Experience

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  Claremont High School Class of 2013 Boosters

  • Claremont High School

  • President - volunteer

    • Mar 2012 - Jun 2013
    • Claremont High School

    Responsible for planning and executing the Class of 2013 graduation night party (from 7pm-5am following morning) which includes fundraising, budgeting, obtaining volunteers and sponsors, conducting meetings, coordinating/supervising committees, overseeing follow through on planning, coordinating with school staff, publicity, problem solving. Event was held successfully for over 1000 attendees.

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  Claremont High School

  • Claremont CA

  • Class of 2013 Booster Committee volunteer member

    • Sep 2010 - Jun 2012
    • Claremont CA

    Attended committee meetings; volunteered to participate in various fundraising efforts including candy drives, car washes, booths at school events; handled publicity with local newspapers, school marquis postings, and created fliers for events, developed and distributed ads for events to class members, school

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  Carden Arbor View School

  • Secretary Parent Faculty Organization - volunteer

    • Sep 2005 - Jun 2009

    Support president in organizing and managing fundraising activities, meeting management and organization, committee communications, liason with Carden staff and administrators, editing and writing, publicity for organization sponsored events, coordinate and supervise annual Gala event for entire school

  • Parent volunteer/Room parent

    • Sep 2001 - Jun 2006

    Liason between class parents and school staff, organized chaperones for trips, communicated events/issues to parents, assisted teacher/school as needed, participated in recruiting families to donate to the Arbor View Society to support the school

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  Girl Scouts

  • Leader Troup 1257

    • Sep 2003 - Jun 2006

    Planned and supervised troup meetings and outings, coordinated troop members' participation in events within Carden Arbor View School as well as outside functions, arranged for and supervised troop parent volunteers, attended Girl Scout Council trainings and meetings.

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  Girl Scouts

  • Upland, CA

  • Brownie leader assistant Troop 1201

    • Sep 2002 - Jun 2003
    • Upland, CA

    Worked with leader to plan and supervise Brownie meetings and outings, coordinated Brownie participation in events, arranged for troop parent volunteers

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  St. Peter & St. Paul church preschool

  • Room Parent and volunteer

    • Sep 1998 - Jun 2001

    Recruited and coordinated parent volunteers for classroom events and field trips, created and distributed weekly newsletter for the class, assisted teacher in planning events for classroom, atttended and supervised class field trips, volunteered to assist with school events such as Teacher Appreciation, chaired decorations committee for Monte Carlo fundraiser (2001)

  • Teacher assistant substitute

    • 1999 - 2001

    Was called in as needed to assist preschool teacher in daily routine including supervised play, conduct activities with class, and monitor lunch time.

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  Behavior Change Associates/Project Ecosystems

  • Agoura Hills, CA

  • Program Director/Counselor

    • Aug 1992 - Aug 1995
    • Agoura Hills, CA

    Designed and implemented treatment programs in the homes of developmentally disabled individuals and their families so that they could remain in home, established an outreach program for these families in the Moreno Valley area

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  New Medico Community Re-entry Center

  • Apple Valley, CA

  • Rehabilitation/Education Therapist

    • Nov 1991 - Nov 1993
    • Apple Valley, CA

    Designed and implemented programs to increase skills and decrease maladaptive behaviors in head injured adults and children, data collection and compilation to ascertain effectiveness of interventions, individual counselling

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  Camelot Care Centers, Inc.

  • Palatine, IL

  • Social Service Worker

    • Apr 1989 - Sep 1991
    • Palatine, IL

    Conducted individual, group, family therapy, and crisis intervention with emotionally disturbed children in a psychiatric residential setting.

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  Constance Morris House

  • Des Plaines, IL

  • Consultant

    • Mar 1989 - Mar 1990
    • Des Plaines, IL

    Restructured and developed a children's program in a residential domestic violence facility, supervised staff; conducted parent training, staff in-service assessments, and crisis intervention.

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  Family Rescue Shelter

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Children's Program Coordinator

    • Mar 1987 - Oct 1988
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Developed and managed therapeutic programs; organized and conducted individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, staff supervision, parent training, crisis counseling; organized community affairs.

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  Project 12 Ways

  • Carbondale, IL

  • Counselor

    • Jun 1984 - Aug 1986
    • Carbondale, IL

    Designed and implemented behavioral treatment programs in the homes of child abuse/neglect families as identified by the Department of Child Protective Services, conducted parent and staff training