Beth Wickham
Marion,Indiana
Summary
Seasoned Early Head Start/Head Start Director offering 30 years of experience in educational leadership positions. Focused on building and enhancing relationships, meeting service needs, and maintaining smooth administration of all department operations. Desire growth opportunity to share knowledge and skills with other programs
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
VICE PRESIDENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Carey Services-Early Head Start
04.2018 - Current
- Responsible for planning, developing and managing an Early Head Start program for 6 years including budgets, program reviews through FA1 & FA2
- PTQ accreditation
- Successfully moved the program from 4 full time/2 part time classrooms to 8 fulltime classrooms
- Successfully completed the Annual non competitive grant, along with a Change of Scope, COLA & QI grants and eliminating a Locally Designed Options
- Applied for and received funding from the United Way as well as several other smaller donations of goods to completed our new kitchen a Nursing room and new playgrounds
- Developed the plan and funding to create a fulltime kitchen at our Marion location and eliminated the vending of food their
- Raised wages from minimum wage for several positions
- Successfully moved the program into the world of technology
- Online monitoring, attendance, assessments and social media
- Supported families and children's health by purchasing and training staff on the use of an OAE system and a Vision Screener for Infants & toddlers
- Successfully navigated the COVID years and continued to put all families first and led the way with virtual meetings and story times with children & families
- Continue to maintain 78-80 % of staff with more then 7 years with in our program.
EDUCATION COORDINATOR
Community & Family Services-Head Start
01.2008 - 04.2018
- 10 years as the Education Coordinator managing and supervising three counties with 8 classrooms total
- Supervising all staff including teachers, bus drivers & teaching assistants
- Working within each community to create partnerships
- Interviewed and trained all staff
- Created and maintained classroom budgets
- Worked within the Management team for program excellence
- Successfully completed CLASS training and observations with our classrooms.
CLASSROOM TEACHER
Community & Family Services-Head Start
01.1998 - 01.2008
- 10 years as a classroom teacher for Head Start
- Running a classroom with 20 children
- Supervised a Teaching Assistant and a Bus Driver
- Worked closely with our Family Support staff
- Created lesson plans, completed Child Assessments, Home Visits and classroom volunteers.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Ashford University
08.2011
Skills
- Curriculum coordination
- Educational leadership
- Faculty Development
- Program Management
- Staff Training
- Assessment tools
- Staff Development
- Attention to Detail
- Strong Work Ethic
- Time management abilities
- Self Motivation
- Adaptability and Flexibility
Timeline
VICE PRESIDENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Carey Services-Early Head Start
04.2018 - Current
EDUCATION COORDINATOR
Community & Family Services-Head Start
01.2008 - 04.2018
CLASSROOM TEACHER
Community & Family Services-Head Start
01.1998 - 01.2008
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Ashford University
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