Business-support professional focused on scheduling, training coordination, confidential records, and cross-team communication. Manages sensitive employee relations matters, prepares materials, tracks action items, and follows through with staff, administrators, and vendors to support effective operations and consistent service.
South Orange Maplewood Education Association (SOMEA)
09.2025 - Current
Liaised between employees, union leadership, and building administration, facilitating effective communication and ensuring thorough documentation and organizational follow-through.
Coordinated monthly meetings with building administration to address workplace issues, convey employee concerns, and drive solution identification and follow-through.
Respond to employee inquiries, identify needs, coordinate resources, and ensure timely communication and follow-up.
Facilitate informational meetings and training related to workplace policies, employee relations, inclusion, conflict resolution, and professional conduct.
Attend union meetings, take detailed notes, document action items, and communicate relevant information to representatives and staff.
Manage multiple sensitive matters and competing priorities, ensuring organization, professionalism, confidentiality, and timely follow-through.
Maintain confidential employee relations records and documentation with accuracy, discretion, and attention to detail.
Prepare meeting materials, communications, informational resources, and documentation for employees and stakeholders.
Coordinate meetings with building union staff, including scheduling, communications, preparation, logistics, and follow-up.
Instructional Coach
South Orange Maplewood School District
03.2019 - Current
Provide coordination, professional development, administrative, and operational support across 19 classrooms at 5 locations, partnering with school and district leadership, staff, support personnel, and vendors.
Coordinate leadership meetings, staff meetings, professional development sessions, workshops, and team events, managing scheduling, communications, materials, logistics, and follow-up.
Coordinated, developed, and facilitated professional development by identifying needs, creating content, scheduling sessions, communicating with staff, preparing materials, and following up on implementation.
Conduct observations, document findings and action items, develop resources and supports, and follow up with staff to monitor implementation.
Coordinate schedules and travel between five school locations for classroom visits, observations, meetings, coaching sessions, and follow-up with 19 staff members.
Serve as a central point of contact for staff and leadership, coordinating requests, resources, communications, scheduling, and follow-up across multiple locations.
Identified opportunities to streamline administrative and operational processes, enhancing communication and standardizing resources across multiple locations.
Oversaw purchasing processes to streamline resource allocation and meet operational needs across multiple locations, monitoring orders, timelines, and deliveries.
Prepare and submit purchase order requests for processing through the business office; place orders, coordinate deliveries and invoices, and follow up with vendors to resolve issues and ensure staff receives requested materials.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communication / Mass Communication & Journalism
William Paterson University
New Jersey
Early Childhood Education Certification -
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
Master of Education (M.Ed.) - Special Education
Grand Canyon University
Arizona
Additional Graduate Coursework - Special Education Certification
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Skills
Administrative & Team Support
Employee engagement
Process improvement
Employee relations
Microsoft 365
Google Workspace
Conflict resolution
Cross team collaboration
Meeting & Calendar Coordination
Confidential records
Professional development
Training Facilitation
Leadership & Meeting Coordination
Scheduling & Logistics
Multi-Site Operation
Certification
New Jersey Standard Certification — Special Education
New Jersey Standard Certification — Early Childhood Education (P-3)
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