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Jessica Dudek

Jessica Dudek

Cranford,NJ

Summary

Seasoned Assistant Director offering 15 years experience in educational leadership positions. Focused on building and enhancing relationships, meeting service needs and maintaining smooth administration of all department operations. Desire growth-oriented position in dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level executive assistant position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

ABA Therapist

Achieve Beyond Pediatric Therapy and Autism Services
07.2018
  • Provided one-on-one Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy for neurodivergent clients in clinical setting.
  • Implemented behavior intervention plans, increasing positive behaviors and reduce challenging behaviors.
  • Addressed client needs by implementing behavior intervention plans.
  • Monitored and documented client progress using data collection techniques.

Assistant Director

Wesley Hall Preschool
12.2018 - Current
  • Works closely with executive director and lead teachers to ensure day to day operations are meeting WH and state standards
  • Responsibilities include: scheduling of teachers, touring prospective parents, orientations, ensuring all state mandated paperwork for all students and staff files are up to date, fundraising, waitlists, ordering supplies, tracking inventory, coaching teachers and staff.
  • Worked closely with management to provide effective assistance for specific aspects of business operations.
  • Trained and mentored new employees on industry practices and business operations.
  • Created and updated physical records and digital files to maintain current, accurate, and compliant documentation.
  • Created and updated records and files to maintain document compliance.
  • Tracked key business metrics and made recommendations for proactive adjustments to policies and procedures.
  • Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
  • Maintained professional demeanor by staying calm when addressing unhappy or angry customers.
  • Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
  • Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
  • Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.

Business Development

Westfield Daycare Center
05.2015 - 06.2018
  • Manage all social media accounts
  • Manage WDCC's website Built brand
  • Built community relations
  • Grants Fundraising: organized First Annual 5K & Children's Dash, Enrollment, Marketing/advertising, Accomplishments Increased enrollment
  • Increased community involvement Built name/ brand 5K
  • Assisted in creating written, video and image content for marketing channels.
  • Scheduled social media postings to advertise products and generate site traffic.
  • Helped with planning and hosting of marketing events.
  • Contributed to mock-ups, email campaigns, and social media content.

Lead PreK/Kindergarten Teacher

Knowledge Universe
06.2014 - 04.2015
  • Responsibilities included implementing KU curriculum, while incorporating methods I learned throughout college and mentor
  • Added lessons or changed lessons depending on academic level of the students
  • Created lessons for kindergarten based on the topics KU required
  • Taught pre-k and kindergarten daily, having small groups for the kindergarten group
  • Taught Spanish and sign language, while incorporating music, to ensure learning
  • Daily communication with parents and management
  • Created a portfolio for each child, including: sample work from each subject and assessments (3-4) times a year
  • Objective: To have pre-k, begin reading sight words and have kindergarten students reading comfortably by the end of the year
  • Children are also at age appropriate or above academically
  • Began training in management: closing the center, answering phones, parent questions/concerns, tour new families.

Teacher

Westfield Day Care Center
09.2006 - 06.2014
  • Teacher Assistant for Pre-k
  • Created the afternoon activities, including art projects and small lessons on alphabets and numbers.

Assistant Teacher

Westfield Day Care Center
01.2006 - 01.2012
  • For Kindergarten
  • Create lesson plans for the math curriculum
  • Teach the children sign language and prepare art activities
  • Taught social studies lessons
  • Assessments in math, graded report cards
  • Worked closely with lead teacher, in creating new and exciting lessons
  • Also helped with parent-teacher conferences.

Education

Associates in Early Childhood Education -

Union County College

Master's in Educational Administration - Educational Leadership

Grand Canyon University
05.2020

Psychology in Child and Adolescent Development -

Southern New Hampshire University
08.2018

Elementary Education -

Kean University
01.2013

High School Diploma -

Roselle Park High School
06.2006

Skills

  • EXCELLENT WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS
  • Fundraising
  • Marketing
  • Teaching
  • Classroom Management
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Google Analytics
  • Experience with Children
  • Mentoring
  • Parent Training
  • Prompting Strategies
  • Reinforcement Techniques
  • Data Collection
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Policy Implementation
  • Organizational Skills
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Curriculum Development
  • Professional Development
  • Budget Administration
  • Education Administration
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Curriculum Assessment
  • Program Evaluation
  • Educational Leadership
  • Community Outreach
  • Database Entry
  • Billing and Invoicing
  • Schedule and Calendar Management

Certification

  • First Aid Certification
  • CPR Certification

Additional Information

Able to quickly establish rapport with students and staff, posses strong written and verbal communication skills, comfortable in both individualized and team settings, NAEYC state conference 2009, in Atlantic City, NAEYC national conference 2011, Orlando, FL, attended NAEYC national conference 2012, Atlanta GA, fundraising/grants, marketing, social media, google analytics

Assessments

  • Early childhood development, Proficient, 06/01/22, Knowledge of the development of children ages 0-3 and of ways to foster that development
  • Social media, Proficient, 06/01/23, Knowledge of social media techniques and analytics interpretation
  • Administrative assistant/receptionist, Proficient, 07/01/23, Using basic scheduling and organizational skills in an office setting
  • Marketing, Proficient, 06/01/23, Understanding a target audience and how to best communicate with them
  • Management & leadership skills: Impact & influence, Proficient, 09/01/23, Choosing the most effective strategy to inspire and influence others to meet business objectives

Timeline

Assistant Director

Wesley Hall Preschool
12.2018 - Current

ABA Therapist

Achieve Beyond Pediatric Therapy and Autism Services
07.2018

Business Development

Westfield Daycare Center
05.2015 - 06.2018

Lead PreK/Kindergarten Teacher

Knowledge Universe
06.2014 - 04.2015

Teacher

Westfield Day Care Center
09.2006 - 06.2014

Assistant Teacher

Westfield Day Care Center
01.2006 - 01.2012

Associates in Early Childhood Education -

Union County College

Master's in Educational Administration - Educational Leadership

Grand Canyon University

Psychology in Child and Adolescent Development -

Southern New Hampshire University

Elementary Education -

Kean University

High School Diploma -

Roselle Park High School
Jessica Dudek