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Kansas Department of CommerceRegistered Apprenticeship Program Manager
Mar. 2025Topeka, KS
Kansas State Department of EducationEducational Program Consultant
Aug. 2023 - Mar. 2025Topeka, KS▶ Leading statewide career cluster reviews to improve quality of programming and designing more robust coursework with postsecondary faculty, industry professionals, and teachers in the field
▶ Managing program quality and assistance for 6 of the state’s 36 Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways:
Teaching and Training - 229 programs
Family, Community, and Consumer Services - 223 programs
Restaurant and Event Management - 182 programs
Early Childhood Development and Services - 99 programs
Fashion, Apparel & Interior Design - 68 programs
Travel and Tourism - 9 programs
▶ Assisting school districts and educators with integrating relevant work-based learning into coursework in order to provide students with opportunities to master employability and technical skills
▶ Monitoring Carl D. Perkins federal grant applications and fund disbursement in partnership with the Kansas Board of Regents and the Local Education Authorities in Kansas that are eligible to receive funds
▶ Providing technical assistance and professional development to the field on Perkins legislation, KSDE CTE initiatives and, specific topics directly related to teaching Family and Consumer Sciences coursework
▶ Serving with workforce development groups for early childhood and mental health an behavioral services in Kansas with various state agencies and other stakeholder groups
Piper - USD 203Family And Consumer Science Teacher
Aug. 2019 - Jul. 2023Kansas City, Kansas, United StatesEducator
▶ Created and embedded real world learning opportunities for students to gain employability and leadership skills through catering experiences and client connected projects at all levels of programming
▶ Certified over 350 students with ServeSafe industry credentials
▶ Increased culinary arts program enrollment from 5 sections per year to 20 sections per year - warranting the hiring of another FCS Educator
▶ Created a paid internship program for high school culinary students to feed more than 200 summer school students daily for 6 weeks
▶ Lead the initiation of the Education and Training, Fashion Apparel and Interior Design, and Travel and Tourism CTE pathways in the district School Leader
▶ Original member of the school’s Kauffman Design Team which resulted in a structural paradigm shift of how CTE programming was viewed at the high school, the graduation requirements for students, and a $300,000 grant for the school district to pursue Real World Learning initiatives at all levels K-12
▶ Served as CTE Coordinator from 2020-2021 prior to Kauffman work
▶ Lead the new Academy of Human Services, one of six wall-to-wall career academies, by overseeing goal setting, curriculum, development, and marketing of various courses and programs
▶ Ensured compliance with Human Services program offerings and school district initiatives like a guaranteed and viable curriculum, Portrait of a Graduate, and KSDE CTE Policies and accreditation criteria for Perkins V Funding
Kansas FCCLACorporate Relations Liason
Apr. 2016 - Dec. 2016
Kansas State UniversityStudent
Aug. 2015 - May. 2019Manhattan, KS
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