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CERRENA SELLERS

Charlotte,North Carolina

Summary

Non-profit program manager with a proven track record of achieving organizational objectives through strategic practices. Resilient in high-pressure environments and adept at navigating new challenges. Expertise in cultivating and sustaining community partnerships that foster mutual growth and amplify organizational impact.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Program Coordinator

Heart Math Tutoring
Charlotte, North Carolina
09.2025 - Current
  • Managed the day-to-day operations of the program, ensuring compliance with applicable policies
  • Coordinated tutoring sessions, enhancing student support through effective matches with volunteer tutors.
  • Facilitated communication among families, teachers, and volunteers, ensuring timely program updates and fostering collaboration.
  • Achieved enrollment of 50 students to support program growth
  • Implemented feedback mechanisms for continuous improvement of student growth
  • Maintained records of student progress and program participation.
  • Identified improvement areas to enhance program efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Evaluated performance data against established objectives to measure success of programs.
  • Ensured timely completion of project deliverables

Implementation Manager

Strive CLT
Charlotte, NC
01.2025 - 04.2025
  • Implemented homework assistance and tutoring strategies to improve student comprehension and academic confidence
  • Developed literacy-focused activities that improved student engagement in reading, writing, and comprehension
  • Supervised team of coordinators, offering guidance and managing schedules to enhance program effectiveness
  • Collaborated with school staff and teachers to align after-school with curriculum goals
  • Oversaw daily operations of an after-school program serving 60 elementary students ensuring a safe, structured, and engaging environment
  • Maintained program materials and tracked attendance, ensuring compliance with reporting standards
  • Maintained consistent communication with parents/guardians regarding student participation

Program Manager/ Trainer

Helping Education
08.2019 - 11.2024

Facilitated engaging and informative training sessions for K-12 programs for over 400 tutors and collaborated with Program Directors to develop new trainings.

  • Refined training and coaching processes to improve effectiveness and participant engagement
  • Provided high-quality coaching to tutors and teachers using evidence-based practices
  • Provided coaching support to tutors and teachers to enhance instructional methods.
  • Evaluated training and coaching services for K-12 programming to identify areas for enhancement

Evaluated Helps Education Fund’s training and coaching services to support continuous improvement

  • Helped tutors and teachers collect and utilize student data to monitor progress within the HELPS and AMPPS program
  • Facilitated clear communications with tutors and teachers, such as scheduling coaching sessions, sharing programming resources, and providing coaching feedback
  • Facilitated clear communications for those receiving training and coaching (such as effectively communicating about workshop registration, logistics, additional resources, and future training opportunities)
  • Assisted with promoting training workshops on Helps Education Fund’s website, on social media, and via email campaigns
  • Supported partnership initiatives to expand training and coaching outreach.

Cultivated relationships with schools, community organizations, and individuals to expand training and coaching outreach

  • Implemented K-12 programming for over 2000 students
  • Conducted workshops to improve tutoring techniques and strategies.
  • Observed 100 + HELPS and/or AMPPS sessions to assist others with maintaining high program fidelity
  • Served as a Site Coordinator at over 10 schools to support and coordinate tutors at the school site(s); worked to ensure positive overall climate and experience.
  • Experienced in teaching or facilitating trainings virtually and in person
  • Experienced with evidence-based programming
  • Ability to create clear and compelling communication materials for trainings

Front End Specialist

Southeastern Grocers
04.2017 - 02.2018
  • Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers resulting in a 98% store audit success rate
  • Provided customer service by greeting and assisting customers, addressing inquiries and resolving complaints to improve customer satisfaction
  • Facilitated employee training sessions to develop skills and improve performance
  • Managed 30 employees
  • Planned work schedules and maintained records for 30 employees' schedules and time cards to ensure operational efficiency
  • Designated employees to specific roles to optimize workflow.

Assistant Bookkeeper

BI-LO
10.2013 - 04.2017
  • Prepare and mail checks
  • Directed and supervised employees in sales, inventory-taking, cash receipt reconciliation, and customer service
  • Monitored stock levels and initiated reorders to maintain optimal inventory
  • Established and implemented departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures to enhance operational effectiveness
  • Instruct staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales
  • Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers receive satisfactory service and quality goods
  • Provided customer service by greeting and assisting customers, addressing inquiries, and resolving complaints

Customer service associate/ Pharmacy technician

BI-LO
08.2006 - 07.2012
  • Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate
  • Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients
  • Deliver medications or pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations, or surgery
  • Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer
  • Monitored inventory for expired medications and notified supervisors of stock shortages to maintain supply integrity
  • Assisted customers by answering inquiries, locating products, and facilitating communication with pharmacists for medication information
  • Keep accurate records of monetary exchanges, authorization forms, and transaction reconciliations
  • Reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books
  • Audited money drawers to ensure accuracy and compliance with financial protocols
  • Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers
  • Provided friendly greetings to create a positive atmosphere for customers

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Nursing

Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) Central Campus
Charlotte, NC
01-2021

High School Diploma -

South Meck. High School
Charlotte, NC
06-2008

Skills

  • Project management
  • Training and coaching expertise
  • Literacy and math expertise
  • Tutoring underserved populations
  • Community relationship building
  • Strong leadership
  • Highly organized with multitasking ability
  • Time management
  • Proficient in computer applications
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Self-motivated
  • Educational equity

Accomplishments

  • Assisted in programming to effectively provide literacy and math interventions for over 2000 students.
  • Supervised team of 10 staff members and 200 volunteers
  • Collaborated with team of 4 in the development of AMMPS(Math intervention.
  • Achieved 95% tutor fidelity by completing coaching and training with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.

Skills

5,5,5,5,5,5,5

Timeline

Program Coordinator

Heart Math Tutoring
09.2025 - Current

Implementation Manager

Strive CLT
01.2025 - 04.2025

Program Manager/ Trainer

Helping Education
08.2019 - 11.2024

Front End Specialist

Southeastern Grocers
04.2017 - 02.2018

Assistant Bookkeeper

BI-LO
10.2013 - 04.2017

Customer service associate/ Pharmacy technician

BI-LO
08.2006 - 07.2012

Associate of Applied Science - Nursing

Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) Central Campus

High School Diploma -

South Meck. High School
CERRENA SELLERS