Victoire Pilipili Mayele
North Olmsted
Summary
Dynamic leader with a proven track record at Watoto Wazuri Learning Center, excelling in organizational leadership and staff recruitment. Adept at fostering teamwork and driving performance improvement, I leverage my multilingual skills and cultural competency to create inclusive environments that empower individuals and enhance community engagement.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Founder & Executive Director
Watoto Wazuri Learning Center
Cleveland
06.2024 - Current
- Fostered a positive company culture that encourages teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
- Provided organizational leadership and collaborated with executive partners to establish long-term goals, strategies and company policies.
- Provided leadership support during times of organizational change or uncertainty.
- Oversaw corrective action plans to remedy structural, organizational and departmental issues.
- Ensured compliance with legal and regulatory requirements relevant to the business operations.
- Recruited, hired and trained staff members to ensure that operational goals were met.
- Conferred with staff, board members and officials to coordinate activities, resolve problems and discuss issues.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, best practices and industry developments.
- Developed positive relationships with families by communicating regularly about their child's development.
- Participated in parent and teacher conferences to discuss student progress or any other concerns related to childcare services provided.
Refugee Self-Sufficiency Specialist
Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland
Cleveland
07.2021 - 11.2022
- Intakes for new clients
- Case management
- Creating connections with potential employers to hire refugees.
- Creating resume and preparing clients for job interview
- Case reviewing and auditing
- Assisting clients with Welfare benefit applications
- Connecting refugees to resources
Co-lead and Swahili translator
Swahili Speaking Women’s Group, Migration and Refugee Services
Cleveland
01.2022 - 11.2022
- Teaching Swahili Speaking refugee women techniques to survive in the US as newcomers
- Creating a refugee women’s panel where women exercise their voices
- Active listening to women’s challenges and teaching ways of overcoming future ones
- Connecting women to resources of their needs such as, food pantries, clothes donation locations, emergency locations, etc
- Meeting setting
Special Education paraprofessional
Lakewood City Schools
Lakewood
09.2020 - 06.2021
- Assisting the teacher in the classroom, providing care to students with disabilities, supporting lesson comprehension to students, supervising lunch, supporting emotional needs to students by finding relaxing techniques, transitioning, and supervising students in different classes.
Teacher assistant
Schoenbaum Family Center
Columbus
12.2019 - 06.2020
- Providing activities of daily living for infants and toddlers
- Helping teachers with lesson planning.
- Maintaining a clean and safe environment.
- Supervising kids’ play.
STNA, “PRN”
Pleasant Lake Villa
Cleveland
06.2019 - 06.2020
- Providing activities of daily living for both long-term and Rehabilitation residents
- Recording residents’ health changes/improvement on a daily shift.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Human Development and family Science
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH08-2021
High School Diploma -
John Marshall High School
Cleveland, OH01.2018
Skills
- Organizational leadership
- Multilingual
- Case management
- Staff recruitment
- Performance improvement
- Cultural competency
- Conflict resolution
- Effective communication
- Training development
- Professionalism
- Cultural awareness
- Regulatory compliance
Certification
- Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Services
- High School Diploma
- Activities and Programs with Minor Participants Policy Training
- State Tested Nurse Assistant (STNA)
- First Aid (CPR)
Honors Awards Memberships
- 2017 White Ribbon (Cleveland Clinic)
- Medical Health for children Math exhibition
- OHIO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
- Permanent Aspiring Educator
- Choosing ways to better education for all public schools in Ohio
Languages
- Swahili
- English
- French
References
- Bill Adler, wjadler@stripmatic.com, 2169706573
- Ricardo Zamaripa, zamaripa.3@osu.edu
- Yaaroub, yaldoroubiy@ccdocle.org
Internship
- First Education Experience Program (FEEP) OSU, Columbus, OH, 08/01/19, 12/31/19, Assisting teacher with lesson plan, Promoting discipline in the classroom, Assisting small groups of struggling students to better understand the material, Promoting a healthy environment by making sure all students have a stable mental status
- Focus Learning Academy of Northern Columbus, 3 hours, Assisting students in understanding the material while comparing students’ behaviors towards the teacher
- Wickliffe Progressive Elementary school and Jones Middle School, 7 hours, Shadowing with school counselors to learn about the mental health support services offered to students
- Cleveland Clinic internship in Nursing Department, 06/01/17, 08/31/17, Shadowing with nurse educators
Languages
English
Full Professional
French
Professional
Swahili
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Founder & Executive Director
Watoto Wazuri Learning Center
06.2024 - Current
Co-lead and Swahili translator
Swahili Speaking Women’s Group, Migration and Refugee Services
01.2022 - 11.2022
Refugee Self-Sufficiency Specialist
Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland
07.2021 - 11.2022
Special Education paraprofessional
Lakewood City Schools
09.2020 - 06.2021
Teacher assistant
Schoenbaum Family Center
12.2019 - 06.2020
STNA, “PRN”
Pleasant Lake Villa
06.2019 - 06.2020
Bachelor of Science - Human Development and family Science
The Ohio State University
High School Diploma -
John Marshall High School
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