School Management

Paula L. Swope

PHONE 954-***-****

Cell 954-***-**** E-MAIL: **********@*****.***

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COOPER CITY, FL 33330

Career Summary Experienced and successful school administrator seeks to procure a counseling position within the educational system of the state of Florida or charter school system.

Professional experience Mavericks High Charter School of Homestead Florida; Grades 9-12

Principal 2010-June 2011

• Responsible for the development of structural procedures for daily operations, curriculum

development, instructional methodology and delivery, compliance and regulations to district,

state and federal guidelines for charter school operations.

• Responsibilities include leadership and supervision of grades 9-12 including but not

limited to data collection, teacher observation and collaboration, curriculum

development, school safety and crisis management preparation, Title I, Exceptional

Student Education including all reporting and documentation, preparation of Corporate

and District reports on progress of student achievement, parent collaboration and consultation and

supervision of teacher-based committee structure.

• Additional responsibilities include the daily supervision of employees, the supervision

of instructional methodologies and the development of local and district community based

collaborations and resources.,

• Responsibilities include leadership and supervision of grades 9-12 including but

not limited to data collection and assessment, attendance, teacher observation and

collaboration, curriculum development, school safety and crisis management

preparation, Exceptional Student Education including all reporting, compliance and documentation, preparation of Corporate and District reports on progress of student achievement based on key

performance targets and data analysis, oversight of school based financial operations,

parent and community collaboration and consultation and supervision of enrollment and admissions

procedures.

• Responsibilities included the development of an enrollment and retention plan for

Mavericks High School which included working with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, neighboring

Community-based and district based agencies and the juvenile justice system.

• Accomplishments include raising the graduation rate by 100%; raising test

administration percentage by 30%; raising science FCAT scores by 3% and raising FCAT

Mathematics scores by 1%.. Additional accomplishments include compliance with Miami-Dade

County School policies and standards.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools: Twenty-Seven Years Experience

Assistant Principal 2007-2010

• Responsibilities include leadership and supervision of grades K-5 including but not limited to

data collection, teacher observation and collaboration, curriculum development, school safety and crisis

management preparation, Exceptional Student Education including all reporting and documentation,

preparation of Region Center and District reports on progress of student achievement, parent collaboration

and consultation and supervision of teacher-based committee structure.

• Responsibilities include leadership and supervision of grades K-5 including but not

limited to data collection and assessment, teacher observation and collaboration, curriculum

development, school safety and crisis management preparation, district critical incident

administration, Exceptional Student Education including all reporting, compliance and

documentation, preparation of Region Center and District reports on progress of student

achievement based on key performance targets and data analysis, parent and community

collaboration and consultation and supervision of teacher-based committee structure.

Successfully increased parent and community relationships by 200% over the previous year.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, webcasting and Microsoft Excel.

Miami- Dade County Public Schools District Office

March 2006 to August 2007:Director Safe Schools/Healthy Students

August 2004 to March 2006: Program Staff Specialist

December 2002-August 2004: Curriculum Support Specialist - Responsibilities include

the training and coordination of all program activities for Safe Schools/Healthy Students

schools personnel placed in the all schools for M-DCPS. Also includes the screening

and placement of potential candidates for TRUST positions. Direct supervision of

twelve employees, and 105 TRUST Specialists at all K-8,middle and senior high schools in

the district including, but not limited to annual evaluation and coordinating corrective action

on an as needed basis. Additional responsibilities include the writing, and fiscal

management of the grants which currently run a budget of over $5.5million dollars per year

and the initiation of purchase orders and contracts related to the services purchased

and rendered according to the terms of the grant. Also prepared District level memorandums

and School Board Agenda items to be distributed to the District, Region Center and school site

locations with relation to District Student Services initiatives as directed by the Division of

Student Services. Also responsible for the coordination of community resources/agencies

to serve on the Student Services Advisory Board

Leadership positions: Member Miami Coalition for a Safe and Drug Free Community

Alternate Member Addiction Services Board City of Miami

Member of the State of Florida SDDFS Advisory Board.

Additionally, trained at the state and national level for

Substance education/prevention and crisis management

and preparation.

1993-2002 Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami, Fl

Trust Specialist- Responsibilities include: Worked with students of Haitian American, Caribbean, African American and Hispanic culture. Also provided parental and community workshops in the area of substance abuse education and school safety. Also. Responsible for quasi-administrative responsibilities such as working with staff in developing a total school approach through in service workshops on topics such as learning styles, self-esteem of students, etc.

Responsible for individual, group and family counseling

related to issues of alcohol and substance abuse, domestic violence, self-esteem

issues, acculturation and behavior management. This program responsibility

involves accountability to the District Office in the form of quarterly and Year-End

reports. I have provided workshops for students, parents and staff in the areas of

suicide prevention and intervention, conflict management and peer mediation.

Leadership positions held: Child Study Team Chairperson; NCAA Contact Counselor; ESSAC Committee(Chairperson)SACs Co-Chairperson

Middle School Language Arts Instructor- 1985-1992:

JRE Lee Opportunity School

Thomas Jefferson Middle School

L Grant Writing- I prepared the Safe and Drug Free School Grant for

Miami-Dade County Public Schools and Set-Aside Grant for 1999-2001.

Total amount of grant monies received were 2.99 million dollars. Also prepared

the 2000-2005 SDDFS Grant application. Responsibilities included monitoring and

evaluating current curriculum and activities of program. Total funding-$10.5

million dollars. Also assisted with the formulation of the Safe Schools Healthy Students grant and the SAMHSA Strategic Framework Grant totaling $ 3.3 million dollars annually for five years beginning 2005.

Le Leadership positions held: Middle School Team Leader, ESSAC Committee; QUIP

Chairperson

Participated in grants Peer Review- SDFS Grants;

Tallahassee, Fl May 1999 Evaluated each grant for effectiveness and fiscal

accountability to state and federal guidelines.

Commitees: Student/Services Advisory Board

DFYIT

State of Florida-Safe and Drug Free School-Miami delegate

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