Shawnna Burt
Fort Loudon,PA
Summary
Multi-skilled educator and counselor, experienced in education delivery, case management, and social services with proven success in empowering and building trust among students, their family, and, broader communities. Adept at leading young people to achieve set goals, overcome adversity, and achieve potentials. Demonstrated ability to cultivate trust, define needs, and apply methodologies to individuals and groups, creating empowered young people. Motivational communicator, with track record of enlisting diverse stakeholders to facilitate successful campaigns, instilling life skills, and facilitating special education support. Passionate about building strong inclusive communities, leveraging excellent mediation and support skills. Highly organized administrator, detail-orientated and consistently on schedule.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher, Instructor, Counselor
Folium Inc
Chambersburg, PA
01.2012 - 01.2023
- Deliver lessons through in-person teaching or via Virtual Learning Network covering core subjects including health and life skills, having previously taught math and algebra courses, as well as ELA grade 6 through 12
- Leverage diverse strategies including Trauma-Informed Care to support disruptive youth from various school districts
- Conceptualize and present educational sessions to actively engage students such as imparting life skills through group and individual activities
- Mentor students to set goals and achieve potentials, evaluating academic and personal progress, and maintaining accurate and updated records utilizing FOCUS system
- Provide counseling service assisting students to practice problem solving by supporting conversations and learning from relevant situations and each other
- Drive effective communications with families, school personnel, LEA, and probation regarding student’s progress, collaborating for positive outcomes
- Create and update ongoing Individual Service Plans having individual meetings with students, family/ caregiver, school district, and appropriate community members
- Leveraged ability to insightfully implement individualized support and growth strategies to successfully transfer several students out of AEDY school for disruptive youth back into regular school system
- Proactively identified students lost within system who needed testing and delivered appropriate support, enlisting relevant role players to encourage progress path
- Instilled mindfulness practices into class processes with positive outcomes
- Devised and presented experiential activities that encouraged social skill learning and supported self-growth
Therapeutic Staff Support
Laural Life
Chambersburg, PA
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Requested to provide therapeutic assistance within school setting for disruptive youth
- Developed plan to eliminate negative behaviors through consistency, positive reinforcement, and accurate documentation and review of progress and challenges
- Cultivated positive relationships with students and built trust among teachers, clients, and families
- Following treatment plan, increased student’s problem-solving skills though encouragement, modeling, and praise, ultimately changing patterns of behavior to achieve treatment plan goals
- Ensured adherence to policies and protocols, promoting best practices
- Successfully empowered particularly dependent student on the Autism spectrum, enabling this student to confidently move from middle school to high school independently
- Transferred interventions to teachers, aides, and other students, by modeling behavior and using well-guided discussions for effective learning
- Improved parent’s skills by engaging in discussion that enabled problem-solving practice and further strengthened experience with active listening and effective feedback
Education Coordinator
Franklin County Head Start
Chambersburg, PA
01.2009 - 01.2012
- Oversaw 18-20 staff and volunteers in process of creating and facilitating educational trainings
- Hired, oriented, and trained new staff to comply with federal and state standards and monitored performance to ensure performance standards met and service plans adhered to
- Integrated program needs with Disabilities Manager and Mental Health Manager
- Managed financial aspects of program including supervision of expenditures
- Played key role in uplifting educational offerings and classroom activities to receive exceptional rating on state audit
- Assisted Case Manager and collaborated with local agencies to educate community members and families
Child Development Specialist and Parent Educator
Washington County Family Center
Hagerstown, MD
01.1996 - 01.2009
- Facilitated group learning for adolescents and adults at risk or working with local children and youth agencies, ages 12 to 50
- Collaborated with local community agencies and panned monthly events, while supervising activities of 5 staff members and volunteers
- Planned and delivered therapeutic support to youth and documented daily activities, assessing changes in teens' behaviors
- Maintained current and detailed documentation noting changes in behavioral thinking patterns to best ensure appropriate ongoing support
- Aligned with diverse stakeholders to make and tracked referrals, IEPs, and assessments
- Developed trusting relationship with high-risk teen parents
- Trained staff and parents in importance of carefully following and complying with policies and procedures
- Volunteered on several community committees such as Preventing Teen Pregnancies and Continuing Quality Improvement with local Department of Social Services and supported regional collaboration and with other family support centers
- Supervised successful State and Federal monitoring that resulted in highest scores achievable
Education
BA - Human Development and Family Studies
American Military University
Charles Town, WVSkills
- Individual / Group Counseling
- Case Management
- Crisis Intervention
- Policy Development
- Customer Service
- Student-Centered Instruction
- Developmental Disabilities Experience
- Educational Strategies
- Classroom Management
- Data Analysis & Reporting
- Program Coordination
- Leadership & Collaboration
- Continuous Improvement
Training
- Crisis Intervention
- The Pyramid Model - Social and Emotional Framework
- ARC Framework: Attachment, Regulation, Competency
- Ruby Payne's Rules of Poverty
- Trained in the Nurturing Program - Facilitation of emotional and physical decision making in a group with tracked outcomes
- CPR/First Aid – Current
Awards
- 4 Army Commendation Medals
- 6 Army Achievement Awards
- Primary Leadership Development Course - PLDC
- Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course - BNOC
- Unit Prevention Leader Certification
- Safety Coin awarded by Commander of 104th Aviation Battalion
- Commander award for 'Creating Team Dynamics'
- Combat Lifesaver
- Family Friend of the Year Award
Accomplishments
1979 -2009
Timeline
Teacher, Instructor, Counselor
Folium Inc
01.2012 - 01.2023
Therapeutic Staff Support
Laural Life
01.2012 - 01.2014
Education Coordinator
Franklin County Head Start
01.2009 - 01.2012
Child Development Specialist and Parent Educator
Washington County Family Center
01.1996 - 01.2009
BA - Human Development and Family Studies
American Military University