Savannah Armstrong

Experience

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  Brantwood Camp

  Jun 2003 - Aug 2016

  Girl's Camp Director

  *Trained, led and evaluated 40 staff members throughout summer with an emphasis on peaceful communication, conflict resolution skills and a holistic approach to the growth and development of our younger staff & campers. *Created daily schedules based on program needs for the residential community of 200 campers, ages 10-15 from underserved communities.*Created and implemented activities, new games and team building activities to correspond with appropriate age groups.*Managed and itemized budget from each transaction, filed reimbursement forms as needed. *Communicated with parents/guardians/sponsors about their children’s status, both accomplishments and struggles. Created success plans in tandem.*Worked closely with Camp Nurse and Chef in order to maintain a healthy and happy camp culture. *Exemplified and enforced a community that strives for safety, respect, tolerance, openness, creativity and fun!*Oversaw daily activities including sports, hiking, swimming, arts & crafts, nature activities, & Ropes Course challenges including any and all emergency provisions and procedures. Show less

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  BPP International

  Feb 2017 - Jul 2020

  International Program Director & Associate Director

  International Program & Assoc Director: (Nicaragua & Mexico) *Supervised & managed all 4 sites of BPP International in Mexico & Nicaragua for high quality programming.*Trained & implemented all quality assurance methods for staff, student, parent orientations, all communications with donors, the Development Team and NFG.*Organized & executed fundraising events and continued new donor outreach and collaborations*Implement & maintain administrative organizational methods for budgeting and contracting and evaluating staff Program Manager-Nicaragua: *Oversaw all hiring, training, observing, scheduling and daily management of staff and volunteers of 3 schools.*Led enrollment and retention processes for all 3 student bodies (currently 300 students)*Facilitated the programming areas with the development branch, which led to creations of new and updated ESL curriculum, and other elective course programming all highlighting Peace Education themes and pedagogies.*Ran weekly management of all administration systems including attendance, incident reports, development plans, family communications as well as with the Executive Director and Board of Directors Teacher & Academic Coordinator: *Planned and implemented materials for grammar, game and conversation classes of ESL.*Lead the preschool program for English immersion and Cultural Exchange with local and foreign children*Developed the Cultural Exchange Preschool Program curriculum for BPP*Researched, developed & implemented the inaugural pilot program curriculum for Girl’s *Leadership & Empowerment class. Including planning workshops, excursions and surveys for evaluation to measure impact*Lead volunteers & teachers in integrating them within our daily programming for the benefit of more cultural exchange and smooth transitions to ensure consistent and sustainable development for students. Show less

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  La Scuola International School

  Jul 2020 - Oct 2022

  • Director Of Operations

    Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Campus Director

    Jul 2020 - Jul 2022
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  Esperanza Academy

  Oct 2022 - now

  Vice Principal