Experience

Early Learning Ventures

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Child Care Partnership Coordinator

  • Feb 2020 - Present

• Quality Childcare Partnership Specialist

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Provide support to childcare centers through coaching and training teachers, assisting directors with business management, and working with families and children 0-3 years of age.



Intervention Inc.

• Program Manager

  • Dec 2005 - Apr 2014

  My responsibilities included human resource management, collaboration with the 10th Judicial District Judges, probation officers, and other agencies in our community, managing the budget for the Pueblo Office, auditing, assisting with grant writing, program development, and strategic planning. Managing all aspects of a court services nonprofit field office specific to programming of this office. My responsibilities included human resource management, collaboration with the 10th Judicial District Judges, probation officers, and other agencies in our community, managing the budget for the Pueblo Office, auditing, assisting with grant writing, program development, and strategic planning. Managing all aspects of a court services nonprofit field office specific to programming of this office.



YWCA

• Childcare Director

  • Sep 2003 - Dec 2005

  Childcare Director Childcare Director



SC BOCES- Even Start Family Literacy Progam

• Avondale Colorado

• Project Manager

  • Mar 2000 - Mar 2005

  • Responsible for conducting employee recruitment and selection of potential employees for all positions of the local office. Ensured employee retention through effective communication with staff and upper management to include strategic organizational goals, conflict resolution, interpersonal skills, professional development, employee evaluation, and disciplinary actions if necessary. • New employee orientation to review benefits, payroll, record-keeping, organizational policies and procedures, office safety, and all employment documentation and maintaining personnel files. • Identify performance/grievance issues by provide training, counseling, mentoring, and setting goals for maximum job performance. • Write grants and proposals for yearly funding. • Designed and implemented the non-profit Even Start Family Literacy Center per state and local guidelines. • Developed personnel policies and procedures. • Monitoring the program for its effectiveness. • Procuring and maintain licensing for the childcare center. • Strategic planning for optimum programming. • Assist a diverse population of at risk families in meeting their literacy, educational and family goals. • Provided vocational counseling and college admission after assisting family members achieve their GED. • Assisted families with community recourses needed to complete their goals. • Instruct GED, ESL, and Adult Basic Education classes as needed.



Head Start

• Pueblo, Colorado Area

• Teacher

  • Aug 1997 - May 2000

  Began employment as a teacher's aid and ultimately a teacher for children 3-5 years of age. Duties included developing best practices and age appropriate early childhood activities to prepare children for public school (kindergarten). Assisted in the development of curriculum that was age appropriate. Met with parents to involve them in the development of their children. Began employment as a teacher's aid and ultimately a teacher for children 3-5 years of age. Duties included developing best practices and age appropriate early childhood activities to prepare children for public school (kindergarten). Assisted in the development of curriculum that was age appropriate. Met with parents to involve them in the development of their children.