Nakeda M. Wilhoite
Clarksville,TN
Summary
Compassionate, creative and effective Teacher with valuable experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational coach. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher
Taylor Stratton Elementary School
09.2024 - Current
- Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
- Managed classroom behavior effectively by establishing clear expectations, modeling appropriate conduct, and consistently enforcing established rules and consequences.
- Assessed student performance regularly using both formative and summative assessments to inform future lesson planning.
- Identified struggling students early on and provided additional support through tutoring sessions and modified lesson plans.
Juvenile Service Worker (JSW III)
Tennessee Department of Children Services
02.2022 - 07.2024
- Provide case management and support to delinquent youth
- Conduct assessments to determine level of placement
- Provide family support to families
- Compile data for reporting/ complete weekly and monthly reports
- Assist with supervision of a team of 6 (Coach and Support Staff)
- Liaison for foster care review board
- Provide presentation materials to present to internal and external partners
- Court reporting/calculate sentence credits
Program Monitor 2
Tennessee Department of Children Services
06.2021 - 01.2022
- Monitor licensed and non-licensed facilities in Middle Tennessee for compliance
- Monitor financial compliance in accordance with State and Federal Guidelines
- Provide Technical Assistance to clients, and customer service
- Consulting with Providers, provide written reports of findings
- Lead projects and evaluated programs for compliance
- Lead and tracked reports for efficiency
- Enter Statistical Data in REDCAP
- Tracked budgets
Case Manager 4, Foster Care Team Leader/Foster Parent Support Specialist
Tennessee Department of Children Services
01.2014 - 03.2017
- Worked directly with foster parents in Davidson County
- Provided training to help foster parents maintain their certification and training hours
- Provided one on one training in homes to open new foster parent homes for placement
- Processed monthly foster parent payments
- Ensured homes were compliant for occupancy of children
- Handled complaints, and provided mediation
- Created and implemented treatment plans
- Supervised a team of 7
- Provided Onboarding Training
- Performance Monitoring
- Created and implemented Treatment plans
- Deliver CPR/First Aid training
- Prepare assessments for the Department of Children’s Services on applicants who desire to become Resource Parents which highlight strengths, needs or concerns
- Prepare invoices for the fiscal department highlighting number of trainings conducted, number in attendance, etc
- Master Trainer of the PATH curriculum providing PD4T’s (Professional Development for Trainers) as well as CORE PD4T’s and any other Specialized Trainings for Department of Children’s Services staff as well as Resource Parents and Private Providers
- Recruit and train staff and foster parents
Adjunct Faculty
National College of Business and Technology
01.2009 - 01.2014
- Create and distribute and review the course syllabus
- Utilize a variety of instructional strategies in order to engage students, including cooperative and experiential learning
- Meet with the academic department chair to develop coursework and curriculum
- Present and prepare materials and supervise organized activities
- Evaluate student performance promptly and accurately based on departmental rubrics
- Coordinate with the college or university bookstore in order to ensure class material availability
- Maintain records of student attendance, involvement, and progress
- Teach and Certify students BLS CPR
- Student recruiting
Assistant Executive Director/ Director of Education
TRAC INC
01.1999 - 01.2009
- Represent the company in important client meetings and interactions
- Contribute to building strong client relationships through interactions with clients’ personnel in a professional manner and demonstration of industry and functional knowledge
- Conducted all Grant Writing and Budgeting for the company
- Responsible for developing and producing accurate and consistent evaluations that include written reports in English
- Developed Curriculum
- Policy Development
- Training and development
- Monitor and Evaluate Title 1 Program
- Evaluate client intakes/bill providers
- Budgeting accounts and maintaining the checkbook and billing for the grant
- Master Trainer
- Development and implementation of employee recruitment and retention initiatives
- Billed for client reimbursements
- Provided educational progress reports
- Educational liaison between facility and public schools
Education
Doctor of Educational Leadership - Leadership Emphasis in Leadership
Trevecca Nazarene University
Nashville, TNMaster of Science Degree - Public Service Management Emphasis in Human Resource Management
Cumberland University
Lebanon, TNBachelor of Science Degree - Organizational Management Emphasis in Management
Bethel University
Nashville, TNSkills
- Recruitment
- Training and Development
- Curriculum Development
- Non-Profit Management
- Ethics and Legal Compliance
- Conflict Resolution
- Payroll
- Policy Implementation
- Budgeting/Projected Revenue
- New Hire Orientation
- Employee Relations
- Performance Management
- Critical thinking
- Motivating students
- Relationship building
- Parent-teacher communication
Certification
- CPR/First Aid CERTIFIED
- Rule 31 Mediator
- Prime for Life Certified
- Certified Teacher
Community Service And Memberships
- Order of Eastern Star, 2019
- Safe Baby Court Initiative
- Praise Team Leader (Ministry), 2006 - Current (Peach Valley Baptist Church)
Timeline
Teacher
Taylor Stratton Elementary School
09.2024 - Current
Juvenile Service Worker (JSW III)
Tennessee Department of Children Services
02.2022 - 07.2024
Program Monitor 2
Tennessee Department of Children Services
06.2021 - 01.2022
Case Manager 4, Foster Care Team Leader/Foster Parent Support Specialist
Tennessee Department of Children Services
01.2014 - 03.2017
Adjunct Faculty
National College of Business and Technology
01.2009 - 01.2014
Assistant Executive Director/ Director of Education
TRAC INC
01.1999 - 01.2009
Master of Science Degree - Public Service Management Emphasis in Human Resource Management
Cumberland University
Bachelor of Science Degree - Organizational Management Emphasis in Management
Bethel University
- CPR/First Aid CERTIFIED
- Rule 31 Mediator
- Prime for Life Certified
- Certified Teacher
Doctor of Educational Leadership - Leadership Emphasis in Leadership
Trevecca Nazarene University
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