Lisa N. Hamilton
Email: ********@*********.***
Address:
City: Phoenix
State: AZ
Zip: 85032
Country: USA
Phone: 412-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Experienced and energetic professional with demonstrated talent in management, training and customer service.Well-versed in developing and organizing training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials. Self-directed, flexible individual, known for outgoing and cooperative nature.
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from South University, Savannah GA 1/2001 to 2/2012 (Public Administration)
High School Dipolma from South University, Savannah GA 1/2001 to 10/2012
High School Dipolma from California University of Pennsylvania, Savannah GA 1/2001 to 10/2012
Job History / Details:
Professional Summary
Experienced and energetic professional with demonstrated talent in management, training and customer service.Well-versed in developing and organizing training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials. Self-directed, flexible individual, known for outgoing and cooperative nature.
Qualifications
Performance assessments
Active listening skills
Creative learning strategies
Effective time management
Goal Setting and Implementation,
Team Building
Time Management
Adult Learning
E-Learning Format
Problem Solving,
Experience
February 2010 to Current
South University-Education Management Corporation Phoenix, Arizona
Academic Manager
Instrumental in the staffing and development of the Phoenix department of academic counseling.
Trained and managed twenty-three academic counselors and achieved significant improvements in their productivity as compared to our Pittsburgh Division.
Planned, coordinated and directed personnel training and staff development programs for academic counselors.
Wrote, designed and produced several graduation team trainings to help increase student persistence goals.
Compiled data and analyzed past and current attendance rates for each academic counselor which lead to my team achieving their attendance goal for five consecutive class starts.
July 2011 to Current
Argosy University-Online Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Adjunct Faculty
Used variety of teaching techniques to encourage student critical thinking and discussion in Bachelor of Criminal Justice Program.
Developed, administered and corrected tests and quizzes in a timely manner.
Met with student to resolve conflicting educational priorities and issues.
February 2009 to February 2010
South University- Education Management Corporation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Academic Counselor
Advised students on course selection, progress toward graduation and career decisions.
Designed and developed job-aids to assist in the day to day activities of the academic counselor role.
Supported 600 students in the Allied Health Science Program
Contributed to staff training sessions as a new hire mentor.
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March 2008 to March 2009
South University- Education Management Corporation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
New Student Adviser
Maintained contact with all students including not only those making appropriate academic decisions but also at risk students, non-registered students, no show students and students with poor participation and attendance.
Provided proactive and quality advising to students during their first quarter of classes to ensure satisfaction.
Assisted in training new employees on the new student advising team.
January 2007 to February 2008
South University- Education Management Corporation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Enrollment Processor
Worked alongside Directors and Assistant Directors of Admissions to create student files, process new students and maintain current student enrollment.
Managed: data entry, transcript processing, file compliance and monitoring placement tests
Consistently had a high level of clearance for students who had outstanding documents
Developed a database, audit file checklist, and tracking for conversion of student paper-files to electronic files.
Education
2012 South University Savannah, Georgia
Master of Arts Public Administration
4.0 GPA
Graduated magma cum laude
2009 South University Savannah, Georgia
Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice
4.0 GPA
Graduated magma cum laude
2001 California University of Pennsylvania California, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science Secondary Education Comprehensive Social Science
3.7 GPA
Certifications
I have a few years of training experience as well as management experience. In my last position as an Academic Manager at Education Management Corporation. I was responsible for hiring and training the first team of academic counselors. My last project training my graduation teams on building better persistence rates with their student body.