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Rachel McMillin

Chicago,IL

Summary

Experienced educator and professional with a demonstrated history of working in non-profit organization management and the public sector. Candidate differentiators include experience recruiting students and personnel, event planning, onsite and offsite recruiting events, and planning and facilitating orientation events and schedules. I have experience in hiring processes, practices, regulations, guidelines, policies, and employee relations and negotiations. Abilities include organization, interpersonal, analytical ability, problem-solving skills, presentations, research, assessment data, data collection and tracking, project collaboration, and management. Exceptional customer service to quickly provide successful solutions to clients. A dependable team player who can lead, mentor, and form valuable, long-lasting working relationships. Outstanding communication skills with the ability to be versatile, relate, and work with people from various backgrounds. An optimistic, high-energy spirit who is hard-working and dependable. Coachable with a passion for continuing learning and eager to try new things!

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Executor of Estate, Care Coordinator and Administer

Robert C Pike Jr.
05.2023 - Current
  • Communicate with beneficiaries and fathers' estate obligations and necessary contacts to successfully settle and manage estate matters.
  • Open and file probate process - authenticators will be appointed independent executors through letters of office in Cook County, Illinois Circuit Court.
  • Manage and distribute estate assets and life insurance benefits through management and record keeping of an inventory list of assets for the estate.
  • Manage and settle the estate debts, 2022 and 2023 tax returns, and estate property.
  • Preparing the estate home for sale on the market. Ex. creating a real estate listing, taking photos, staging the home for showings, landscaping, updating, and minor repair work.
  • Successfully increased home value to appraise for +$132,000 more in less than four months through personal sweat equity and a budget of only $6500! I successfully sold a home in an unstable, slow market in less than three months.
  • Streamlined closing processes by implementing efficient organization and communication strategies

Physical Education and Health Teacher

Gems IB World Academy
08.2022 - 06.2023
  • Developed and facilitated individual student portfolio-style learning methods for over 200 students to showcase student learning through the value of learning personal responsibility through reflections, tracking, and evaluations, which revamped previously underperforming programs.
  • Created and implemented a multi-tiered curriculum and enhanced it with technology integration to increase student engagement and performance by 40%.

Care Coordinator, Power of Attorney and Administer

Robert C Pike Jr
06.2021 - 05.2023
    • Administrative assignments for father which included: administer basic medical needs daily, administer medication and medical injections per doctor's orders, tracking and management of: medical records, medical and personal finance management, scheduling and management of appointments, and transportation services to improve overall health and life of father.
    • Establish interpersonal relationships and communication with medical care team members to ensure proper healthcare was current and delivered to father necessary.

Physical Education and Health Teacher

Asian Human Services - Passages Charter School
08.2017 - 06.2021
    • Created and received a grant through Donor's Choose Program to bring technology into health and physical education programs.
    • Collaborated and participated in the hiring process committee for an assistant principal, principal, and three new teachers.
    • Led and facilitated school-wide events, such as 5-8th Grade Intramural Clubs, March Madness, and Field Day, throughout the school year to increase student and community involvement and recruit students.
    • Trained, mentored, and provided training to new teacher colleagues to provide support for best practices and teaching methods in the classroom, procedures, policies, systems, curriculum,
    • Developed and led a needs assessment for the health and physical education program to create an action plan for enhancing and maintaining compliance with the Board of Education.
    • Provided MTSS Support to high-needs students in small group sessions and specific students who responded with higher success to alternative academic support.

Physical Education and Health Teacher

Ogden International School of Chicago
08.2016 - 06.2017
  • Emailed and distributed a bimonthly/quarterly newsletter on incorporating physical activity into lessons and classrooms for general education teachers to increase student engagement and overall academic performance.
  • Selected by CPS as the Wellness Champion Role, where I led the assessment and evaluation process to develop and implement action steps to ensure healthy initiative directives were in place and compliant.
  • Collaborated with PTA and led the Healthy Kids Forum quarterly by facilitating seminars on the importance of physical activity and nutrition and creative and economical strategies to use outside school.

Physical Education and Health Teacher

DeWitt Clinton Elementary School
08.2015 - 06.2016
    • Networked and built a recruitment partnership with Von Steuben High School for outreach connection and support to promote a successful transition into high school for 7th and 8th-grade students.
    • Selected member of CPS-Office of Student Health and Wellness-Health Education Curriculum Pilot Program to create and collaborate on developing and implementing the Health Education Curriculum Pilot Program.
    • Instructed and developed health curriculum lessons observed by the CPS Office of Student Health and Wellness in the Health Education Pilot Program ordinance.

Teacher and Department Chair

Regina Dominican High School
08.2008 - 06.2015
    • Maximize department budget by enhancing current department facilities, spaces, and supplies for curriculum and department through affordable and innovative methods.
    • Coordinated and hosted school-wide activities and events, including the fall, winter, and spring pep assemblies, in partnership with the recruitment team to increase the engagement and interest of prospective students.
    • Applied for and wrote grants to support and meet the needs of the department budget.
    • Co-lead and developed an existing nonfunctional activity center space into Regina Dominican's new fitness/wellness center (a multi-purpose center focusing on the health and wellness of the body, featuring a dance and fitness studio and an exercise center with state-of-the-art fitness equipment, such as cardio equipment, resistance, and weight training equipment, etc.
    • Responsible for the purchasing and development of the new fitness center.
    • Led and facilitated a weekly electronics newsletter for the athletics department, in part with senior students interested in media and journalism.

Recruitment Director and Health Teacher

Notre Dame High School for Girls
07.2007 - 08.2008
    • Coordinated and hosted recruitment events throughout the school year, including an open house, math contest, and social events for prospective and transfer students.
    • Responsible for enrollment at Notre Dame increased enrollment by 26%.
    • Developed and facilitated recruitment training for the student ambassador club and personnel support to increase recruiting efforts and enrollment numbers.
    • Networked and developed partnerships with elementary schools, communities, clubs, groups, networks, and scholarship organizations to increase marketing and recruitment of the school.
    • Identified and developed educational needs, social activities, recruitment, and marketing items to engage and market to prospective transfer students.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Health & Wellness Secondary Education

Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL
05.2007

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

North Park University
Chicago, IL
05.2004

Skills

    • Project Coordination
    • Customer Relationship Management
    • Administrative and Organizational Skills
    • Written and Verbal Communication
    • Account, Database and Record Management
    • Event Planning Experience
    • Research
    • Information Protection and Record Management
      • Recruitment and Hiring
      • Interpersonal Skills
      • Outreach Services
      • Problem Solving
      • Training and Mentoring
      • Analytical and Critical Thinking
      • Networking and Partnership Development

Accomplishments

  • Donor's Choose Recipient Donor's Choose Recipient - Associated with Asian Human Services, Inc. - Incorporate Technology into the Health and P.E. Program at Passage Charter School in Chicago.
  • Member Of CPS-Office of Student Health and Wellness-Health Pilot Program Curriculum - Recognized by CPS-Office of Student Health and Wellness - Selected to create and collaborate on the construction and implementation of the Health Education Curriculum Pilot Program - Instructed and developed health curriculum lessons observed by the CPS Office of Student Health and Wellness in the Health Education Pilot Program ordinance.
  • Graduated with Magna Cum Laude Honors from Northeastern Illinois University.

Certification

  • First Aid/CPR/AED for Schools and the Community, American Heart Association, 08/2022, 08/2024, 225418149970
  • Professional Educator License - Type 9, State of Illinois Teaching Certification, Health 6th - 12th, Physical Education 6th - 8th

Additional Information

On July 10, 2022, during a little league baseball playoff game on the Southside of Chicago playing Jackie Robinson West, a coach suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. I performed CPR for 10 minutes until Chicago Police, Fire, and Ambulances arrived. I successfully saved this coach's life. Jason Goff, a Chicago anchor for NBC Sports Chicago hosting Chicago Bulls live pre-and post-game coverage and hosts the Chicago sports-focused podcast "The Full Go," was at the game and talked about his experience witnessing this incident that day.
- Putting Sports in Perspective, Plus a Conversation with Iman and Ahrii Shumpert | Ep. 124The Full Go with Jason Goff

Timeline

Executor of Estate, Care Coordinator and Administer

Robert C Pike Jr.
05.2023 - Current

Physical Education and Health Teacher

Gems IB World Academy
08.2022 - 06.2023

Care Coordinator, Power of Attorney and Administer

Robert C Pike Jr
06.2021 - 05.2023

Physical Education and Health Teacher

Asian Human Services - Passages Charter School
08.2017 - 06.2021

Physical Education and Health Teacher

Ogden International School of Chicago
08.2016 - 06.2017

Physical Education and Health Teacher

DeWitt Clinton Elementary School
08.2015 - 06.2016

Teacher and Department Chair

Regina Dominican High School
08.2008 - 06.2015

Recruitment Director and Health Teacher

Notre Dame High School for Girls
07.2007 - 08.2008

Bachelor of Arts - Health & Wellness Secondary Education

Northeastern Illinois University

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

North Park University

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