VIVIAN STATEN
Mobile,USA
Summary
Results-focused educational leader offering enrichment to adult learners. Successful at engaging with students and staff through mentoring and training initiatives. Expertise in maintaining accountability and execution of routine tasks, such as risk assessment, ensuring compliance with university policies, fostering financial responsibility, sharing programmatic best practices, attending meetings and events as necessary, and connecting organizations to resources. Additionally, assessing, developing, and initiating leadership development practices to ensure opportunities and success.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Elementary Teacher
Mobile County Public School System
12.2023 - 11.2024
- Built positive relationships with students and families for safe, trusted learning support.
- Enhanced classroom management by establishing clear expectations, rules, and routines.
- Collaborated with colleagues to share resources, brainstorm ideas, and problem-solve challenges faced in the classroom environment.
- Implemented differentiated instruction strategies to meet the diverse learning needs of all students.
- Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor, and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
- Improved student reading skills by implementing phonics-based instruction and guided reading activities.
Learning and Development Manager
AMA Consulting Group
11.2022 - 06.2023
- Collaborated with department heads to identify skill gaps and develop targeted training solutions.
- Conducted thorough needs assessments for individual departments to tailor training solutions accordingly.
- Optimized existing e-learning courses by incorporating interactive multimedia elements to enhance user experience.
- Managed annual training budgets, ensuring cost-effective allocation of resources for maximum impact on employee development.
- Created customized leadership development programs, resulting in improved management skills across the organization.
- Developed strong partnerships with external vendors to provide diverse learning opportunities for employees.
Instructional Learning Developer
The Learning Tree Inc
01.2021 - 08.2022
- Designed, implemented and managed4 successful training programs to meet department and school needs
- Designed99 course materials and supported implementation
- Planned, organized, and developed4 leadership workshops for staff and corporate executives
- Teamed with subject matter experts in evaluation and revision of training tools in order to continually improve learning platforms
- Effectively implemented best training practices and adult learning principles in planning and creation of instructional materials twice monthly
- Negotiated various departmental contracts and delivery plans with vendors
- Planned3 campus fundraising events
- Implemented community outreach for student mentorship
Public Safety Dispatcher
The City Of Prichard
09.2019 - 01.2021
- Assessed individual's needs to determine nature of issues and locations to direct type of response needed
- Operated telephone and radio equipment to receive requests and reports from police officers, medical dispatch and firefighting crews
- Entered criminal record checks, driver's license numbers and warrants into telecommunications systems to fulfill officer requests
- Received public emergency and non-emergency calls and supervised response prioritization in order to effectively dispatch official units such as police, fire and EMS while tracking data in real-time environments
Training Development Specialist
Blue Diamond Hospitality
06.2018 - 09.2019
- Develop market research in order to keep up to date with customer trends, as well as trying to predict future trends within Gulf Coast region
- Established strategies and managing marketing campaigns across print, broadcast and online platforms to ensure that products and services meet customers' expectations and to build credibility of brands
- Increased success of marketing campaigns and creating reports supervising advertising, product design and other forms of marketing to maintain consistency in branding
- Recruited, trained, and retained staff of36 employees across departments
Special Education Associate
Mobile County Public School
08.2018 - 02.2019
- Assist teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing materials or skills based on sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities
- Maintained inclusive learning environment to enable students to gain maximum benefit from lessons
- Prepared instructional materials for group and one-on-one use to comply with established curriculum
- Worked cooperatively with students of various culturally diverse backgrounds and learning styles
- Increased proficiencies by attending professional developmental workshops on learning goals, classroom management, student motivation and engaging learning activities
- Conducted small group and individual classroom activities with students based on differentiated learning needs while carrying out IEP goals
Education
Master of Science - Adult Education, Curriculum and Instructional Design
Troy University
Troy, ALBachelor of Art - Psychology, Leisure Studies
University of South Alabama
Mobile, ALSkills
- Cross-Departmental Alignment
- Program Activities
- Conflict Resolution Tactics
- Confidential Records Management
- Community Outreach
- Resource Allocation
- Executive Leadership
- Policy Updates
- Quality Control Standards
- Operational Procedures
- Training Initiatives
- Team Management
- Social Media Campaign
University Professional Development
Upward Bound Program- Student Assistant 2017-2018
NAACP- Chapter Member 2013-2018
Woody's Song (The Learning Tree)- Practicum Student 2018
Jaguar Productions- Marketing Coordinator 2017-2018
Student Government Association- College of Arts & Sciences Senator 2016-2018
Abeneefoo Kuo Honor Society- Membership Coordinator 2015-2018
Student Government Association- Associate Justice 2015-2018
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. - Chapter Secretary 2015-2017
Office of New Student Recruitment- Jag Guide Student Recruiter 2016-2017
Student Disability Services- Resources Student Assistant 2015-2016
Student Academic Success & Retention- JagPal Tutor 2015-2018
Residence Hall Association- Associate Director of Finances 2015-2016
Burroughs Elementary School Summer Enrichment Program- Executive Assistant 2008-2014
Timeline
Elementary Teacher
Mobile County Public School System
12.2023 - 11.2024
Learning and Development Manager
AMA Consulting Group
11.2022 - 06.2023
Instructional Learning Developer
The Learning Tree Inc
01.2021 - 08.2022
Public Safety Dispatcher
The City Of Prichard
09.2019 - 01.2021
Special Education Associate
Mobile County Public School
08.2018 - 02.2019
Training Development Specialist
Blue Diamond Hospitality
06.2018 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Art - Psychology, Leisure Studies
University of South Alabama
Master of Science - Adult Education, Curriculum and Instructional Design
Troy University
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