Develop and deliver curriculum for middle school counseling program.
Create school wide health and wellness initiative.
Interpret educational testing and design student accommodation plans.
Track and follow progress of students with accommodation plans.
Collaborate with teachers to optimize student learning.
Member student support team.
Transition students and families from middle school to high school.
Participate in yearly curriculum integration planning.
Chaperone international and domestic field trips.
Teach professional development.
Oversee standardized testing program and interpret results of testing.
Ongoing assessment of guidance curriculum and delivery methods.
Teach adolescent development curriculum Deliver classroom guidance.
Provide individual and group counseling.
School Counselor
The Davis Academy
Atlanta Georgia, 8/20012008 Create, define and conceptualize the middle school counseling department.
Draft and implement Character Education curriculum.
Teach classroom guidance.
Identify needs of student body and provided appropriate counseling, i.e.
classroom guidance, group guidance or individual counseling.
Develop counseling services and educational programs to support and educate parents and families.
Member Student Support Team.
Facilitate peer leadership group.
School Counselor
Martha Chatlen Port Jefferson Elementary School
Port Jefferson, New York
8/19961/1999.
Created Curriculum and taught lessons designed to meet specific needs, i.e.
safety, conflict resolution, study skills.
Introduced prereferral strategies at building level, lowering referrals to Committee on Special Education by 25%.
Conducted individual, group, and situational counseling for all grade levels.
Chaired Child Study Team.
Participated in district's Committee on Special Education.
CoChaired district's Committee on PreSchool Special Education.
Coordinated district's testing report for New York State.
Participated in setting criteria for, and implementing Gifted and Talented Program.
Facilitated Student Government Group.
Educator, Horizons Counseling and Education Center, Smithtown, New York, 8/19958/1996.
Designed curriculum for enhancing selfesteem of kindergarten students.
Taught third and fourth grade students a proactive drug, tobacco, and alcohol, prevention program.
Coordinated high school peer leaders.
Formulated goal for 1997 operating grant.
Instituted middle school to elementary school peer leadership program.
School Counselor Intern
Half Hollow Hills High School
Dix Hills, New York
9/19925/1993.
Monitored student course load to ensure on time graduation.
Oriented students and parents to college requirements.
Recommended college selections based on student needs and career goals.
Wrote recommendation letters.
Educated and prepared students and parents on the college applications process.
Education
Post Graduate - undefined
Hofstra University
1995
M .S - Counseling and Education
Long Island University
1993
B.S - Business
Ferris State University
1984
Timeline
Coordinator
The Davis Academy Middle School
08.2008 - 07.2016
School Counselor
The Davis Academy
School Counselor
Martha Chatlen Port Jefferson Elementary School
School Counselor Intern
Half Hollow Hills High School
Post Graduate - undefined
Hofstra University
M .S - Counseling and Education
Long Island University
B.S - Business
Ferris State University
Affiliations
Georgia State certified school counselor Darkness to Light Educator and Trainer Community Involvement: Member American School Counseling Association. Presenter Georgia Independent School Association 2015, 2013, 2011. Presenter and Participant Ed Camp Georgia 2015, Ed Camp Forsyth 2016 Facilitate North Fulton County Tourette's support group. Former board member Tourette Syndrome Assoc. of GA and SC. Creator of "Talking with Your Tween Mothers and Daughters".
8th Grade ELA Teacher, 8th Grade Department Head, Program Coordinator at Davis-Emerson Middle School8th Grade ELA Teacher, 8th Grade Department Head, Program Coordinator at Davis-Emerson Middle School