Keri Bennett

Experience

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  Plano ISD

  Aug 2013 - now

  Program Manager | Library Media Specialist

  • Identified, pursued, and cultivated philanthropic support and community partnerships with corporations and foundations, developed and led fundraising initiatives, maintained financial discipline, and increased program budget by 30%• Built, fostered, and maintained relationships with internal and external stakeholders including 60 educators, 800 students and their families, and 20 community members, providing bi-weekly communication through digital newsletters offering access to opportunities and resources• Managed and oversaw 12,000-volume library, maintaining up-to-date information ensuring accuracy, consistency, and completeness of data while balancing multiple tasks• Utilized continuous demographic and circulation data analysis to identify trends, generate reports, and create data-driven strategies to make collection development decisions, set program goals and priorities to consistently improve effectiveness• Authored and won multiple grant proposals advocating for funding for 800 students to support diversity, equity, and inclusion to increase budget by 30% to offer additional organizational and community programs • Spearheaded a program to increase marginalized populations representation in the number of educational books and resources in the collection by 20% advancing equity in opportunity and outcomes• Developed and implemented ongoing support resources for educators illustrating research, database, and grant writing best practices, recognizing and addressing a need for professional development and sharing ideas, resulting in more effective instruction for 250 students and increased funding for programs serving 3 special population groups• Planned and executed yearly fundraising events for over 800 attendees partnering with external vendor and organizing all facets including scheduling, recruiting and training 20 volunteers, managing data and reporting, and promotion and marketing to encourage reading to a diverse audience Show less