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RESCHALL BURLESON

SMITHVILLE

Summary

Skillful Professional Development Leader with a strong track record in creating and implementing training programs. In previous roles, have excelled in fostering both individual growth and team advancement through innovative learning strategies. Possess robust communication skills, leadership abilities, and strategic planning expertise. History of driving improvements in employee performance and overall business efficiency.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work History

Professional Development Leader

Texas Juvenile Justice Department
Giddings
01.2019 - Current
  • Provide on the job and classroom training of new hire staff also annual training in service training.
  • Regularly meet with facility management to ensure all new hire staff meet the requirements of being sole supervised.
  • Coordinate scheduling of new hires.
  • Conduct on campus monitoring of new hire staff to ensure policies and procedures taught in training are being followed.
  • Provide refresher training, training materials and resources for all staff.
  • Serve as a trainer, coach, mentor, role model and evaluator for newly hired staff.
  • Provide routine feedback regarding performance deficiencies in a timely manner.
  • Maintain formalized record-keeping and documentation.
  • Maintain knowledge of all training curricula related to the facility.

JCO I-V

Texas Juvenile Justice Department
GIDDINGS
04.2008 - 01.2019
  • Enforced rules and regulations related to inmate conduct and behavior in accordance with established policies.
  • Maintained accurate records of all violations and incidents involving juveniles.
  • Directed and supervised juveniles in a correctional setting, ensuring safety of all youth.
  • Holds youth accountable in ways that fit the level of behavior, seeking to help youth to learn socially acceptable responses and approaches.
  • Uses good judgment in determining when safety is at risk and higher levels of intervention are required.
  • Helps youth to identify their responses to stress, fear, and other triggers and works with the youth to learn ways to increase emotional self-regulation skills.
  • Practices and models appropriate self-regulation skills and is able to remain calm during times of stress and crisis.
  • Gain a basic knowledge of each youth’s treatment plan and provide support in learning the skills needed to meet those goals.
  • Coaches youth on how to resolve conflict with other youth and staff as appropriate.
  • Participates in the Youth Service Team and provides input into each youth’s treatment plan; and is a responsible and supportive team member, who understands that an effective team is composed of reliable people who provide backup and support for their fellow team members and the facility as a whole.
  • Provides for a predictable schedule for youth that is transparent to them and provides warnings and prompts for all movements and transitions; and exercises independent judgment when the need arises to alter a schedule (while still maintaining transparency and warnings).
  • Implements and monitors youth activities, programs, and behaviors on an individual and group basis, to ensure healthy youth engagement and to provide appropriate role modeling for all youth.
  • Observes and keeps staff informed daily of significant behavioral and treatment-related conditions and events known about a youth and/or the group.
  • Provides services to potentially aggressive/combative youth in a correctional setting with a wide variety of temperaments (volatile, mentally ill, suicidal) and specialized needs (chemically dependent, sexual offenders, emotionally disturbed, etc.).
  • Physically restrains and secures, if necessary, sometimes aggressive youth and participates in follow up debriefing conversations to assess the relationship and determine alternative strategies to avoid future physical restraints.
  • Maintains security in buildings, grounds, and other posts; intervenes during emergencies or altercations to prevent escapes and protect the safety of all youth.
  • Conducts searches for contraband and health/safety hazards; performs room, property pat, and strip searches of youth as required.
  • Supervises assigned youth during all of their daily activities, including on the dorm, at school, during meals, and other activities; manages all movements between activities; conducts periodic headcounts; ensures youth engage in required activities; and transfers and transports youth, on foot, in vehicles, and other forms of transportation.
  • Maintains privacy and follows all policies, regulation, and laws in regards to youth records.
  • Completes and maintains required records, files, and forms in a timely and accurate way.
  • Ensures that youth are protected from any racially, ethnically, or gender-specific disparities.

Correctional Officer

Bastrop County Sheriff's Office
Bastrop
06.1993 - 06.2003
  • Monitoring inmates, providing meals and basic medical care. ]
  • Supervise inmate visitation and
  • preparing related paperwork and records

Education

High School Diploma -

Smithville High School
Smithville, TX
05-1987

Skills

  • Training facilitation
  • Assessment and evaluation
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Collaboration
  • Employee engagement
  • Needs assessment
  • Employee testing
  • Class coordination
  • Team development strategies

Timeline

Professional Development Leader

Texas Juvenile Justice Department
01.2019 - Current

JCO I-V

Texas Juvenile Justice Department
04.2008 - 01.2019

Correctional Officer

Bastrop County Sheriff's Office
06.1993 - 06.2003

High School Diploma -

Smithville High School

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