Outreach Direcctor Resume
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SALLY S. FLEISCHMANN EMBER, Ed.D.
EMPLOYMENT
NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION yrs.
OUTREACH DIRECTOR. Community Matters, Sebastopol, CA. Organized, managed and directed all outreach, inside sales, conference/workshop proposals and preparations, and informing the public and school officials about the programs and services of Community Matters, most especially, the Safe School Ambassadors® program. Growth of over % in four years. Managed, evaluated and supervised staff; recommended and interviewed for hiring and terminations of employees; researched and helped write grants and program descriptions; created, managed and supervised database of over , international contacts, including national, regional, state and local administrators for educational and nonprofit organizations connected to youth development and school/community safety regarding violence prevention and bullying reduction efforts; created and managed systems for quality assurance and performance improvement; co-designed and occasionally presented staff development workshops and other presentations; collaborated with other Directors and Coordinators and all staff for corporate growth and development.
&frac; yrs. (current)
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ENERGY SERVICES PROGRAM. California Human Development Corporation, Santa Rosa, CA. Managed, evaluated and supervised staff, recommended and interviewed for hiring and terminations of employees; created, managed and supervised budgets, federal and state contracts, funding source contacts; created and managed systems for quality assurance and performance improvement; collaborated with other Program Directors and Operations staff for corporate growth and development.
&frac; yrs. (concurrent with position, below)
OPERATIONS FIELD REPRESENTATIVE. California Human Development Corporation, Santa Rosa, CA. Technical consultant to programs in fourteen counties, including child care and Head Start, housing, vocational education centers, farmworker services, substance abuse treatment, diversion education, citizenship education and naturalization assistance, job training, parenting education, domestic violence prevention, youth services, AmeriCorps, home weatherization and energy conservation, with management and collaboration for proposal development, budget oversight, customer satisfaction research, contract compliance, and quality assurance.
&frac; yrs. (concurrent with position, above)
CONTRACT CONSULTANT FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION & NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
Grant County Community Health Council, Silver City, NM. Designed and conducted program evaluation and county-wide needs assessment in all areas of health and wellness, for the four-year health and wellness county plan; wrote the primary care assessment plan for the county.
&frac; yrs. (partially concurrent with position, below)
FACILITATOR/TRAINER, GRANT WRITER, RESEARCHER. Creative Response to Conflict (CRC)/New Mexico, Silver City, NM. With programs in New Mexico & Arizona. Designed, revised, and led trainings for children, youth, professionals, and families, in the areas of communication, team building, bias awareness (including eliminating racism and personal empowerment workshops), sexual harassment awareness and prevention, problem-solving, decision-making, mediation, conflict resolution and prevention, facilitation, training of trainers. &frac; yrs. (partially concurrent with position, above)
Monadnock Family Services (MFS), with ACTING OUT, Cheshire Mediation, Challenge, and Parenting Outreach Programs, Keene, NH. yrs. (includes positions below)
INTERIM DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PERFORMANCE COORDINATOR, AND GRANT WRITER AND RESEARCHER, ACTING OUT. Interim Director when Director was on sabbatical; scheduled and facilitated educational performances with/for youth and adults in areas of communication, substance abuse/alcohol, adolescent pregnancy, suicide, HIV/ AIDS/ STDs, violence, and conflict prevention and education; wrote and managed grants.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH COORDINATOR, AND DATABASE MANAGER, for the regional HIV/AIDS education grant, NH Department of Education, with ACTING OUT and The American Red Cross, Western NH Chapter.
CO-CREATOR, AS WELL AS OTHER POSITIONS LISTED, OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS, BELOW, FOR MFS:
PERFORMANCE FACILITATOR, TRAINER, AND PROGRAM EVALUATOR, Pregnancy Prevention Project for th- and th-graders, through the Health Care Transitions Fund, with ACTING OUT.
GRANT WRITER AND RESEARCHER, AND PROJECTS COORDINATOR, for the Consortium of Alternative and Prevention Programs (CAPP) within MFS. Collaboratively designed, revised, and facilitated programs for children, youth and families throughout county; managed grants.
GROUP LEADER, “Phases in Families,” a CAPP program for middle-school students and their families.
GROUP LEADER, yearly summer programs (“Nobody’s Fools” and “Clowning Around”) for conflict resolution/performance arts training for teens, ACTING OUT and Cheshire Mediation, Keene, NH.
GROUP LEADER, ACTING OUT/Building Strength, a pre-adolescent \"wrap-around\" educational/prevention program.
TEACHING/INSTRUCTING yrs.
ACADEMIC COORDINATOR, THEME COORDINATOR, STAFF DEVELOPMENT LEADER, TEACHER, STAFF TRAINER. Upward Bound, Keene State College (summer programs only), Keene, NH. Academic “Trio” college-prep program for high school students. Included eliminating racism, bias awareness, prejudice reduction, and ally workshops. summers
INSTRUCTOR:
Western New Mexico University. Adult Educational Services, Silver City, NM. English, E.S.L., writing, and
preparation for GED classes.
Keene State College, Graduate School of Education. Keene, NH. Research and Evaluation course.
Vermont College of Norwich University. Montpelier, VT. Adult Degree Program.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Freshman Writing Program; Integrated Day, Elementary Teacher
Education Program (ETEP), training and supervision of student teachers.
York County Technical College. Wells, ME. First-year writing program.
College of Lifelong Learning (CLL) at the University of New Hampshire, several locations.
Learning Tree School. Tiverton, RI. Kdg.–st grades.
St. Albans City Elementary School.VT. th grade.
Head Start. Keene, NH. Supervising Interim Substitute Teacher.
Teacher Corps Intern. Bilingual (Spanish) program, grades , , , , Stamford, CT.
CompUSA Bayard, NM. Career education, job search, life and interview skills courses.
Old Orchard Beach/Saco, ME, Adult Education. Academic courses in basic literacy, reading, ESL, writing,
math and computers for adult learners.
Rochester, NH. Courses for foster parents and others who worked with youth in placement.
Brattleboro Community Corrections Services. VT. Adult literacy and numeracy classes.
Keene Unitarian Universalist Church. Keene, NH. Director of Religious Education and
Instructor, and District RE advisor to UUA.
OTHER FACILITATION AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT yrs.
GROUP LEADER. Orchard School, Alstead, NH. Summer improvisational theatre groups
for teen urban/rural collaborative. Empowerment, prejudice reduction, problem-solving.
LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT, Brattleboro Union High School,
VT. Adolescent and staff leadership development, issues of oppression and
diversity, creation of Diversity Team. Ally teams, empowerment, facilitation training.
GROUP FACILITATOR, Youth Services, Inc., Keene, NH. Problem-solving programs for
court-adjudicated youth.
GROUP FACILITATOR, PERFORMER, PLAYWRIGHT, Children’s Performing Arts Center,
Inc., Keene, NH.
IN-SERVICE LEADER, District schools, Keene, NH. Creativity, journal-writing, arts in the classroom.
EDUCATION
Graduate:
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Teacher Education and Curriculum
Studies.
M.Ed., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Cultural Diversity & Curriculum Reform.
Masters’ coursework, Keene State College, Multicultural and Teacher Education.
Undergraduate:
B.A., University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Summa Cum Laude, Elementary Education,
certified grades. N - , Social Science focus.
Honors Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, years.
VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK
RECEPTIONIST/TRANSLATOR (SPANISH)
Jewish Community Free Clinic, Cotati, CA. For adult and pediatric clinics.
Los Altos, Stamford, CT. Assisted living & daycare for Seniors.
FRIENDLY VISITOR.
Los Guilicos Juvenile Detention Center, Sonoma County, CA. Visiting
incarcerated youth who have no other visitors.
LITERACY EDUCATOR/READING/E.S.L. TUTOR.
Adult Basic Education. Keene, NH.
St. Louis City elementary schools, MO.
EVENTS COORDINATOR/BOOKKEEPER.
Lhundrup Ling, Duncan & Silver City, NM. Buddhist Educational Centers.
BOARD MEMBER.
(SECRETARY/TREASURER). Chagdud P\'hande Ling, Saco, ME & Silver City, NM.
Buddhist Assisted Living Centers.
Monadnock Regional Task Force on Child Abuse Prevention, Keene, NH.
National Dance Institute/New England, Keene, NH.
Community Kitchen (Founding Member), Keene, NH.
National Abortion Rights Action League, New Hampshire Chapter.
National Organization of Women, Keene, NH Chapter.
Rising Sun Feminist Health Alliance, New England.
HEALTH/SEX EDUCATION CLASS INSTRUCTOR; THEATRE CONSULTANT AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
Monadnock Waldorf School, Keene, NH.
PEER EDUCATOR.
Monadnock Nursing Mothers. Keene, NH.
BIG SISTER.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters, CT. Stamford, CT.
PUBLICATIONS
BUILDING STRENGTH: The Curriculum and Description for a Prevention Education
Program for th & th--grade Students and Their Families, with ACTING OUT,
Challenge Outdoor Education, School, and Parent Components. Co-author.
ACTING OUT: The Workbook—A Guide to the Development and Presentation of Issue-
oriented, Audience-interactive, Improvisational Theatre. Co-author, with Mario
Cossa, Lauren Glass, and Jennifer Hazelwood. Muncie, IN: Accelerated
Development/Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS
Outcomes- and Science-based Evaluations
Beg. & Adv. Meditation & Stress Reduction
Grant and Proposal Writing (Foundation Center)
Beg. & Adv. Mediation & Conflict Resolution
Child Abuse & Neglect Mediation in Courts
Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention
CPR (adult) & First Aid ()
Violence prevention for adolescents and families
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook,
PowerPoint), Windows, Works; Intuit Quickbooks & Quicken; Internet Explorer & Netscape (Mac & PC)
Guardian-Ad-Litem
Hiring & Interviewing for Staff Positions
Psychodrama & Sociodrama ( units)
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