Lincoln University

Family Community Engagement Specialist,   Consultant , & Community Organizer

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Provide strategic guidance and technical assistance to the district’s lowest performing schools to ensure families are engaged in the turnaround strategy and process for school improvement.
-  Identify training opportunities that address school needs and ensures the training opportunities are provided to schools’ personnel, families, and partners within network.
-  Collaborate with instructional leadership teams, School Family Councils (SFC) and community based organizations to evaluate data (i.e. school climate, attendance, engagement, academic achievement), program effectiveness and services.
-  Establish relationships with organizations and community stakeholders to identify and eliminate barriers to student achievement, school improvement and parent engagement
-  Assist schools in development and implementation of an effective FCE strategy.
-  Utilize parent feedback and input to identify and facilitate training opportunities for staff, parents and community partners.
-  Educate and train assigned schools on FCE policies, procedures, processes and best practices.
-  Provide technical assistance, monitor schools’ progress, and kept parents informed and involved in No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Title 1 activities.
-  Work collaboratively with organized parent groups at identified set of schools to help groups work effectively with schools.
-  Assist in recruiting and maintaining partnership relationships with identified constituencies in support of city public schools.
-  Facilitate communications between school personnel, families, and partners, including supporting strategies on use of school websites, publications, social media and marketing tools.
-  Serve as liaison between schools, parents, families, businesses and community agencies to improve community and school relations
-  Performs and promotes all activities in compliance with equal employment and nondiscrimination policies; follows federal laws, state laws, school board policies, and the professional standards

Baltimore City Public Schools

CSI/SIG IV Family Community Engagement (FCE) Specialist

- Utilize research relating to historically underrepresented communities to develop, implement, coordinate outreach initiatives including, job fairs, educational workshops, support groups and community outreach events.
-  Managed and led community engagement and needs assessment process for Baltimore’s lowest performing schools to ensure parent/community input informed action plans.
-  Planned, implemented and coordinated ACE’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Community, Youth and Family City Wide Initiatives with Family League of Baltimore, Baltimore City Mayors Office and a plethora of local grassroot organizations.
-  Coordinated, promoted, and recruited sponsorships for City Wide Unify Baltimore “Education One” Back to School Rally.
-  Planned and coordinated Black Girls Vote “Get In Formation” Voter Registration Rally with M &T Bank Stadium and Democratic National Convention Outreach Initiatives.
-  Sourced, managed and recruited sponsorships for Baltimore Uprising Youth Rally.
-  Coordinated Baltimore Local Organizing Committee for the 2015 Million Man March.
-  Created and implemented Baltimore C.H.A.R.M. College tour Campaign
-  Created and facilitated mentoring, counseling, life skills, self-esteem, and goal setting sessions for youth and families.
-  Served as facilitator at the Notre Dame University of Maryland and Ameri-Corps National Leadership
Conferences.
-  Presenter and trainer for Morgan State University Student Ambassadors Leadership Training.
-  Presenter and facilitator for the following conferences: IEL National Family Community & Engagement
Conference, IEL National Community Schools Conference, Lincoln University Leadership Conference; Center for Disease Control: Violence Prevention Program for Baltimore; Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media of the Arts and the Baltimore City Public Schools’ Annual Family and Community Engagement Conference.

Self Employed /Contractual

Community Engagement Consultant, Parent/Family & Youth Advocate/Trainer

Provide strategic guidance and technical assistance to the district’s lowest performing schools to ensure families are engaged in the turnaround strategy and process for school improvement.
-  Collaborate with instructional leadership teams, School Family Councils (SFC) and community based organizations to evaluate data (i.e. school climate, attendance, engagement, academic achievement), program effectiveness and services.
-  Establish relationships with organizations and community stakeholders to identify and eliminate barriers to student achievement, school improvement and parent engagement
-  Assist schools in development and implementation of an effective FCE strategy.
-  Utilize parent feedback and input to identify and facilitate training opportunities for staff, parents and community
partners.
-  Educate and train assigned schools on FCE policies, procedures, processes and best practices.
-  Provide technical assistance, monitor schools’ progress, and kept parents informed and involved in No Child Left
Behind (NCLB) Title 1 activities.
-  Work collaboratively with organized parent groups at identified set of schools to help groups work effectively with
schools.
-  Assist in recruiting and maintaining partnership relationships with identified constituencies in support of city public
schools.
-  Facilitate communications between school personnel, families, and partners, including supporting strategies on
use of school websites, publications, social media and marketing tools.
-  Assist schools in addressing parent complaints as needed.
-  Prepare reports, memos and correspondence for school support network leadership team review.
-  Serve as liaison between schools, parents, families, businesses and community agencies to improve community
and school relations

Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium Inc. (MAEC)

SIG IV Family Community Engagement (FCE) Specialist

Community school coordinators are the key to a community school. Very Similar to a "community organizer" of the school and community. Create, strengthen, and maintain the bridge between the school and community. Community school coordinators facilitate and provide leadership for the collaborative process and development of a continuum of services for children, families and community members within a school neighborhood.

A coordinator is often the "liaison" and "connector" for many different areas.  Some of these include:
Parent/Family Engagement
Community Engagement
Youth Development
Strategic Alignment: Deepening Partnerships and Academic Alignment
Partnerships: Health , Mental Health, Tutoring, After school programming, Mentoring, Early Childhood

Strong City Baltimore

Community School Coordinator

Guide multicultural stakeholders through strategic planning to provide programmatic opportunities for underrepresented youth and families.
-  Develop and implement programming focusing on academic achievement and inclusion for residential at-risk students and families.
-  Coordinate community learning opportunities, and projects with students and corporate stakeholders.
-  Assists with referral/recruitment for potential scholars and volunteers.
-  Plan and implement community relations events and activities for students and community partners.
-  Screen, trains, and foster relationships with community volunteers/mentors
-  Build and foster partnerships with local corporations, colleges/universities, sororities/ fraternities, churches, and secondary schools in support of students and the surrounding neighborhood.
-  Accurately maintained and processed monthly reports, caseload documentation, staff records, student records, collegian records and annual national quality performance reviews.
-  Serves as a parent liaison and parent advocate; provide unemployment and work force development referrals.

Boys  Hope Girls Hope of Baltimore

Girls Hope House/ Program Manager

- Facilitated the development of an individual's independent living and social skills
- Fostered client’s individual ability to make decisions about life and create opportunities for healthy choices.
- Supported and assistance in home education services & family community concepts,
- Trained clients with employment mentoring and crisis intervention techniques.
- Recruit and Train PRP staff

Building Communities Today for Tomorrow (BCTT)

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Coordinator (PRP)

Youth Advocate/Facilitator /Mentor
- Conducted mentoring, counseling, life skills, self-esteem, and goal setting sessions
- Created unique interpersonal and group lesson plans.
- Developed program incentives & company projects
- Created components of Life skills curriculum
- Created and facilitated professional development workshops and presentations.
- Facilitated and Coordinated College readiness services for Juniors & Seniors of Baltimore City              School System.

Center for Disease Control: Division of Violence Prevention: Dating Matters Initiative
- Implemented and Facilitated preventive strategies for individuals, peers, families, schools, and neighborhoods.
- Fostered positive relationships with schools representatives & leadership teams
- Facilitated and make students aware of the impact of drugs/ alcohol in violent, healthy / unhealthy relationships
- Completed case notes, monthly reports and student support surveys

Baltimore City Mayors Young Women in Action Initiative
- Initiative Facilitator & Mentor
- Conducted mentoring, counseling, life skills, self-esteem, college preparation planning and goal setting sessions

Fulfilling the Promise Consulting Company

Youth Advocate/Facilitator /Mentor

- Coordinated with student support services to counsel students and parents
- Facilitated and Created life skill lessons and character value lessons for students
- Lead staff & training coach for Student Life Staff
- Developed & Implemented student activities routine & clubs.
- Implemented, Created and fostered a college success atmosphere for students and their        families
- Coordinated student orientation week & Brothers Week
- Coordinated community and college volunteer registration process
- Developed and Implemented the Student Life Curriculum and  grading system
- Assisted with the  Design of the student and parent handbook
- Completed case notes and reports

SEED School of Maryland

Student Life Assistant & Temporary Counselor

- Planned, coordinated, and advertised campus life events
- Assisted with budgeting regulations to plan student events and fundraising events
- Assisted with University as well as Student organization events and office fundraising events
- Used interpersonal skills, team building, and effective writing skills to build relationships with other departments.
- Assisted with Implementation, coordinated and planned educational enhancement programs and leadership workshops
- Implemented self-esteem development, and job readiness skills with new team members and freshmen
- Assisted with executing social & recreational programs while positively influencing the freshmen incoming class retention rate every year.
- Organized and reviewed office documentation and student organization documentation

Lincoln University Office of Student Life & Development

Student Leader Ambassador & Student Activities Assistant

Counselor /Teacher & Student Assistant with Johns Hopkins Middle Grades Partnership
- Planned and coordinated educational enhancement programs
- Implemented team building techniques, self-esteem development, and recreational programs
- Fostered family involvement while creating a comfortable productive learning environment for Program participants.
- Teaching literacy classes& electives,
- Coordinated & Planned field trips
- Managed all program interns and volunteers

Friends School of Baltimore

Counselor /Teacher & Student Assistant with Johns Hopkins Middle Grades Partnership

- Planned, coordinated, and implemented a summer orientation program for high school students
- Implemented and taught leadership techniques, team building, effective writing and speech skills to students
- Created educational enhancement and self-esteem development programs

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