Management Director

Faithlyn Johnson, M.ED

*** ******** *** • Hartford, CT 06105 • Home: 860-***-**** • Cell 860-***-**** • mmsxd5@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

• 10+ years experience administer, educator, recruiter, marketing and event planner of student programs

• Extensive skills student population from middle,high and college students

• Excel at providing comprehensive programming, recruitment and retention of employees and students

• Director of Education program for 120 students and 30 employees and college interns

• Demonstrated experience in working effectively with multicultural/race/ethnic youth population

• Extensive experience in analyzing data, and planning innovative approaches to recruitment

• Demonstrated significant experience communicating with staff, students and parents/guardians

Achievements

Recognized expert on student program development - increasing participation by 80%

Acknowledged Founder of National Presidential Award Multicultural Apprentice Program- Neighborhood Studios

Created Education Department for Arts Council over $6 million dollar in five years

Developed Visiting Artist Series serving over 16000 students regional annually

Annual “European Drama Competitions” winner

Computer skills

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Internet

Management skills

• Detail, results and goal oriented

• Create and manage programs, budget management, report and recruit culturally competent staff

• Ability to build strong relationships with all types of personalities and relate to diverse population

• Problem solving, organizational, interpersonal and superb communication skills

• Expertise in corporate, community event planning, festivals, with multicultural emphasis

• Versatile and able to work in a quick changing environment

• Self-motivated, articulate, and creative

WORK HISTORY

Director of Theatre

University of Hartford - Encore Program

West Hartford, CT August 2011 – Present

• Design, Develop and administer theatre arts curriculum for at-risk middle school

• Create partnership with magnet, local and regional schools, community organizations, and parents

• Budget management, teach and direct 178 students per week

• Create with data collection, assessment, prepared reports as required by laws, and district policies

• Develop marketing, press releases, special events, and public relations for program via TV and news

• Coordinated and executed youth programming and events

Executive Director

OPUS, Inc. - Noah Webster MircoSociety Magnet School

Harford, CT Oct 2006 – Present

• Administer all recruitment, financial, marketing, budgeting, public relations, and administrative functions

• Create partnership with local, and regional schools, community organizations, parents and businesses

• Recruit, planed, market, coordinated and executed youth programming and events management increasing participation by 80%

• Responsible for hiring and supervision of professional and contractual staff, college interns, and students

• Grant writer for program funding - produced over $1 million in new funding

• Create with data collection, assessment, prepared reports as required by laws, and district policies.

• Develop marketing, press releases, special events, and public relations for program via TV and news

• Director Theatre productions and events for community outreach, and promotions

• Negotiated alliance with new community partner/parents raising program volume by 65%

Director of Education and Marketing Specialist

The Greater Hartford Arts Council

Hartford, CT Oct. 1997 - 2006

• Development and operational management of all education and promotion initiatives

- Administration of over $500.000 dollars education budget, program development, and recruitment.

• Recruitment, design, market, coordinated and execution of programs for schools and organizations

• Director of education program for 120 employees and student

• Execution of logistic for program and recruitment of local, national and international teaching artists

• Data collection and analyzing of program information

• Create and plan festivals, special events, and fundraisers

• Founder of National Presidential Award Winning Youth Apprentice Program called Neighborhood Studios

(First youth program to recruited students from -33 surrounding towns of Hartford Region)

• Provide a Visiting Artist Series for over 60 schools in the region

• Negotiated and managed sub-contractors teachers, college interns and staff for program

• Train youth artesian with emphasis on diversity, culture sensitivity and global prospective

Performing Arts Teacher and Community Events Specialist

ASIR Academy - American International Schools Overseas1992-1997

• Developed and directed an arts curriculum for K-9th grade international students.

• Train teachers on incorporating inter-disciplinary skills in their lesson plans

• Planed, market, coordinated and executed arts programs

• Promote activities for local international community

• Travel to various locations to promote youth programming, including: conferences and workshops, marketing events, receptions, dinners and official openings

• Supervised program: hotel room reservations, menu, entertainment, and local press and security issues

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

M.ED - Master of Science in Education

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT May 2004

Diversity and Multicultural Professional Development Training 21 CEU Credits

BA - Bachelor of Arts in Theatre/Management

University of Miami Miami, FL May 1986

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