Charnita J. Ponder

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SKILLS

●Works well without supervision

●Exhibits leadership daily

●Collaborates well with others

●Ability to prioritize and remain focused on the essence of an issue

●Skilled at learning new concepts quickly while working well under pressure

EXPERIENCE

12 Parks Parking 06/2023-07/2023

Valet

●Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.

●Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.

●Greet customers and open their car doors.

●Issue ticket stubs or place numbered tags on windshields, log tags or attach tag to customers' keys, and give customers matching tags for locating parked vehicles.

●Perform cash handling tasks, such as making change, balancing and recording cash drawer, or distributing tips.

Valiant Cross Academy 07/2022-Current

Bible Teacher

●Motivate and lead students to accept God's gift of salvation, help them grow in their faith, and guide them to a realization of their worth in Christ.

●Integrate Biblical principles and the Christian philosophy of education throughout the curriculum and activities.

●Keep proper discipline in the classroom and on the school premises to create a nurturing learning environment.

●Maintain a clean, attractive, well-ordered classroom.

●Plan broadly through the use of semester and quarterly plans and objectives, and more currently through the use of a daily lesson plans.

●Plan a program of study that, as much as possible, engages the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students, challenging and inspiring each to do his/her best work.

●Utilize recitation, Socratic questioning, exploration, discovery, and all manner of student writing, presentation, dialogue, and debate to achieve curriculum goals.

●Employ a variety of instructional aids, methods, and materials that will provide for creative teaching to reach the whole child: spiritual, mental, physical, social, and emotional.

●Plan through approved channels the balanced classroom use of field trips, guest speakers, and other media.

●Use homework effectively for drill, review, enrichment or project work.

●Assess the learning of students on a regular basis and provide progress reports as required.

●Maintain regular and accurate attendance and grade records to meet the demands for a comprehensive knowledge of each student's progress.

●Keep students, parents, and the administration adequately informed of progress or deficiencies and give early and often notice of failure.

●Recognize the need for good public relations. Represent the school in a favorable and professional manner to the school's constituency and the general public.

●Create a strong educational family by developing and maintaining rapport with students, parents, and staff by treating everyone with friendliness, dignity, and consideration.

●Attend and participate in scheduled devotional, in-service, retreats, committees, faculty, and parent meetings.

●Know the procedures for dealing with issues of an emergency nature.

●Inform the administration in a timely manner if unable to fulfill any duty assigned.

●Prepare adequate information and materials for a substitute teacher.

Lee County Department of Human Resources, Opelika, Alabama 10/2021-07/2022

Senior Social Worker 1

●Operated in the capacity of a foster care worker

●Transported clients to appointments, and supervised visitations with family members

●Ensured the safety and wellbeing of clients by monthly home visitations

●Conducted and facilitates case plan meetings

●Filed important paperwork concerning clients

●Attended court hearings to advocate for clients legally such as permanency hearings, to-do list docket reviews, termination of parental right trials, and judicial reviews

●Conducted on-call work that includes but is not limited to; responding to crisis of physical abuse and neglect allegations

●Ensured client's 14 and up receive state allowances

●Ensured client's receive SSI payments

●Made family based in-service referrals for clients

●Made counseling referrals for clients

●Made mental health evaluation referrals for clients

Project Wiggles and Giggles, Montgomery, Alabama 6/2021-8/2021

Service Coordinator

●Provided meaningful resources for families

●Facilitated intakes for potential eligible children with developmental delays, disabilities or diagnosis

●Conducted monthly service coordinated visits with parents to manage the Individualized Family Service Plan of The Family

●Filed the appropriate paperwork for each child on our caseload

●Gave support and assistance to team members and their families

●Managed evaluations and assessments for autism as needed for ages 12-26 months

●Typed detailed notes and entered them into the ChildPlus system

Family and Medical Counseling Service, Incorporated-Washington, D.C. 08/2020-05/2021

Intern Therapist

●Facilitated and led a substance use disorder group therapy session

●Conducted assessments for clients that consisted of a biopsychosocial

●Gave support and clinical assistance to clients in individual therapy sessions

●Provided coping skills or interventions for clients who dealt with ADHD, depression, and anxiety disorder

●Conducted cognitive behavioral therapy, mindful meditation, deep breathing exercise, positive affirmations, and self-care activities during the individual sessions

District of Columbia Public Schools-Washington, D.C.

Office of Teaching and Learning Early Childhood Graduate Intern 08/2019-05/2020

●Orchestrated parent intake interviews for parent consent forms

●Facilitated friendship circle or social skills group with students

●Observed and assessed students during center time

●Typed detailed notes and imported them into the QuickBase system

●Presented credible information during parent presentations

●Attended quality and relatable trainings to the early childhood division

Pike County Department of Human Resources-Troy, Alabama

Undergraduate Intern 05/2019- 07/2019

●Supervised and monitored home and office visitations between parent and child

●Gathered beneficial information for workers

●Typed narrative reports for workers weekly

●Gathered prize donations for a multi-disciplinary team training for agency

Regency Park Community Center-Montgomery, Alabama

Staff Aide 05/2018-08/2018

●Orchestrated a series of activities and programs

●Managed budget for student field programs, and filed in office paperwork

●Developed beneficial disciplinary actions

●Mediated conflict between students in the center

●Led engaging morning assemblies

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Boys and Girls Club of Pike and Surrounding Counties-Troy, Alabama

Volunteer 01/2016-07/2019

●Co-facilitate group counseling sessions with various girl groups on a weekly basis on subjects such as positive mannerisms, time management, and the importance of good grades during school

●Managed and organized holiday programs for the students

Troy University-Troy, Alabama

Conversation Partner 08/2017- 12/2017

● Organized planned meetings with three international students

● Educated the students on American culture

Billy Thames Boys & Girls Club-Montgomery, Alabama 05/2013-07/2015

Volunteer

● Observed and monitored children's play activities and maintained a safe play environment

● Structured different activities for students and coordinated events

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Executive Board Member for M.I.S.S. Elite Society Troy University Campus Organization

●Served as the Events Coordinator, 2017

HONORS

●2017-2018 American Muscle Fitness Club Community Service Head Leader

●2018-Student Government Association Presidential Cabinet

●2017-2018 Habitat for Humanity Community Service Chair

●2016- Outstanding Member for M.I.S.S. Elite Society

●2016- Awarded the Lloyd Williams Scholarship- Students who have achieved a 3.0 or higher

●2016- Awarded the Tessie Oliver Nixon Scholarship- Students who have achieved a 3.25 or higher

●2016-The Alabama Scholarship- Students who are dependent of active or retired veteran

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Behavioral Health Workforce and Educational Training Program, January- May 2021

Traineeship

●Substance/Opioid Use Training (Underserved Population)

●Client Engagement Assessment Intervention Training

●Trauma Basics and Self-Care

●Client Documentation and Ethical Dilemmas in Social Work Practice

●Public Health Training

●Financial Literacy in the Social Work Field

●Tele-case Simulation: Emergency Room Social Worker: Family Treatment and Intervention Plan

●Tele-case Simulation: Interdisciplinary Terms and the Effectiveness in Hospital Settings

●Opioids and Aging Training

●Comorbidity Training

●Substance Use Training-SIBRT Training

●Historical Trauma, Structural Racism, Intergenerational Trauma, and Implications for Marginalized Communities Training

●Trauma Informed Care, Core-concepts of Understanding Trauma, Trauma Case Assessment Training

●Professional Development Training

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Social Work 07/2019

Troy University, Troy, Alabama

Master of Social Work 05/2021

Howard University, Washington, D.C.

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