Jenn Sanderlin - Senior Partnerships Manager, Committee for Children

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Committee for ChildrenSenior State Partnerships Manager

Nov. 2023 - Nov. 2025Seattle, Washington, United StatesAs the Senior State Partnership Manager with Committee for Children I get to use my commitment, experience, and passion for enhancing educational opportunities and fostering social-emotional learning (SEL) in schools. By building and nurturing relationships with State Departments of Education, community-based organizations, and other state-level partners I help create opportunities for connection and collaboration to support the important work of student well-being and positive school climate. I focus on strategic planning, relationship management, and driving the awareness of SEL( and related initiatives) and the adoption of the Second Step family of programs across the US. I am a strong communicator with expertise in delivering impactful presentations and webinars. I prioritize keeping abreast of evolving educational trends and dynamics in the field and work collaboratively with marketing, success, product, and policy and advocacy to help our education partnerships team have the tools and resources needed to support their partner districts. Won't you join me in our mission to support leaders and educators to empower students with essential skills for life? Let's connect and collaborate!

Committee for ChildrenEducation Partnerships Development Manager

Apr. 2022 - Nov. 2023In my work as the Education Partnerships Development Manager, using a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens I provided strategic leadership and enablement to expand partnerships and adoption of our research-based, high-quality PreK-12 programs for students and educators. I collaborate with leadership to create and expand state-level partnerships and initiatives, provide strategies and resources for large district acquisitions, create sales enablement tools and communications, and facilitate additional development initiatives across the team including promoting funding opportunities and connecting to organizations supporting our initiatives. In this role, I help inform and create compelling new content and materials including specialty webinars, custom proposals content, drive content for large RFP applications, sales presentations, and thought leadership events. I work closely with the Education Partnerships Director and Regional Managers to ensure quality best practices and methodologies across the team. I am also a liaison across departments to ensure a robust district partner feedback loop with marketing/go-to-market, product, equitable access, policy and advocacy, crisis response, and others. As the Education Partnerships Development manager, I also focused on market research, competitive positioning, new funding, grant opportunities, and emergent projects and initiatives to create solutions to expand reach for the organization. I regularly presented at conferences, on national webinars, and as an advocate for social-emotional learning, child protection, bullying prevention, trauma-sensitive practices, and educator wellbeing. This work matters. To me, to you, to everyone, and I am honored to help further our mission that all children can thrive in a safe, peaceful and just world.

Committee for ChildrenEducation Partnerships Regional Manager

Apr. 2020 - May. 2022I lead a regional team to bring research- and evidence-based and user-friendly social-emotional learning, child abuse prevention, and bullying prevention resources and training to school districts and state partnerships. My role had a special emphasis on large districts with over 100K students, complex implementation and support, state funding and grant development, and as a subject matter expert with a multitude of experience speaking to a variety of audiences.

Committee for ChildrenSenior Education Partnerships Manager

Jan. 2013 - May. 2022Seattle, WACommittee for Children is a Seattle-based nonprofit that makes the award-winning Second Step curriculum, a social emotional learning program for Early Learning through 8th grade. In my role as a Senior Education Partnerships Manager I worked with schools, districts and programs throughout the Southeastern U.S. to adopt and successfully implement our curriculum to make a positive impact on school climate, behavior support, bullying prevention, child abuse prevention, and student academic success. -Regional sales, marketing and outreach (9-16 states) -Implementation support, planning and coaching -Public speaking and training -Interactive team-based projects, events, and relationship building Business Development/Marketing: Track record of meeting or exceeding sales goals of $6M for region Lead external webinar design and implementation for monthly webinars, both live and on-demand. Implementation: Support school and district level implementation planning and coaching of SEL, Bullying Prevention, Child Abuse Prevention and Mindfulness print and online programming PreK-12, specializing in large districts in the Southeast US (e.g. Atlanta Public Schools, Charleston County School District, Hillsborough County Schools). Public Speaking/Training: Regular and special speaking engagements at state and national conferences in the education field (School Counseling, PBIS, Principal and Admin, Mental Health and School Safety, etc.). Training workshops (in person and online) for PreK-8 staff and admin/leadership roles. Interactive Projects/Events/Relationship Building: Convening stakeholders to collaborate on SEL initiatives, standards development, program alignment, and community engagement events. Work collaboratively to design, administer and support state level grants/partnerships with DOE, Dept of Health, Dept of Children and Families as well as state organizations related to SEL, School Safety, Child Abuse Prevention, Bullying Prevention and PBIS.

Bloom Coaching InstituteMarketing Program Manager

Feb. 2012 - Mar. 2015Seattle, WAProgram development, marketing and communications for training and coaching business expansion. Research, design, coordinate and promote online and in person training on the ROI of Coaching.

School's Out WashingtonTrainer/Consultant

Jan. 2002 - Aug. 2004Seattle, WAOnsite contract with two programs in South Seattle during 2003-04 to provide technical assistance, staff training (6-8 staff), mentoring and management training for site director and to assist in identifying, planning and implementation of quality improvement goals. Provided ongoing support as a subject matter expert and conducted workshops for SOWA at large.

Kids Co.Director of Programs

Mar. 1996 - Sep. 2011Seattle, WAExecutive level responsibilities to drive operations of 11 high quality, state licensed K-8 and early learning programs, after-school extended learning opportunities, and Play and Learn groups serving 1200+ children annually. Program Operations: Managed state licensing, partnerships/agreements with Seattle and Mercer Island school districts, contracts with City of Seattle, Schools Out Washington, USDA. Lead national accreditation for program sites NAA and NAEYC; Design and admin of scholarship program. Budget development and monitoring of operations ($5M). Business Development: Successful external RFP and overall enrollment expansion from 3 sites to 11 during tenure. Project management for expansion/capacity building, on time and on budget goals met. Won contracts and opened 3 new facilities in 2011 alone. Development/Fundraising/Events: Collaborated to implement fundraising activities and grant-funded programs; Planned and executed small and large scale special events including annual fundraising luncheon, family engagement events, staff appreciation events and board meetings. People Management/Development: Managed 11 site directors with over 55 program staff. Lead directors to recruit, train, develop, evaluate and retain diverse staff teams. Developed and coordinated all-staff in-service training, leadership retreats and staff training plans. Provided 1:1 management coaching. Managed staff recognition and compensation. Communications/Marketing: Developed and implemented program-based and corporate internal and external communications. Owned annual customer satisfaction and staff engagement surveys. Implemented cultural competence training focused on communicating with a diverse population. Executive Management: Reviewed, developed, and implemented policies; Strategic planning, risk management. Community partnerships. Garnered partner agency support; Program planning and evaluation. Board committee staffing and communication.

Various AssignmentsTeacher

Aug. 1994 - Jun. 1997Greater Seattle AreaWashington State Certificated teacher and pre-service assignments in various long-term and short-term positions in K-5 schools in Seattle and Issaquah school districts.