Leslie Castillo, M.A.

Experience

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  City Year Chicago

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2021

  - Developed and managed 12-16 AmeriCorps Members a year through daily coaching, weekly check-ins, professional goal setting, designing and sustaining systems to meet Impact goals - Utilized weekly student data trends to coach AmeriCorps Members and align with school partnerships on increasing effectiveness of Whole School, Whole Child implementation - Created and delivered Five-Week Data Report that tracked student data patterns, action steps, and follow-up with school partnerships to push assessment and socioemotional growth - Member of the High School Learning Group: cross-department collaboration to differentiate trainings for AmeriCorps Members to cater to the older student age group served - Improved AmeriCorps retention rate of teams managed to 100% between and 2018 and 2021 Show less - Supervised a diverse team of 7 first-year corps members in a 468-student population elementary school, where 97.6% of students are low income, by coaching them to enhance the quality of our services to students - Exceeded site goal of 80% of students reaching 900 dosage Time on Task minutes - Functioned as the liaison between team and teachers, administration, and City Year staff through effective communication - Executed as the Analytics Coordinator to ensure quantitative data with students is updated and troubleshoot intervention hindrances with AmeriCorps members - Supported team to lead students to perform on track at 85% for ELA and 88% for Math in Quarter 2 - Organized team deliverables and apply systems in place that allow the team to produce effective results Show less

  • Impact Manager

    Jul 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Team Leader

    Jul 2017 - Jun 2018

  • Americorps Member

    Aug 2016 - Jun 2017
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  North Park University

  Apr 2022 - Apr 2022

  Adjunct Instructor

  Supporting undergraduates with career planning efforts such as resume and cover letter building, career research activities, elevator speech creating, updating LinkedIn, and interview tips. This also includes one on one meetings with students to provide additional support outside of the classroom.

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  North Park University

  Jun 2022 - now

  Providing vision, strategic direction, and accountability for developing programs and services that support academic and college transition and success for first year/transfer students through a comprehensive FYE program working collaboratively with the Division of Student Engagement. This also includes assisting with the planning and execution of onboarding new students, first-year seminars, peer student success coaches, student cohort programming as well as the development of university cross-departmental partnerships. Prioritizing collaboration across areas/departments within the campus and the greater North Park community to ensure that new first-time students are provided a quality, comprehensive first year experience that promotes student learning, student persistence, and academic success. Show less Aiding first-year and transfer students in their transition to North Park University by cultivating an inclusive environment. Assisting with the planning and execution of student cohort programming as well as the development of university cross-departmental partnerships. Spearheading a new Peer Student Success Coaching program for first year students while managing a team of 25 student leaders to provide support for our new students. Collaborating with the admissions department to deliver successful Launch Day registration events. Show less

  • Director of First Year Experience

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Coordinator of Student Success: First Year/ Transfer Experience

    Jun 2022 - Aug 2023