Overview
Work History
Education
Certification
Affiliations
Leadership Experience
Timeline
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Sarah Hayden

Amherst,MA

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Residence Director

University Of Massachusetts Amherst
07.2023 - Current
  • Oversee residential community of over 300 students
  • Train student staff during summer and winter trainings on a variety of topics including duty response
  • Organize and complete health and safety inspections of student rooms
  • Responded to student inquiries and concerns, offering support and guidance utilizing CARE system
  • Serve on professional staff on-call rotation during break for 14,000 residents.
  • Serve on professional staff on-call rotation for
  • Supervise 11 Resident Assistants
  • Oversee defined residential community
  • Implement residential curriculum that
  • Advise residential house council
  • Member of Disability Center Work group tasked with creating a disability cultural center on campus

Residence Director

University of Vermont
07.2022 - 07.2023
  • Supervise 15 Resident Advisors
  • Individually oversee six buildings to provide socially-just environment for approximately 700 students
  • Serve on professional duty rotation responsible for the safety of over 2000 students
  • Conduct weekly RA staff meetings
  • Serve on Resident Advisor Recruitment and Selection Committee
  • Interviewed potential new and returning RAs and potential new Assistant Residence Directors
  • Conducts housing terms and conditions violation meetings with students and document cases on Maxient
  • Attend weekly professional staff meetings
  • Advise and refer students to appropriate resources in personal, social and academic matters
  • Communicate with staff to resolve problems with individual students
  • Work effectively with the programming team
  • Facilitate multiple RA training sessions and professional development throughout the semester
  • Coordinate health and safety inspections during hall closings
  • Managed area program and professional development budget.

University Housing Graduate Intern

Cal Polytechnic State University
08.2021 - 05.2022
  • Managed conduct hearings regarding Covid-19 violations
  • Assisted with new and returning student leader/Resident Advisor selection
  • Created marketing materials for residence halls
  • Assisted with evacuation drills of residence halls
  • Conducted health and safety checks of student rooms
  • Documented conduct cases using Maxient
  • Created Maxient training PowerPoint for graduate assistants.

CalFresh Outreach Grad Assistant

Cal State Fullerton, Basic Needs
03.2021 - 05.2021
  • Ensured and protected student privacy
  • Managed a caseload of students who experience food insecurity and were seeking CalFresh benefits
  • Conducted student meetings over Zoom to assist students in applying for CalFresh and Emergency Food Gift Cards
  • Developed educational and promotional materials
  • Conducted presentations that orient students about CalFresh helping to increase awareness and dispel myths and stigmas about this benefit
  • Prepared and edited presentations using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
  • Attended weekly departmental staff meetings
  • Performed administrative tasks regarding student meetings in Maxient and maintained a comprehensive spreadsheet.

Intern

Los Angeles County Sheriff
05.2018 - 09.2018
  • Maintained confidentiality of information in accordance with department policy, local and state laws
  • Reorganized multi-city Emergency Operation Plan and internal EOP
  • Organized and managed records of Police Cadets and Explorers.

Intern

La Verne Police Department
02.2018 - 04.2018
  • Maintained conscientious confidentiality of information in accordance with department policies, local and state laws
  • Performed administrative tasks, including alarm permits and alarm call outs in proper files, filing parking and traffic citations.

Education

Master of Science - Higher Education

California State University
Fullerton, CA
05.2022

Bachelor of Science - Criminology

University of La Verne
La Verne, CA
12.2020

Associate of Arts - Social Behavioral Science

Citrus College
Glendora, CA
06.2017

Certification

  • Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) [FEMA/Los Angeles Co Fire Department]
  • FEMA IS-00100.b Introduction to Incident Command System
  • FEMA IS-00235.b Emergency Planning
  • FEMA IS-00363 Introduction to Emergency Management for Higher Education
  • FEMA IS-0360 Preparing for Mass Casualty Incidents: A Guide for Schools, Higher Education and Houses of Worship

Affiliations

  • American College Personnel Association
  • National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
  • International Association of Student Affairs and Services

Leadership Experience

  • President, Residence Hall Association University of La Verne, Fall 2019, Chaired weekly RHA Executive Board Meetings, Member National Residence Hall Honorary
  • Vice President, Residence Hall Association University of La Verne, 2018-2019, Assisted in organizing events for students living on campus, Student representative University Dining Committee chaired by the Dean of Students
  • President, Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology Club University of La Verne, Spring 2018
  • Senator At Large, Associated Students of Citrus College (ASCC), Fall 2017
  • Student Representative, Faculty Steering Committee, Voted on shared governance document

Timeline

Residence Director

University Of Massachusetts Amherst
07.2023 - Current

Residence Director

University of Vermont
07.2022 - 07.2023

University Housing Graduate Intern

Cal Polytechnic State University
08.2021 - 05.2022

CalFresh Outreach Grad Assistant

Cal State Fullerton, Basic Needs
03.2021 - 05.2021

Intern

Los Angeles County Sheriff
05.2018 - 09.2018

Intern

La Verne Police Department
02.2018 - 04.2018

Master of Science - Higher Education

California State University

Bachelor of Science - Criminology

University of La Verne

Associate of Arts - Social Behavioral Science

Citrus College
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