Human Resources School District

George May

********@*****.*** ● **** Lindbergh Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19153 ● 215-***-****

EDUCATION:

Saint Joseph’s University

Masters Degree in Educational Leadership

4.0 GPA, Professional Education Award

Alpha Epsilon Lambda National Honor Society Omega Chapter

Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

B.S. Economics, Concentration in Marketing & Management

Varsity Men's Basketball Team - Four Year Letterman

CORE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES:

•Project Management Organizational Management

•Business Operations Human Resources

•Strategic Planning Professional Development

•Budgets/Forecasting Contract Negotiation

•Financial Analysis Sales/Marketing

EXPERIENCE:

William Penn School District, Lansdowne, PA August 2023 – July 2024

Student Services Community Liaison

Targeted and identified key partnerships and resources that enhanced and supported individual student intellectual, social, emotional, and academic development.

Established meaningful relationships throughout local boroughs, local communities and all stakeholder groups.

Partnered and provided effective leadership to support school administration, professional staff and district students toward removing existing barriers to equity education.

Created resource relationships and investments toward the support and execution for the school district overall mission to prepare all students for college and/or career readiness.

Worked closely with local politicians, business organizations, chamber of commerce, and service providers across multiple disciplines to provide awareness, student employment opportunities, and strategic planning initiatives to intentionally support our local schools.

Allegiant Group, Hillsborough, NJ May 2014 – August 2023

Senior Manager

•Provide leadership, team building, professional development, and revenue growth for a global professional accounting and finance recruiting firm.

•Direct supervision and management for a team of Executive Recruiters.

•Evaluate activity reports and metrics of recruiting associates’ daily activity and production levels.

•Manage full life cycle recruitment process for professional candidates and major diverse client base.

•Organizational Management, Strategic Planning, Financial Analysis, and effective implementation and execution of daily operational policies and procedures.

Graystone Academy Charter School, Coatesville, PA June 2011 – June 2013

Chief Executive Officer

•Established and implemented a research-based school-wide Character Education Curriculum.

•Primary responsibilities included rigorous instructional delivery for K-8 Public Charter School which served and educated 415 students with student demographics of 45% Hispanic, 40% African-American, 15% other, and 88% “free lunch” site eligibility.

•Responsible for the school organization’s overall daily operations which included: Human Resources, Employee Benefits, Salaries, Budgets/Forecasts, Facilities, Capital Improvement, Media Communications, Student Enrollment, Charter School Federal/State Regulations, and Fiscal Integrity.

•Implemented strategic actions that focused on the social and emotional intelligence and development of our student population which decreased student incidents and suspensions by 50% compared to the previous school year.

•Strategically targeted and established corporate, community, and faith-based partnerships that resulted in our school organization receiving additional student resources: school textbooks, computers, clothing, and support resources for our After-School Programs.

School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA August 2003 – June 2011

Director of Restorative Practices November 2009 – June 2011

•Provided professional development, training workshops, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation for the effective delivery and daily best practices of our Restorative Practices Model.

•Strategic analysis, evaluation, implementation and monitoring of a Character Education Curriculum for the School District Alternative Education Program which served and educated 11,000 students in grades (3 thru 11) throughout 42 alternative educational schools/programs that positively impacted professional staff and student relationships and improved the overall teaching and learning environment.

•Worked directly with School Leadership to set daily instructional priorities, school operating procedures/policies, school safety plans, and overall school climate and culture.

•Created and developed an Alternative Education Sub-Committee that provided strategic planning, action plans, and data analysis that focused on the effective monitoring and evaluation of the social and emotional intelligence and development for each individual student.

Local Management Officer August 2003 – November 2009

•Daily supervision for all “non-instructional” professional staff for Overbrook High School (comprehensive neighborhood high school) which served and educated 2000 students in grades 9 thru12.

•Responsible for School Facilities, Transportation, Community/Faith Partnerships, Fundraising, Stakeholder Group Relationships and establishing effective school operational policies and procedures.

•Worked directly with School Principal, instructional and non-instructional professional staff to create and implement all school safety policies and procedures which included school fire drills, shelter-in-place and school lock- down practices.

•Provided meaningful mentoring, coaching and leadership development for a newly created Student Leadership Organization (Panther Peace Core) that partnered with School Administration to significantly impact and improve the overall school climate and culture.

•Developed and effectively managed the School Alumni Program initiative targeted to actively reconnect the School Alumni toward the goal of investing their time, life experiences and resources which resulted in mentoring, college/career readiness, student employment and real-world skills workshops for the current student population.

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