Development Director
Resume:
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Lynn A. Jones-Hoats
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Bethlehem Pa 18015
484-***-**** cell
*******@*****.***
Objective
To obtain a position as a Director of Education or Training in the Human Service field where I have proven
ability to create cross system programming and recruitment in which to highlight each individual’s assets and
strengths while providing leadership in a quality motivating fashion to a diverse population.
Education
1986 Pennsylvania State University, State College Pa
BA Psych/ SW minor
Obtained one year of independent research in graduate study
of counseling skills supervised by Dr. Stanley Baker
1986 Lehigh County Community College
Six credits in Criminal Justice Administration
1991-93 DeSales University
Completed 10 Secondary Ed credits with GPA of 4.0
1991-95 Kutztown University
Completed 30 credits ECE, all but three credits towards GPA4.0
Work Experience
1983 Nursery Director: Fitness America, Whitehall Pa
• Coordinated Daily activities Daily
• Curriculum weekly for up to 14 children
• Supervision of staff and children
1983-88 Juvenile Services of Lehigh County, Allentown Pa
• Childcare counselor; Supervision and care of juvenile delinquents
• Curriculum and Activity Development
• Court appearances
1988 Counselor/ Caseworker; Community Commitment Inc.
• Assess and provide a wide range of services to target family
• Holistic approach to families in crisis
• Case management
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• Court appearances
• Mentoring
• Therapy services, recreation, survival and resilience techniques, advocacy, and self
esteem building)
1988-91 Coordinator of Social Services for Women’s Prison, Lehigh County Pa
• Liaison between inmates and government agencies and the services provided.
• Responsible for counseling needs of inmates
• Development of Treatment plans
• Administrative Duties under the direct supervision of the Deputy Warden
• Coordinating all the Services coming into the prison.
• Court Appearances when necessary.
• Group sessions
1995-05 Lynn’s Creative Gardenscapes: CEO small landscape company
• Providing landscape services to Bucks, Lehigh
• Lawn mowing
• Weeding
• Hardscaping
• Landscape plans
2003-date Independent Contract Trainer
• Certified Facilitator for Strengthening Families Program 10 to 14
• Allentown Parent College Facilitator ( Penn State Fudge-it Budget, Communication
workshop)
• Satellite downlink for Penn State Cooperative Extension (ECE topics)
• PROSPER Team member (Asst to Family Living Agent, Dissemination of research
based programming to the local level, Facilitation, and marketing)
• Corporate Trainer: Budgeting, Communication, Leadership etc for All State Insurance
Company
• Certified Trainer for All Stars Program
• PQAS Certified Trainer: Professional Development around ECE topics,
communication, leadership, professionalism, creative programming, marketing,
supervision, Bullying, Parenting Classes,and Home Based Childcare Classes.
• Curriculum Development for PQAS, LCCC, MCCC, Various Conferences, CSC
workshops and seminars.
• Facilitated workshops and Trainings both online and in person for Lehigh, Luzerne,
Montgomery, Philadelphia, Chester, Bucks, Berks, Wayne, Tioga, Centre, Allegheny,
Hershey, and Capital Region Counties.
• Adjunct Instructor under Dean of Education: ECE and EDU topics (110, 120,140,
201)
• SpecialQuest Certified Trainer: Best Practices on Inclusion of children with special
needs.
2005-06 Educator / Mentor Next Step Program: Partnership with CareerLink, LCCC, and
Surrounding High Schools.
• Curriculum Development
• Counseling
• Marketing and Recruitment
• Education
2006-08 Director of YouthLink: Out of school partnership with CareerLink, LCCC CVS
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• Responsible for program development, curriculum, and hiring. This was grant based
welfare to work program targeting the underserved 18 to 25 age group. It was a
partnership with CVS to train students to be Pharmacy Tech and also encourage students
to continue with education to become Pharmacists.
• Scheduling Job Shadowing Experiences, Monitoring of students in their work
environment.
• Marketing of program and Recruitment of students.
• Mentoring students
• Testing of the students’ pre and post.
2007 System of Care Regional Director SKN: Center for Schools and
Communities held the contract for the Dept of Health where there were 6
Coordinators across Pennsylvania.
• Cross system collaboration for children with special needs and their families.
• State and local collaboration
• Targeting special projects in each of the 6 regions of PA.
• Grant identification and writing
• Community Mapping of demographics and resources for each target community.
• Training and Professional Development
• Community Engagement
• Marketing
• Fund raising for target projects.
• Reports monthly to the Pa Dept of Health on projects and initiative progress.
• Connections made throughout Pa.
• Cultivation of network within my Southeast 5 County Region
• Development of the Cultural and Linguistic Competency Strategic Plan for the SOC.
• Served as Team member for the Parental Involvement Plan development for the SOC.
• Board member for Daniel’s Den, Chester County Family Partnerships, Arc of Pa, Berks
County Access, Lancaster Transition Coordinating Counsel, Illumination Project,
Threshold Foundation, Pa keys, PROSPER program, and Arc of Chester County, Arc of
Philadelphia County, and various other affiliations though this position working regionally
but for the state of Pa.
2008-09 Preschool Program Specialist: Pa Key Pre K Counts Program SE region
• Philadelphia County caseload of 30 including all of the charter school pre k programs.
• Grant monitoring for the Pa Pre K Counts Grantees
• Regional Coordinator providing support to caseload to improve outcomes for children
within the program.
• Administers the tool to measure each program, maintain the files, and report back to the
state.
2009-10 Assistant Director EI Support: Leadership Pre K Academy WDPLLPCS
• Responsible for the Family Support for 160 students.
• Grant identification and writing
• Development of resources for the Families
• Curriculum strategies and teacher development
Volunteer Work
I currently serve on the team of PROSPER for Salisbury School District which began as a research project
about 5 years ago and I was asked to be a member 5 years ago. This program began as a module for bringing
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researched based programming into a community and data was collected and will be for another 5 years to
see what effect this type of module has on overall community health and well being. I serve as the parent
partner as well as deliver programming such as the Strengthening Families Program and All Stars Program to
the Salisbury Community.
I also was a member of the since disbanded Professional Development Organization for Early Childhood
Education which encompassed both Lehigh and Northampton Counties. It has now become absorbed into the
Pa Regional Key and One Voice.
Languages
I took Spanish in Middle School, High School and also College for a total of 6 years.
References
Will be provided upon request
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