Lesa Paddack

Organizational Talent Development

• Collaborates in the development of staff by providing targeted support to advance the technical expertise of the staff person for the team region
• Utilizes organizational structures such as advisory groups to improve the quality of internal and external processes
• Collaborates with the administrative team to research, develop, and revise training provisions

Regional Leadership and Personnel Development

• Accountable for team targets, encompassing both team members and volunteers, to align with grant and organizational objectives. Oversees the workflow of training requests and parent requests to ensure appropriate response time and distribution of work
• Provides leadership for assigned team members and volunteers; evaluates individual performances
• Assesses the needs of individual team members, volunteers, and the regional team as a whole. Creates development plans that identify areas of need
• Aligns technical assistance, training and support based on needs assessment to individual team members, volunteers, and the regional team as a whole
• Interviews, hires, creates corrective action plans and coordinates onboarding of team members

Organizational Leadership

• Serves as an organizational leader, representing IN*SOURCE at state and national events, conferences, and meetings
• Implements methods to develop partnerships with other entities and disseminate project information
• Works collaboratively with IDOE specialists and leadership to advance communication and project development
• Monitor critical issues and patterns of need across the state to communicate systemic issues to IDOE and formulate effective responses.

Administrative

• Collaboratively participates in the preparation and dissemination of newsletters and other communications
• Responsible for attending appropriate meetings, conferences and workshops
• Contributes to an appropriate customer service workflow

Key Areas of Accountability

Organizational Talent Development

• Collaborated in the development of staff by providing targeted support to advance the technical expertise of the staff person.
• Utilized organizational structures such as advisory groups to improve the quality of internal and external processes
• Collaborated with the administrative team to research, develop, and revise training provisions.

Regional Leadership & Personnel Development

• Accountable for team targets, encompassing both team members and volunteers, to align with grant and organizational objectives. Oversees the workflow of training requests and parent requests to ensure appropriate response time and distribution of work
• Provided leadership for assigned team members and volunteers; evaluates individual performances.
• Aligned technical assistance, training and support based on the needs of the organization
• Implemented methods to develop partnerships with other entities and disseminate project information

Organizational Leadership

• Monitored critical issues and patterns of need across the state to communicate systemic issues to IDOE and formulate effective responses.
• Served as an organizational leader, representing IN*SOURCE at state and national events, conferences, and meetings
• Implemented methods to develop partnerships with other entities and disseminate project information
• Worked collaboratively with IDOE specialists and leadership to advance communication and project development

Administrative

• Collaboratively participated in the preparation and dissemination of newsletters and other communications
• Responsible for attending appropriate meetings, conferences and workshops
• Contributes to an appropriate customer service workflow

• Implemented targeted outreach efforts to engage underrepresented families
• Utilized proactive communication strategies to enhance communication and collaboration between parents and school staff.
• Developed strong relationships with parents through consistent communication and active listening, promoting a collaborative environment.
• Attended IDOE staff meetings to provide parent input in strategic discussions impacting state level decisions
• Provided special education trainings in collaboration with school districts and other community stakeholders
• Represented IN*SOURCE at state and federal level meetings

Consumer Engagement

• Responsible for providing individualized assistance or training to parents and professionals as needed
• Responsible for conducting outreach activities
• Responsible for providing follow-up assistance and materials to individuals who attend training workshops
• Responsible for providing referrals, linkage, and other information to parents.
• Responsible for conducting workshops and trainings

Community Engagement

• Responsible for participating in local special education and/or disability related activities or boards and committees
• Responsible for participating in agency related activities, including regional and statewide fairs/conferences

Reporting and Recording

• Responsible for high quality recording of activities and parent demographic information
• Responsible for collecting and compiling on-site and follow-up evaluation data
• Responsible for reporting and recording information as needed.