De'Andre S. Pickett, Ed.D

Experience

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  KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools

  Jan 2005 - Mar 2007

  Education Specialist
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  American InterContinental University

  Mar 2007 - Sept 2008

  Associate Director Of Admissions
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  Blank

  Sept 2008 - Apr 2010

  Associate Director Of Education/Senior Admission Representative
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  HERITAGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC.

  Jul 2012 - Jan 2015

  Dean of Students & Cultural Affairs/Asst. Superintendent

  • The Dean/Assistant Principal primary responsibilities consist of monitoring and reviewing the School’s educational goals, objectives and operations with the faculty and the Head of School. Ensures that all students are appropriately supported and can progress academically. The Dean works closely with all school constituencies, including Faculty, Administration, School Counselor and Parents to update the program with the necessary changes and make the Middle School life an enjoyable and rewarding experience for all.• Counsels, communicate with, and discipline individuals or groups of students. Organizes discipline halls daily, contacts parents when needed, and stays after school for discipline halls if needed. Works closely with the Counselor for Character Development Program and students of concern.As Asst. Superintendent, my responsibilities include:*Research and respond to inquiries from the school administrators concerning building-based issues. *Demonstrate and develop high academic and behavioral expectations, collaborative planning and program development, responsive management, and personal accountability within the assigned operational unit. *Monitor student enrollment, staff and student attendance, requisitions, health and safety inspections, performance evaluations, curriculum benchmarks, violence and vandalism, standardized test results, and other school reports for accuracy, compliance, established timelines, and the identification of improvement objectives. *Coordinate orientation meetings, schedule development, disciplinary procedures, parental notification, and reporting of pupil progress. *Maintain a positive, collaborative, and mutually supportive working relationship with community agencies, parents, students, and district and school staff. *Protect confidentiality of records and information gained as part of exercising professional duties and use discretion in sharing such information within legal confines. Show less

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  City of East Point

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2018

  Parks & Recreation Commissioner

  Develops and maintains standards for personnel productivity through a program of recruitment, selection, in- service training, scheduling evaluation, guidance, discipline and the maintaining of good working relationships;• Directs the acquisition, planning, design, construction, maintenance and use of recreation areas and facilities in cooperation with other appropriate city departments;• Gives administrative guidance and consultation to agencies within the city in the development andimplementation of programs to meet the needs of youth;• Arranges for the recreational use of other public and private facilities where appropriate;• Prepares, presents, defends and is accountable for the annual departmental budget;• Promotes an active public-relations program by working with city staff, the media and community groups to interpret the program to the public;• Supervises and maintains the keeping of records and reports in accordance with city policy;• Issues an annual report;• Keeps current with new developments and methodology in the field, and, where appropriate, sponsors research to contribute to knowledge in the field; Supervises professional, paraprofessional and clerical staff. Show less

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  Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, Inc.

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2017

  Chief of Staff/Deputy Executive Director

  Work for State Representative Dee Dawkins-Haigler, 17th Chair of the GA Legislative Black Caucus. • Provides leadership to the office staff at the state house office. Engages in recruitment of office staff and provides training and mentoring for selected interns chosen to work within the office.• Assigns responsibilities to each employee according to their capabilities Creates and keeps track of the representative’s schedule.• Advise the representative on issues of politics, policy and management. Protect the interests of the representative to negotiate with the environment of the representative, including constituents, the governor’s office, and extra-governmental political groups and individuals.• Serves in the absence of the representative for speaking engagements and meetings in the district and the capitol. Prepares press releases and speeches for special events and press conferences. Serves as the deputy campaign manager for the re-election campaign. Show less

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  Literacy Action

  Aug 2015 - Oct 2017

  Dean of Academic & Student Affairs

  • I provide leadership and management to a team responsible for the program’s academic administration, including student registration, orientation, assessment and transition services. Provide support and oversight for onboarding all students and reports on student assessment results to leadership and instructors to enhance their ability to increase students’ achievement.• Continually enhances the policies, processes, and systems to effectively register and orient students to ensuring an optimal student experience and overall program efficiency.• Creates multiple methods of communicating registration and intake schedules and processes to enhance understanding and proactively address issues.• Manages the partnerships with support services providers to create informative, coordinated communication and student access to programs.• Execute an Academic Support program monitoring model which includes creating metrics for tracking services usage and assess the overall impact on student achievement and the effectiveness of registration and intake to identify areas for improvement.• Identify best practices for assessments, data tracking, and establish an implementation strategy.• Foster a comprehensive academic plan that enhances our ESOL and conversations program.• lead the organizational efforts to advance student learning outside of the classroom experience and collaborates with program staff to infuse innovation and best practices into classroom learning.• Through technological and organizational tools, the position supplements learning on students’ own time. The position also supports the student experience by leading the orientation process and engaging with students to enhance their academic experience. Show less

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  GivingPoint

  Oct 2018 - Feb 2020

  Associate Program Director

  The Associate Program Manager – South Metro Region, will be responsible for the strategic launch of the GivingPoint Institute in the following areas; South Fulton County & City of Atlanta.The Associate Program Manager will work collaboratively and with the support of the other members of the GivingPoint Team; Associate Director of Programs-North Region, Marketing & Communications Manager, Director of Outreach, and the Executive Director to create a comprehensive marketing and recruitment campaign and expansion plan to grow GivingPoint Institute and GP’s Social Innovators Academy in the South Metro region. The Associate Program Manager will be expected to secure contacts and build relationships with public and private schools, school districts, business and nonprofit partners, and others to share the GivingPoint story, recruit students, build valuable partnerships, secure business sponsorships, and implement GivingPoint’s Social Innovators Academy curriculum. Show less

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  The RISE Schools

  Feb 2022 - Nov 2022

  Interim Executive Director/Superintendent
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  WestCare

  Jan 2023 - now

  Quality Assurance & Training Director