Program Specialist Youth

NONCONFIDENTIAL // EXTERNAL

Ralph Peña

Telephone: (914-****-****

Email: adxned@r.postjobfree.com

Extensive Youth Program Development Leadership

Summary:

Accomplished and goal driven leader with 20+ years of extensive experience in nonprofit supervision, youth programming and business analysis. Strong background in quality management principles and practices in communicating, organizing and solving problems. Areas of Expertise:

• Recruit and hire new talent • Community Partnership Development

• Creative Problem Solver • Team Builder and Program Leadership

• Active member of Mentoring Program • Advisory Board Community Engagement Experience:

Children’s Arts & Science Workshops, Inc. (2013 – Present) Associate Director

• Develop and incorporate community-based programs to meet the various needs and monitor each program’s effectiveness.

• Recruit and hire top level employees with expertise in marketing, volunteerism, youth development., adding depth and talent to highly skilled team.

• Enable each member of staff to receive development opportunities by implementing workshops, seminars and regular trainings.

• Provide support in a broad range of administrative and operational areas, including assisting with the preparation of programming for alternative educational opportunities.

• Manage various educational campuses within the school district by providing technical assistance in rendering program services.

• Conduct functional assessment and made appropriate recommendations after tracking of progress.

• Establish measures, outcomes and expectations to help personnel understand and meet goals and objectives.

Yonkers Board of Education (2020 – Present)

Program Specialist

• Provide support in a broad range of administrative and operational areas, including assisting with the preparation of programming for alternative educational opportunities.

• Manage various educational campuses within the school district by providing technical assistance in rendering program services.

• Establish and maintain open lines of communication with students and parents concerning students’ academic. social, and behavioral progress.

• Compile program statistics and data to complete necessary reports. Teachers Assistant (2016 – 2019)

PEAS Program

• Reinforced student learning of skills and materials through daily and weekly check-ins, informal assessments, and observations.

• Provided support and oversight in the classroom alongside primary teacher to help ensure safety and quality learning for all students.

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Dyckman Youth Enterprises (1993– Present)

Vice President of Programming

• Work with various organizations to enhance community awareness for youth participants.

• Coordinate overall program budget.

• Negotiate corporate sponsor’s contracts.

New York City College of Technology (2006 – 2012)

Women’s Basketball/Softball Head Coach & Director of Recreational Sports

• Scheduled practices, games, and travel arrangements.

• Supervised 4 assistant coaches and 15 NCAA student athletes. Goldman Sachs & Co. (1988 – 2010)

NY Commodities Exchange Supervisor

• Supervised a staff of five overseeing trader’s and broker’s transactions.

• Managed prior day non-clearing trading accounts. Education:

Dominican University

BA, Marketing Management

Metropolitan College of New York

MPA, Master of Public Administration

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