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PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE email: EMAIL AVAILABLELibrary Department HeadExperienced teacher, director and department head skilled in stretching budgets, successful grant-writing, and various fundraising efforts for over 20 years. Successful community engagement and project management with various stakeholders.SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONSDepartment ManagementTraining and SupervisionGrant Writing/FundraisingCommunity EngagementTeaching & Lesson PlanningCollection & Curriculum DevelopmentBudgetingSocial MediaProgram DevelopmentChild DevelopmentRELEVANT EXPERIENCESpecial Education Teacher and Coordinator1986-2006Public and Private Special Education Schools in NHAfter earning my master's degree in Special Education, I specialized in teaching students with Developmental Delays on the spectrum at innovative private schools before branching out to public schools.CHRONOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE(Most recent first)Head of Youth Services 2014-2021Conway Public Library, Conway, NHDirected all youth services, birth to young adult: Programming, marketing, collection development, grant-writing, budget, teaching, outreach to multiple schools/preschools and community stakeholders with engagement and communication with team members. Supervised and evaluated staff, volunteers, and interns.Ran a successful and busy youth services department in a four-library collaborative.Wrote and awarded yearly grants up to six figures.Created, ran, and evaluated multiple projects and pilot programs spanning audiences and diverse topics to engage youth, families, and their community.Managed a busy calendar for in-house, outreach, and community programs for in-person and virtual offerings for four libraries.Efficient marketing of library services to visitors and patrons through communication, customer service, social media, print, virtual and in-person presentations, and story-writing.Created, ran, and evaluated the annual summer reading program from 8-16 weeks, for over 300 participants of all ages. Quickly pivoted to adjust to Covid-19 by running an interactive virtual program on multiple platforms.Partnered closely with schools and state agencies for public school accreditation, curriculum, presentations, teaching lessons/units, stories, book talks, book orders, projects, summer reading and more.Wrote, recorded, presented live, and shared original, interactive fairy tale performances to various platforms for school and community engagement. Customized google sheets to share links to tie-in craft instructions, original Kahoot quizzes, original YouTube channel, library, and community resources related to each story.Produced virtual libraries for website, created and updated YouTube channel, new software learned and used regularly.Collection Development across departments, materials, audiences, and community demographics.Certified Family Place Library Professional, five years.Secured community early learning professionals and parents for the Parent-Child Workshop and provided training to family place assistants.Library Director 2010-2014Campton Public Library, Campton, NHResponsible for all library programming, vision and growth. Managed the development and implementation of the librarys mission following state RSAs and goals; ensuring they were integrated into library policies, practices, collection development, and programming.Increased library patronage by 10% (to of town population) through community engagement.Built the annual library budget with trustees and advocated at town committees.Recruited, supervised, and evaluated staff and volunteers.Designed and implemented all outreach, collaboration, public relations, print, social media, and grant writing resulting in increased patronage, increased offerings, and increased use of the library.Brought library programs from 0 per year to over 100 per year in a small community budget through grants and fundraising.Created a successful summer reading program culminating in annual line-item funding.Provided welcoming, diverse, and unique materials, lessons, and programs engaging pre-schools, schools, businesses, agencies, and individuals.Designed and maintained the library website, Facebook page, and monthly column for local newspapers. New software learned and used regularly.Collection Development across departments and materials.Recruited, supervised, and evaluated staff and volunteers.Completed all trainings offered by the NH State Library in librarianship and social media.Call Center Supervisor2006-2010Plymouth State UniversityTrained, supervised, evaluated college students to fundraise for the annual fund and retain student workers.Created programs and incentives to meet the annual fundraising goals.Ensured systems for donor followup and gratitude year to year.EDUCATIONM.S.- Special Education Southern Connecticut State University. New Haven/Lisbon, CTB.A. English Education / Spanish Concentration. Plymouth State University. Plymouth, NHCompleted all offerings from NH State Library on librarianship and social media, 2010-2014Professional AssociationsModerator for YA Author Panel at the Montreal YA Fest, Jewish Public Library, Montreal, Quebec. May 2022.Just Write! - Creator and facilitator of all-age writing group 2011- 2022.Member The Narrative Method Writing Groups - 2021 - 2024MWV After School Enrichment - founding member of multiple agency partnership providing enrichment for the youth of Mount Washington Valley, NH. Wrote and received $100,000 funding grant 2020-2021.NELA Conference presenter, 2021NHLA - member, 2013-2021, board member 2013-2015Carroll County Early Childhood Coalition (CCECC) Conway, NH member, 2015-2021NEASC Accreditation team member for local SAU, 2019SERESC School Accreditation Team Review requirements and school practices, make recommendations for accreditation and review. 2006, 2019ALA member - 2014-2019Friends of Conway Public Library - Youth Services Liaison- 2014-2019President of the Childrens Librarians of NH. CHILIS NH Childrens Librarians -Vice President 2013-2014, President 2014-2015, Past President 2015-2016CHILIS conference presenter, 2015Secretary for the Scrooge and Marley regional library collaborative. 2012-2013 |
