Jennifer Tucker
Tuttle,OK
Summary
Determined School Counselor with success in helping students achieve educational goals and personal well-being. Skilled in meeting the objectives of the counseling program by providing preventive education, advocacy, mediation and counseling to students. Driven to help students achieve success by providing guidance on career options and higher education choices.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Tuttle High School
01.2019 - Current
- School counseling duties as previously listed, as well as increased administrative collaboration in multiple areas due to the nature of the small, rural school
- Collaboration includes topics and discussions, such as master schedule creation, school period schedule, teacher improvement topics, improvement of ACT scores for students, etc
- Helped create policies and procedures for a number of topics, such as crisis intervention planning, early graduates, and return to school plans after a mental health crisis
- Created and developed more efficient tools to utilize more technology, which includes schedule change processes, appointments with counselors, and improved parent communication by sharing information via social media
- Implemented school-wide surveys to utilize data to improve mental health of student body, as well as address individual student concerns
- Created a Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) Group based on student need
- Created and held multiple grief groups
- Updated course description guide, as well as aligned the guide with the various curriculum and career pathways
- Revamped the enrollment process to include more parent involvement and one-on-one discussions with counselor
- Due to the large population of students enrolled in concurrent classes (approximately 25% of juniors & seniors), I helped develop and improve concurrent enrollment process to include more parent involvement, streamline the enrollment process, and worked to improve communication with local colleges.
SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Del City High School
01.2015 - 01.2019
- Provide career guidance and counseling to students to enable them to make plans and adjustments in solving educational, career and personal problems
- Collaborate with administration, principals, teachers, and parents to insure student needs are being met
- Coordinate student enrollment, which involves coordinating parent nights, classroom visits, individual student meetings and creating student schedules, as well as balancing teacher schedules throughout the year as needed
- Individual counseling with students for a variety of issues, including social/emotional needs, behavioral difficulties, academic/career planning, crisis intervention, etc., as well as create 504 plans and participate in IEP meetings
- Group counseling for peer leadership groups, as well as a group for social and emotional needs
- Coordinate college visits and participate in technology center tours
- Maintain extremely detailed credit checks and student interview notes to ensure each student meets graduation requirements.
SPECIAL ED. TEACHER
Del City High School
01.2008 - 01.2015
- Plan, prepare and deliver instructional activities that facilitate active learning experiences
- Collaborate with regular education teachers to implement appropriate and reasonable accommodations and modified assignments to special education students
- Identify and select different instructional resources and methods to meet students' varying needs
- Maintain accurate records of these students' progress and communicate this with parents, teachers, and administrators
- Complete transition plans for students on IEPs, utilizing interest inventories and IEP team input to develop career plans
- Head sponsor of the Pom squad, which included participation in extracurricular activities, such as sporting activities, organizing numerous events, fundraisers, and maintain the financial account for this organization.
LEGAL ASSISTANT/OFFICE MANAGER
DOUGLAS F. DUFORT, Attorney at Law, P.C.
01.2001 - 01.2004
- Prepared and filed all legal cases, as well as entered, transcribed, recorded, stored or maintained all essential information
- Managed phones, which required the ability to work well with the clients and other professionals and required utilization of excellent communication skills
- Maintained all computer responsibilities, such as preparing legal documents, communication through letters, e-mail and maintained financial accounts.
Education
Master's Degree in School Counseling -
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
01.2015
Master's Degree in Special Education -
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
01.2007
Additional credits in undergraduate educational program, 14 hours -
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
01.2007
Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology -
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA
01.2001
Skills
- Individual Counseling
- Mediation and crisis intervention
- Suicide Prevention
- Crisis Intervention
- Student Advocacy
- Career guidance
- Group Counseling
Teachingcertifications
- School counseling certification, 08/2015
- Obtained teaching certificate, 08/27/2007
- Certified to teach Mild/Moderate Disabilities Pre-K-12
- Certified to teach Psychology/Sociology
- Certified to teach English, 6-12
Extracurricular Activities & Awards
Traveling Tiger Award 2022, Teacher of the Year Nomination, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2014/15 Model Schools Committee, 2014 Fund For Teacher Grant Recipient, 2012 Professional Development Committee, 2009 – 2014 Pom-Pon Sponsor, 2008 – current Academic Scholarship, 2006-2007 Special Education Scholarship, 2007 Selected to participate on new counselor panel at Guidance Fest, 2017-18 & 2018-19 Counseling student of the year, 2014-15
References
References available upon request
Timeline
SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Tuttle High School
01.2019 - Current
SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Del City High School
01.2015 - 01.2019
SPECIAL ED. TEACHER
Del City High School
01.2008 - 01.2015
LEGAL ASSISTANT/OFFICE MANAGER
DOUGLAS F. DUFORT, Attorney at Law, P.C.
01.2001 - 01.2004
Master's Degree in School Counseling -
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Master's Degree in Special Education -
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
Additional credits in undergraduate educational program, 14 hours -
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology -
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA
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