Barbara Schaefer

Experience

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  Harcourt Brace/Temporaries Inc.

  Sept 1990 - Dec 1996

  Educational Measurement Assistant

  • Proofread and edited standardized tests. Paste-ups, page layouts, answer keys, and rating student responses. Project Management on evaluating and tracking text and graphics.

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  Ft. Sam Houston ISD & Southside ISD

  Sept 1990 - Oct 1991

  Teacher, Substitute Teacher

  • Extensive experience with Special Education, severely emotionally disturbed in standard and alternative schools. Planned and implemented curriculum, behavior modification.

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  SeaWorld

  Feb 1993 - May 1996

  Education Department, Animal Husbandry Assistant

  • Educated public about animals housed in the park. Direct animal care of penguins.

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  IndyHumane

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2001

  Customer Service Manager, Animal Welfare Advisor, Shelter Manager

  • Organized workflow of customer service and animal care staff. Human resources functions. Managed budget. Created standard operating procedures, generated reports for board of directors. Grant proposal formulation, public relations, marketing, and special events.• Redesigned adoption program. Increased adoptions and reduced euthanasia through focus on educating new pet owners. Developed a series of educational pamphlets.• Designed and implemented training program for employees and volunteers. • Worked in coalition with City Officials, City-County Council, Union and community members. • Extensive experience with animal care, medical procedures, and animal rescue. Responded to reports of animal neglect and abuse through direct community education and assistance. Show less

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  Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Case Manager - The AIR Project (Workforce Investment Act grant -approximately $1 million)

  • Caseload of 150 former airline industry professionals left without work after 9/11/2001.• Assessed skills, abilities, and interests. Developed employment and education plans. Resume development, interview coaching, computer skills training, matched candidates with employers. Coordinated wrap-around services and solution-finding to overcome obstacles.• Partnered with Workforce Investment Board and Department of Workforce Development.

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  American National University

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2005

  Student Services/Financial Planning Representative

  • One of three individuals on campus start-up team. Planned and implemented faculty onboarding and student orientations.• Planned two years of course scheduling to facilitate student completion across multiple programs with overlapping prerequisites.• Advised students. Processed financial aid. Monitored academic progress and student records.

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  Heritage College & Heritage Institute

  Oct 2005 - Sept 2015

  Director of Education

  • Directed approximately 25 faculty and staff. Oversaw multiple allied health and wellness programs with total enrollment averaging around 350 students.• Managed student services including advising, referrals to internal and external resources, monitoring academic benchmarks, student conduct interventions, and complaints. Transformed strategies normally used to overcome objections in admissions for use in student retention. Maintained student attrition rate generally below 4.5% per month and program completion rate between 70-80%.• Hired, trained, and evaluated full-time and adjunct faculty. Conducted in-services and coordinated professional development to improve instructional strategies and increase student retention. Monitored and maintained standards of accreditation.• Strategic Planning, Process Improvement, Change Management, Curriculum Development.• Listened to business and industry leaders by conducting advisory board meetings and fostering ongoing communication. Implemented recommendations to establish our programs as employers’ first choice for talent. Show less

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  Florida State College at Jacksonville

  Jul 2016 - Mar 2023

  • Direct a cross-functional team in providing support for 116 Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs with enrollment around 14,000. Lead recruitment, marketing, career pathways, retention, work-based learning, industry certification, completion, and job placement efforts. Manage workflows for efficiency, effectiveness and impact.• Guide data analysis and data-informed targeted interventions to reduce equity gaps for underserved and under-resourced populations. Focus on economic mobility for individuals and economic development for the community.• Spearhead internal collaborations and external partnerships to promote access and equity.• Pioneered Perkins V Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA). Primary CLNA architect and Project Manager. Orchestrate ongoing internal and external stakeholder engagement.• Increased Performance-Based Incentive Funding (PBIF) by $419,154 by increasing industry certification reporting from 681 in 2019 to 899 in 2020.• Committee work for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belongingness (DEIB), Guided Pathways, and Strategic Planning. Six Sigma team member for multiple complex projects. Show less • Used Concierge Coaching approach to assist military students or those who had previously stopped out, with a focus on re-enrollment, retention, and degree completion.• Built mutually beneficial relationships in Admissions, Student Records, Advising, Financial Aid, Student Financial Services and Academic Departments for problem solving and to creatively expedite solutions for obstacles faced by students.• Coordinated scholarship program and facilitated acceleration through transcript evaluations for course substitutions and other avenues for credit for prior learning. Show less

  • Program Manager - Carl Perkins Grant (approximately $1.5 million/year award)

    Nov 2019 - Mar 2023

  • Project Coordinator - Complete Florida

    Jul 2016 - Nov 2019
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  United Way of Wisconsin

  Apr 2023 - now

  Project Director - Workforce Development

  Advancing the Community Health Worker (CHW) Workforce in Wisconsin - HRSA Grant