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JENISE BABCOCK

JENISE BABCOCK

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Summary

Innovative counselor with an intrinsic drive to foster academic, career, social, and emotional development through evidence-based support. Possesses excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills. Committed to working with administration, staff, students, parents, and the community to ensure we inspire our students to become successful, productive members of society.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

High School Counselor

Skidmore-Tynan High School
08.2023 - Current
  • District Lead Counselor
  • Academic Counselor: verify credits earned and needed for graduation and build schedules around students' strengths and long-term goals, customize different approaches for college preparatory and technical school pathways, and create individualized academic plans for students (PGPs)
  • Social Emotional Counselor: create weekly SEL lessons and support students through challenging developmental milestones and crisis situations, coordinate outside service referrals for those needing extra assistance, and empower students through counseling and skill-building exercises
  • Campus Master Schedule Creator
  • Campus Testing Coordinator: STAAR, TELPAS, and Benchmarks and conduct teacher and Staff training
  • Campus Registrar: verify registration documents and register new students, use of TREX for registration documentation retrieval / sending documentation, update student information in ASCENDER (the district SIS), transcribe transcripts from previous districts, update transcripts in ASCENDER, discuss programs of study STHS offers, and create new student schedules
  • Complete withdrawal procedures for leavers
  • Campus PIEMS Clerk: ensure PIEMS coding is correct for all students before PIEMS submissions
  • Campus 504 Coordinator: updated procedures for distribution of the Student Services Plan, use of SuccessEd to create documentation, create and lead annual meetings, provide teachers and parents with input forms, and more
  • Campus Student Portal and Teacher Gradebook Contact: create accounts and provide login information, and help students and teachers login when they get locked out of their account
  • Campus Grades Coordinator: run progress reports, report cards, Honor roll, and failure reports
  • Transcript Processor: maintain the Google Form for transcript requests and create certified transcripts for students and alumni to be mailed or picked up
  • Education Verification Processor: complete and mail (or email) education verifications
  • Run GPA and Rank at the end of each semester and in March for seniors
  • Grade Level Meetings and Graduation Meetings
  • Maintain positive relationships and open communication with parents, students, staff, and counselors from other districts
  • Assist administration in a myriad of ways
  • Many other counselor related duties

Teacher

Calallen Middle School
08.2015 - 05.2023
  • 2015-2021 and 2022-2023= 6th grade ELAR teacher
  • 2021-2022= iExplore Career Explorations in which all 6th grade students were required to take this elective: I created the program, created the daily lessons for the entire school year, sat in interviews to hire my partner teacher, and taught the class
  • Create lessons for a successful classroom
  • Present lesson plans
  • Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities
  • Modify lesson plans for success as necessary
  • Review and build lesson plans based on TEKS and adapted teaching methods and materials to meet students' varying needs
  • Promptly and properly take attendance, daily
  • Create seating charts and other necessary documents for myself
  • Professional and productive communication with students, parents, staff, and all other stakeholders
  • Met with students, parents, and administrators to address and resolve students' behavioral and academic issues

Education

Master of Education - Counseling And Development

Lamar University
Beaumont, TX
08-2023

Bachelor of Science - English / Education

Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, TX
12-2014

Skills

  • Clear oral and written communication
  • Flexible
  • Collaboration with Others
  • Organizational Skills
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Working with Technology (EX: Microsoft Office 365, Skyward, ASCENDER, Google, etc)
  • Dependable
  • Time Management

Certification

  • School Counselor: EC-12
  • Generalist: 4-8
  • English Language Arts and Reading: 7-12
  • English as a Second Language Supplemental: 4-12

Timeline

High School Counselor

Skidmore-Tynan High School
08.2023 - Current

Teacher

Calallen Middle School
08.2015 - 05.2023

Master of Education - Counseling And Development

Lamar University

Bachelor of Science - English / Education

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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