Dr. Andrea Silva McManus

Working with individuals experiencing significant barriers to reentry or entry into the workforce after addiction.

• Matched with Orchard Valley Waldorf School, of the Grace Farm Campus coaching on the grant writing process during a three-week Returnship
• Delivered a comprehensive plan to assist the Administrative Director in positioning the school to apply for multiple grants and funding streams to help establish a working farm on campus
• Continued grant writing support and coaching.

• Provide coverage across a broad spectrum of subjects K-12; served three months as a Para-Educator
• Supervised lunchroom and recess activities.
• Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.

• Secured funding, supervised staff, designed and provided staff training, developed partnerships, worked with the Board of Directors, and created and executed action plans and budgets.
• Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.

• Created dynamic learning environment that valued instructor and student interaction.
• Provided students with constructive, encouraging and corrective feedback.
• Created syllabus and instructional plans for each class session in accord with stated course objectives.
• · Tripled the New England Culinary Institute's funding for Dual Enrollment Programs

• Seven years as an, focused on the High Schools on the Move Oversaw and guided the work of the Vermont High Schools Task Force's report (conducted the research and writing included in the description)
• Supervised the work of Vermont's High School Task Force appointed by the Commissioner of Education, which created the 2002 report High Schools on the Move: Renewing Vermont's Commitment to Quality Secondary Education
• This report led to current initiatives that have reduced Vermont's dropout rate from 25% in 1999 to a graduation rate today of 91.8%, as well as the creation of Vermont's Dual Enrollment program and contributed to numerous early college initiatives in Vermont's higher education system.
• State of Vermont Representative for High Schools That Work State high school renewal program, a school improvement initiative of the Southern Regional Educational Board

• Workforce Development, Work Based Learning, and Personalized Learning Consultant, as well as Employer Recruiter.
• Helped manage the Summer Jobs Campaign to increase high school participation in summer jobs and coordinated the middle school jobs shadow campaign.

• Provided career-counseling assistance to workers impacted by the recession
• It helped welfare recipients transition to work and out-of-school youth to complete school and plan for training or higher education
• Supervised the work of Vermont's High School Task Force appointed by the Commissioner of Education, which created the 2002 report High Schools on the Move: Renewing Vermont's Commitment to Quality Secondary Education
• This report led to current initiatives that have reduced Vermont's dropout rate from 25% in 1999 to a graduation rate today of 91.8%, as well as the creation of Vermont's Dual Enrollment program and contributed to numerous early college initiatives in Vermont's higher education system.

• Honoree of [Honor Name]Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Justice must have a 3.9 GPA or higher.