Ashley Spencer, M.S., M.A.

Experience

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  River Center Leasing

  Jun 2006 - Jun 2009

  Administrative Assistant

  • Developed building operation contracts• Produced tenant work order and invoices for the Director of Facility. • Aided the leasing team in scheduling and preparing lease abstracts.• Responsible for all correspondence that enters the office.

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  Chicago International Charter School - Longwood Campus

  Jun 2010 - Oct 2012

  High School Counselor

  • Collaborate with instructors/counselors and parents regarding Individualized Education Plans, student discipline issues, and provide strategic improvement plans.• Facilitate communication between our school and parents to ensure student topics are effectively discussed.• Assisted in planning and implementing the Response to Intervention programming for identified students.• Work with at-risk students, while also facilitating conversations to resolve various home and school issues. • Assist with administering Educational Planning and Assessment Systems (EPAS) for student career planning.• Evaluate and track student progress levels to ensure mandatory graduation requirements are met/exceeded.• Help students become acquainted with high-school programs/curriculum via the Summer Transitions program.• Implement “6 to16” lessons into the 9th-grade curriculum, which provides college preparation skill lessons.• Provide academic counseling to all students in the Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) Program.• Interpret high-stakes standardized testing results (i.e., EXPLORE, PLAN, PSAE). Show less

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  Chicago Public Schools

  Oct 2012 - now

  Professional School Counselor

  School Counselor• Collect and maintain confidential records and data.• Arrange all counseling related events i.e., college visits, college fairs, grade-level summits. • Facilitate individual meetings with parents and students to address concerns.• Participate in weekly meetings to assess and review data to determine and prioritize student needs with teachers and administration• Collaborate with students, staff, and families, to provide responsive services to address studentbarriers to academic achievement.• Assist senior students in developing a concrete post-secondary plan to meet Learn. Plan. Succeed graduation requirement.• Conduct biweekly post-secondary meetings with key stakeholders to establish goals for post-secondary goals. Show less