Hope Walker

• Assist over 100 annual one-on-one career counseling sessions, achieving a 70% satisfaction rate and facilitating successful job or training placements.
• Conducts career workshops covering resume writing, interviewing skills, and job search strategies.
• Set performance goals for the team, conduct regular evaluations, and provide constructive feedback.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key community stakeholders, organizations, and influencers to foster collaboration and support.
• Maintain accurate records of community interactions, outreach activities, and event participation, and provide regular reports to the Community Engagement Manage
• Actively engage with community members to understand their needs and connect them with relevant resources, programs, and opportunities.

• Developed and implemented personalized educational plans for more than 50 families, leading to enhanced academic performance and greater parental engagement in their child's education
• Evaluated family strengths and necessities through home visits, providing assistance, references, and connections by managing performance
• Facilitated parent-child interactive workshops focused on literacy and child development through play, resulting in increased parent-child communication and improved parenting skills for over 50 families.
• Coordinated, organized and delivered presentation and workshops to community events, including parenting and family fun days, to promote family engagement and strengthen community partnerships
• Actively engage with community members to understand their needs and connect them with relevant resources, programs, and opportunities.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key community stakeholders, organizations, and influencers to foster collaboration and support.

• Supervised and guided 8 youth in a therapeutic, family-style treatment setting, following the model and standards of the Teaching-Family Model
• Maintained detailed documentation of daily tasks, interactions, and initiatives.
• Responsible for interfacing with stakeholders on behalf of students: teachers, stakeholders, parents and counselors within the foster care system

• Oversaw the development and implementation of a comprehensive student support system, resulting in a 90% increase in student retention rates
• Supervised a faculty, staff and volunteers to create a campus-wide diversity and inclusion initiative, leading to a more welcoming and inclusive campus community
• Managed a team of student affairs professionals, providing leadership and guidance to ensure student needs were met effectively and efficiently
• Established and maintained positive relationships with campus partners and external organizations, resulting in increased funding opportunities and community engagement
• Connected students with community resources, non-profits programs and initiatives

• Initiated, facilitated, and moderated classroom discussions using play-based strategies and educational innovations, creating an engaging and dynamic learning environment.
• Guided students in selecting appropriate academic and vocational curricula and provided guidance on career matters.
• Designed and executed meaningful initiatives to engage students in practical applications of their learned material.

• Served as contact analyst for the administration of contract management services to support the planning and performance of contract administrative duties
• Prepared and administered briefs for upper management
• Considered cost effectiveness, technical feasibility and acceptance to assess or propose sustainability initiatives

• Contributed to the management of recreation countywide programming expenses through budgeting and expense tracking.
• Developed and executed social media, flyer, and newsletter marketing strategies to effectively promote upcoming events and programs
• Development of interpretive plans and Interpretive media
• Crafted and presented interactive interpretive encounters encompassing play for a wide range of demographics, including both young children

Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to write high-quality reports and deliver compelling presentations to large groups.