Kay Walck
Online Education Expert with Extensive Leadership Experience
Employed
Available
I am a capable, creative and loyal employee. I believe that humankind can collaborate and build a community that supports everyone. It is important to me that others know me to be an honest and principled person for whom integrity and fairness are paramount.
I love helping others dream, create goals and develop the skills needed as they navigate the path to achieving success. A strength of mine is the ability to see the big picture and finding ways to solve problems. I am looking forward to working in a new environment and I am not limited to working in the United States.
I love helping others dream, create goals and develop the skills needed as they navigate the path to achieving success. A strength of mine is the ability to see the big picture and finding ways to solve problems. I am looking forward to working in a new environment and I am not limited to working in the United States.
Lead Counselor and Advisory Supervisor
Connections Education
August 2008
to December 2017
Full-time
- Supervisor of Advisory Teachers and Counselors, Student in Distress Program Oversight, School Counselor Working with Students and Parents
- Developed and Implemented a Comprehensive School Counseling Program for Virtual Schools in Three States
- Hire, Train, Provide Professional Development, and Supervise Employees
- Promote and Assist Employees in the Design of School Counseling Programs
- Insure Delivery of Program Services
- Systematic Evaluation of Program Effectiveness
- Assist Supervisor in Development of Departmental Budget
- Provide Timely System Support for Counseling Department Program Model
- Oversite of Retention Department and Student Achievement Coordinators
- Develop New Methods for Ensuring Student Retention and Persistence
Detailed Description
- Put into action the American School Counselors National Model in three state programs
- Collaborate with Counseling Department staff to generate program goals and objectives
- Define Key Performance Indicators for measurement of departmental goals
- Assist employees in creating goals and objectives for Individual Improvement Plans
- Conduct bi-yearly Individual Performance Plan reviews with employees
- Create and deliver in-house professional development opportunities
- Develop, distribute, and evaluate online customer needs and satisfaction surveys
- Write content and scripts for online videos
- Write and distribute virtual and paper newsletters to customers
- Design, distribute and collate data for Professional Development Needs survey
- Create and follow through on special projects such as a Welcome Kit and live events to help motivate, retain, and increase motivation of students
- Convene and facilitate monthly department-wide virtual meetings
- Use Adobe Live Lesson and Captivate screen capture and video editing software to create online videos for students
- Organized formation of Counselor websites for all virtual school programs
- Conceived and composed Oklahoma, Minnesota and Washington counselor website content
Company Description
Pearson is committed to a world that’s always learning. Our Online & Blended Learning K–12 group brings high quality, highly accountable online education to schools, school districts, and students in the U.S. and abroad. Hallmarks of our programs include a personalized learning approach, an award-winning curriculum and Education Management System (EMS), and dedicated, certified teachers.
Supporting full-time virtual schools since 2001, our online learning solutions include Connections Academy, International Connections Academy, and Pearson Connexus.
Supporting full-time virtual schools since 2001, our online learning solutions include Connections Academy, International Connections Academy, and Pearson Connexus.
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