Margaret Doherty-Rodriguez

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White Plains, N.Y. 10605

C. 917-***-****

Objective to seek a position where I can utilize my experience and education in a senior executive position

Experience:

12/02/2019-Current

Congregation Luminous Inc.

Executive Director, Education and Compliance

Oversees the educational component of the Program as well as Compliance of article 47, DOH. Works with the staff on all aspects of developmentally appropriate practice in planning and following creative curriculum. Additionally, as well as the ASQ for parents and IIters and Ecers Reports to CEO.

4/23/19- 11/30/2019

Beanstalk Academy

Providing quality early education and childcare for children, age’s six-weeks old through school age. Creating and maintaining an environment for positive experiences for children, families and community.

Responsible for all aspects of DOH permits and compliance.

8/16-4/22/19

Bright Horizons

Academy Early Childhood Director/Administrator- oversee 9 classrooms, 25 teachers, and 3 Administrative staff. Responsible for the oversight of all aspects to running a program.

8//13-8/16

Adjunct Professor for CUNY School of Professional Studies

Teach Early Childhood Directors at the Children’s Program Administrator Credential Program

Teach Article 47 and budgets in Early Childhood.

Brightside Academy NY Regional Compliance Director

Currently oversee 8 Academies for general quality compliance through auditing all sites. I work on four areas. These areas include Quality Assurance to ensure staff meets required ACS, DOE, and DOH requirements. Providing ongoing audits for each Academy following Article 47 and 81. I work on Quality Improvement functions to identify learning needs and gaps in service so that staff always strives towards meeting good early childhood practice. I provide Accountability Oversight by ensuing the highest quality for Directors in their functions and help them understand what the requirements are -to be compliance. Support is key. Additionally, Site Administrative supervision and the functions in place to support of the Site Director in the overall administrative oversite of the programs at each Academy location.

6/13-8/13

Brightside Academy Area Business Manager:

Provided quality early education and childcare for children, age’s six-weeks old through school-age. Created and maintained an environment for positive experiences for children, families and communities served and leadership of Brightside employees. (Overseen three sites)

12/2013-5-2013

Brightside Academy Director, Bronx, N.Y:

Provided quality early education and childcare for children, age’s six-weeks old through school age. Created and maintained an environment for positive experiences for children, families and communities served and leadership of Brightside employees.

8/2007- 2012

YWCA Vice President, Programs

Design new programs for children of all ages that are supportive of the Associations mission. Create budgets, identify potential funding sources and provide support with grant preparation. Consult with the Fund Development team to coordinate/meet with funders and grant preparation.

Ensure the branches are integrating the best and latest trends, techniques and approaches in their youth development programs.

Initiate, create and write policies and procedures to ensure the appropriate care and treatment of all youth in the YWCAs care.

Design and implement staff training programs to ensure the effective delivery of all youth, pre-school thru High School

Manage several Association-wide youth and DOL programs, with budgets totaling approximately $8-10 million.

Consult with Program Directors to resolve incidents and problems related to youth program participants (e.g. managing children with behavior problems, child abuse allegations, suicide attempts, etc.).

Serve as the Associations primary liaison with other youth serving organizations to secure support for the YWCA, provide consultation, form partnerships and advocate for important issues related to youth.

Oversee the preparation of stewardship reports as necessary, as well as other vehicles for program accountability.

Work closely with Executive Directors and Operations Vice Presidents to ensure the effective assessment and evaluation of our programs.

Liaison to federal, state and local government agencies on issues such as education, women and youth

Assist the Chief Operating Office with establishing priorities for the Associations Strategic Plan regarding youth programs and DOL.

Support the Strategic Program Committee of the YWCA Board of Directors.

Directly supervise 12 Directors, 1 Deputy Director and 2 support Staff.

8/2000-6/30/2007

YWCA -NYC Deputy Executive Director of Early Childhood Programming Child Care/ HR Director for Early Childhood Programming

Supervisor and Administrator of 6 City Funded/Private early childhood

programs for the YWCA Of NYC. Responsible for licensing through DOH

for all sites. Spearheaded and facilitated NAEYC Accreditation for six sites.

Supervision and Administration of UPK programs for DOE in Region 7 and 9. As the Deputy Director, I was responsible for all HR requirements for union and non-union employees as well all government and non- government employee HR requirements. The Director, Human Resources is responsible for creating and implementing HR strategies to support short and long-term strategies for these respective clients groups. This would be key areas around shaping and managing the reputation of the YWCA, managing key external stakeholders, and help managing the external environment (i.e. Health Care Reform, Regulatory Policy, and Crisis Management). This position is responsible for providing input and driving the HR agenda as a part of the l Leadership team.

Principal duties and responsibilities include Strategic Planning & Workforce Planning - Understand and assess HR needs relevant to total and client organizations strategic plans; Drive all critical HR processes including but not limited to: Analyze and build capabilities (competencies and capacity) needed vs. current state (gap analysis); Create workforce plan to close the gaps. Organization Development & Change Management - Conduct needs analysis for client organizations; Analyze data relevant to client needs for HR implementation; Monitor progress, gather and analyze data, report results, and make recommendations for continuous improvement. Talent Management & Development - Develop key leadership pipeline and talent strategy to help ensure future leaders and success of organization. Performance Management - drive and embed a high performance based culture and accountability. Manage all compensation and benefits related key HR processes for client group; Coaching & development - Provide information, advice and direction to leaders, including best practices, common methodologies, available tools, resources, etc. regarding human resources and business issues; Serve as a trusted advisor & business partner to key leaders within client groups concerning issues such as personal style, leadership impact, needs, etc. to increase effectiveness and performance success; Provide career counseling information, advice and guidance as needed. Employee & Labor Relations - Execute processes, tools and communication for short-term employee relations (guidance on FMLA, leaves, minor disputes, policies, etc.); Make referrals to Employee Relations regarding investigations, PIPs, mediations including Common Ground, ongoing counseling issues, etc. for client groups.

6/2001-present

Developed and Implemented the Professional Development Center for Early Childhood Teachers and Directors

Awarded (2004-2006) SUNY vendor through the New York State Department of Education Program to provide curriculum training for pre-school and school-age teachers in Early Childhood.

9/03-6/2011

Quality New York Advisor for Child Care Inc. and Federation of Protestant Welfare

A Quality NY Accreditation Advisor for selected sites in NYC Child Care programs.

1988-2000 YWCA Day Care Inc. New York, N.Y.

Educational / Administrative Director

Responsible for the overall organization of work in the Day Care including recruiting and hiring of qualified staff, coordinating and supervising the work of the staff in developing and maintaining a total program in Education, health, nutrition, and social services to meet the needs of the children served.

1998-2000 Babysteps Inc.

E.I. Coordinator

working as an Early Intervention Coordinator part-time

including case coordination, documentation and follow-up

SEIT

Work as an Itinerant teacher for AHRC and Teacher Consultant for Department of Education

1980-1988

Polly Dodge Early Learning Center New York, N.Y. Lead Teacher

Worked as a Teacher for pre-school children, including

3s, 4s and Kindergarten

References: Anne Winters-Bishop, Former COO and CEO of the YWCA-NYC

Geraldine Vignola, Director Children’s Aide Society

Andrei Ralko, Vice President, Director of Finance of the YWCA-NYC

Certificates: Permanent Certification N-6 ECE

NYS Permanent Certification N-6 in Special Education

NYS Child Abuse and Maltreatment

Infectious Disease Control

Shaken Baby

SIDS

S -95

S-07

MAT Training

Epi Pen Training

First Aid, CPR

Training: 142 hours of training in the last year

Affiliations/ Accomplishments:

NAEYC Member

FPWA Accreditation Leadership Group

Bethany Day Care Board Member

Quality NY Advisor

2003 FPWA Keystone Award for Quality Programs

Developed Special Needs component for ACS

Developed training catalog for YWCA-NYC

Education: 7/2000-MA Supervision and Administration (SAS) City College of NY (18 credits)

9/95-Dual Masters in Regular and Special Education in ECE- New York University

2/88- B.S. in Elementary Education. City College of New York

Attributes

High-level organizational leadership and managerial experience in an operations role in a large and complex organization.

Visionary leader with the ability to engage others on the team and throughout the DOE/DOH/ACS to produce extraordinary leaders for NYC programs and to empower Administration for success in a high-accountability organization.

Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and take initiative.

Experience as a school administrator and teacher.

Experience developing or leading recruitment, marketing, and/or selection processes.

Experience analyzing and refining existing systems and processes to identify appropriate enhancements and quality assurance mechanisms.

Experience creating and/or leading professional development trainings and resources for adults.

Experience working with CEO as administrative support.

Worked with other VPs in organization during the year in CEO search.

Please note: At times, I did consult in addition to my full-time positions, so there is overlapping of dates.

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