TONY B. SMITH

Dedicated and results-driven Healthcare Professional a hyper focus on Post Acute Administration with a proven track record in providing leadership and strategic guidance to provide education. Seeking a challenging role to leverage my expertise in managing day-to-day operations, ensuring compliance with regulations, and driving continuous improvement of skill sets.

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• The Great American Teach-In: Travel to various Elementary/Middle/High Schools in the metropolitan Tampa area providing fire-safety education, team building exercises, and male mentoring opportunities (executed by recruiting local firefighters/paramedics and coordinating their participation at the chosen schools).
• Jewels - Male Mentoring Program (Founder/Facilitator): Mentoring program geared towards providing positive role models for young men grades 5-12.
• M.A.T.E.S. -Moving All Towards Excellence on Saturday (Founder/Facilitator): Community exercise and healthy living initiative designed to promote a healthier lifestyle impacting the individual's mind, body, and soul.
• AAU Basketball Coach
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc (Past Chapter President): 1986 - Present

Upon Request

• Middle Grades - Health Science Instructor, Sligh Middle Magnet School, Tampa, Florida, 09/2020, Present, Create and implement health science lesson plans for 6th to 8th grade traditional, Magnet, and ESE Students. Lessons include but are not limited to: Body Systems, CPR and Basic First Aid, Cardiac Care, and various life science practical applications., Develop and incorporate engaging and innovative curriculum activities designed to address individual student and group needs., Facilitate lessons that reinforce hands-on learning and active student participation that also meet county and state standards., Serve in the following extracurricular lead roles: Girls/Boys Basketball Coach, Boys Volleyball Coach, and Girls Flag Football Coach., Supplement the school's music department by instructing the school's Sligh Middle Magnet Chorale (Program Founder)., Facilitate the school's Mentoring Program for at-risk male and female youth (Program Founder).
• Instructor/Counselor, College Reach Out Program, Tampa, Florida, 06/2008, 06/2019, Responsible for teaching students grades 6 -12 in a recurring summer college preparatory program., Create and execute lesson plans, provide student evaluation based on program metrics and goals., Act as mentor and life skills coach for enrolled students promoting a positive learning environment that reinforces academic achievement and post high school academic pursuits.
• Economic Self-Sufficiency Specialist, Department of Children and Family Services, Tampa, FL, 05/2003, 11/2008, Interviewed applicants to obtain and verify information needed to determine eligibility for Food Stamps, Medicaid, and Cash Assistance. Instructed clients in application completion and submission.