SUZANNE P. BLACK
Charlotte,North Carolina
Summary
Experienced leadership and program management skills. Utilizing communication and strategic planning to drive organizational success. Track record for building strong church community relationships and fostering team collaboration. Skilled in strategic planning, community outreach, and adaptable to evolving needs.
Led strong focus on fostering collaborative environments and driving student success. Skilled in staff development, cultivating a positive school culture that prioritizes student engagement. Effective in guiding teams towards shared goals and fostering success. Skilled in strategic planning, community outreach, and adaptable to evolving needs.
Skilled at supporting and encouraging teacher success with effective training and mentoring. Personable and outgoing with skill in building rapport with diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
First Impressions Ministry Director
Real Life Church
01.2018 - Current
- Serving as First Impressions Ministry directory in a large church located in the Charlotte area with average attendance between 700 to 1000 weekly.
- Developed the First Impression teams, managing all volunteer greeters, I’m New greeting table attendants, ushers, parking lot, coffee teams, kitchen facilities, special events and other areas as needed.
- Provided training and mentoring for volunteers to enhance their ministry skill sets.
- Participate in monthly meetings with staff to review ministry goals, progress of projects and ensure successful completion.
- Created budget for all ministry activities, including costs, program expenses, and operational costs.
- Coordinated special events involving spiritual enrichment projects and other projects within the community.
- Collaborate monthly with the executive pastor using data from attendance and other feedback to create the best environment for our church growth.
- Provide support to first time visitors using data from the church database, Simple Church, communicating with written letters and emails to follow up.
- Participate in multiple Bible-based professional development to support the mission of the church, staff and team, also participating in small groups as offered within the church by qualified leadership to equip ministry leaders with spiritual growth to be more effective leaders.
- Organized multiple Volunteer Appreciation celebrations as coordinator by acquiring caterers, decorating, setting up, tearing down and assigning roles to each staff member.
- Developed plan for a new coffee system for the lobby that has reduced interruptions and created a cleaner, safer environment.
- Led Girls Night Out, a Biblical-based initiative to support women in their spiritual walk as well as other areas of their lives.
- Created church-wide initiatives, i.e., Christmas Cocoa Bar, Fun and Fellowship Nights, receptions.
- Served as volunteer coordinator for churchwide outreach, World Vision, facilitating child adoption processes.
- Professional Summary: Experienced leadership and program management skills. Utilizing communication and strategic planning to drive organizational success. Track record for building strong church community relationships and fostering team collaboration. Skilled in strategic planning, community outreach, and adaptable to evolving needs.
Assistant Principal
Union County Public Schools
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Created initiatives for both teacher and student success, using collected data for training, modeling and evaluating progress.
- Conducted formal evaluations using all standards of NCEES including summative evaluations for teachers, both career status and new teachers; along with support staff and office personnel evaluations
- Served as special needs administrator supporting all EC staff along with supervising all IEP and 504 meetings.
- Monitored all Personal Education Plans for all students and Personal Development Plans for assigned teachers.
- Developed, organized & presented multiple professional development opportunities for all teachers/staff.
- Created multiple schedules within the school framework, i.e., master schedules, lunch schedules, exam schedules.
- Created strong relationships with community leadership to build capacity with all stakeholders.
- Assisted teachers with using strategic data to create mastery within the classroom, developing lesson plans that support growth.
- Designed graduation activities including but not limited to graduation ceremonies including recruiting guest speakers.
- Partnered with elementary schools in the area providing opportunities for collaboration.
- Professional Summary: Led strong focus on fostering collaborative environments and driving student success. Skilled in staff development, cultivating a positive school culture that prioritizes student engagement. Effective in guiding teams towards shared goals and fostering success. Skilled in strategic planning, community outreach, and adaptable to evolving needs.
Dean of Students/Administrator
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Completed weekly walk-through observations using various instruments and providing teachers with feedback and instructional strategies.
- Conducted formal evaluations using all standards of NCEES including summative evaluations for teachers; both career status and new teachers
- Facilitated the new teacher cohort year 2 & 3, giving instructional support, feedback, positive rewards and creating monthly professional development opportunities.
- Administrator for the Intervention Team, the AVID program using data collection & support documentation for certification of the program.
- Collaborative leader with school improvement plan while serving as manager of the Indistar Project initiative addressing the data points of the school improvement plan (SIP.)
- Administrator for acquiring and managing all substitute teachers due to absences and vacancies including securing qualified personnel for 10 - 20 absences per day.
- Collaborated with the administrative team using discipline data to create an alternative program to reduce out-of-school suspensions.
- Monitored the newly implemented alternative to OSS program, using data to show the decreased number of out of school suspensions while implementing literacy into the program.
- Managed all tardies, skipping and class cuts assisting along with other discipline issues.
- School transportation administration (buses) working directly with district transportation.
- Presented regularly at General Staff meetings; i.e. Evaluation Standards information, Data tracking protocols, PEP updates, discipline protocols, scheduling information and other areas of need.
- Collaborated with API on master schedule.
- Created all duty rosters for school-wide supervision, exam schedule rosters and early/late dismissal schedules for campus safety.
- Established two community partnerships with 2 XSalt Ministries to provide transportation, after-school support and tutorial opportunities for students with specific interests/needs and with Durham Memorial Baptist Church to secure an off-site testing location for all International Baccalaureate tests administrations.
- Professional Summary: Skilled at supporting and encouraging teacher success with effective training and mentoring. Personable and outgoing with skill in building rapport with diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Academic Facilitator
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
01.2011 - 01.2012
- AVID Administrator: Collected all school and student data for district and national reports.
- Conducted instructional Walk-through observations.
- Conducted Research-Based Professional Development.
- PEP Facilitator: Use student data to create PEPs and trained staff on implementation process.
- Developed “Operation No-Show” to provide students not tested in EOC areas opportunities to retest to help meet AYP goals.
- Developed a plan for struggling students to have more differentiated instructional strategies.
- Collaborated with the literacy team.
Health Educator
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
01.1996 - 01.2011
Physical Educator
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
01.1996 - 01.2007
Interim Physical Education
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
01.1993 - 01.1995
Education
Master of Arts - School Administration
Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs, North CarolinaBachelors of Science - Health and Physical Education
Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs, North CarolinaSkills
- Integrity-driven leadership
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Nonprofit management
- Crisis management
Certification
- NC School Administrator/Principal License Current
- NC Health Specialist K-12 Current
- NC Physical Education K-12 Current
Awards and recognition
2011 Zone Finalist for Teacher of the Year – Central Secondary Zone
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC
2011 Teacher of the Year – Midwood High School
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC
2011 Health Education Writing Team for District Curriculum
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC
2011 Destination Excellence Principal’s Award Midwood High School, Charlotte, NC
2010 Destination Excellence Principal’s Award Midwood High School, Charlotte, NC
2004 The Leslie M. McCarley Award (Teachers Needing Teachers) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC
2003 Harris Award Teacher of the Year – Coulwood Middle School Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC
2002 Brave of the Year Staff Award
Coulwood Middle School, Charlotte, NC
Timeline
First Impressions Ministry Director
Real Life Church
01.2018 - Current
Assistant Principal
Union County Public Schools
01.2014 - 01.2018
Dean of Students/Administrator
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
01.2012 - 01.2014
Academic Facilitator
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
01.2011 - 01.2012
Health Educator
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
01.1996 - 01.2011
Physical Educator
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
01.1996 - 01.2007
Interim Physical Education
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
01.1993 - 01.1995
Bachelors of Science - Health and Physical Education
Gardner-Webb University
Master of Arts - School Administration
Gardner-Webb University
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