James Lawrence

Experience

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  West Milford Township Public Schools

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2010

  Assistant Band Director
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  Westwood Regional School District

  Sept 2010 - Jun 2018

  Lead Teacher, Program Manager

  11 MATRIX REPORTS | 6-FIGURE ANNUAL BUDGET | LEAD GOOGLE SUITE/LMS TRAINER | INCREASED STUDENT ENROLLMENTTaught 120 students annually in Instrumental Music, Music Theory, and the History of Rock and Roll. Communicated effectively with parents, monitoring correspondence and delivering timely responses. Developed positive relationships with co-workers, parents, students, and internal and external stakeholders.Implemented the use of MailChimp across the department to determine the effectiveness of parent communication, analyzing open and click rates and increasing the number of emails read by parents.Introduced and trained 80 staff members across the district in Google Suite Applications and LMS, increasing the student’s ability to create more digital projects.Improved student retention in music, arts, and theater by 80% by analyzing enrollment reports in order to gain insights and prevent scheduling issues.Increased enrollment in music classes by developing an instrument introduction, encouraging students to interact with each instrument and analyze their competencies. Show less

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  TALMA

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  Fellow

  TALMA, the Israel Program for Excellence in English sponsored in part by the Israeli Ministry of Education, is a three-week English-immersion program for low-income Israeli elementary schoolchildren. Taught English to 3rd grade students in a low-income community in Migdal Haemek, Israel.Overcame a language and cultural barrier working in partnership with an Israeli co-teacher.Participated in Professional Development based around building a value-based community.

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  School District of the Chathams

  Jul 2018 - Jul 2022

  Department Head, Project & Program Manager, Learning & Development

  25 DIRECT REPORTS | 6-FIGURE ANNUAL BUDGET | MANAGE LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS & EVENTS | HIRED & ONBOARDED 12 STAFFSupervise and develop the visual and performing arts program for kindergarten to grade 12 students. Manage marketing strategy for community-based events to increase donations from community members. Oversee purchasing of inventory. Create and facilitate professional development sessions for multiple departments. Planned and executed a TEDx event for 750 participants, developing a stakeholder team to agree on scope, budget, and deliverables, achieving a 95/100 net promoter score and the renewal of TED license year over year.Directed the initiation of a virtual performance project, increasing attendance rates by 60% due to Covid-19 restrictions, managing the budget, recruiting outside vendors, and collaborating with teachers to market program.Achieved a 95% teacher satisfaction rate, hiring 12 additional teachers while increasing 1:1 support, optimizing workflows, and procuring meaningful professional development programs.Planned a community-centered performing arts event that exceeded capacity, planning all logistics and managing budget and scope while developing relationships with relevant stakeholders.Developed and revised 40 curricula, collaborating with teachers and senior leadership to develop departmental goals and key objectives for each course, increasing funding by 10% year-over-year. Show less

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  J.P. Morgan

  Jul 2022 - now

  Vice President, Client Skills Training

  Vice President, Client Skills Training & Practice Management, J.P. Morgan Private BankMaintains strong partnerships with senior leadership, key stakeholders and HR partners to drive our Training Strategy.Engages with business stakeholders and practice partners to shape core content, assessments, exercises, and workshops.Responsible for developing, designing, and facilitating a suite of in-person and virtual training programs within the Private Bank, including new hire training and onboarding, lending and banking practices, and estate and financial planning concepts. Coaches subject matter experts and content creators on presentation relevance and impact.Defines and measures key metrics to help assess impact and success of new initiatives. Show less