Experience

Monument Academy Public Charter School

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief of Student & Family Engagement

  • Apr 2021 - Present

• Director of Family Engagement & Community Schools Coordinator

  • Nov 2016 - Mar 2021

  As the Manager of Family Engagement and Community Schools Coordinator at Monument Academy, I serve as our families' first point of contact in accessing their child’s education and the primary liaison to community partners. My main duties include serving as the school’s Enrollment Audit Point of Contact,building and maintaining a consortium of community partners to provide resources and services to our school community, and lastly serving as Monument Academy’s MKV Homelessness Liaison. I facilitate day time medication administration and oversee our school based Medication Administration Technicians and medical records database. My other duties include but are not limited to soliciting community partnerships and solidifying MOUs, assisting with ensuring that our students have access to medical and pharmaceutical resources, assisting in high school transitional planning, structuring and leading cross departmental student crisis intervention meetings, arranging clothing and food donations, conducting parent workshops, facilitating school wide and community based events, providing all staff family engagement professional development instruction, as well as assisting our families in navigating structures within the city such as judicial and housing systems. I also direct our school’s Family School Alliance, which functions as our school’s PTA. I am proficient in several statewide databases such as Powerschool, eSchool, SLED, Quickbase and Qlik Sense. Show less

• School Facilities Safety Specialist

  • Oct 2016 - Jul 2017

  As a School Facilities Safety Specialist at Monument Academy PCS, my duties include (but are not limited to), ensuring the safety and security of the premises, managing the environment during crises, conducting perimeter checks, maintaining the buildings ultimate functionality, and inputting facilities claims if there are damages within the building. I also participate in student crisis management, consulting with outside contractors, and facilitate all safety drills and safety professional development instruction for staff. During my tenure as the SFSS, I created a coding crisis system as well as served as the Fire Safety Audit Point of contact, and I also created fire escape maps/routes using EDraw, that were remarked as the best in the city by Fire Marshall Byron Hoenig. Show less



PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education)

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Change Fellow

  • Jul 2020 - Present

• Ward 6 Parent Leaders in Education Board Representative

  • Aug 2019 - Present



Sheppard Pratt Health System

• Educational Assistant

  • Nov 2011 - Oct 2016

  As an Educational Assistant at the Forbush School of Prince George's County, I assist children diagnosed under the autism spectrum with learning. My main duty is to ensure that each child is able to comprehend the given lesson based on their personal learning styles described in their Individual Education Programs (IEPs). Also, I ensure classroom safety by implementing Behavior Principle Strategies during behavior crises. Lastly, I assist the teacher with lesson planning, material adaptations, and overall classroom instruction. Show less



Maryland Department of Juvenile Services

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Resident Advisor

  • Oct 2014 - Dec 2015

  As a Resident Advisor at the Cheltenham Youth Facility, my main duty is to oversee behavioral and physical management amongst a unit consisting of anywhere from fifteen to forty male youths. After completing the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions Department of Juvenile Services Entrance Level Training Program, I was placed on a unit to facilitate the pre-dispositional program. I maintain a consistent count of all youths, as well as conduct daily observations, searches and ‘shakedowns’ (thorough searches of the youths’ living areas). My main duties also include incident reporting through both manual and electronic documentation; followed with processing the incidents with the youths by orchestrating peer mediations as well as conducting/ facilitating group counseling sessions amongst the entire unit. I also collect behavioral data on each youth to upkeep the daily level/ point system. I also maintain a running log of all interactions amongst youths, transfers of youth, transfers of staff, and movement of the youths and staff. I, at often times, assist the youths in preparing for their court hearings/ appearances by assisting them in writing letters to the judge or court appointed officials, and by acting as a liaison between the youths’ advocates, lawyers, therapists, teachers, case managers and parents and/or legal guardians. Occasionally, I assist the teachers at the facility with overall classroom instruction, I assist in the initial intake process which includes both mental and medical evaluations, and lastly, I occasionally transport youths to their various medical appointments off campus. Show less



Foundation School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Dedicated Aide

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2014

  As a Dedicated Aide at the Foundation School Largo, I assist children with Emotional Disturbances and Mood Disorders with reaching their behavioral and academic goals. My main focus is to track the behavioral frequencies of the student I have been paired with. I accommodate the student according to their Individual Educational Plan (IEP) and Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP) by adapting their work so that they may fully comprehend all material given. I also walk each student through all of their crisis situations by reminding them of their personal de-escalation model or in some cases, by physically intervening using TACT2 crisis intervention model. I also work as a liaison between the student’s therapist, case worker, mentor, and guardian. However, I assist with overall classroom instruction, lesson planning and implementation, the creation of IEP goals ass well as participating in IEP meetings for my individual students, and overall classroom behavioral management. In addition to my main duties at the Foundation School, I serve as the Assistant JV Basketball Coach, the Head of the Bulletin Board committee, and the Girl’s Dance and Step Club Coach. Show less



Alternative Paths Training School

• United States
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• File and Records Clerk

  • Jan 2012 - Aug 2013

  As a File and Records Clerk at the APTS, I maintain, upkeep, and audit each student’s academic, behavioral, and clinical files. I also document and relay all correspondence between the school staff, the student’s parents/ guardians, their legal team and state agency caseworker. In addition to making sure that all documents and pertinent information is readily available for conferences and meetings, I also cover as a receptionist for the school’s main office; that entails toggling phone calls, logging in all visitors, and tracking student daily attendance. Show less



DC Office of the Attorney General

• File Clerk

  • Mar 2008 - Jan 2009

  As a File Clerk/ Legal Support in the Public Safety Criminal Division of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, my main duty is to assist police officers and attorneys in papering/ preparing cases; as well as filing and tracking them. During the papering process, I prepare case files (jackets) for court as well as scan all relevant case documents into our case tracking system ProLaw. I also assist in conducting background checks using Justis and Prism software, obtain driving records of the defendants, and assisted in researching past statutes and regulations to properly charge offenses. My other duties include assigning cases to attorneys, copying, faxing, filing, answering phones, and maintaining a daily case log and correspondence with DC Superior Court. I also developed an electronic filing system to eradicate missing case jackets in court that is still being used at this agency today. Show less



US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Office Automation Clerk

  • Aug 2006 - Feb 2008

  At the US Environmental Protection Agency, I worked under the Assistant Administrator, Granta Nakayama, in the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Immediate Office (OECA-IO). My duties included but were not limited to, preparing and gathering legal materials and presentations for conferences, preparing all travel itineraries for the Immediate Office using Travel Manager and GovTrip, and logging all federal correspondence. I also performed an array of other duties to maintain the overall function of the OECA-IO such as copying, faxing, scheduling and maintaining positive interactions with our clients. I am proficient using all Microsoft Office applications, Corel’s Wordperfect, Adobe Acrobat Reader and Photoshop. Under this agency I have received the highest level Performance Aptitude Review rating of Outstanding. Show less