Celeste Bradford

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills offering 19+ years of experience counseling students on mental health, academics and interpersonal conflicts. Experienced in working with a variety of clients in diverse settings as well as creating positive relationships with students, parents and staff.

• Counseling Skills
• Worked with adolescents one to one and in group at the St. Francis Center, a locked residential unit at St. Margaret Mercy Hospital
• Individual and family counseling experience through practicum experience at IPFW Counselor Education Clinic
• Year-long internship with Aboite and Indian Meadows Elementary Schools
• Two years as only counselor at Central Noble High School
• Providing emotional and academic support through group and individual counseling sessions
• Administered various intelligence and achievement tests.
• Relational Skills
• Exposure to adolescents from a variety of disadvantaged backgrounds
• Worked closely with court-mandated adolescents in a locked residential placement facility at St. Margaret Mercy Hospital
• Worked with pregnant teens and single mothers with Hoosier Healthwise
• Worked with students at a K-5 building on a variety of issues.
• Assisted students at a high school on a variety of issues, including preparing for life outside of high school.
• Collaborated with teachers and parents to address behavior and academic concerns.
• Communication Skills
• Formed productive working relationships with other counselors, therapists, residential advisors, teachers, support staff and principals.
• Ability to interact with children, adolescents and young adults from a variety of backgrounds, including physical, sexual, and emotional abuse victims.
• Experience in working with alcohol and drug abusers.
• Provided daily guidance lessons and group opportunities.
• Provided students and parents with regular updates concerning graduation requirements and scholarship opportunities.
• Flexibility/ Adaptability
• Learned how to manage court documents while with the Victim Assistance Unit
• Learned and training others on how to manage state’s healthcare system, tracking patients doctors selections, personal information, as well as the doctors’ business information for review by the state
• Continuously adapted to new healthcare laws and regulations, such as HIPPA and Managed Health Care
• Learned to be flexible on a daily basis to accommodate the numerous factors that can impact a school day, school delays, closings, student crisis, staff assistance, etc.
• Learned how to use Powerschool data base to track student achievement, graduation progress, build master schedule and schedule students for classes
• Served as the only counselor at the high school

Jerry Schillinger, Principal (retired), Woodside Middle School 260-580-8060

Nick Cunningham, Assistant Principal/ Athletic Director, New Haven High School 574-595-0235

• Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI)
• Question, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention(QPR)
• CPR/AED