PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Parent Involvement/Engagement Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Wrote, designed and implemented policies and procedures for the Parent Involvement area of the program.
• Was responsible for the facilitation and training of Policy Council parents, community representatives and staff in the area of Program Governance.
• Was responsible for providing introductory training for Head Start staff, center based and partnership parents in the area of Parent Involvement/Engagement in accordance to the Head Start Performance Standards, the Parent, Family and Community Engagement Initiative.
• Responsible for implementing and monitoring record - keeping systems for Non-Federal Share (In-Kind), for the Head Start Program. Working with the agency finance department preparing by generating documentation and status updates and reports concerning Non-Federal Share (In-Kind).
• Was responsible for calendar management, scheduling, typing documents, correspondence, and memos for the Head Start Director. I was also responsible for administrative support of the Central Office Head Start staff as well as facilitating Policy Council and Parent Involvement.
• Prioritized and managed multiple projects simultaneously, and followed through on issues in a timely manner.
• Arranged travel schedules and reservations for staff as needed.

Confidential

Administrative Support /Projects Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for facilitating the grass roots organizations participating in the Governor’s Office of Faith Base Initiatives Compassion Capital Project (GOFBI).
• Was a mentor, providing technical assistance to GOFBI grass root organizations. generating reports, and assisting in the development of said organizations.
• Assisted the Deputy Director in designing and executing strategic planning trainings.
• Strategic Planning trainer for the Ohio Community Action Training Organization (OCATO - the OACAA training program) with a specialty in Program Governance/Parent Involvement and facilitation.
• Responsible for overseeing and providing federal reports for the following programs; Earned Income Tax Credit Program, The Ohio Marriage Coalition Network, which included annual grant updating and reports.
• Reported on the status of grants, to administrators in Washington D.C. annually.
• Responsible for generating federal and state reports on all grants that were awarded to Confidential .

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Parent Involvement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Supervised four parent involvement specialist assigned to a total of forty centers.
• Wrote, designed and implemented policies and procedures for the Parent Involvement Component and ensured that those policies and procedures were executed by staff.
• Responsible for the facilitation of the Program Governance component of the program. Wrote By-Laws and Handbooks.
• Incorporated Results-Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA) outcomes into all aspects of the parent involvement component.
• Ensured that all staff was trained in ROMA and that the tool was integrated into their reporting and monitoring documentation.
• Monitored two delegate agencies, (John XXIII Head Start Program and Southwestern City Schools Head Start Program incorporating ROMA outcomes into the report documents.

Confidential

Parent Involvement Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the research, development, design and distribution of handbooks and manuals related to parent training.
• Maintained parent committee records of ten assigned Head Start/Early Head Start centers and the Home Based Option.
• Maintained records for and overseeing child care needs and child care workers of the G.E.D. program.
• Responsible for the Newsletter development, design and distribution (HEAD START HAPPENINGS) on a monthly basis.
• Represented and facilitated Policy Council parents and Parent Committee members at state and national conferences.

Confidential

Family Service Advocate

Responsibilities:

• Recruited children throughout the community by door-to-door canvassing, for Head Start/Early Head Start children.
• On-site distribution of literature and coordination of recruitment at the center level.
• Assisted families with medical and dental follow up and provided information on community resources. .
• Maintained full enrollment for a center of one-hundred and two children. Coordinated all transportation arrangements for children.
• Submitted weekly planning and contact sheets, monthly statistical reports and various reports as assigned.
• Coordinated and implemented social service and parent involvement plans in accordance with Head Start/Early Head Start Performance Standards.
• Collaborated with and assisted in providing local resources to families through the social services department.
• Generated reports using ROMA style outcome measurements.

Confidential

Home-Based Visitor

Responsibilities:

• Recruited and maintained a case load of twelve families per year, serving as an adult and child teacher as well as their Family Service Advocate.
• Responsible for maintaining all records on each family, which included making sure all medical and dental forms were current (i.e. Acquiring shot records, dental exam records etc.)
• Responsible for coordinating and submitting transportation schedules. Also responsible for weekly lesson plans and maintaining anecdotal note files on each child and a journal report on each family.
• Classroom teacher for Group Socialization Learning.
• Designee for Home-Based Manager at conferences, training’s and appropriate meetings.