Experience

Streetsboro City Schools
• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Professional School Counselor

  • Aug 2018 - Present

Maple Heights City Schools
• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• School Counselor

  • Aug 2015 - Present

Parma City School District
• Education Administration Programs
• 400 - 500 Employee
• Building Test coordinator/ school counselor

  • Dec 2014 - Present


Maple Heights City Scools

• Elementary School Counselor

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

  Barack Obama Elementary School & J. F. Kennedy Elementary School • Guide individuals and groups of students through the development of early life skills in the areas of personal, social, emotional development • Consult and collaborate with teachers, parents, and school staff regarding student needs • Refer students and families to specialized programs and community agencies to allow for further growth and or treatment • Coordinate and organize activities that contribute to the counseling curriculum and to positive school interactions for students Individual and Group Counseling and Services • Provided academic support for individuals and groups of students, including organizational, study and test-taking skills, and goal setting, conflict management, and problem-solving skills • Coordinated and organized activities that contribute to the counseling curriculum and toward positive school interactions for students • Educated students on understanding self and peer relations as well as utilizing coping strategies, anger management and effective social skills • Provided crisis intervention, grief counseling, and risk assessments • Directed bullying prevention and character education classroom guidance lessons • Conducted lunch-bunch support groups to students to assist with skill development School-Wide Services • Coordinated and facilitated student support teams, including the Section 504 Planning Team and Intervention Assistance Team meetings with parents, teachers, and school staff to develop interventions and accommodations for students to support educational needs • Developed 504 Plans for qualifying students • Provided academic support for individuals and groups of students, including organization, study and test-taking skills, goal setting, conflict management, and problem-solving skills. • Assumed responsibility as Building Test Coordinator for the Ohio Achievement Assessment for two elementary schools



Copley-Fairlawn City Schools

• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• School Counselor- Internship

  • Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Co-Counseling students in grades Kindergarten through 4th in three primary schools. Providing counseling and guidance functions for a minimum of 240 hours of direct service with Students Performing guidance related functions for a minimum of 360 hours of indirect services Individual Counseling • Counseling students in grades Kindergarten through 4th, using cognitive behavioral, reality, solution-focused and person centered approaches to address depression, anger, self-concepts, assertive, poor academic performance, and retention. • Counseling numerous students in short-term crisis situations such as bullying victim or classroom behavior issues. Group Counseling • Facilitating group sessions called “Lunch Bunch”. Weekly topics included social skills, character development, academic issues, behavioral issues, bullying and transition into school. Classroom Guidance • Developing classroom guidance lessons appropriate to developmental age and grade • Co-teaching and teaching numerous classes on organization, friendship, anger, drugs, character traits, studying basics, importance of education. • Teaching lesson plans on topics such as bullying, how to handle bullies, and alternate behaviors for bullies. School wide services • Collaborating with teachers, parents, and school personnel about learning, social and behavioral problems with students. • Implementing intervention and prevention techniques with students in the at-risk population • Consulting and collaborated with teachers in various students related concerns • Collaborated on school-wide initiatives such as Red Ribbon Week, canned food drive, and The Giving Tree.



Office of Multicultural Development- The University of Akron

• Graduate Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - May 2013

  • Served as an academic, personal, and social adviser to University of Akron at-risk incoming freshmen students and or students on academic probation identified through the MAPWORKS survey program. • Co-taught the Interact Learning Community • Presented workshops for the Passage Learning Community • Assisted in the development, implementation and evaluation of Office of Multicultural Development (OMD) programs, OMD Scholarship & Awards Dinner, Diversity week, Rethinking Race, Black Male Summit Conference • Present as the liaison for the University of Akron and The Office of Multicultural Development in collaboration with the City of Akron, Akron Public Schools, NAACP, & OMNOVA solutions to assist in the implementation and evaluation of the College For Kids Program (a program designed to develop an awareness and knowledge in young school age children of diverse career opportunities.) • Co-Assisted in the development, implementation and evaluation on the Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Activities Fair and Concert • Assisted with and presented workshops for the Student Success Seminar Course at the University of Akron



Clinic for Individual and Family Counseling- The University of Akron

• Practicum Student

  • 2012 - May 2012

  • 50+ hours of individual counseling session at the Clinic for Individual and Family Counseling in Akron, Ohio • 20 hours of group work at the STEM School Learning Center in Akron, Ohio • 60+ hours of paperwork processing (Intake assessments, weekly process notes, treatment plans, discharge summary, and referrals) • 50+ hours of individual counseling session at the Clinic for Individual and Family Counseling in Akron, Ohio • 20 hours of group work at the STEM School Learning Center in Akron, Ohio • 60+ hours of paperwork processing (Intake assessments, weekly process notes, treatment plans, discharge summary, and referrals)



Field Experience- The University of Akron

• Student- Field Experience

  • 2011 - Mar 2011

  • Developed Classroom guidance lessons appropriate to developmental age and grade • Collaborated with school counselor in gaining a better understanding of students. • Consulted with Professor to gain knowledge and skill to use in the classroom environment • Planned activities and games accompanying lesson plans • Developed Classroom guidance lessons appropriate to developmental age and grade • Collaborated with school counselor in gaining a better understanding of students. • Consulted with Professor to gain knowledge and skill to use in the classroom environment • Planned activities and games accompanying lesson plans