“ELOISE” LESLIE (SHAH)

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EDUCATION

Student Masters Arts in Teaching ESOL 6/2024 - present University of Maryland Baltimore Campus

Master of Health Science - Health Policy and Management 5/2001 The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Bachelor of Arts - Women’s Studies - 5/1999

University of Maryland, College Park Magna Cum Laude Associate of Arts - General Studies 5/1996

Montgomery County Community College

WORK EXPERIENCE

Adult ESL Teacher - unpaid professional experience Washington English Center 4/2024 - present

Co-teach adults from global backgrounds how to communicate effectively in English. Support reading and listening skills (receptive learning) and speaking and writing skills

(productive learning skills).

Substitute Teacher - ESL, ELA, History, Health

District of Columbia Public Schools 9/2021 - present Maintain good classroom order as a K-12 substitute teacher in urban school systems with disparities in socio-economic demographics

Ensure that in my classrooms discrimination is not a barrier to education Keep the children motivated and engaged while implementing teacher prepared lesson plans.

Skill base in ESOL, Health, Social Studies, Humanities, and Language Arts. Facilitator of International Young Adult Dialogue

Soliya.net – 9/2018 - present

As part of an international peace-keeping effort, facilitate weekly on a per semester basis youth dialogue across continents. Support their understanding of cultural identity and build their empathy and awareness skills of socio-political power dynamics. Selected and facilitated anti-racism awareness for the International Monetary Foundation. Grant Writer, Consultant, Coach

LGS Strategies, LLC, 11/2014 – present

Coach people to recognize self-limiting behaviors, form healthier relationships, and to engage successfully with lateral staff, supervisors, and supporting staff. Developed, and won competitive federal grants that recognized the need for comprehensive, coordinated, and integrated health care services Prepared health centers for successful federal site visits. Audited Federal programs for compliance with statute, regulation and policy guidelines. Adjunct Faculty Beginning and Intermediate Adult ESOL Prince George’s Community College 8/2019 – 6/2021

Taught English to adult learners emphasizing receptive learning skills. Use gross motor skills to implement kinesthetic syllabic study, math concepts to explain the English language, and learned Montessori concepts to teach complex grammar concepts.

• CASIS scores improved for preliterate and literate students. Taught grammar as communicative of life, safety and state of being. Supported the production of clear speech in students with oral disabilities. Public Health Analyst, Team Lead, and Mentor - Recognized for Excellence US Department of Health and Human Services 11/2010 – 02/2014 CMS Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Prepared the policies and procedures that allowed for an initial and subsequent clean A-123 programmatic audits during a time of Congressional scrutiny and programmatic start-up.

Led intra-agency review teams with cross-functional subject matter expertise for the review and award of high profile, high risk, time sensitive applications for Affordable Care Act federal grant funding.

Prepared and led briefings for senior leadership routinely, presented program and policy implications to award orally and in writing. Recognized and presented with Administrator’s Group Citation Award.

Onboarded staff, supported their retention, and mentored them to become leaders through an understanding of strengths, resources, and opportunities for professional development.

Project Officer, Policy Analyst - Recognized and Awarded US Department of Health and Human Services 07/2000 – 11/2010 Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Primary Health Care Northern Operations Branch and Central Mid-Atlantic Division Trusted source for programmatic training and technical assistance for urban & rural community health centers, migrant health centers, school-based health clinics and health care for the homeless sites.

Evaluated and assessed health center operations and progress using qualitative and quantitative data; briefed leadership in writing and orally; reviewed budgets, audits, business and health care planning, utilization and process data, and grant proposals; made recommendations for growth in operations

Doubled my case load during Hurricane Katrina to allow for full deployment of staff. Tracked the passage of legislation through the House and Senate, briefing Bureau leadership and training division leadership through prepared oral and written briefings. Would become the programmatic point of contact for health care financing. Uniform Data Set design team member for the Bureau of Primary Health Care, supporting policy and programmatic changes in the reporting of demographic and utilization data to what would become an increasingly process and outcome driven data set. VOLUNTEER SERVICE, MEMBERSHIPS, and ACCREDITATIONS Panel Mediator for Maryland District Court

Volunteer Grant Writer - Children Of Incarcerated Parents International• National Advocate for mental health recovery awareness – speaker, writer Undergraduate Teaching Assistant – University of Maryland College Park Research Assistant – University of Maryland College Park • S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Act Training and TA Intern Crisis Hotline Volunteer – My Sister’s Place, a Shelter for Battered Women and their Children—1997-1999; Crisis Hotline Volunteer of the Year 1999. TRAINING

Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 12/2019 Montgomery College TESOL Teacher Training Institute Primary Foundations - Association Montessori International - 3 credits 8/2018 Loyola Maryland

ACTP ICF Certified Transformative Leadership Coach 12/2017 Leadership that Works, Int’l

Advanced and Basic Mediation Training 2016-present Baltimore Mediation, Center for ADR, Mediation Matters, MPME 180+ hrs.

Organizational Consulting and Change Leadership 7/2015 Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies PRESENTATIONS and PAPERS

Community Health Needs Assessments – A Critical First Step for Effective Population and Public Health - George Mason University, Guest Lecturer, Introduction to US Health Care Systems - Spring 2018 Creating Syllabic Awareness in Written and Spoken English Starting with the Identities and Action of the Learner – Washington Area TESOL Mini-Conference 2/29/2020

Understanding Health as a Continuum Greenblat, Leslie Schizophrenia Bulletin Vol 26 Issue 1, 2000 pages 243-245

Health Center Financial Performance: National Trends and State Variation, 1998-2004, Leiyu Shi, Patricia B Collins, Kaytural Felix Aaron, Vannessa Watters, and Leslie Greenblat Shah 2007, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice