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Dynamic leader with strong communication, leadership, supervisory, management, legal, and mentoring skills ? Skilled at organization and site-based management ? Proven success in short and long term goal-setting ? Experienced and demonstrated track record of success in the area of facility and operations for charter schools?. Skilled at planning, processing and implementing federal grants and total school instructional programs for charter schools.? Skilled at reviewing, preparing and interpreting contracts. Certified Teacher, State of Florida Social Science grades 6-12.
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EDUCATION
Juris Doctorate Degree
Thurgood Marshall School of Law- Houston, Texas
Political Science with minor Business- Bachelor,
Texas Southern University- Houston, Texas
ADMINISTRATIVE, EDUCATION AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Long Term Substitute Teacher, South Gwinnett High School, Snellville, Georgia 30078, February 19, 2008 – Present
Teaching Advanced Placement Psychology and Honors Economics to twelfth grade students.
Facilities & Operations Administrator, Project Manager & History Teacher, Liberty City Charter School (K-8), July 2005 - October 2007
• Efficiently administered all facility and operational issues for charter school. This included city, county and state compliance matters (Human Resources (HRS), fire, electrical, building, and plumbing). Supervised two employees.
• Project manager for future site. Responsible for locating real property, coordinating with architects, general contractors, engineers, school board and building and zoning department.
• Successfully presided over inventory control, acquisitions and food service program (National Food Lunch Program). Effectively educated students in History (grade 8).
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Attorney, Law Office of William Robinson, P.A., January 1997- January 1999
• Successfully proceeded with completion for discovery and trial, workers compensation matters for claimants and defendants.
• Successfully developed and prepared for completion from discovery to trial: administrative law, personal injury, family law, probate, and transactional law cases. This also included mediation hearings.
Associate Attorney, Law Office of Richard Dean Settler, P.A., June 1994 - January 1997
• Successfully proceeded with completion of civil litigation matters from discovery to trial, personal injury, wrongful death, family law, real estate cases and bar applicant admittance administrative hearings.