Dr. Karen Fennell

Professional development training provided to executive, senior and mid-level school leaders, teachers, behaviorist, nurses, school counselors, security personnel, psychologist and other school-based employees. Provide coaching, mentoring, team coaching, organization development, quality assurance and design for specific initiatives. Contracts include New Jersey Department of Education charter and public schools and private educational companies. Trainings offered: ▪ Title IX- Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Compliance ▪ Evidenced based programming for students ▪ Conducting (HIB) Investigations & Protocols/School Safety Data System Training ▪ Positive Discipline and Student Retention ▪ Parental Engagement/Social Emotional Strategies

Highly sought professional instructional leader assigned to long-term teacher assignments in K-12 educational sector. Duties include: • Daily monitoring, data analysis and reporting • Implementation of behavioral and academic interventions • Teaching and model conflict resolution and implement classroom management • Structure and develop positive culture for students and assistants • Implementation of positive behavioral supports • Interfacing with parents, school administration and district administrators

Third oldest public school in the nation, founded in1676, with 66 schools, 5,877 employees, and a student population of 35,329; the largest NJ school system. SENIOR MANAGER OF OPERATIONS AND COMPLIANCE (OFFICE OF SAFETY/OPERATIONS/STUDENT SUPPORTS) (2014-2020) School violence reduction and prevention encompassed Anti-Bullying Rights Compliance (70 schools), creating crisis response tools and anti-violence education, discipline process restructuring, designing and facilitating presentations, and conducting program assessments. Reported to the Executive Director. ▪ Achieved benchmarks of 100% for violence reduction and prevention training. investigations and climate and culture programming ▪ Set aggressive standards for efficient management of resources, schedules and budgets, resulting in 30% increase in state reporting. ▪ Provided data analysis and reporting for state reporting, school administrators, executives, senior executives and board members. ▪ Facilitated continuous monitoring and relationship management for internal and external stakeholders. SPECIAL ASSISTANT OF OPERATIONS - OFFICE OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS (2013-2014) District leader providing social emotional district wide supports, resources and programming. Reported to Executive Director. ▪ Created inclusive social emotional programming, facilitated Title X trainings and co-authored student support team framework. ▪ Enhanced, maintained and improved existing data platforms for internal and external reporting. ▪ Restructured process by driving data driven decision making and increasing accountability in reporting to increase grant funding. ▪ Restructured administrative processes by using evidence based practice to drive data driven decision making and managed social worker intern recruitment collaborating with colleges and universities.

Pioneer in community-based services since 1962. Launched the first halfway house in New Jersey and now operates 50 programs in ten states and Canada, serving thousands of adults, youth, and families. PROGRAM DIRECTOR – NEW JERSEY MULTI SYSTEMIC TREATMENT (MST) Served as conference representative, supervised 10 direct reports and developed program protocols resulting in highly effective outcomes. Provided clinical and managerial oversight of MST evidenced-based therapy, serving youth ages 12-17 for Essex/Hudson counties. Reported to the Area Director. ▪ Administered $1 million budget, ensured census and utilization, and oversaw effective utilization of internal/external clinical systems. Spearheaded employee section and collaborated with stakeholders, increasing program revenue, reflecting a 95% utilization rate (since 2011). ▪ Met timeframe and budget targets for assigned audit work, maintaining 98th percentile state ranking. ▪ Maintained partnerships with referral sources and system partners. ▪ Oversaw employment programs recruitment, interviewing, hiring and retention. CLINICAL SUPERVISOR II (2008-2012) Supervised eight Master’s-level and licensed therapists, providing intensive in-home treatment to youth ages 12-18 in juvenile justice and mobile crisis. Reported to Director. ▪ Achieved 85% census utilization and necessary compliance by modeling and achieving model fidelity. ▪ Identified and implemented best practices to drive change within internal audit resulting in 100% compliance.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse treatment facility, with 320 employees across six locations, generating $500K annually. NORTHERN REGIONAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR, THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE Managed scaling of $3.7 million state funded 60 bed program ages 5-18 for displaced youth and supervised 40 licensed home-providers, conceptualized and created program infrastructure and training program. Reported to Area Director. • Oversaw corporate fiscal operations and conducted recruitment, onboarding and retention. • Coordinated with human resources to diversify hiring pools. • Developed program intervention strategies to promote client resources and program growth.

I have learned to lead improvements in practice that impact variety of industries such as education, business, sales and marketing and not-for-profit organizations. I have learned and developed tactics, policies, and strategies to improve processes and ensure regulatory compliance at a higher level.

This Master of Science Degree provided me a foundational and contextual understanding of working with diverse communities clinically, specializing in evidenced based practice, and program administration.

I learned about the history and its evolution, institutional and systemic policies impacting culture and environment, gained experienced as an instructor/speaker and implemented educational strategies for adult and K-12 learners.