Destinie Mangrum Resume
Experienced management professional, specializing in providing special education and operations. Strong, results oriented people skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and achieve team goals. Recognized for team building and team motivation. Able to manage multiple tasks, meet tight deadlines and increase team performance. A driven, self-starter who is adept at organization, special education, relationship building, and for producing results.
Key strengths include:
? Budgeting
? Negotiation
? Administration ? Operations
? Personnel Management
? Statistics ? Leadership
? Management
? Project Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE – Waco, TX September 2019 - Present
Project Director
• Supervise and train Upward Bound staff and instructors
• Direct the implementation of goals and objectives and ensure they are met
• Conduct and document formative (on-going) and summative (end-of year) evaluations of program staff, students, budget expenditures, and goals and objectives
• Prepare and submit grant proposals and reports to governmental agencies; research supporting documentation as needed
• Prepare, submit, and negotiate budgets, and collect and verify statistical information
• Participate in institutional activities, including unit-level planning, institutional committees, and other institutional requirements
• Plan, organize, and lead the program to enable participants to gain academic skills and motivation for success in post-secondary education
MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE – Waco, TX September 2018 - August 2019
Advising Specialist
• Provided assistance as appropriate in the areas of tutoring, testing, referrals, academics, financial aid, and career and personal counseling
• Advised students in areas of college admission requirements, program requirements, and admission status and their commitment to the UB program
• Planned and conducted workshops in various areas of student needs and interests
• Counseled and provided advice to students on course selection and scheduling to ensure program requirements, as well as future goals and objectives, are met
• Provided academic, career, personal, financial, and social counseling support and referrals to students.
• Served first-generation, economically disadvantaged students
• Assisted with coordination of cultural enrichment events, community service-learning activities, and the Upward Bound Summer Program
MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE – Waco, TX November 2015 - August 2018
Testing Assistant
• Administered various tests including, but not limited to, instructional tests, TSI, ACCUPLACER, CLEP, ADA proctoring, and certification testing.
• Monitored student testing behavior and ensure tests are taken in the appropriate length in time for completion and accordance with instructors’ directions.
• Interfaced with students, staff, and faculty regarding requests or inquiries about college procedures and processes.
• Maintained confidentiality and ensured testing materials were secure.
• Maintained confidential records in a school-wide database
PROSPER WACO – Waco, TX July 2017 - August 2018
College Pathways Specialist
• Facilitated school-wide pathways-themed college and career preparation days.
• Designed and conducted college and career workshops to facilitate college readiness for first-generation, low-income high school students
• Assisted with student recruitment/retention
• Provided guidance and advice to student-athletes on such matters as course selection, course prerequisites, career planning, limited access programs, and their requirements as well as continuing higher education.
• Monitored student-athlete academic performance and persistence, by communicating academic policies and procedures, including NCAA eligibility requirements for student-athletes
• Developed materials and activities to promote the Men of Color initiative at the high school and college levels
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS – Waco, TX July 2014 - July 2017
Americorps Members
• Managed a yearly average caseload of 100 high school students within the college and career program, attaining 97% graduation rate and 92% college acceptance rate
• Provided career and post-secondary counseling to assist students with the post-secondary decision-making process
• Assisted students with college applications, scholarships, college entrance and college placement exams, internships, volunteer opportunities, and individual success goals
• Successfully achieved SAT score improvement of up to 400 points and ACT improvement of up to 7 points
• Conducted research concerning higher education norms and trends for the state of Texas as necessary about students’ college and financial aid needs and interests
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Sports Management Worldwide; Portland, Oregon, USA
Sports Administration, Certificate, 2020
Training included: Budgeting, sponsorship, cost containment, organizational strategies, board management, revenue enhancement, marketing and public relations.
(Mentored By Dr. Jim Krause, Winning Sports Programs)
Reference: Dr. Lynn Lashbrook, Sports Management Worldwide President,------------
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY
Certificate Sports Industry Essentials, 2018
Academic Coaching of Southwestern
Association of Student Assistance Programs
Certified ZAPS! SAT Test Prep Instructor
EDUCATION
Doctor of Education - The University of Southern Mississippi – 2022
Concentration: Higher Education Administration Candidate
Master of Criminal Justice – Tarleton State University – 2018
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
National Interscholastic Athletic Association
National Association of Colleges and Employers
Experienced management professional, specializing in providing special education and operations. Strong, results oriented people skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and achieve team goals. Recognized for team building and team motivation. Able to manage multiple tasks, meet tight deadlines and increase team performance. A driven, self-starter who is adept at organization, special education, relationship building, and for producing results.
Key strengths include:
? Budgeting
? Negotiation
? Administration ? Operations
? Personnel Management
? Statistics ? Leadership
? Management
? Project Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE – Waco, TX September 2019 - Present
Project Director
• Supervise and train Upward Bound staff and instructors
• Direct the implementation of goals and objectives and ensure they are met
• Conduct and document formative (on-going) and summative (end-of year) evaluations of program staff, students, budget expenditures, and goals and objectives
• Prepare and submit grant proposals and reports to governmental agencies; research supporting documentation as needed
• Prepare, submit, and negotiate budgets, and collect and verify statistical information
• Participate in institutional activities, including unit-level planning, institutional committees, and other institutional requirements
• Plan, organize, and lead the program to enable participants to gain academic skills and motivation for success in post-secondary education
MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE – Waco, TX September 2018 - August 2019
Advising Specialist
• Provided assistance as appropriate in the areas of tutoring, testing, referrals, academics, financial aid, and career and personal counseling
• Advised students in areas of college admission requirements, program requirements, and admission status and their commitment to the UB program
• Planned and conducted workshops in various areas of student needs and interests
• Counseled and provided advice to students on course selection and scheduling to ensure program requirements, as well as future goals and objectives, are met
• Provided academic, career, personal, financial, and social counseling support and referrals to students.
• Served first-generation, economically disadvantaged students
• Assisted with coordination of cultural enrichment events, community service-learning activities, and the Upward Bound Summer Program
MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE – Waco, TX November 2015 - August 2018
Testing Assistant
• Administered various tests including, but not limited to, instructional tests, TSI, ACCUPLACER, CLEP, ADA proctoring, and certification testing.
• Monitored student testing behavior and ensure tests are taken in the appropriate length in time for completion and accordance with instructors’ directions.
• Interfaced with students, staff, and faculty regarding requests or inquiries about college procedures and processes.
• Maintained confidentiality and ensured testing materials were secure.
• Maintained confidential records in a school-wide database
PROSPER WACO – Waco, TX July 2017 - August 2018
College Pathways Specialist
• Facilitated school-wide pathways-themed college and career preparation days.
• Designed and conducted college and career workshops to facilitate college readiness for first-generation, low-income high school students
• Assisted with student recruitment/retention
• Provided guidance and advice to student-athletes on such matters as course selection, course prerequisites, career planning, limited access programs, and their requirements as well as continuing higher education.
• Monitored student-athlete academic performance and persistence, by communicating academic policies and procedures, including NCAA eligibility requirements for student-athletes
• Developed materials and activities to promote the Men of Color initiative at the high school and college levels
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS – Waco, TX July 2014 - July 2017
Americorps Members
• Managed a yearly average caseload of 100 high school students within the college and career program, attaining 97% graduation rate and 92% college acceptance rate
• Provided career and post-secondary counseling to assist students with the post-secondary decision-making process
• Assisted students with college applications, scholarships, college entrance and college placement exams, internships, volunteer opportunities, and individual success goals
• Successfully achieved SAT score improvement of up to 400 points and ACT improvement of up to 7 points
• Conducted research concerning higher education norms and trends for the state of Texas as necessary about students’ college and financial aid needs and interests
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Sports Management Worldwide; Portland, Oregon, USA
Sports Administration, Certificate, 2020
Training included: Budgeting, sponsorship, cost containment, organizational strategies, board management, revenue enhancement, marketing and public relations.
(Mentored By Dr. Jim Krause, Winning Sports Programs)
Reference: Dr. Lynn Lashbrook, Sports Management Worldwide President,------------
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY
Certificate Sports Industry Essentials, 2018
Academic Coaching of Southwestern
Association of Student Assistance Programs
Certified ZAPS! SAT Test Prep Instructor
EDUCATION
Doctor of Education - The University of Southern Mississippi – 2022
Concentration: Higher Education Administration Candidate
Master of Criminal Justice – Tarleton State University – 2018
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
National Interscholastic Athletic Association
National Association of Colleges and Employers