Legal Secretary/Executive Assistant
Adrian R. Humphreys
6625 Windsor Court
Columbia, Maryland 21044
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Accomplishments
• 10 plus years experience providing direct services and administrative coordination in managing executive level staff in corporate, government and private industries. Developed and implemented various proposals while working for Marriott Corporation and Hobbs Group.
• 2 years experience providing direct services to 3 Legal Associates at a busy criminal and civil litigation firm.
• 8 plus years experience collaborating on multi-disciplinary teams that focused on health care management, educational issues, crisis intervention, initial intakes/assessments and ongoing social services as well as program planning, implementation and evaluation of specialized intervention plans and Individualized Education Plans for each child who had special needs.
• 15 years experience collaborating across teams/departments findings through face to face meetings, telephone conversations, emails.
• 2 years experience collaborating with a leadership team through meetings to discuss educational topics.
• 15 year assessing/analyzing data through focus groups
• 8 years experience supervising a team of 12 individuals that were part of the Child Study Team and provide input into their assessments, evaluations and various written work.
• 15 years experience supervising one-on-one paraprofessionals from other agencies..
• 8 years experience counseling people for family relations, drug and alcohol abuse, anger management, health issues, educational, emotional and social issues and hospice care.
• 3 years experience mentoring new employees. Providing assistance and helping develop an understanding of various educational rules, protocols and procedures.
Professional Work History
08/11 – 06/01/18 IEP Team Associate, Baltimore City Public School System, Baltimore, MD
• Facilitate all Individualized Education Plan meetings and review all paperwork that comes to the IEP office for content.
• Chair all IEP meetings or act as Principal Designee when Principal is out of the office and no other faculty member is available
• Develop and review all Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) for special needs in PreK to 5th grade
• Educate parents on their rights during the IEP meetings
• Determine implementation of IEP
• Provide in-service to staff members on any changes to the Individualized Education Plans, COMAR and IDEA documentation
• Continue to review data cleansing reports and rectify any problems with the data. Continue to make sure all data is compliant within COMAR, IDEA and Baltimore City Public School protocols.
• Experienced knowledge of Maryland Online IEP process. Trained and supervised special educators while learning the process.
• Present at Professional Development and mentor IEP Chairpersons that are new to the process.
• Supervised special educators and all other team members
03/18/2008-01/14/11 IEP Team Associate, Baltimore City Public School System, Baltimore, MD
• Facilitate all Individualized Education Plan meetings and review all paperwork that comes to the IEP office for content.
• Develop Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) for special needs children
• Chair all IEP meetings
• Educate parents on their rights during the IEP meetings
• Determine implementation of the IEP
• Provide in-service to staff on any changes to the COMAR and IDEA documentation plus provided in-depth training on various topics to faculty members.
• Developed, implemented and provided in-depth resources to families and children
• Create and update record keeping and data entry to avoid significant compensatory violations in the past three years.
• Experienced knowledge of Maryland Online IEP process. Trained and supervised special educator while learning the process.
• Supervised special educators and other staff members
09/00-07/2007 School Social Worker, Baltimore City Public School Systems, Baltimore, MD
o Provide crisis intervention, counseling to special education and regular education population.
o Meet with parents to discuss the needs of the child and parental expectations of the program. Act as IEP process manager and Instructional Team Associate and conduct, facilitate, and implement IEP meetings.
o Facilitate and implement Student Support Team meetings and Child Study Team meetings.
o Implement updates to Special Education Tracking System (SETS) after SST and CST meetings. Generate monthly reports to principal and Area Coordinator
o Home visits initiated and documented findings
05/99-07/00 Medical Social Worker, Carroll County General Hospital, Westminster, MD
o Developed and wrote psychosocial assessments and provided crisis intervention for patients dealing with end of life issues, emotional, learning and multiple disabilities.
o Provide counseling for end of life issues, anger management, and drug and alcohol abuse
o Researched, composed and implemented an in-service on Crisis Intervention in a health care setting.
1995-1996 Office Manager, Howard County League of Women Voters, Columbia, MD
o Arranged voting registration at various college campuses
o Developed and delivered League of Women Voters newsletter
o Composed correspondence to various agencies on voting rights
o Purchased supplies and equipment
o Developed and composed presentations
o Answered telephone calls, routing to proper individual, reviewed all correspondence via regular mail and email and responded accordingly.
1994-1995 Administrative Assistant, Hobbs Group, Columbia, MD
o Composed correspondence to other insurance providers.
o Developed and attended training sessions
o Arranged domestic travel
o Arranged for internal meetings
1989-1994 Senior Executive Secretary, Marriott Corporation, Bethesda, MD
o Arranged domestic and international travel for 14 Vice Presidents
o Composed and facilitated bid proposals for various Host facilities
o Composed presentations and arranged dinner meetings for Bethesda and California representatives
o Arranged meetings and proper tools for those attendees and guests
1986-1987 Administrative Assistant, Reliable Stores, Inc., Columbia, MD
o Assisted Human Resource Department in developing HR standard letter templates
o Reviewed and composed all documentation for presentations and hiring standards
o Answered telephone calls, sorted and routed mail to proper interview, reviewed and composed all correspondence via regular mail and/or email.
1985-1986 Senior Secretary, Syracuse University, School of Social Work and Health and Society Programs, Syracuse, NY
o Provided assistance to social work students
o Reviewed and composed all documentation for syllabus for students
o Reviewed all incoming mail via email or regular mail and composed letters to address concerns
o Jointly developed with Dean presentations for students
o Purchased supplies and equipment as needed
o Arranged domestic travel for Dean and other staff members
o Scheduled meetings for the Dean and Coordinator for Social Work Department
1979-1980 Legal Secretary, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca, and Lewin, Washington, D.C.
o Reviewed and composed correspondence, briefs and emails to clients for 3 Associate Lawyers
o Scheduled and arranged domestic travel for depositions
o Purchased supplies and equipment as needed.
o Reviewed all incoming email and correspondence and directed to the right Attorney
o Provided assistance to the paralegals in researching documentation
1974- 1979 Senior Secrertary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commisison, Bethesda, MD
o Trained staff on the Vydec machine
o Liaison between Commissioners, Congress and other governmental agencies with revised documentation
o Scheduled and arranged domestic travel to Nuclear Energy Centers
o Revised all documentation and correspondence associated with the Nuclear Energy Center Site Survey
o Reviewed all incoming correspondence and directed it to the right Vice President
o Proofread all documentation before going out
o Travelled from Bethesda Office to Main Campus with deliverables
1973-1974 Clerk Typist, State National Bank, Kensington, MD
o Typed all correspondence for President and Vice President
o Contacted clients regarding outstanding loans
o Scheduled meetings for team members
o Light bookkeeping
o Mailed all correspondence to clients
Software Skills
Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Excel and Power Point
Education
M.A., Social Work, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
B.A., Social Work, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Caton
Adrian R. Humphreys
6625 Windsor Court
Columbia, Maryland 21044
------------ (Home)
------------ (Cell)
Email: ------------
Accomplishments
• 10 plus years experience providing direct services and administrative coordination in managing executive level staff in corporate, government and private industries. Developed and implemented various proposals while working for Marriott Corporation and Hobbs Group.
• 2 years experience providing direct services to 3 Legal Associates at a busy criminal and civil litigation firm.
• 8 plus years experience collaborating on multi-disciplinary teams that focused on health care management, educational issues, crisis intervention, initial intakes/assessments and ongoing social services as well as program planning, implementation and evaluation of specialized intervention plans and Individualized Education Plans for each child who had special needs.
• 15 years experience collaborating across teams/departments findings through face to face meetings, telephone conversations, emails.
• 2 years experience collaborating with a leadership team through meetings to discuss educational topics.
• 15 year assessing/analyzing data through focus groups
• 8 years experience supervising a team of 12 individuals that were part of the Child Study Team and provide input into their assessments, evaluations and various written work.
• 15 years experience supervising one-on-one paraprofessionals from other agencies..
• 8 years experience counseling people for family relations, drug and alcohol abuse, anger management, health issues, educational, emotional and social issues and hospice care.
• 3 years experience mentoring new employees. Providing assistance and helping develop an understanding of various educational rules, protocols and procedures.
Professional Work History
08/11 – 06/01/18 IEP Team Associate, Baltimore City Public School System, Baltimore, MD
• Facilitate all Individualized Education Plan meetings and review all paperwork that comes to the IEP office for content.
• Chair all IEP meetings or act as Principal Designee when Principal is out of the office and no other faculty member is available
• Develop and review all Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) for special needs in PreK to 5th grade
• Educate parents on their rights during the IEP meetings
• Determine implementation of IEP
• Provide in-service to staff members on any changes to the Individualized Education Plans, COMAR and IDEA documentation
• Continue to review data cleansing reports and rectify any problems with the data. Continue to make sure all data is compliant within COMAR, IDEA and Baltimore City Public School protocols.
• Experienced knowledge of Maryland Online IEP process. Trained and supervised special educators while learning the process.
• Present at Professional Development and mentor IEP Chairpersons that are new to the process.
• Supervised special educators and all other team members
03/18/2008-01/14/11 IEP Team Associate, Baltimore City Public School System, Baltimore, MD
• Facilitate all Individualized Education Plan meetings and review all paperwork that comes to the IEP office for content.
• Develop Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) for special needs children
• Chair all IEP meetings
• Educate parents on their rights during the IEP meetings
• Determine implementation of the IEP
• Provide in-service to staff on any changes to the COMAR and IDEA documentation plus provided in-depth training on various topics to faculty members.
• Developed, implemented and provided in-depth resources to families and children
• Create and update record keeping and data entry to avoid significant compensatory violations in the past three years.
• Experienced knowledge of Maryland Online IEP process. Trained and supervised special educator while learning the process.
• Supervised special educators and other staff members
09/00-07/2007 School Social Worker, Baltimore City Public School Systems, Baltimore, MD
o Provide crisis intervention, counseling to special education and regular education population.
o Meet with parents to discuss the needs of the child and parental expectations of the program. Act as IEP process manager and Instructional Team Associate and conduct, facilitate, and implement IEP meetings.
o Facilitate and implement Student Support Team meetings and Child Study Team meetings.
o Implement updates to Special Education Tracking System (SETS) after SST and CST meetings. Generate monthly reports to principal and Area Coordinator
o Home visits initiated and documented findings
05/99-07/00 Medical Social Worker, Carroll County General Hospital, Westminster, MD
o Developed and wrote psychosocial assessments and provided crisis intervention for patients dealing with end of life issues, emotional, learning and multiple disabilities.
o Provide counseling for end of life issues, anger management, and drug and alcohol abuse
o Researched, composed and implemented an in-service on Crisis Intervention in a health care setting.
1995-1996 Office Manager, Howard County League of Women Voters, Columbia, MD
o Arranged voting registration at various college campuses
o Developed and delivered League of Women Voters newsletter
o Composed correspondence to various agencies on voting rights
o Purchased supplies and equipment
o Developed and composed presentations
o Answered telephone calls, routing to proper individual, reviewed all correspondence via regular mail and email and responded accordingly.
1994-1995 Administrative Assistant, Hobbs Group, Columbia, MD
o Composed correspondence to other insurance providers.
o Developed and attended training sessions
o Arranged domestic travel
o Arranged for internal meetings
1989-1994 Senior Executive Secretary, Marriott Corporation, Bethesda, MD
o Arranged domestic and international travel for 14 Vice Presidents
o Composed and facilitated bid proposals for various Host facilities
o Composed presentations and arranged dinner meetings for Bethesda and California representatives
o Arranged meetings and proper tools for those attendees and guests
1986-1987 Administrative Assistant, Reliable Stores, Inc., Columbia, MD
o Assisted Human Resource Department in developing HR standard letter templates
o Reviewed and composed all documentation for presentations and hiring standards
o Answered telephone calls, sorted and routed mail to proper interview, reviewed and composed all correspondence via regular mail and/or email.
1985-1986 Senior Secretary, Syracuse University, School of Social Work and Health and Society Programs, Syracuse, NY
o Provided assistance to social work students
o Reviewed and composed all documentation for syllabus for students
o Reviewed all incoming mail via email or regular mail and composed letters to address concerns
o Jointly developed with Dean presentations for students
o Purchased supplies and equipment as needed
o Arranged domestic travel for Dean and other staff members
o Scheduled meetings for the Dean and Coordinator for Social Work Department
1979-1980 Legal Secretary, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca, and Lewin, Washington, D.C.
o Reviewed and composed correspondence, briefs and emails to clients for 3 Associate Lawyers
o Scheduled and arranged domestic travel for depositions
o Purchased supplies and equipment as needed.
o Reviewed all incoming email and correspondence and directed to the right Attorney
o Provided assistance to the paralegals in researching documentation
1974- 1979 Senior Secrertary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commisison, Bethesda, MD
o Trained staff on the Vydec machine
o Liaison between Commissioners, Congress and other governmental agencies with revised documentation
o Scheduled and arranged domestic travel to Nuclear Energy Centers
o Revised all documentation and correspondence associated with the Nuclear Energy Center Site Survey
o Reviewed all incoming correspondence and directed it to the right Vice President
o Proofread all documentation before going out
o Travelled from Bethesda Office to Main Campus with deliverables
1973-1974 Clerk Typist, State National Bank, Kensington, MD
o Typed all correspondence for President and Vice President
o Contacted clients regarding outstanding loans
o Scheduled meetings for team members
o Light bookkeeping
o Mailed all correspondence to clients
Software Skills
Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Excel and Power Point
Education
M.A., Social Work, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
B.A., Social Work, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Caton