Richard Hylan
67 Winnecowett Drive, Ashburnham,MA
Summary
Strong administrative skills including staff supervision, training, running meetings and collaborating with management to realize program goals. Significant experience delivering experiential learning programs for children including environmental education, summer camps, adventure therapy and therapeutic camping programs. A strong passion for environmental stewardship, outdoor programming and hands on learning.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Paraprofessional
Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District
Ashburnham, Massachusetts
10.2017 - Current
- Supported teachers by assisting with classroom management and instructional activities.
- Collaborated with special education staff to support students' unique learning requirements.
- Offered students personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support.
- Helped implement behavior management strategies for individual students.
President of the Board of Directors
North Central Mass. Youth Hockey
Gardner, MA
06.2013 - 06.2023
- Merged three non-profit organizations into one
- Successfully wrote four different grants to expand programming
- Added three new programs: under 9 and under 14 in-house ice hockey leagues and Girls Skills program
- Partner with Mass Hockey and Boston Bruins Foundation to facilitate low cost developmental programs.
- Plan and deliver multiple fundraising events annually.
- Engage over three hundred and fifty youth per year in ice hockey and learn to skate programs.
Adventure Education Director
Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps
Lancaster, MA
11.2001 - 06.2014
- Development and over-site of outdoor adventure and experiential learning activities for residential, day and outreach programs
- Grant writing, planning and delivery of fundraising events and campaigns.
- Collaborated with management to write contract proposals for the State of Massachusetts, Department of Youth Services and Department of Youth and Families
- Participate in the agency Leaderships Institute and component committees, including the Training, Steering, Youth Philosophy, Experiential Learning and the Trauma Informed Care committee
- Supervised adventure skills staff at numerous residential, day and outreach programs through out the State of Massachusetts.
- Created standard operating procedures for outdoor adventure programming and challenge course programming.
- Created and delivered staff training curricula for challenge course and outdoor adventure programming.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst MassachusettsSkills
- Team building skills
- Meeting management
- Goal setting
- Grant writing
Timeline
Paraprofessional
Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District
10.2017 - Current
President of the Board of Directors
North Central Mass. Youth Hockey
06.2013 - 06.2023
Adventure Education Director
Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps
11.2001 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Arts - English
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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