Erika Meyer

Program Officer at Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO)
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(386) 825-5501
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Denver, Colorado, United States, US
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Credentials

  • Rising Leaders Fellowship
    Youth Outside
    Dec, 2018
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO)
    • United States
    • Conservation Programs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Program Officer
      • Jun 2016 - Present

      Implements GOCO’s Inspire and School Yard Initiatives. These grant programs are focused on increasing access for kids and families to get outdoors more often. The Inspire Initiative was created to encourage youth and their families to connect to the outdoors by establishing places for kids and families to play, by providing culturally relevant programs that build off of one another, and by creating pathways to outdoor stewardship jobs and leadership roles. GOCO’s School Yard Initiative (SYI) is a grant program designed to inspire more active physical play and enhance outdoor learning on school grounds. All projects must be designed, in partnership with students and the community Show less

  • Jewish Community Center
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • ECC Teacher
      • Jan 2013 - Jun 2016

      • Provide a safe, healthy, and warm environment for all children by maintaining a well-organized classroom. • Support teachers and staff in educational goals and philosophies. • Engage with children while using positive guidance and encouragement. • Promote and administer the JCC’s goals, philosophies, policies, and mission. • Communicate effectively with staff, parents, and children. • Provide a safe, healthy, and warm environment for all children by maintaining a well-organized classroom. • Support teachers and staff in educational goals and philosophies. • Engage with children while using positive guidance and encouragement. • Promote and administer the JCC’s goals, philosophies, policies, and mission. • Communicate effectively with staff, parents, and children.

  • Get Smart Schools
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Operations and Special Projects
      • Aug 2012 - Jan 2013

      • Provide project management for the School Turnaround Study Group. Responsibilities include background research, drafting a white paper, presenting findings and facilitating communication between key stakeholders. • Manage the search process for the new executive director at Get Smart Schools.• Recruit, hire, and train new entry-level positions. • Work closely with the Board chair and specific board committees and manage Board governance tasks.

    • Project Manager
      • Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

      • Managed the overhaul of DPS student enrollment into a single, centralized enrollment system for the 2012-13 school year. Responsibilities included extensive collaboration between stakeholders to ensure a successful rollout.• Managed other short-term projects, including School Board Forum, Innovation School communications, Business Manager Intensives and other school supports, and planned community outreach events.• Streamlined internal operations, including creating a style guide and resume screening process to assist with new hiring processes, as well as updated orientation and procedure manuals.• Designed marketing materials, including an organization one-pager and a program overview, and monthly newsletters.• Maintained and updated our website and successfully utilized social media to increase traffic • Served as office manager which included working on purchasing orders, expense and income forms, budget reconciliations, and consultant contracts. Show less

  • The Advocacy Lab
    • Program Coordinator and Facilitator
      • Aug 2009 - Aug 2011

      Program Coordinator • Supervised seven interns who facilitated human rights programs. Responsibilities included visiting each program and communicating weekly with facilitators and teachers as a liaison. • Identified resources, speakers, and trips for the facilitators to enhance curriculum. • Led orientation, various trainings, and meetings for facilitators with the Executive Director. • Updated program materials including lesson plans, supplemental information, and other resources. • Recruited and interviewed candidates for the forthcoming school year. Facilitator • Taught human rights curriculum to 20-30 underserved high school students in low-income schools. • Successfully helped students cultivate a broad knowledge and deep understanding about human rights through bi-weekly lessons and activities. • Created objective lesson plans, quizzes, and tests used to help analyze student achievement and curriculum effectiveness. • Empowered students to create a campaign around a human rights issue of their choice and advocate in their community. • Utilized students creative talents to advocate for their campaign, i.e. acting, drawing, tagging, poetry. • Collaborated with classroom teacher and other facilitators to determine value and effectiveness of lessons. Show less

Education

  • Marymount Manhattan College
    BA, Political Science
    2008 - 2010

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