JENNIFER BODNAR

• Supervise and oversee a staff of two administrative specialists, one student support specialist, and two adjunct instructors, delegating tasks as necessary, to develop and promote different program efforts.

• Develop and implement the St. Petersburg College Apprenticeship Program, which is focused on the expansion of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.

• Maintain strong public relationships with both local and regional employers within the state of Florida, to help promote and expand the development of new training opportunities within workforce education, and to increase the colleges’ enrollment.

• Act as a primary liaison between St. Petersburg College (SPC), Florida Department of Education (FLDOE), United States Department of Labor (USFL), and various industry partners to build customized Related Technical Instruction (RTI) for broad industry occupations and program standards.

• Successfully developed four apprenticeship programs in the highly-valued fields of Information Technology (IT), Healthcare, Electrical Line-work, and Solar Energy.

• Single-handedly created two state-approved career certificate programs, in collaboration with partnering employers within Electrical Linework and Solar Energy, securing enrollment for over 100+ students/apprentices for the college.

• Applied, received, and managed three separate state grants; Mini-Grant #1; Mini-Grant #2, and the Expansion of Registered Apprenticeship Programs (ERAP) grant to support the colleges’ registered apprenticeship programs and occupations within Information Technology (IT) and Solar Energy.

• Serve as a project manager for all program grant proposals, marketing, employer meetings and events, and as a subject matter expert on various state-wide panels.

• Keep daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for the FLDOE; utilizing various systems (RAPIDS 2.0), as well as Microsoft, to track success metrics of programs, for state and college-wide reporting.

• Serve as an adjunct faculty member for psychology, human services, and various other career certificate courses.
• Consistently stayed current and up-to-date with on-going student development, state education, and general institutional initiatives.
• Engaged students with insightful and compelling classroom discussion of topics relevant to coursework to boost student learning and retention; utilizing different platforms, including in-person, online, and live-online experiences.
• Prepared, administered, and graded exams, assignments, discussion posts, and any other course activities, in order to evaluate student progress.
• Evaluated and selected instructional materials and texts to prepare course materials and lesson plans.

• Develop, execute, and sustain employer-wide apprenticeship program, identifying structured on-the-job training and technical instruction across organization, and enrolling and managing over 200+ employees (apprentices).

• Track and manage both new-hire training and incumbent worker training, as required by organization, implementing requirements of compliance and safety, as advised by President, Vice President, and Safety Director.

• Develop and create performance and process movements for new-hires and incumbent workers, for occupational training.

• Executed guidance for student enrollment for future and prospective graduate students, helping with the college application process for the degree programs of social work, psychology, and human services.

• Helped over 40+ students successfully enroll in their graduate program of choice, conducting student conversations and appointments to identify educational goals and disseminate program information to potential students.

• Performed over 100+ calls daily to prospective student leads, providing information on various program requirements, as well as met academic term quotes of at least 10 or more student enrollments.

• Oversaw and coordinated the Army Continuing Education System (ACES) Credentialing Assistance Program, including responding to inquiries from deployed and non-local clients via phone and email.

• Facilitated both individual and group career and higher education counseling sessions on a daily basis in order to support the success and continuous growth of 50+ clients per week.

• Delivered weekly credentialing assistance briefs/seminars to groups of 30+ active duty military members per week, interested in obtaining academic and career-related certificates and credentials.

• Ensured compliance with federal and military policies, regulations, standards, and best practices, including maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information, and creating monthly reports submitted to the army chain of command.

• Managed the successful development of a state, grant-funded prevention education program; aimed at creating child fatality prevention outreach efforts for a tri-county region of New York State.

• Led a team of 30+ county and state professionals, and defined team-based policies and procedures, as well as maintained responsibility for grant budget management and planning.

• Orchestrated and led weekly team meetings, where prevention education was created for water safety and farming safety based on state-approved and researched prevention education; provided this education to communities, including adolescents, young adults, families, and professionals.

• Cultivated and maintained positive, trust-based relationships with 300+ transitioning service members, for newly mandated and enacted transition assistance program, formerly known as “TAPS”; providing individual, career coaching, life counseling, and academic advising for transitioning service members.

• Led engaging and informative classes on career services, resume writing, the transition from military to civilian life, and access to higher education for 35+ service members per week.

• Expanded reach by attending and participating in marketing events, including career fairs and networking events, with the goal of bridging communications between employers and clients.

• Managed hotel reservations for three properties while providing dynamic leadership to a team of 10+ employees and handling administrative and business responsibilities.

• Processed customer payments and transactions while ensuring accuracy and efficiency.

• Promoted the development of a positive and knowledgeable work environment by training and mentoring new employees ensuring compliance with HR policies and standards.

• Supervised and led a six-person team while overseeing customer accounts, financial spending, store inventory, ordering, a general store organization.

• Complied with budgetary standards by developing and deploying promotional strategies; created all store events and promotions, created specialized pricing, and handled events included weddings, classes, parties, or caterings, and create mural, events signs, and posters.

• Strengthened team success by recruiting, interviewing, and hiring high-performing individuals dedicated to the growth of the team and all businesses.