MIKAYA TRAVIS
Katy,USA
Summary
Dedicated community leader and program coordinator with a strong commitment to serving disadvantaged youth and adults, including homeless, emancipated youth and special-needs populations. Documented success overcoming challenges of limited resources and financial constraints to design high-quality, cost-effective and comprehensive service offerings. I am skilled at building community support, key coalitions and strategic interagency partnerships. Backed by strengths in program, personnel and case management. Seasoned Substitute Teacher with many years of experience successfully helping students achieve academic goals. Life-long learner and passionate educator looking to make difference in children's lives. Adaptable and flexible to meet classroom and institutional needs.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Long Term Degreed Substitute Teacher
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
Houston, TX
02.2023 - Current
- Collaborated with parents regarding student progress and concerns.
- Established and promoted a cooperative learning environment.
- Maintained records of student grades, attendance, and other confidential information, and facilitated conflict resolution.
- Manage the classroom effectively to encourage student participation, minimize distractions, and maintain a positive learning environment.
- Experience working with students from ages 5 to 18 years old.
- SPED- Special education
- Work cooperatively with classroom teachers to modify regular curricula as needed, and assist special education students in regular classes with assignments.
- Participates in IEP Committee meetings on a regular basis.
- Implement an instructional, therapeutic, or skill-development program for assigned students, and show written evidence of preparation as required.
- Manage student behavior and administer discipline including intervening in crisis situations and physically restraining students as necessary according to IEP
- Adapted teaching methods to accommodate diverse learning styles.
- Developed creative learning strategies to engage all types of learners.
Executive Assistant
Bluegrass Counseling Associates
Louisville, KY
08.2018 - 01.2023
- Acts as the administrative point of contact between the ED and internal/external demands.
- Undertakes the tasks of receiving calls, taking messages, and routing correspondence.
- Handles executives' requests and queries promptly and appropriately.
- Conserves the executive’s time by reading, researching, and routing correspondence; drafting letters and documents; collecting and analyzing information; and initiating telecommunications.
- Handled public interactions across various sectors including retail and hospitality.
- Enhanced engagement levels by developing tailored social media campaigns for various channels, including LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.
- Coordinates and organizes meetings, conferences, teleconferences, and travel schedules.
- Produces information by transcribing, formatting, inputting, editing, retrieving, copying, and transmitting text, data, and graphics.
- Maintains confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
- Prepares reports by collecting and analyzing information.
- Created and maintained computer- and paper-based filing and organization systems for records, reports and documents.
- Coordinated meeting and work schedules for staff teams and executives.
- Acted as a liaison between the executives and internal and external stakeholders to facilitate communication flow.
- Assisted in developing policies and procedures pertaining to office administration matters.
Targeted Case Manager
Bluegrass Counseling Associates
Louisville, KY
08.2018 - 01.2023
- Assess needs: Evaluate an individual's needs and preferences, and determine their treatment needs.
- Experience engaging with a diverse age group of children from 5-18 years and older adults.
- Develop care plans: Create a flexible plan that addresses the individual's needs and long-term goals.
- Promote the program within the community and schools through public service announcements, flyers, and presentations, including regular visits to target schools to engage with students weekly.
- Provided academic advising and support for successful school completion.
- Coordinate services: Connect clients with services and resources from various agencies and providers.
- Advocate for clients: Ensure clients' rights are protected, and their needs and backgrounds are respected.
- Evaluated client feedback after treatments, tracked their attendance accurately, monitored ongoing sessions.
- Empowered clients by regularly communicating their progress.
- Maintain records: Review case notes, log events and progress, and maintain clients' records.
- Facilitate workshops on college applications, career opportunities, financial aid, FAFSA, financial planning, and the importance of rigorous academic coursework.
- Respond to crises: Respond to participants in crisis, and conduct risk assessments.
- Collaborate with staff: Work with staff and partners to maintain a system of positive reinforcement and individualized support.
- Collaborated with other professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, primary care physicians and school personnel regarding client needs.
- Coordinated support services and optimized communication between healthcare workers and patients.
- Advocates on behalf of clients in order to secure necessary resources or entitlements from government agencies or private providers.
- Evaluated program effectiveness and suggested improvements based on client outcomes.
- Coordinated with community agencies to ensure appropriate referrals for services such as housing, job training, substance abuse treatment and mental health counseling.
- Implemented crisis intervention strategies as needed to address emergent client issues.
Community Support Associate
Bluegrass Counseling Associates
Louisville, KY
08.2019 - 05.2021
- Instructed on daily living skills such as meal preparation, cleanliness maintenance, and financial planning.
- Facilitated access to community resources such as healthcare, education, and recreation.
- Facilitated clients in obtaining essential resources by advocating for their rights.
- Crisis management: Serving as a point of contact for crisis situations.
- Behavioral intervention: Providing non-clinical behavioral intervention and support.
- Emotional regulation: Helping clients develop emotional regulation skills.
- Guided clients to improve their interpersonal communication skills.
- Provided transportation support for clients.
- Proven ability to effectively engage individuals aged 5-18 years.
- Accompanied clients to various community events.
- Coordinated with clients to confirm appointment schedules and form submissions.
- Measured levels of satisfaction among clients and families.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Community Leadership Development
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY05.2019
Associates Degree - Associates in Arts
Blue Grass Community & Technical College
Lexington, KY12-2017
Skills
- Clear Oral and Written Expression
- Project Oversight Expertise
- Effective Solution Development
- Advanced Skills in Microsoft Office Applications
- Proficient in Word
- Excel Proficiency
- PowerPoint
- Outlook Office 360
- Proficient with social media (Facebook, Twitter, Tictok, etc)
- Salesforce and similar CRM
- Organizational skills
- Effective Team Management
- Customer service skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Budgeting
- Grant writing
- Non-profit experience
- Behavior modeling
Certification
National Health & Safety Association Standard CPR/AED (adult, child, infant), 03/26/23, 03/26/25
Coursework
- Cultural Diversity
- Leadership & Communication
- Grant Writing
- Contemporary Leadership Applications
- Principles of Leadership
- Community and Communication
Timeline
Long Term Degreed Substitute Teacher
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
02.2023 - Current
Community Support Associate
Bluegrass Counseling Associates
08.2019 - 05.2021
Executive Assistant
Bluegrass Counseling Associates
08.2018 - 01.2023
Targeted Case Manager
Bluegrass Counseling Associates
08.2018 - 01.2023
Bachelor of Science - Community Leadership Development
University of Kentucky
Associates Degree - Associates in Arts
Blue Grass Community & Technical College
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