Rodney Smith

Experience

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  Primerica Financial Services

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Insurance Sales Agent

  Managed 30 consumer insurance accountsMarketed and sold life insurance productsPresented daily and weekly sales data to managers

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  Pike High School/Indianapolis Public Schools

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Teacher/Teacher Aide/Substitute Teacher

  Managed 20 students in the in-school suspension roomSubstitute teach for absent teachersManage the work load for students in the in-school suspension roomProjects and Accomplishments Creator of Midwest Arts & Technology Charter School 2008-2009Secured tutoring partnership with Rasmussen College; Secured partnership with Rockford Dance CompanyCreated Charter School educational planCreated Charter School budget

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  Potter's House Family and Children Treatment Center

  Dec 2009 - Sept 2011

  Residential Program Director/Group Home Supervisor

  Responsible for recruiting applicants for the residential group home programResponsible for interviewing,hiring, and training residential counselors and direct care professionalsCreated the first Independent Living ProgramResponsible for medication management of clientsMarketing and sales of residential programProvide case management services to clientsManage residential staff

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  The Rodney Smith Company

  Jan 2012 - Jun 2015

  Owner

  As the owner of The Rodney Smith Company I provide powerful and informative podcasts, free educational writings, life coaching, personal development coaching, and basketball fitness coaching services.

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  CSL Behring

  Jan 2012 - May 2013

  Budget Maintenance of a 2 Million Dollar BusinessCalibration and Testing of Medical EquipmentRecruiting of all levels of staff and departments in: phlebotomy, medical reception, machine repair, donor suppot techs, medical supevisors, center medical director, plasma processing tech Effective partner with HR and Management to establish and maintain hiring processes and metrics Management of 70 Employees Apart of impacted employee teamWorked in teams with SME and coders Used beta donor management system to ensure consistency with needs

  • Assistant Center Manager

    Aug 2011 - May 2013

  • Software Implementation Team Member

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2013
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  Grifols

  May 2013 - May 2014

  Center Manager

  Responsible for managing the operations of plasma collection facility, to include financial, marketing, administrative, regulatory, quality, personnel and facilities management functions. Supervises the daily functions and staff activities across departments to optimize operational efficiency.•Supervise the operations within the facility. This includes maintaining compliance with all federal, state, local and company regulations related to quality of product, employee and donor safety. •Provide leadership to ensure donor retention, high customer service levels, production monitoring and cost data. •Manage facility audit processes and helps to resolve any related issues that arise from the audit. This includes collaborating with Regional Manager and management team to prepare for and host internal and external auditors and ensuring timely response and closure to audit observations. •Perform analysis of related data to promote efficient operations. This includes forecasting and attaining production and cost goals, while assuring compliance with Baxter, local and federal regulations. •Resolve related facility issues and manage inquiries for facility information. May assist in center production issues. •Manage center staff. Includes staff communication, providing feedback to employees, developing employee talent, administering compensation, and assisting in management of the recruiting process. May support and conduct management training •Supports the center management team in identifying operational opportunities for continuous improvement, initiating changes to center processes as needed, through use of company approved procedures (including but not limited to 5S, Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen). Show less

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  PAWER LLC

  Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

  Motivational Speaker , Professional Development Coach, & Author

  Motivational Speaker for my own company called PAWER

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  Childrens Bureau

  Apr 2015 - May 2015

  Policies and Procedures Creation Team/Technical Writer/Supervisor

  Lead action teams on activites to create handbook like reading old handbooks and deciding which policies and procedures to keep or discardEnsured that documents were reviewed and approved through the EDMS.Worked with company executives and managers to review and update the SOP.Co-authored policies and procedures that should go into the employee handbook.Captured minutes during meetings on the proposed policies and procedures for the opening of the new residential facility program.Proofread and edited all pages of both staff and client handbook.Created first and second copy of the staff handbook Show less

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  Pike Township

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2022

  Teacher

  Responsible for preparing lesson plans and educating students. My duties include assigning homework, grading tests, and documenting progress. Classroom instruction and the creation of engaging lesson plans.

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  The Anchor

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2020

  Writer

  Write articles and submit themResearch current eventProvide sources for articles submittedProofread articles

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  New Augusta Public Acad North

  May 2022 - now

  Dean of Students

  Instructional leader with oversight of curriculum development and student assessment (internal and external).Oversee professional development of all education staff.Supervise the daily instructional work of all teachers.Communicate regularly with the school principal concerning student achievement, curriculum development and professional development.Assist with the design of middle school curriculum with scaffolded outcomes aligned to the State Standards.Ensures appropriate rigor on internal assessments by building assessments prior to the school year for content areas taught by direct reports, including benchmark scores to indicate an appropriate level of masteryUse excel to create spreadsheets for data analysis Builds and/or vets a yearlong sequence of objectives for each course taught by a direct report prior to teacher orientation.Implement effective internal assessment systems to monitor academic progress of students throughout the year.Implement and oversee systems for data analysis of all internal and external assessments. Show less