin Scholars Program for high-achieving, low-income and/or first generation college student applications.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Designed and facilitated service-learning projects for low-income 3rd-5th graders at Urban Ventures Leadership Academy.Identified and secured host sites for service learning projects.Successfully solicited in-kind donations for student projects from local business owners. Handled donor recognition.Successfully solicited donors to meet matching grant goals.

Minneapolis, Mn

Coordinated writing and editing of student profiles for over 200 high-performing, low-income scholarship recipients for use in event, donor, and marketing materials.

Designed and facilitated Writing & Public Speaking workshop for 16 rising first-year students resulting in improved writing skills (grammar, spelling, vocabulary) and more confident, effective oral presentations Maintained relationships with donors, alumni, government agencies and other University departments via on andoff-site meetings, via phone and email. Managed guest list and RSVPs, designed invitations and programs, and emceed at student graduation. Wrote and edited staff training manual, parent/student orientation handbook, student notifications, department, correspondence and donor solicitations. Planned and facilitated Staff Training on Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligences. Trained, mentored and supervised student workers.

Designed and facilitated 8-week Service Learning project encompassing Community Health Education, Nutrition, Sustainable Agriculture and Life Skills for a group of 10 students, grades 6-11, resulting in greater awareness of cost, nutritional content, health impact and origins of food, facilitated 3-month weekly French Class for 15 students using experiential methodology to increase retention, comprehension and engagement.

Designed research plan for program assessment for statewide project- based High School engineering program, survey delivery, research subject interviews, & research data collection for NSF funded project. Mentored undergraduate Society of Women Engineers members

• Designed work-readiness curriculum for 25 young men ages 17-21 living in a group home for youth preparing to leave foster care.• Facilitated employment readiness and retention workshops, groups, and one-on-onevocational counseling.• Recruited employers and placed students in internships and job placements.

Increased literacy, provided educational programming and sense of stability for 20-30 children ages 5-15 in transitional family housing on a bi-weekly basis. Trained volunteers on execution of literacy programming, shelter policies, as well as sensitivity to economic hardship, domestic violence, absentee parents and separated siblings.

Instructed and handled classroom management for eight, 20 student sections of ESL, grades 1-5. Designed syllabus and lesson plans using multimedia, games, songs, verbal exercises, and structured play.

Syllabus, lesson plan, out of class assignment, and exam design. Facilitated Writers in the Schools(WITS) poetry and literacy workshops in rural schools.

Provided superlative customer service for corporate 401(k) clients including stock trades, IRA rollovers, and resolving informational issues via phone and email. Obtained NASD Series 7 & 63 (Stockbroker/Registered Representative) licenses.

Certificate In Esl Education, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor

50 credit Teacher licensure program

Master'S Of Science, Education

Mfa Program, Creative Writing

Bachelor Of Arts, English

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature, General