Delphine Halpern

Experience

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  Emory Law School Education Reform Project

  Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Research Assistant

  • Led a team of 12 assistants, assigning research roles and monitoring progress• Assisted in 15+% of the data collection and analysis on a study examining connections between literacy and crime

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  UN Watch

  May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Human Rights Council Intern

  • Represented the organization at the United Nation's Human Rights Council; Transcribed and synthesized all debates of the HRC’s 19th session. Reported on intimate side-events with diplomats and UN officials.• Translated speeches and articles into French while helping to develop the NGO’s website unwatch.org/fr. • Assisted in the organization of the Gala Dinner, the organization’s most important annual fundraiser.• Welcomed high-profile foreign dissidents from Syria, North Korea and China. Coordinated essential logistics, accompanied to UN proceedings, ensured schedule compliance and overall comfort. UN Watch is a non-governmental organization that monitors the United Nations according to the principles of its charter, fights dictatorships, and promotes human rights for all. Show less

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  Haaretz

  Sept 2013 - Feb 2014

  English Language Website Intern

  • Collaborated with editors from all departments to post breaking news and multimedia segments to Haaretz.com. • Wrote and posted the daily Haaretz Newsline, a synthesis of the day’s top headlines catered to international readers in western time zones. Founded in 1918, Haaretz is a leading international source for news, opinion and analysis from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. Haaretz.com is the publication’s English language online ed., drawing more than 2.5 million unique visitors monthly. Show less

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  IsraelExperts

  May 2015 - Nov 2015

  Birthright Registration and Recruitment Coordinator

  • Conducted recruitment initiatives to help drive the attendance of all 2015 winter Birthright trips being offered by my organization. Enjoyed success in meeting the targets for each program.• Managed all elements of participant profiles (eligibility interview, medical paperwork, travel details, insurance coverage); Provided continuous customer support to program participants via phone and email until arrival to Israel. • Streamlined applicant outreach procedure, improving its efficiency and eliminating redundancy. Sought input from co-coordinators; collectively finalized and adopted new guidelines. • Recruited and trained replacement; oversaw successful transition of responsibilities.IsraelExperts is a leading Israel-based educational tourism company with 16 years of experience organizing Birthright trips to Israel for more than 40,000 participants. Show less

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  Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies

  Nov 2015 - Sept 2016

  Intern

  • Part of the MDC social media team: managed @DayanCenter Twitter account, responsible for posting latest analysis of the ever-changing regional situation and monitoring day-to-day trends.• Conducted French language research on minority communities in Morocco for Dr. Maddy-Weitzman. The MDC is a non-partisan interdisciplinary research center devoted to the study of the contemporary Middle East and Africa working to explain and analyze the region’s contemporary complexities.

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  Sa-nguanying School English Program

  May 2016 - Nov 2016

  English Language Teacher

  Designed and implemented English Grammar, Reading & Writing curricula for all high school students. Adapted differentiated lesson plans to support various learning styles and proficiency levels. • Instituted bi-weekly lunches aimed at facilitating dialogue between Thai and Foreign teachers. • Co-developed program to help promising students from local underprivileged schools prepare for entrance exam to our elite bilingual program in the hopes of improving their scholastic opportunities. • Identified need for creation of core curriculum to ease frequent teacher transition and improve consistency; Assembled team of teachers and produced initial framework for administration approval.About Sa-nguanying School English Program (SYEP) --A progressive program offering its high achieving Thai students an immersive language experience through its team of native English speaking foreign teachers. Show less

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  NYC Department of Education

  Apr 2017 - Aug 2018

  Early Childhood Recruitment & Cultivation Associate

  • Support and improve strategies to recruit 2,100 high-quality early childhood teacher candidates to fill Pre-K/3-K annual vacancies with a focus on high-need communities and community-based NYC Early Education Centers. • Collaborate across multiple Office of Teacher Recruitment & Quality teams to meet goals for traditional recruitment and alternative certification pipeline initiatives. • Manage communications to early childhood teacher candidates (certified and uncertified candidate applicant pools). • Develop resources that educate candidates on the early childhood hiring landscape and cultivate teachers towards community-based programs. Facilitate webinars to set teachers up for success in community Pre-K/3-K classrooms. • Design and oversee data-driven strategies for meaningful teacher candidate engagement (i.e. pioneered new webinar platform, Q&A web-series, mobile friendly messaging templates, virtual office hours, live teacher chats). • Co-manage NYCEEC Teacher Recruiters. Utilize collected data, in addition to application data, to inform understanding of candidate pool throughout the hiring season and update adapt strategy accordingly. • Support outreach efforts to engage NYCEECs, with a focus on building trust between community-providers and the DOE and improving NYCEEC strategies around marketing and hiring. • Create print, online, and marketing materials to support Pre-K/3-K for All recruitment needs. Show less

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  Success Academy Charter Schools

  Jan 2018 - now

  - Lead teachers in implementing systems and supports in their classrooms to improve student outcomes, specifically for students with learning differences or disabilities.- Develop and oversee implementation of the school's Response to Intervention (RtI) program.- Guide parents through the Special Education referral process.- Collaborate with the Committee on Special Education (CSE) to create and maintain IEPs for all special education students. - Oversee scheduling and implementation of Related Services for all special education students. - Directly manage and develop Special Education Coordinator, Assessment Manager and School Psychologist.- Ranked top performing school for Special Education outcomes and deliverables in the network for 6 consecutive months. Show less

  • Special Education Manager

    Jul 2019 - now

  • Education Coordinator

    Jan 2018 - Jun 2019