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Employee Learning & Development, Training & Development, Learning Management Systems, Diversity & Inclusion

Human Services Supervisor (Rotation) at Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care

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• Duration: 2024-11 to Present
• Description: Responsible for leading a team of 14 staff members in the Direct Pay Unit. The DPU processes Employment Related Daycare (ERDC) payments for qualified child care providers across the state. Every month, the DPU handles thousands of phone calls, emails, applications, and billing forms from providers, families, and other state workers to make sure families connect with the care they need and providers are paid for the care they give. My role is to support the amazing team members who handle calls, process forms, and issue payments through process improvements, project management, and statistical storytelling.

Learning And Development Specialist at Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care

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• Duration: 2022-03 to Present
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Senior Program Coordinator at JLA Public Involvement

• Location:
• Duration: 2020-10 to 2022-03
• Description: In this position, I was able to apply my passion for social justice, background in teaching and social services, and business school education. Responsibilities included: - Coordinating aspects of long-term, comprehensive public involvement campaigns for city, state, and region-wide transportation and public works projects. - Facilitating virtual and in-person meetings, workshops, and town halls to solicit community input on projects. - Developing and implementing engagement opportunities at all levels of the public involvement spectrum. - Creating accessible communications materials for a variety of platforms and mediums. - Building and maintaining stakeholder databases. - Writing, distributing, and analyzing surveys, including developing summaries for use by technical project teams and the general public. - Auditing project tasks for equity best practices to ensure all community members have the opportunity to share their perspectives. - Technical assistance for a range of digital tools, including: Zoom, Teams, SurveyMonkey, GoogleForms, JamBoard, LucidSpark, Google Suite, and Office 365. - Providing impeccable relationship management and customer service to clients, agency partners, and members of the public.

Gender Based Violence Prevention Coordinator at Lewis & Clark College

• Location: Portland, Oregon
• Duration: 2019-02 to 2020-09
• Description: Coordinating implementation of the OVW Campus Program grant through: - managing multidisciplinary team of campus and community partners, including students, staff, faculty, and upper administration - creating, facilitating, and assessing primary prevention curriculum including bystander intervention program - tracking campus response to gender based violence and adherence to best practices - managing $300k budget - evaluating and assessing services and program efficacy - auditing and revising policy by collaborating with multiple levels of stakeholders - developing standard operating procedures documents and training staff on correct implementation

Ballet Instructor at Classical Ballet Academy

• Location: Portland, Oregon Area
• Duration: 2008-02 to 2019-12
• Description: • Created Portland’s only Adaptive Dance program focused on teaching ballet to young people with cognitive and intellectual disabilities. - Researched best practices for Adaptive Dance programs. - Sought out training and received certification from Boston Ballet. - Created publicity plan, recruited new students and families. - Developed inclusive and adaptive curriculum, including accommodations for studio instruction and performances. - Trained and onboarded successor. • Taught creative movement, pre-ballet, and pre-professional ballet classes for students of all ages, including staging original choreography for seasonal performances. • Created gender-inclusive, queer-centered, body-positive ballet class for adults.