Jim Quinn

Experience

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  Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate

  May 1989 - May 1990

  Market Research Intern
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  YMCA Camp Warren -- Minneapolis YMCA

  Jun 1990 - Aug 1995

  Assistant Director
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  Community Children's Center

  Sept 1990 - Mar 1991

  Pre-school teacher
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  Morris Park Elementary School -- Minneapolis Public Schools

  Oct 1991 - Feb 1992

  Paraprofessional
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  Minneapolis Public Schools

  Feb 1992 - Jan 1993

  Substitute Teacher
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  The Blake School

  Feb 1992 - Jan 1993

  Long Term Substitute Teacher
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  Northeast Metropolitan Alternative Learning Program at Capital View

  Jan 1993 - Jun 1993

  Program Assistant
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  O'Brien Elementary School

  Aug 1993 - Jun 1994

  Priority Schools Tutor
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  Pitkin Elementary School

  Sept 1994 - Nov 2003

  Head Teacher
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  Derynoski Elementary School

  Nov 2003 - Aug 2008

  Assistant Principal

  • Created horizontal and vertical learning teams for staff to articulate needs and support seamless transitions between and among grade levels.• Successfully partnered with the administrative team to lead a 750+ student school.

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  Thomas Hooker Elementary School

  Aug 2008 - Jun 2012

  Principal

  • Motivated staff to exceed performance expectations directly contributing to the achievement of state and national recognition awards in 2009 and 2011.• Applied multiple performance metrics to identify and target improvement goals leading to 11% and 13% increases on two performance measures in one year.• Created a full-day kindergarten program to address performance results and meet benchmarks. • Examined schedules and staff assignments to discover inefficiencies and increased instructional time by 55 hours per year. • Developed multiple forums for written and verbal communications and presentations. Show less

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  South End Elementary School

  Jul 2012 - Jun 2015

  Principal

  • Established a magnet school program to increase enrollment and, thus, maximize reimbursement by $1.5M for a building project.• Foresaw proposed legislation about educational standards as an opportunity to develop and incorporate new professional development modules. • Employed analyses of performance evaluations to determine a three-year professional development program to improve organizational capacity. • Administered culture and climate surveys; satisfaction ratings improved from 68%to 93% in two years. • Employed skills of influence and persuasion to promote change, positively resolve interpersonal concerns and deliver performance feedback. Show less

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  Aiken School

  Jul 2015 - Jun 2016

  Principal

  • Created “2020 Vision” as the strategic improvement plan to set five-year targets based on identified organizational needs. • Reallocated human and material resources to improve performance/organizational outcomes.• Effectively ensured that all constituencies were well informed and updated with timely information essential for their success as well as information of interest.

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  Habitat for Humanity North Central Connecticut

  Jul 2016 - Jul 2017

  Crew Member
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  Capital Region Education Council (CREC)

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Tutor
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  Combined, a Chubb Company

  Feb 2017 - Aug 2017

  Licensed Sales Agent

  Provided solutions to individuals, families and small businesses that protect them financially if they became sick or hurt and could not work.

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  Triangle Benefits, Inc.

  Aug 2017 - Feb 2018

  Vice President of Sales - Director of Municipal Markets

  Focusing on municipalities, educational institutions and labor groups, I provide employee benefit brokerage services to create custom programs encompassing the specific needs of both your company and your employees. We offer a broad range of services such as employee medical plans, employee non-medical plans, employee wellness plans, and HR consulting.

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  Elevance Health

  Feb 2018 - now

  Client Consultant-National Accounts