residential counselor, teaching assistant.

Location:

Nashville, TN

Posted:

June 27, 2011

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Resume:

KARWAN ABDULKADER

**** ******* **

Brentwood, TN 37207

615-***-****

***********@*****.***

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

Director and Coordinator for Chelky Family picnics: 12 picnics a year. Youth Mentor, Youth Development, Bi-Lingual, Multi-Cultural Involvement & Experience, Community Action, Problem solver, Technologically Advanced Microsoft word, excel, powerpoint, type 60+ words per minute, Artist, Poet, Creative, People friendly, Public speaker, Leadership qualities, Kurdish student association member (ksa), MTSU student association member, member of the inter-cultural diversity team at MTSU, Associated with Tennessee Immigration Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and worked with Rights working group to pass Racial profiling law in Tennessee and Spoke several times in Washington D.C. on an international panel for ending discrimination and immigration reform.

WORK HISTORY:

Oasis Center Nashville, TN

Learning Center/Teen Crisis Shelter /Residential counselor November 2010- Current

• Tutored and mentored disadvantage youth in crisis

• Teachers assistant and aid

• Residential Counselor (refer to AmeriCorps job description below for details. Was hired by the Oasis shelter after completing AmeriCorps program and continued my work there.)

• Helped the teens that stayed in shelter cope with their crisis and better get along with the other residents

• Making sure the residents completed the program not only dealing with their crisis but also completing all their school assignments so that they don’t fall behind in their regular school.

AmeriCorps Nashville, TN Residential counselor February 2010- November 2010

• Worked in a crisis shelter geared around helping teens ages 13-17 years of age with issues surrounding them: rape, homelessness, abuse (sexual, physical, emotional), school, bullying, family ..etc

• Handled crisis calls that were made to the shelter and trained to calm the situation and resolve the problem or schedule a time for family and team to come to the shelter for help

• Helped with Crisis Walk In (cwi). Prior to teen staying at the shelter they would go through this process and we would assess more of the crisis the family is dealing with in details.

• Hung out with the teen residents at the shelter listening to any issue they are having and making sure their stay was comfortable and beneficial.

• Maintained a safe living environment for residents staying at the shelter

Oasis Center Nashville, TN

Your Story Continues Program (YSC) Summers 2005-2009

• Assisted with facilitating YSC program during the summer on teen issues, values, leadership, and youth engagement.

• Helped youth participating in the program to gain a better understanding of the importance of their “story” and how to share it.

• Communicated and interacted with all program participants and Oasis staff in order to build a trustworthy relationship and safe environment.

• Coordinated and supervised daily transportation routes for the entire month of the program.

• Communicated weekly sometimes daily to Oasis program staff on school or work related issues.

Youth Empowerment Services Program (YES) Nashville, TN

Cameron Middle School Fall 2008-Spring 2009

• Coordinated and supervised weekly service learning projects at a variety of city community organizations.

• Communicated and interacted with all program participants and Oasis staff in order to build a trustworthy relationship and safe environment.

• Communicated weekly sometimes daily to Oasis program staff on school or work related issues.

House of Gyros Nashville, TN Cook April 2004- June 2005

• Made all food supply orders for the restaurant to ensure availability of food.

• Communicated and interacted with the customers in order to build a trustworthy relationship and to make the restaurant a friendly place to visit. Knew most of the customers on a first name basis

• Took over all management responsibilities when the owner was not working.

• Prepared and cooked the food for the restaurant.

Solectron Lavergne, TN

Data Entry January 2003- February 2004

• Calculated the amount of printers being produced on the assembly line and entered the information into the company’s computer

• Made sure all the printers were assembled correctly with the right paper work in order that they may be processed and shipped out to the right customers.

• Communicated with the general manager on a regular basis on the production rate and quantity of printers being assembled every week.

EDUCATION:

Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN

Majoring in Biology with a Double Minor in Psychology and Chemistry

Estimated Graduation Year: 2011

Nashville State Community College Nashville, TN

Associate of Science A.S

Graduated 2006

Hillsboro High School Nashville, TN

Graduated 2002

KARWAN ABDULKADER

9529 Fayette Ct