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Alyse Thompson

Alyse Thompson

Richmond,VA

Summary

  • Bilingual parent and community engagement facilitator, involving community outreach and networking.
  • Utilizing compassion, leadership, cultural knowledge and sensitivity in understanding the needs of families, and connecting them to the necessary community resources.
  • Assuring that every activity and event is planned with fairness and equity: depictions of children are diverse, decorations for holidays are inclusive, interpreters are arranged for all meetings, letters to parents, signage, and flyers are all translated, and all means of communication are utilized.
  • Welcoming every family, no matter race or background. Providing a welcoming environment that is friendly, knowledgeable and courteous to all families.

Work History

Community Relations Coordinator

Latinos In Virginia Empowerment Center
North Chesterfield, VA
07.2021 - 08.2022
  • Built, leveraged and shared positive relationships and partnerships with various external and internal stakeholders.
  • Marketed offerings and services to community.
  • Developed and executed quarterly rolling calendar of events.
  • Planned quarterly resource/job fairs and food distributions for local Latino communities which included corporate partnerships, resource provider collaboration, volunteer recruitment, social media posts, and community engagement. Over 200 families served at each quarterly event.
  • Monthly presentations to task forces, committees, chamber events, Rotary Clubs, and other community partners.
  • Event planning, fundraisers, and resource table for outside events.
  • Facilitated partnerships with corporate entities, schools, other nonprofit agencies, victim witness organizations, and local businesses.

Bilingual Parent-Community Engagement Facilitator

Prince George's County Public Schools
Hyattsville, MD
09.2016 - 07.2021
  • Monthly Participation in Networking Events with Community leaders to connect needs of school parents with various valuable local resources.
  • Partner with local community leaders to facilitate monthly informative and educational workshop events for school parents.
  • Organize interpretation for all workshops and parent-teacher conferences.
  • Examples of monthly workshops offered in English and Spanish (included free dinner and child care):

Literacy Workshop

Immigration Rights

Social Media / Internet Safety

Behavioral Health

Self Care

Community Resource Info Night

  • Update and Inform parents of School and County policies and changes in a bilingual format.
  • Created Parent Group on WhatsApp in order to reach more Latino families.
  • Coordinate career fairs and outreach events with community leaders to encourage collaboration and learning.
  • Translation of documents.
  • Interpretation and facilitation during conferences.
  • Organized a weekly wellness program for staff at school.
  • Inform staff of community events and useful and relevant outreach programs.

Bilingual Resource Teacher

Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Glen Burnie, MD
09.2009 - 09.2016
  • Early Intervention Reading Teacher: group of 5 at risk students.
  • Small group instruction.
  • Spanish interpretation for conferences.
  • Facilitate daily communication between administration, teachers, nurse, and counselor and Spanish speaking parents and students.
  • Provide a welcoming and helpful environment.
  • Inform Latino parents of upcoming school events and activities.
  • Team member in career fairs and outreach events.

Professional Singer

Cruise Ship, Dinner Theater, Show Bands
Atlanta, GA
05.1993 - 03.2020
  • Sang and danced as part of creative ensembles and troupes for dramatic and comedic performances.
  • Corporate shows
  • Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs
  • Charity Events
  • Celebrity Events

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Music

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
07.1993

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Skills

  • Bilingual Spanish
  • Community Engagement
  • Diversity management and Equity Issues
  • Relationship building
  • Networking
  • Communicate with internal and external stakeholders
  • Recruitment of skilled partners
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Event planning
  • Flexible
  • Creative
  • Collaborative

Timeline

Community Relations Coordinator

Latinos In Virginia Empowerment Center
07.2021 - 08.2022

Bilingual Parent-Community Engagement Facilitator

Prince George's County Public Schools
09.2016 - 07.2021

Bilingual Resource Teacher

Anne Arundel County Public Schools
09.2009 - 09.2016

Professional Singer

Cruise Ship, Dinner Theater, Show Bands
05.1993 - 03.2020

Bachelor of Arts - Music

Florida State University
Alyse Thompson