The Hartt School Community Division, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Interim Director, 2006-2007

Visionary Leadership

• Collaborate/Interface with all departments within the University of Hartford to maintain efficient policies and procedures as well as networking needed to cultivate awareness of the school and its relationship with the surrounding community
• Participation in various committees regarding community leadership and community engagement
• Lead the school of 2500 students and 200 faculty & staff through a difficult leadership transition
• Oversee and Develop $3,100,000 budget
• Oversee grant writing and reporting for approximately $400,000 in grant awards for various educational programs

Organizational Leadership

• Negotiated full & part-time faculty contracts
• Hire, supervise and evaluate faculty and staff at various locations including national searches for significant positions
• Supervise and manage the marketing team including short and long-term analysis, programmatic initiatives, planning and expenditures
• Oversee 7 satellite campuses both in educational and administrative capacities including new satellite construction with a Chamber of Commerce award for Best New Business
• Budget analysis resulting in programmatic and administrative change as well as budgetary realignment to improve financial forecasting and accuracy of accounts

Associate Director, 2001 – 2011

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Build relationships with public and private school teachers in the area
• Research, design and implement new educational programs and initiatives
• Hire, orient, train, supervise and evaluate full and part-time faculty & staff
• Create job descriptions and oversee the hiring process including salary negotiation
• Employee relations: resolve staffing issues and disputes as well as staffing shortages; employee job satisfaction; employee recognition for excellence
• Supervise budgetary spending including budget analysis
• Supervise and evaluate all large and small ensemble programs including personnel, Artistic Directors, faculty, coordinators, accompanists and managerial staff including formal and informal performance reviews
• Analyze productivity and redistribute job responsibilities
• Provide programmatic assessment including fiscal responsibility, student achievement, quality analysis relating to educational issues, procedural improvements, logistical issues, performance details
• Supervise financial assistance program including reviewing applications, reconciling expenditures to meet grant requirements, and completing reports
• Supervise the school’s website relating to upkeep, re-designs, and all related analysis
• Supervise the school’s fall ensemble audition day accepting over 400 students into various ensembles.

Management Responsibilities:

• Planning & management of school administrative communications
• Write, compile and report on student and parent surveys for analysis of programs, grant-reporting, and educational strength
• Analyze, research and implement technological systems to improve faculty and staff administration
• Create and manipulate databases related to current and new student information

National Committee Involvement - National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts

• Committee of School Directors, National Guild of Community Arts Education (2005-present)
  • Extensive planning to create a school self-assessment kit designed to guide school directors through the evaluation process of programs, staffing, budgetary health, mission, and long-term sustainability
• Conference Planning Committee, National Guild of Community Arts Education National Conference in Boston, MA (2003-2004)
  • Collaborated with committee members to design and implement all aspects of the annual national conference
• Chairperson, Hospitality Committee, National Guild of Community Arts Education National Conference in Boston, MA (2003-2004)
  • Lead a committee of school directors to design and implement a hospitality plan for the annual national conference.