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Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Manage central recruitment team and support regional recruiters based in six geographically distinct cities.
• Established and maintain relationships with external partners nationwide to recruit talent and promote brand awareness.
• Oversee recruitment processes to hire over 300 AmeriCorp tutors and 40 Leading Men Fellows annually, including creating applications, training and outreach materials, and selection processes.
• Built and maintain new systems to streamline consistent and effective recruitment processes, resulting in fastest hiring timeline in organization’s history during 2020-21 recruitment cycle.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Monitor breaking and ongoing news coverage across Radio Free Europe’s primary area of activity in Central Asia, with particular focus on Pakistan and Russia
• Draft memos, minutes, and other internal communications documents to facilitate relationships between and among internal stakeholders, as well as externally-facing blog posts.
• Provide editing services for all varieties of internal and external documents including annual report, news items, and promotional materials
• Conduct organizing and event planning work as needed

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed Student Culture Team of 5 DREAM Coaches to assist with scholar support and school culture
• Conducted student and parent mediations and re-entry meetings, reintegrating students into school community. Served aspoint of contact for external service providers including social workers and crisis management.
• Recorded and analyzed school culture data such as sendouts from class and suspensions to inform plans for addressingculture issues, and improving school culture
• Maintained weekly positive behavior system for scholars to incentivize behavior and attendance

• Managed a team of four recruiters hiring for schools in NYC; Washington, DC; Baton Rouge, LA; and Camden, NJ
• Researched and recruited over 130 strong candidates for multiple positions and schools including teachers and non-instructional network staff
• Kept organized schedule for demonstration lessons and visits with over 400 candidates at four different schools
• Developed external partnerships, trackers, and other organizational structures to determine effectiveness for trips and recruiting events, catalog teaching objectives, and build new talent pipelines
• Designed and delivered career-development oriented professional development for teachers and other educators

Greater New York City Area

• Drafted op-eds, grant proposals, and press releases for school promotion and fundraising
• Managed the board of directors at two schools, scheduling meetings, compiling board resources, and taking minutes
• Led internal team overseeing audit of federal Title I funds, including compiling material, meeting with auditors, and tak-ing appropriate follow-up steps to ensure compliance
• Worked with media to schedule interviews, tours, and opportunities for filming to promote school events and student performances
• Served as liaison between Democracy Prep Korean Department and Korean community in New York including media

Greater New York City Area

• Founding member of Harlem Success Academy 5
• Organized school events for 175 students and parents, including family academic events, field trips, and parent council
• Collected and maintained sensitive information in student files
• Acted as a liaison between parents and school staff to resolve parent concerns involving student academic performance, attendance, and behavior. Enforced school culture by working to invest parents in school rules and.
• Assisted student and teachers with health related issues including upkeep of student health information
• Helped edit and rewrite Parent Handbook for 2011-2012 academic year

Greater Memphis Area

• US History Teacher, Trezevant High School in Memphis, TN
• Organized and implemented a rigorous curriculum to teach nearly 200 students, and led 88% to pass the state-mandated end-of-course exam at a Title I school
• Continuously analyzed data and results to improve teaching techniques, student performance, and test scores
• Designed creative lessons to inspire and challenge students while maintaining rigorous academic standards
• Acted as disciplinary dean for upper academy, enforcing school rules and establish positive school culture

Master'S Degree, International Relations

Member of the inaugural cohort of Syracuse's Maxwell School's Full Time Executive Masters Program in DC based at the Center for Strategic.

Ba, Religious Studies, Classics

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Washington University Admissions Office, Washington University Student Life Office.

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