Marisol Alvarado

Programmatic Leadership

• Establish, implement, and communicate the strategic direction of the organization’s programs division.
• Lead, coordinate, and organize a system of academic and behavioral interventions to improve outcomes for students.
• Responsible for effective coordination, delivery, evaluation, and refinement of student services throughout the school division: ensure that all programs are in alignment with the outcomes for student success, as identified in the strategic plan.
• Deliver seamless support services for students through cooperative, collaborative, and timely efforts with school-based administrators, parents, and external partners

• Created effective communication strategies between management team members and employees at all levels of the organization.
• Created program to promote new managers from within, leading to cohesive leadership structure.
• Recruited, trained, mentored, and managed employees at all levels within the organization.
• Involved the team in strategic planning and execution to enhance student outcomes and organizational impact.

• Managed executive team members during the CEO search, ensured successful execution of projects, programming, and execution of the mission during the school closure.
• Quickly pivoted the staff to online work, and developed a plan to support and connect with students and families online.
• Organized in-person resource distributions so students and families were able to connect online, and had access to food and shelter.
• Strategized to secure funding to keep all staff employed, and raised funds for bi-weekly resource distributions.