Stacy Smith

Experience

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  Laurel Medical Management

  Jun 2004 - Aug 2006

  Public Relations Assistant

  • Created and distributed promotional and educational materials for a medical practice, including brochures, flyers, and press releases• Answered and directed phone calls, greeted patients and documented patient information

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  Words & Numbers

  Jun 2006 - Apr 2008

  Assistant Editor

  • Revised and edited teaching materials, including textbooks, workbooks, and instructional videos• Wrote and edited a textbook for adult students seeking to become medical assistants

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  The Maryland School for the Blind

  Aug 2008 - May 2011

  Child and Youth Care Specialist

  • Taught daily living skills, social and communicative strategies and problem solving to adolescents and young adults with autism, cognitive disabilities, and visual impairments• Created and utilized teaching aids, such as brailled and pictorial schedule systems• Structured learning spaces for optimal student achievement• Collaborated with teachers, para-educators, therapists, and other professionals to address students’ IEP goals and progress, possible home and career placements, and overall aptitude, behaviors, and skills• Advocated on behalf of students’ well-being and personal growth Show less

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  Sprouts Academy

  Nov 2011 - Apr 2012

  Teacher Assistant

  • Supervised a classroom of toddlers, aged 2-3 years old• Taught school readiness skills through spontaneous play and role modeling• Fostered and maintained a safe, nurturing learning environment

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  Trellis Services

  Aug 2012 - Jan 2013

  ABA Preschool Autism Instructor

  • Provided one-to-one ABA instruction to young learners with autism

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  SARC

  Feb 2013 - Aug 2013

  Case Manager

  • Provided individualized case management to survivors of domestic violence by connecting them to community, financial, and mental health resources• Assisted clients with personal goals and empowered them to make healthy choices through educational programming• Helped foster an orderly, safe, confidential, and therapeutic communal living environment• Maintained a personable knowledgeability about domestic violence and the trauma-informed care model by attending monthly trainings and professional development meetings• documented all relevant client-staff interactions, incidents, and services provided Show less

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  Baltimore Sun Media Group

  Aug 2014 - May 2016

  Photojournalist

  • Wrote news and feature articles that appeared in weekly print and online APG News newspaper with 15,000 circulation• Managed news beats and interviewed subjects in person and by telephone• Photographed events and wrote cutlines• Conducted internet research as needed• Followed all Associated Press style and journalistic guidelines

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  Leisure World of Maryland Corporation

  May 2016 - now

  Assistant Director Of Communications

  • Write and edit news and feature articles and take photographs that appear in bi-monthly print and online Leisure World News newspaper with 8,000 circulation• Supervise and delegate work to graphic designer/project manager, senior communications associate, and communications assistant• Develop and edit content for Leisure World of Maryland’s public and internal websites, a virtual tour, and other print and digital communications materials as needed • Manage and develop content for Leisure World of Maryland’s Facebook page• Follow all Associated Press style and journalistic guidelines and an in-house style guide Show less