Sarah Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Camp Murray

• Works under the direct supervision of the Supervisory Education Services Specialist (SESS),
• Serves as the primary GoArmyEd (GAE) Certifying Enrollment (CE) official and FTA Counselor for Soldiers within Washington State.
• Provides support and assistance to the State education office in all areas of civilian voluntary education including GI Bill program management and administration.
• Liaises with schools and other federal and state agencies as necessary.
• Assists other state ARNG education services offices with GAE queues and other duties.
• Exercises judgment and initiative in planning and carrying out assignments.

Lakewood, Washington

• Attends weekly treatment plan update meetings with Psychologists, Social Workers and Recreation Therapist
• Provides recreational activities to Domiciliary veterans
• Supports Veteran's Intensive PTSD program, Substance Abuse program, Compensated Work Therapy Program and Functional Restoration Pain Program.
• Guides veterans, and actively participates with them as they learn painting, fishing, board games and light physical activities
• Facilitates programs developed by the Recreation Therapist
• Summarizes activities and tracks individual progress in case notes using CPRS

• Hosts education fairs for over 40,000 veterans & service members
• Enforces contracted relationships with colleges, clarifies policies, and reports violations of the DODMOU
• Counsels students daily over vocational and educational goals
• Assists military families in scholarship searches, applying for financial aid, and using transferred education benefits
• Monitors, issues, and files official actions as the appointed action officer
• Trains office staff in counseling skills weekly to improve quality of care and soldier outcomes

Killeen/Temple, Texas Area

Works with primarily special education and behavior management classrooms.Teaches Elementary Education and High school students daily. Works at several different schools, teaches all subjects and all grade levels.

Lampasas, Texas

• Assisted therapists in providing equine therapy to groups of 20-30 soldiers and families
• Instructed safe horseback riding techniques to volunteers and patrons
• Maintained 13 horses
• Assisted event planning & facility maintenance

Killeen/Temple, Texas Area

• Career Coach 10 hours per week:
• Assists students in developing career goals and education paths to meet those goals
• Uses career counseling methods to help students process vocational changes and struggles (unemployment, job relocation, furloughs)
• Works one on one with students to translate military skills, develop effective cover letters, resumes, and curriculum vitaesGraduate Assistant 20 hours per week:
• Gathers inputs and reports first destination survey data, alumni assessment, and program evaluation data
• Promotes and markets career programs and initiatives, through social media, email, and direct marketing

Texas A&M-Central Texas

• Provided Counseling to couples experiencing relationship, marital and parenting problems
• Used solution focused, cognitive behavioral, and humanistic therapies to help clients work on communication skills, divorce recovery, depression, anxiety, and grief
• Worked with children and adolecents aged 7-18 using play therapy to help cope with school challenges and family conflict

Fort Hood

• Human Resources Specialist:
• Tracked soldier information to deliver status reports to upper management. Helped soldiers enroll in military schools and complete required trainings
• Completed staff requests for time off, housing, id cards, name changes and housing, ensured each new staff member received informational packets for the organization
• Tracked soldier attendance daily to deliver status reports to upper management. Helped soldiers enroll in military schools
• Alerted staff to required trainings, and certifications, received documents and filed them to pass inspectionsMissile Operator:
• Aquired Top Secret SCI security clearance

Clinton, Oklahoma

• Provided outpatient rehab services to adults ages 18-70.
• Ran several groups daily (hygiene, coping skills, grief, cooking, budgeting).
• fundraising, individual rehab sessions, and helping clients find access to local resources.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Counseling Psychology, 3.78/4.0

Activities and Societies: National Society for Leadership and Success, Psychology Club, Graduate Assistant for Career Services ▪ Completed.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Psychology Club • Completed 2 years of practicum in Research Psychology and Teaching Psychology • Taught study.