Iesha Caisey

Founding Director of Culture at Girls Global Academy
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • National Board Certified Counselor
    The National Board for Certified Counselors
    Apr, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor
    Maryland Department of Health
    Mar, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
    Loyola University Maryland

Experience

    • United States
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Founding Director of Culture
      • Jul 2021 - Present

    • United States
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Coach
      • Jan 2021 - Present

    • United States
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • School Counseling Department Chair, International High School at Langley Park
      • Jul 2020 - Jul 2021

      Develops, plans, implements, promotes, and evaluates a comprehensive developmental counseling and guidance program based on the National Standards for school counselors.Actively utilizes a variety of data to evaluate the needs of the school and of the individual students, forming a strategic plan for a comprehensive counseling and guidance program.Provides leadership for the site’s counseling and guidance program and represents counseling and guidance at the administrative team level in the school.Facilitated and prep for all student support office meetings with all relevant stakeholders.

    • Peer Forward Advisor/College Summit Teacher,International High School at Langley Park
      • Jul 2018 - Jul 2021

      Facilitate weekly meetings with Peer Forward Leaders.Assist Peer Forward leaders in the implementation of college and career activities.Hold FAFSA and SAT/ACT registration drives.Coordinate on-site admissions for students with local colleges and universities.Track and monitor all college application submissions, campaigns, and events.Organize college signing day celebration for members of the senior class.Create and implement College Summit curriculum for English Language Learners.Teach college summit class 2-3 times a week for four periods.Provide group and individual college counseling during this time.Assist students with all things related to post-secondary education and careers.

    • 11th & 12th Grade School Counselor, International High School at Langley Park
      • Jul 2017 - Jul 2021

      Provide individual academic and social emotional counseling to students with identified concerns and needs.Lead single sex counseling groups organizational skills, social skills and goal setting. Collaborate with classroom teachers, administrators, and all other school stakeholders.Develop and implement classroom guidance lessons.Consult and collaborate with parents/guardians to assist students with educational and career planning.Communicate regularly with families and developed a supportive home-school relationship.Collect and analyze data to identify needs of the students and school community.Develop and monitored social-emotional goals for students receiving counseling.Encourage and create college going culture within the school community.Arrange college visits and trips to local colleges/universities and college fairs.Build and maintain relationships with admissions professionals.Educate families about the college admissions, scholarships, and financial aid process.Organize and implement college and career events such as Mock Interview Day and Career Day.Coordinate college admissions officers to visit the school and meet with students.Monitor individual student progress throughout the college process.Prepare and send supplementary materials to colleges such as transcripts and letters of recommendation.Assist students in registering and taking college entrance exams SAT and ACT.Track and maintain all college acceptances, aid offers, and scholarship money.Implement Naviance curriculum for 11th and 12th grade.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Community Based Learning Assistant
      • Sep 2016 - May 2017

      Assisted community based learning director with any and all secretarial and managerial tasks. Organized meeting dates, times, and locations for community based fellows program. Sent reminder and follow-up emails to stakeholders and CBL fellows. Took minutes during community based learning meetings. Coordinated and participate in community based learning workshops and trainings. Completed grant applications for community based workshop funding.

    • United States
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • High School Placement Manager
      • Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

      Educate students and families about all aspects of the high school application process for avariety of school types including public exam, public charter, independent, and parochial.Develop in-depth knowledge and familiarity with Boston and Chelsea area high schools.Establish appropriate placement goals based on student achievement, teacher assessment, andfamily priorities.Organize an annual high school fair, hosting reps from over 30 high schools.Schedule and orchestrate school tours for 7th and 8th grade students and families.Support student interview preparation, including hosting Mock Interview day events.Collaborate with middle school teachers and principals to develop and deliver high school.placement advising course and transition to high school content.Manage all aspects of admission testing (ISEE, SSAT, & HSPT) registration, score collection, and on‐site test administration.Collaborates with school leadership and middle school staff to ensure effective test preparationfor students.Ensure that all application and financial aid forms are fully complete, accurate, and on time, including student and family components, and teacher recommendations.Maintain excellent and up to date records pertaining to all student application processes, schooldecisions, and financial aid details.Provide post‐acceptance support and guidance to students and families as necessary.Cultivate and steward relationships with high school admission offices, maintains current information on partner school programs, and disseminates information to middle school advisors.Collect, analyze, and share all placement‐related data with teachers, school leadership, and otherstakeholders.Work to ensure successful academic transition for all ninth grade alumni by providing assistancewith: course selection, connections to campus resources, and family‐school engagement.

    • United States
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Admission and Diversity Teaching Fellow
      • Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

      Conducted interviews with prospective middle and upper school students.Held diversity and admission panels during open houses to answer perspective family’s inquiries and questions.Attended school fairs in the great Boston area as a Noble and Greenough School representative.Read 250+ upper school applications and took part in committee decisions.Helped advise diversity organizations such as Multicultural Student Association and Students for Socioeconomic Awareness.Facilitated Sister 2 Sister, the affinity group for women of color on campus, once a month.Substitute teacher for 7th and 8th grade science, including lab periods and experiments.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Apartment Manager Office of Residential Life
      • Oct 2013 - Jun 2014

      Execute opening and closing duties of assigned apartments and conduct apartment Life Safety Inspections and re-inspection once a term.Update apartment residents with relevant information through e-mails, flyers, and coordinated residential events.

    • Senior Intern Office of Admissions
      • Sep 2013 - Jun 2014

      Interview college applicants to see if they are a good fit for Union College and write reviews on interviewees to provide feedback on applicant for the deans of admissions.Sit on the admissions committee and participate in making admissions decisions.

    • United States
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Upward Bound Residential Advisor/ Counselor
      • Apr 2013 - Jun 2014

      Supervised and tutored high school students in science and mathematics during afternoon study hall.Assisted instructors in the classroom as needed and provided out of class support gathering materials, correcting homework assignments, and tutoring students.Assisted in the development and implementation of recreational workshops for students.Monitored dorm life, acted as an advisor to 5 students and chaperoned Thursday night field trips and college tour.

    • Cambodia
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Volunteer Teacher Siem Reap, Cambodia
      • Mar 2013 - Jun 2013

      Taught English vocabulary and speaking and listening skills to beginner English speakers ages 12-16.Wrote and designed lesson plans based on Cambodian and English curriculum.

Education

  • Johns Hopkins University School of Education
    Master, Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
    2016 - 2017
  • Union College
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Neuroscience
    2010 - 2014
  • Loyola University Maryland
    Certification, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
    2020 -

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