●Set a vision and strategy for the matriculation process in the Midwest regions that helps 150+ corps members confirm their offer and onboard to the first day of school●Project manager for confirmation window execution in the Midwest regions, including assigning advisors as confirmation callers, managing special processes to the offer, and prioritizing key actions in a time-sensitive window to ensure maximum matriculation yield each window.● Work across other Generalists to collectively craft enterprise-wide strategies and solutions that impactmatriculation of the corps, such as CM Wellness, financial services, testing support, belonging needs, etc.● Participate in and lead a community of practice to refine case management skills, elevate barriers, and triage challenges to make adjustments when needed in the trajectory of incoming corps members.

•Lead vision setting, execution, and onboarding initiatives to drive a successful matriculation and onboarding experience for new teachers into the Teach For America program; this resulted in our team exceeding our regional goal by 8%•Laterally manage a team of 12 staff members to provide ongoing coaching and development•Analyze data to create a project management plan to innovate and implement more equitable team-wide onboarding processes, resulting in most diverse corps in Chicago region’s history

•Coached and managed over 150 teachers to meet Illinois state licensure requirements, resulting in a 3% increase of eligible candidates•Led a 4-week intensive development program for 20 novice teachers, employing research-based adult learning practices, which led to increased commitment and satisfaction with Teach For America based on end of experience survey results•Via lobbying, advocacy, and using data-driven research, influenced the state of Illinois to lower its teacher GPA requirement from 3.0 to 2.5 to increase the hiring of minority teachers, this enabled teachers to better influence students from similar backgrounds

•Audited data and implemented project management system to improve AmeriCorps grant compliance and reduce organizational risk factors from “medium” to “low”, ensuring continued funding.•Led data clean-up project in Salesforce to ensure up-to-date constituent information for grant reporting.•Trained and managed Operations Team to execute 4-week training program for over 100 incoming teachers, resulting in a 53% increase in member satisfaction compared to previous year.

•Selected from over 44,000 applicants nationwide to join the national teacher corps of 4,000 recent college graduates and professionals who commit two years to teach in under-resourced public schools•Led learning and instruction for 115 students per day within at Title 1 school•Accomplished an average of 6 points in growth through design and implementation of an ACT Prep course •Developed unit and lesson plans as well as assessments aligned with Common Core State standards for literacy which resulted in an average of 1.3 years of growth•Awarded Teacher of the Month twice by colleagues and students •Served as the Head Coach for the boy’s baseball team for 2 seasons

•Analyzed medical and insurance claims for potential monetary recovery for Xerox clients•Used written and verbal communication skills to correspond with insurance claims adjusters and personal injury attorneys•Consistently exceeded monthly quality and quantity standards in a fast-paced, team-emphasized work environment