Team Member Case Manager

Facilitated grade level Collaborative Problem-Solving meetings, focusing on problem-solving steps, data collection, setting measurable goals and on-going evaluation.

Benjamin Banneker Middle School, Montgomery County Schools, Burtonsville, MD 2004-2013

Conducted small and large group lessons to both boys and girls on stress, anger management, girl empowerment, learning styles, bullying, and career awareness.

Offered workshops to parents to foster their awareness of academic skills to assist their child(ren).

Worked closely with the special education team in the development of or continued IEP services for students to yield their success.

Served as Section 504 school-based coordinator and student-based case manager.

Coordinated Choice Process with eighth graders and advised students on each school’s specialty to help them identify their three high schools of choice.

Presented workshops to parents to help foster their awareness of academic skills.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES

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EDUCATION

Georgetown, SC

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Cindy Cook

Passionate and committed counselor with more than 15 years’ coaching, encouraging, and guiding students. Dedicated to building positive relationships with students and families. Devoted to delivering the highest quality services to students so they reach their educational, personal, and career goals.

COUNSELING EXPERIENCE

Andrews High School, Georgetown County School District, Georgetown, SC June 2023-Jan 2024

Facilitated conflict resolution between students on any range of topics.

Created weekly school-wide lesson plans pursuant to present school topics and/or school/holiday events.

Created schedules for new students, transferred transcripts into PowerSchool, acclimated students to new school system and completed a check in with them shortly, thereafter.

504 coordinator for caseload including coordinating and facilitating meetings, updating plan in Enrich, and disseminating new plans to essential individuals.

Managed all facets with alternative education students - set up schedules, got both teachers from both schools in sync with curriculum (Apex or Google) kept in touch with students while at alternative school and once they returned to home school to discuss academics and goals.

Conducted IGP meetings with students to ensure they were on pace to graduate.

PACE Academy 2nd -7th grade, Richland, SC June 2021-June 2023

Public charter school (grades 2-7) geared toward students with dyslexia.

Provided group guidance on self-discovery, relationships, self-confidence, and respect.

Met with individual students regarding anxiety, making friends, choices, and frustration.

Provided students with strategies and tools to manage personal and academic issues.

Tracked down many records that were absent at the beginning of the school year.

Served as instructional assistant to 3rd and 4th grade students who struggled with autism, academics, socially, and behaviorally.

McBee High School 7th-12th grade, Chesterfield County School District, McBee, SC 2014–2019

Designed, evaluated, and enhanced the school counseling program for grades 7 through 12.

Educated and guided students on SC Virtual School. Collaborated with instructors and developed academic interventions and strategies with students to ensure class promotion.

Devised class schedules to ensure graduation requirements were completed by the students and proper class placements were selected. Managed all facets of enrollments and withdrawals.

Coordinated middle and high school visits to nearby colleges to promote career awareness.

Executed several post-secondary events and FAFSA application training for parents.

Assisted students with exploration of post-secondary options. Provided information and instruction on FAFSA, NCAA Eligibility Center, and NAIA athletes.

Test coordinator for several middle and high school tests, EOC’s, and AP exams.

Instructed students and parents on dual credit/dual enrollment familiarity, process, and course selection with the local technical college.

Functioned as liaison with outside agencies and school assigned mental health counselor.

Provided crises intervention and individual counseling. Utilized active listening skills, identifying issues and solutions, and formulating a plan.

Collected data to monitor student’s academics. Provided on-going counseling with students to decipher how they could improve and maintain their grades.

Pace Academy (Teacher Assistant) Richland, SC 2020 to 2021

Camden High School, Kershaw County School District (Teacher Assistant) June 2020 to 2021

Monitored, assisted, and reported progress to self-contained teachers for. Worked 1-1 with assigned students in their special needs and regular education classes and fourth-grade autistic student directing inappropriate behavior to assist student in staying on task and achieving success.

Provided 1-1 instruction in core subjects to help students retain skills learned.

Performed routine clerical duties and operated office machinery.

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Increased scholarship monies from $600,000 to $2.7 million with improved awareness and diligence of student’s completion of applicants in 2018-2019.

Collected and analyzed data to target academic and behavioral groups to improve academic success and reduce the number of referrals and suspensions.

Coached girls’ softball team for five years.

Developed, implemented, and monitored the Peer Mediation Program.

Facilitated grade level Collaborative Action Problem Solving meetings, focusing on problem solving steps, data collection, setting measurable goals and on-going evaluation to help students who were struggling academically and/or behaviorally.

Director of Olweus bullying program. Coordinated launch to student body, trained teachers on material, and collaborated with committee members to create imaginative lesson plans.

Chaired Character Counts and Multi-Cultural Committees.

American School Counselors Association

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Master of Science, School Counseling

Master of Science in Business, several courses completed.

Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, MD

Bachelor of Science, Healthcare Administration

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