Octavais Brown
Washington, District of Columbia, 20019
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EXPERIENCE
Assistant Community Director/Consultant, CT Group Bass Circle Summer Camp Washington, DC Summer Camp Curriculum Developer/Facilitator June-September Contract
● Assistant to Camp Director overseeing daily operations of camp.
● Responsible for planning and coordinating camp programming.
● Building community partnerships to better serve camp participants.
● Develops the procedures for curriculum implementation. 2016- Present
● Develops STEM/STEAM project-based instructional curriculum for youth ages 5-12.
● Facilitates STEM/STEAM project-based curriculum for youth ages 5-12.
● Coordinates efforts to fulfill project/program deadlines.
● Conducts Quality Assurance and narrative reporting on camp operations. Consultant/Independent Contractor, Neighborhood Associates LLC F.A.C.T Program Washington, DC
National Program Coordinator F.A.C.T Program Sep 2017 - January 2018
● Meet vital day-to-day operational logistics, administrative, and communication demands of F.A.C.T. Program.
● Maintaining online platforms for tracking program progress, participation, outcomes.
● Bridging satellite teams by providing field support to site coordinators, partners, and staff members.
● Organizing a regular schedule for team learning network, tracking timely due dates and data for program evaluation.
● Ensure that goals and objectives are met per grant budget and scheduled timelines.
● Creation of monthly reports, enrollment updates, quarterly reports, budgets, inventory, and distribution.
● Identifying and collaborating with local community partners and resources that support programmatic activities.
National Center For Children and Families Bethesda, MD Parent Outreach Coordinator Sep 2015 – June 2017
● To assess and survey parents/guardians regarding their needs and challenges, as to develop programming, workshops, and activities that services these needs and challenges.
● Coordinate Parent Activities throughout the school years such as: Parent University, Parent Summit, Saturday School, and other programming as needed.
● Collaborates with school Principal in identifying and engage non-responsive parents.
● Develops and implements strategies that increases the number of parents/guardians in attendance at quarterly parent/teacher conferences.
● Develops and facilitates interactive Parent/Child groups, which promote the intellectual and emotional growth of the child and increased awareness of age appropriate behavior, skills, and expectations by parents.
● Develops a community resources and services directory for families. Family Support Worker Aug 2013 – Sep 2015
Octavais Brown
4638 Hillside Rd. SE
Washington, District of Columbia, 20019
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● Supervising and observing biological familial visits. Reporting and maintaining an accurate record of those visits, incidents, and visit participants.
● Maintaining a record of medical/mental client visits and ensuring that client confidentiality is maintained.
● Providing assistance with client record keeping for the purpose of Quality Assurance and meeting Benchmarks.
● Attended all trainings required by CFSA as it pertains to the job. EDUCATION _
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington, DC Business Management/Public Administration, 2006- Jan 2011 Bachelors in Business Management/Public Administration ADDITIONAL SKILLS
● Interprets program services to parents/clients of the school district or geographic area.
● Program and Project Management
● Participates in gathering community data to assess program effectiveness, increased or additional service needs, community resources, etc.
● Provides liaison services between clients, potential clients and other social agencies providing services for said client population.
● Prepares monthly reports for supervisor on services provided as required.
● MANDT Certified
● Trauma Informed Care- Training and Certification
● Child and Family Services- Pre-Service Training. AFFILIATIONS
● Girl Scouts of The Nation's Capital:-Assistance Service Unit Manager, SU Cookie/Fall Product
● DCIAA: Member of the DCIAA Officials Board:-Serving District of Columbia Public Schools/PG County Schools Track and Field Grades 4th through 12th.
● NAA- National Afterschool Association Ambassador
● DC STEM Network 2018 Ambassador and Working Group member.