Brittnany Schaad
Waterford
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Administration- Attendance and Home Services
Marietta City Schools
Marietta
03.2022 - Current
- Fostered rapport with school personnel and students to build trust and cultivate communication.
- Conducted home visits when necessary to better understand why a student is not attending school regularly.
- Maintained positive working relationship with fellow staff and management.
- Prepared reports summarizing findings from investigations into truancy cases.
- Identified and contacted appropriate community resources on behalf of clients.
- Advised administrators on legal issues concerning compulsory education laws.
- Provided referrals for mental health or substance abuse treatment when appropriate.
- Met regularly with teachers and staff members to discuss strategies for improving student attendance.
- Created positive relationships with parents and guardians to ensure they understand the importance of regular attendance at school.
- Placed calls to parents to determine reasons for students' absences, meticulously noting details.
- Organized awareness campaigns within the local community about the importance of attending school regularly.
- Facilitated communication between schools, courts, law enforcement, social services, and other relevant parties regarding truancy cases.
- Educated students on the consequences associated with habitual absenteeism.
- Collaborated with community organizations, social service agencies, and other stakeholders in order to provide additional resources for struggling families or individuals.
- Developed individualized plans for students in order to reduce the number of days absent from school.
- Maintained accurate records of all interventions made in order to monitor progress towards reducing truancy rates.
- Attended court hearings related to truancy cases as needed and provided testimony if necessary.
- Assisted in developing policies related to attendance and truancy prevention.
- Provided crisis intervention services for students in need of immediate assistance.
Educator
Marietta City Schools
07.2013 - 03.2022
- Perform needs analysis on students/customers to determine appropriate action for student/customer.
- Design and implement material that is suited for each individual student/customer using different tools, including computerized system.
- Perform daily assignments using multiple databases to analyze students/customers progress.
- Respond daily to students/customers and coworkers' questions and/or concerns and finding a resolution.
- Collaborate with fellow colleagues to promote a healthy and safe environment.
- Establish good rapport with the students, families, and staff.
- Initiate meetings, that requires open and honest conversations.
- Initiate and participate in intervention meetings that requires my data to drive further investigation if needed.
- Enter information into a database; Infinite Campus, Google Spreadsheets, Excel, that compiles analysis and research.
- Research and analyze different computer programs to give optimal results for my student/customer.
- Review documents for completeness and compliance with district and school guidelines.
- Continually learn new methods and put them into practice for a more productive and desirable outcome.
- Association Representative for the building: Provide assistance with procedures dealing with our contract.
- Handled multi-step processes to ensure situations were in compliance and within the guidelines of our contract.
- As a representative for my colleagues at my building, I was the person my colleagues would ask about personal actions within their contract and help to resolve any issues.
- Attending meetings that would require me to update members on new policies or changes in old policies.
- Served on the BLT( Building Leadership Team): We would analyze our building's data for each grade level.
- This would dictate the needs of our students/customers and our staff.
- From the needs analysis, we would brainstorm/research different PD(Professional Development) that would best support our staff in targeted weak areas.
- Create and schedule events within our school that supports a positive atmosphere.
- Set schedules for the school for the year.
- Proposed and Lead a 'Difference Maker' program for the school: Pitched the idea to start the program to the boss, giving details for the process.
- Created letters and invited the community to be involved in celebrating each student's accomplishments.
- Each month, I would orchestrate the event by; ordering the food, creating and delivering invitations, contacting community guest members for attendance, communication with the families of their student's accomplishment and hosting a celebratory breakfast.
- We were able to celebrate 70 students and their accomplishments!
Educator
Morgan Local Schools
McConnelsville
08.2015 - 08.2016
- Managed and trained groups of 22 students on intricate skills; such as reading, writing, and math.
- Instructed students/customers on the improvement of writing skills, grammar, punctuation, spelling, cohesiveness and organization.
- In addition, complex competence in reading, comprehension within reading, and mathematics.
- Conferenced with students to give feedback and set goals.
- Worked closely with colleagues and collaborated to accomplish tasks related to curriculum development and management of student/customer.
- Attended weekend seminars to learn new strategies, better programs and implemented them successfully in my classroom.
- Participated in an after school 'Mentoring Program' for students/customers who needed extra support.
- This program focused on support in academics and creating a healthy and engaging relationship, that promotes a healthy and happy lifestyle.
- Designed presentations to deliver engaging and new information.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education
Ohio University
Ohio06.2012
Associates in Science - Law Enforcement; Corrections
Columbus State
Columbus, OH06.2007
Skills
- Data analysis
- Community outreach
- Policy development
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Conflict resolution
- Effective communication
- Team building
- Customer service
- Intervention planning
- Needs assessment
- Organizational skills
- Verbal communication
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem resolution
- Multitasking Abilities
- Decision-making
- Training & Development
References
- Tim Fleming, Curriculum Director, Marietta City Schools, tfleming@mariettacsdoh.org, 740.350.6771
- Brad Silvus, Former Superintendent, Marietta City Schools, buckeyebrad22@gmail.com, 937.207.8483
- Kim Cwynar, School Counselor, Marietta City Schools, kcwynar@mariettacsdoh.org, 304.481.1084
Timeline
Administration- Attendance and Home Services
Marietta City Schools
03.2022 - Current
Educator
Morgan Local Schools
08.2015 - 08.2016
Educator
Marietta City Schools
07.2013 - 03.2022
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education
Ohio University
Associates in Science - Law Enforcement; Corrections
Columbus State
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