Kurt A. Lehman, M.Ed., CDMS

Provides exceptional vocational rehabilitation services to injured or disabled workers, accelerating re-employment, including monitoring their disability management. Upon claimant assignment, clearly outlines and enumerates how the recovery process will be coordinated—as the worker's primary steward and partner shepherding the process of improving health, and returning to work as soon as safely possible, and when the worker reports ready to return to work. Develop a rapport with the employer to gather Job of Injury and Light Duty data and provide periodic medical updates.

•Act as liaison with and communicate with all stakeholders in the L&I process, including trainers, medicalproviders, company representatives, federal and state agencies, and others—focused on avoiding delays.

•Assist claimants in managing treatment plans from medical providers, reviews and conveys clients’ availablemedical benefits, as well as monitor the claimant’s medical and therapeutic attendance and recovery progress.

•Follow up on the claimant’s evaluations and progress of physical, cognitive, and psychological stasis, as well asassess their ability to work and assist in designing retraining most appropriate toward their job goal.

•Author meticulous progress reports to update claimant’s recovery status, including medical recommendations,outlines of physical restrictions, and solutions to overcoming barriers impeding speedy rehabilitation recovery.

•Counsel and support job-seekers with a worker-centric approach and participate in initial meetings with theirWorkSource VSS to collaborate retraining, workshop referrals, job leads, and to discuss transferable skills and LMS.

Drive revenue growth by leading business development efforts to expand the client base and upgrade students’ linguistic competence.

Built the business from inception, handling every facet of operations, including marketing and client outreach/acquisition, business planning and administration, business development, curriculum and pedagogical development and implementation for B2B, ABE, and ELA classes, and employee training. Taught health and fitness routines to children.
•Design curricula to address diverse proficiency and aptitude levels, helping students achieve and eclipse goals.
•Develop online-compatible programs; digital workshops and fillable PDF formats facilitating mobile training.
•Create and teach Master Classes for advanced students who have progressed beyond basic certification.

Improve students’ verbal communication skills through highly relevant content, effective instructional methods, and creative materials.

• Established a positive learning environment through organized, interactive reading, writing, and debates
• Incorporated research-based practices and conceptualized the curriculum with Universal Design Learning (UDL)
• Designed and administered appropriate intervention mechanisms for speech and language abilities
• Aligned content requirements for the SAT Accelerated English with the Washington State Common Core Curriculum
• Evaluated students’ progress through varied assessment strategies, quizzes, formative and summative exams
• Built rapport among parents and students while collaborating with cross-functional teams, leveraging
  leadership experience to gauge curriculum effectiveness, modify instruction, and performance
  enhancement indicators

This is a community-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering youth development and educational programs for immigrant students. Developed curriculum around individualized instruction and learning strategies addressing students’ unique needs, focused on extracurricular educational enrichment. Cultivated relationships with local service organizations to provide food, counseling, and ongoing educational opportunities.

• Employed a proactive, hands-on approach to facilitating student growth, furnishing evaluations to track and assess academic and key life skills progress.
• Developed and coordinated organization’s After School program centered around attainment of core competencies for graduation, recruiting students through outreach and promotional campaigns. Focused on uplifting low-income, marginalized, and under-represented student populations. Visted families in their homes. Provided financial counseling and resources.
• Created workshops and recruited guest speakers covering job placement and other relevant topics.
• Devised a summer camp curriculum, recruiting art, math, and other instructors to establish an interactive, holistic, project-based learning environment.

Enhanced learning outcomes through technology-based instruction on enrichment electives and after-school academic programs.

Overarching company’s mission is to enhance learning outcomes through technology-based instruction and after school academic programs. Streamlined company operations through more efficient reporting and documentation. Shepherded organization through attainment of the STAR MERIT Workforce Registry Certification, and state-approved DCYF training for achieving key metrics. Engendered organization-wide buy-in, and a positive, engaging work environment.

• Established a standardized talent recruitment process spanning end-to-end recruitment, hiring, and staff training on curriculum design.
• Added the key element of physical activity to the program, coaching holistic sports-related activities to help students harness and amplify their physical, social, and mental strengths.

Optimized ELA, ELL, and ABE teaching-learning processes through collaborative program development, stakeholder partnerships, and DEI mechanisms.

Mission of this nonprofit organization is to bring healing, build community, and transform the lives of students and families in Bellevue. Responsible for optimizing ELA, ELL, and ABE teaching-learning processes via collaborative program development, stakeholder partnerships, and DEI mechanisms.

• Designed curricula and taught classes to 400+ students at different levels. Served as Inservice trainer of other teachers to improve teaching effectiveness and efficiency. Shared pedagogical variations; how to instruct in an interactive ESL setting. Encouraged sharing of Best Practices for lesson planning and classroom management.
• Successfully recruited 200 volunteers for fundraising, garnering $1M+ donations year-over-year.

Spearheaded an experiential learning program promoting engagement and academic success for 300+ students.

• Mitigated errors while evaluating academic performance and reducing learning gaps through interventions
• Standardized full-term courses in English Language Arts, Media Studies, and Performing Arts while executing enrichment and after-school programs to supplement academic instruction in a cooperative setting
• Initiated English Corner at two universities by structuring and implementing the curriculum with corresponding relevant language development activities in collaboration with faculty members
• Raised students' IELTS scores by 25% via integrating contextualized content and interactive learning approaches in ELL instruction, honing the students’ writing, speaking, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Expanded and streamlined education delivery by virtually teaching students worldwide at the Shanghai Online Training Center (SOTC)