Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Volunteer Experience
Certification
Timeline
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Dawn Blanchet

Rochester,MI

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Reading Interventionist

Washington Parks Academy Charter School
Detroit, MI
05.2024 - Current
  • Conduct assessments of students' reading abilities.
  • Implement individualized lesson plans to accomplish intervention goals.
  • Provide multisensory, individualized instruction to students using the Brain-Friendly Reading curriculum.

Private Reading Tutor

Self Employed
Rochester, MI
05.2024 - Current
  • Perform an evaluation to assess the student's strengths, weaknesses, and learning gaps.
  • Develop engaging, adaptive instruction based on students' academic needs.
  • Utilize games and activities in phonemic awareness, decoding, spelling, reading fluency, writing, and comprehension to aid instruction.

Team Manager/Legal Customer Service Specialist

EDS-Cadillac
Pontiac, MI
01.1997 - 12.1999
  • Monitored team performance, tracked progress toward goals, identified areas for improvement, and provided feedback to employees.
  • Facilitated settlement negotiations through collaboration with field engineers, ensuring all cases were handled in compliance with company policies.
  • Analyzed data from customer service surveys to inform decisions about service initiatives.

Therapeutic Recreation Specialist

Kirksville College Osteopathic Hospital
Kirksville, MO
01.1995 - 05.1996
  • Designed and implemented a comprehensive therapeutic recreation program for patients with physical and mental limitations.
  • Introduced adaptive equipment and techniques, teaching patients and their families skills to improve activities of daily living.
  • Coordinated patient integration into the community through educational outings and recreational activities.

Education

Master of Arts - Therapeutic Recreation

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
12-1994

Bachelor of Science - Biological Science

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
12-1993

Skills

  • Academic instruction
  • Leadership and team management
  • Special Needs Education
  • Multi-Sensory, Flexible Teaching Approach

Volunteer Experience

  • Mom Co, Mentor, Rochester, MI 9/2023-Current
  • Facilitate activities for moms of preschoolers to build relationships and foster fellowship.
  • Provide resources related to mental health awareness including stress management strategies.
  • Collaborate with leadership team in delivering presentations relevant to parenting topics.
  • Math Pentathlon PTA Chairperson, Rochester Community Schools, 9/2005 – 4/2017
  • Managed the Math Pentathlon Program, growing participation from 30 to 150 students.
  • Coached teams of students, developing strategies for success.
  • Trained coaches, ensuring consistent program delivery across teams.
  • Organized and hosted tournaments in Rochester schools for the tri-state area for eight years.
  • Achieved championship status for the Rochester team for five consecutive years
  • Junior Achievement Instructor, Rochester Community Schools, 1/2013 - 4/2017
  • Taught Junior Achievement curriculum to 4th and 5th graders
  • Utilized a kinesthetic teaching approach to create an engaging environment
  • Encouraged students' critical thinking skills by facilitating discussions

Certification

  • Certified Brain Friendly Reading Interventionist July 2024
  • Completed Virtual Tutoring 20 Hour Practicum Course BFR August 2024

Timeline

Reading Interventionist

Washington Parks Academy Charter School
05.2024 - Current

Private Reading Tutor

Self Employed
05.2024 - Current

Team Manager/Legal Customer Service Specialist

EDS-Cadillac
01.1997 - 12.1999

Therapeutic Recreation Specialist

Kirksville College Osteopathic Hospital
01.1995 - 05.1996

Master of Arts - Therapeutic Recreation

Michigan State University

Bachelor of Science - Biological Science

Michigan State University
Dawn Blanchet