Kristina Williams
Email: ********@***************.***
Address:
City: Fort Mill
State: SC
Zip: 29708
Country: USA
Phone: 803-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Exceptional Research Assistant, highly skilled at shifting between various roles within managerial and research assistant occupational duties.. Active and empathetic listener with a passion for improving undergraduate college students as well as at risk elementary student's academic and behavior management skills. Research Assistant and Program Management duties also include developing constructive relationships with a wide range of business community partners. Grant writing and fund-raising experiences were exercised twice each academic year to satisfy program developments and planning requirements for each grant period's sustainability program. Motivating and talented Program Director at Leaphart Elementary driven to inspire students to pursue academic and personal excellence. Strives to create a challenging and engaging learning environment in which students become life-long scholars and learners.
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from University of South Carolina, Columbia SC 1/2001 to 8/2009 (Experimental Psychology)
Job History / Details:
Summary
Exceptional Research Assistant, highly skilled at shifting between various roles within managerial and research assistant occupational duties..
Active and empathetic listener with a passion for improving undergraduate college students as well as at risk elementary student's academic and behavior management skills.
Research Assistant and Program Management duties also include developing constructive relationships with a wide range of business community partners.
Grant writing and fund-raising experiences were exercised twice each academic year to satisfy program developments and planning requirements for each grant period's sustainability program.
Motivating and talented Program Director at Leaphart Elementary driven to inspire students to pursue academic and personal excellence. Strives to create a challenging and engaging learning environment in which students become life-long scholars and learners.
Highlights
Program management
Parent-child conflict specialist
First Aid certified
Alternative Discipline Techniques
Exceptional interpersonal skills
Behavior management
Experience with at-risk youth
Compassionate and active listener
Regulatory advanced directives knowledge
Exceptional communication skills
Accomplishments
Work Accomplishments:
The Challenging Horizon's Program Awards and Accomplishments:
The "Innovative Program of the Year" Award (2004), Awarded by ChAADD (Children and Adult with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
The MetLife After School Innovator Award (2009), Awarded by The National After School Alliance.
The Literacy Champion Award for excellence in service-learning for promoting literacy.education (2009), Awarded by The South Carolina Education Oversight Committee.
Experience
September 2009 to May 2012
Leaphart Elementary School Columbia, South Carolina
Site Director
Primary Responsibilities as Research Assistant included HR management, grant management, data collection and analysis and Completion of Year End Reports submitted to the 21st Century Grant Company.
Challenged and motivated students through in-depth curriculum
highlighting daily lesson plans coordinated with each teacher working with students whom participated in the CHP program.
Communicated effectively with students from diverse backgrounds.
Inspired students to translate their academic interests into the real world by taking positive actions.
August 2009 to May 2012
University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Research Assistant
Maintained a teaching load of 4-5 undergraduate courses each semester.
Challenged and motivated undergraduate students through post program debriefing sessions which consisted of reinforcing positive CHP counselor work skills in the form of lectures and discussions.
Maintained regularly-scheduled office hours to advise and assist undergraduate students.
Inspired students to translate their academic interests into the real world by taking positive actions.
June 2011 to August 2011
The Rivers Edge Retreat Columbia, SC
Summer Camp Project Director
Primary Responsibilities included recruiting students, hiring and training staff members, coordinating staff schedules, creating student curriculum and running a non profit fund- raising project called "Adopt-A-Camper" to supplement families from low income communities to increase likelihood of low income students ability to attend summer camp.
As Camp Site Director I was responsible for sixty campers ages 4-14 and fifteen staff members in which I prepared schedules, activities and academic curriculum.
Secondary responsibilities included budget keeping, monthly budget reports and overall research evaluations on students who participated in the summer program for program evolution due to research outcomes.
November 2008 to March 2009
SCEAP: The South Carolina Early Autism Project Columbia, SC
Line Therapist
Primary Responsibilities include participating with two individual families with children suffering from Autism.
After going through training and accumulating a certification in Applied Behavior Analysis I was responsible for providing behavioral intervention to individual clients as a trained line therapist.
Education
August 2009 University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Bachelor of Arts Experimental Psychology
Cognate in Sociology
Member of Phi Beta Kappa, 2009
3.74 GPA
The National Honor's Society Academic Achievement Award
Attended 21st Century Grant Conference in Nashville, TN, July 2009
Attended 21st Century Grant Conference in Washington DC, July 2011
Professional Affiliations
Phi Betta Kappa Society Member, April 2009,
National Honor's Society Member
Undergraduate Educational Volunteer Experience
1. Carolina Rescue Project October 2006
For one week I engaged in a team of USC students traveling to Biloxi, Mississippi to help the relief efforts in the after math of Hurricane Katrina. Volunteer efforts included meeting and counseling families, producing relief packages, hands on building houses and engaging in community affairs to support natural disaster victims.
2.. Harvest Hope Food Bank April 2008
Volunteered 50 hours of work at Harvest Hope food bank helping prepare baskets of food to those families in need. Duties included stocking food, cleaning food, preparing food bags and handing food out to individual families.