Alex Samuelson
Minneapolis,MN
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
ADSIS Intervention Specialist
St. Paul Public Schools
08.2023 - Current
- Built strong relationships with parents and guardians, fostering open communication regarding student progress and needs.
- Created a targeted intense self-monitoring and recognition system for students who are not responding to the ADSIS program core interventions of individual goal-setting and planning, as well as targeted social skills and problem-solving skills instruction.
- Work with ADSIS students to develop a school-wide student leadership and peer-modeling program which places each participant in a daily role of meaningful responsibility in their school building, incorporating a meaningful connection with a mentoring adult school staff member (e.g. Peers Helping Achieve Teamwork or Where Everybody Belongs).
- Facilitated small group instruction for targeted skill development, enhancing academic growth for all participants.
Senior Director for Learning & Development
Hurston Institute For Learning & Development
05.2021 - 08.2023
- Led development of internal business operation processes and policies.
- Created and implemented scope of work plans, project timelines, and evaluation plans.
- Created internal documentation systems for operations into step-by-step instructional guides.
- Writing of progress and evaluation reports to document informal and formal measurement markers within research and programmatic projects.
- Directed design and execution of organizational initiatives to drive organization's educational performance and growth opportunities.
- Conducted research about out of school programs, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results to inform overall research initiatives.
Research Analyst
Hurston Institute For Learning & Development
06.2018 - 05.2021
- Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for educational programmatic outcomes.
- Conducted quantitative and qualitative research and data collection to inform needs assessments.
- Created corresponding data displays to visualize quantitative and qualitative findings.
- Created and implemented data collection instruments and tools to inform assessments of learning outcomes.
- Writing literature reviews to support overall theoretical framework and understanding of out-of-school time learning environments.
- Interpreted educational out of school time data and made recommendations from findings to inform learning assessments.
Educator
Minneapolis Public Schools
06.2017 - 06.2020
- Chose materials and developed lesson plans to enhance skills for individual students.
- Collaborated with adults and children to provide safe and educational experience.
- Built relationships and communicated with parents to provide best learning environment for children.
- Developed and implemented engaging lesson plans to keep learner attention.
- Developed and implemented social emotional learning curriculum aligned with general education state standards.
- Developed and maintained positive and meaningful relationships with families, parents, and guardians.
Program Coordinator
Playworks Minnesota
08.2016 - 06.2017
- Designed program implementation and maintenance plan.
- Wrote, implemented and assessed social and emotional learning curriculum with emphasis on learning through physical engagement for grades K-5.
- Designed leadership program curriculum to support executive functioning and leadership skills in the middle school grades.
- Built recruitment and retention plans to maintain full roster of program participants.
- Partnered with schools and nonprofits to expand youth program outreach and impact.
Education
Master of Arts - Education
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN05.2018
Bachelor of Arts - History & Sociology/Anthropology
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA05.2015
Skills
- Core Values Management
- Performance Tracking and Evaluations
- Data Visualization
- Survey Instruments
- Data Analysis
- Intervention Implementation
Timeline
ADSIS Intervention Specialist
St. Paul Public Schools
08.2023 - Current
Senior Director for Learning & Development
Hurston Institute For Learning & Development
05.2021 - 08.2023
Research Analyst
Hurston Institute For Learning & Development
06.2018 - 05.2021
Educator
Minneapolis Public Schools
06.2017 - 06.2020
Program Coordinator
Playworks Minnesota
08.2016 - 06.2017
Master of Arts - Education
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Bachelor of Arts - History & Sociology/Anthropology
University of Puget Sound
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