Experience

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  Wwor channel 9 news at 10:00pm

  May 2007 - Aug 2007

  Production assistant intern

  •Assisted in the production of the 10:00pm nightly news broadcast for the New York Designated Market.•Assisted reporters out in the field and at the news desk; worked both dayside and nightside.•Logged and cued video; assembled scripts for the director, assistant director and anchors.•Added chyrons for stocks and lottery; pulled file for news packages and research needs.•Assisted in field production and contacted potential leads and sources for stories.•Experience working with strict and unmovable deadlines. Show less

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  Kirby mcinerney

  Sept 2008 - Aug 2009

  Paralegal

  •Assisted lawyers specializing in securities, healthcare industry, anti-trust, and anti-fraud litigation. •Conducted discovery work, industry research, and case history research using Westlaw, Pacer, Bloomberg and other databases. •Corresponded with co-counsel and clients.•Report writing and presentation; cite checking and copyediting.•Contracted with outside vendors.•Capable of working quickly and accurately under pressure to successfully meet short deadlines and complete court filings on time. •Able to analyze complex and detailed material, and solve problems. •Possess effective oral and written communication skills. •Document filing, uploading, and database management.•Ability to handle sensitive and confidential client materials. Show less

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  Montclair state university

  Sept 2009 - Aug 2011

  • IRB certified; assist in research study proposal writing and literature review writing.• Assist professors in conducting qualitative and quantitative research for academic publications, presentations and conferences with the aim of informing the mental and behavioral health care field. • Research mainly focused on finding counseling and mental health care implications for psychosocial client issues, including unsafe sexual behaviors, HIV transmission, and behavioral issues in children.• Assist with professional development conference marketing and organization• Aid in survey design.• Prioritize multiple assignments, and handle project management. Coordinate with university offices.• Maintain, monitor and upload to Blackboard Systems website. • Conduct data entry, coding, and handle database management for studies.• Project management, data maintenance, and report and presentation materials preparation for a federal grant awarded to evaluate the counseling program in the Teaneck, NJ school system. Show less

  • Graduate Student

    Sept 2009 - Aug 2011

  • Graduate Assistant

    Sept 2009 - Jun 2011
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  Ridgewood board of education

  Sept 2010 - May 2011

  Counseling intern

  •Aid students and parents in navigating the college admissions process•Assisted with student management, scheduling and college planning using Naviance and Skyward. Provided academic and personal/social individual and group counseling to students ages 14 - 18. •Aided in the coordination and delivery of the “Freshmen Focus” transitional program. •Communicated with college representatives, teachers, administrators and parent groups.

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  Hoboken board of education

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Counseling intern

  •Provide counseling services and psychoeducational instruction to students. Aid in the programming, delivery and evaluation of summer programming for incoming 8th through 12th graders focusing on increasing emotional intelligence and school readiness. •Conduct research and help prepare materials for Hoboken’s state-mandated School Safety Teams. •Coordinate with school offices and community resources.

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  Wayne board of education

  Nov 2011 - Jun 2016

  • Oversee all standardized testing six times per year in compliance with state and local policies. • Lead 2015 school-wide implementation of new Common Core standardized testing.• Develop individualized programs of study and college application plans for a diverse population.• Implemented a new bi-monthly parent forum initiative in the 2014-2015 year.• Present regularly to both student and adult groups/community members.• Coordinate with various school offices and outside health and human services agencies.• Committee member at the district level for secondary education initiatives. Develop effective timelines, strategic goals, best practices and SOPs.• Contact/lead on day-to-day matters concerning the department. Run weekly department meetings, coordinate with administration, spear-head departmental initiatives.• Fostered system implementation and management skills in rolling out school-wide student college/career planning system; served as point-person for all faculty training and inquiries.• Work with end users to help train/optimize the district-wide student management system for each person's needs• Provide college, academic and personal/social individual counseling and psychoeducational instruction to a caseload of approximately 200 students in grades 9-12. • Graduation ceremony coordinator/ management of a 1,000+ person event• Anti-bullying specialist and head of the School Safety Team, per the NJ Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights.• Developed and led a department-wide initiative introducing Naviance Family Connection to all students and parents in the school community in the fall of 2011. Show less

  • Lead School Counselor

    Jan 2013 - Jun 2016

  • School Counselor

    Nov 2011 - Jan 2013
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  Ursuline academy, wilmington, de

  Jun 2016 - now

  Director of counseling