Resume pdf:
National Conference in Chicago:
brain-friendly teaching
(the tape around my body is part of an activity to define
latitude, longitude, and hemispheres).
Susie Schainost, M.Ed., M.D.S.
(My last name is pronounced as "shy-nest.")
sschainost@yahoo.com
Contact information available in e-portfolio's Contact Me section
Business leader and founding school head with 25 years’ experience in the fun, fast-paced world of education, aspires to progress the ethics of care via curriculum, pilgriming projects
and creating inclusive opportunities for all styles of learners, teachers and the community.
“When I chose Mrs. Schainost as the Middle School Head, I did so based on her exceptional creative tendencies. Her thinking processes were so different from mine that she balanced my very analytical, left-brain approach. She understood the challenges that face the middle-school-age child and had a passion for creating an environment that affirmed every student. Her loyalty to The Independent School mission and her dedication to the students created a Middle School that was truly ‘gentle, kind, and loving’ to all.” (Norton, 2011, p. 188-189)
—Karen Norton (2011), Founding Head of School of The Independent School in her book,
A School Like No Other. Kansas: KKN Publishing.
Professional Experience
Vice President of Education
2014 – Present Image Impact International, New York, NY
Serve on board of directors for a global philanthropic community whose mission is to champion ability, civility, and possibility.
- Develop curriculum for Training for Impact, Disability + S.T.Y.L.E, Global Civility awareness, Civility and YOUniversity, and Campus 2 Corporate 2 Community Impact for first-generation college students, training faculty, and young professionals.
- Coordinate and arrange processes for accreditation and governance compliance.
- Design and Deliver Training for Adults – Evaluation and Bias, Teaching Adult Learners, Learning Differences
Head of Admissions and Marketing
December 2009 – August 2011 Summit Montessori School 283 Pleasant, Framingham, MA 01701
Program and Market for age 2.5 through 6th grade enrollment
Streamline admissions, coordinate tracking via Excel and Portal; chart data for parent support groups and AISNE.
Organize, conduct, and budget marketing campaigns, publications, tours and open house events.
Write, design and create view book, mailers, and invitations via Publisher design program.
Train faculty and staff on welcoming and marketing practices.
Undertake organizing, cleaning, decorating and painting National Historic Registered facility.
Provide personal contact with over 300 families. Increase enrollment to over-target goal.
Founding Head of Middle School
November 1990 – June 2008 The Independent School 8333 East Douglas, Wichita, KS 67207
Program and Market for 186 students plus faculty members of 700 student Pre-K - 12 grade
Recruit, hire, supervise, and evaluate over twenty-five teachers and support staff.
Nurture interdisciplinary, joy-filled school identity in conjunction with mission and vision.
Preserve continuity via valued substitutes program and/or covering absences.
Adhere to public and private school accreditation and athletic regulations.
Curriculum Development and Alignment
Safeguard Pre-K – 12 grade coordination with STEAM, Advanced Placement and Regents expectations, college-prep academics, schedules, family essentials, co-curricular, and after-school opportunities.
Correlate curriculum for transition schools (International Baccalaureate, public, parochial).
Facilitate Strategic Development and Accreditation Teams: NAIS, ISACS, North Central, State, KSHSAA, U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
School Safety and Communication
Maintain facility safety regulations, safety teams, student protection plans, know safety officers.
Cultivate visibility and nurture positive communication with student behavior management and family correspondence.
Write weekly newsletter, website, blog and quarterly newspaper.
Complete and file all-school reports, student data and certification for Department of Education.
Nonstop Admissions, Marketing, Networking
Increased m.s. enrollment from 17 to 186; campus 154 to 780 - expanding from K - 5 to K - 12.
Annual Fund involvement through personal meetings, contacts, phone calls, dinners and marketing.
Create, organize, and implement marketing growth and waiting lists even during city-wide layoffs.
Cultivate visibility and positive communication with families; student behavior management.
Learning Differences Specialist
Integrate multi-sensory methods for learners with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, Attention Deficit Disorders, auditory processing, Tourette’s Syndrome, hearing loss, and seizures.
Food Impairment – celiac, nut / dairy allergies, eating disorders, asthma, dietary environments.
Testing
Advance Placement, State Assessments, Stanford Achievement, Otis Lennon: Coordinate, order, distribute, administer, and disseminate data. Maintain transcripts, records and test security.
Duke, Johns Hopkins, and Northwestern University Talent Identification Programs: Enroll, prepare and be on-site with pencils, cinnamon gum, yearbook and testing-brain encouragement.
Construction of Facilities
Design and oversee construction of 35,664 square foot middle school building.
Assist construction oversight of three buildings, two athletic fields, two gyms, and practice facilities.
Athletic Leagues
President, Secretary in four KSHSAA accredited middle and high school State leagues 1994 - 2008.
Event Creator, Coordinator and Facility Manager
Curriculum Integration Trips (school wide/ 175-400, grade level 90+): international trip through Japan and China uniting 200 travelers ages 10 - 80, New York City (400 ages 10-76), sailing, covered wagon, camp, Chicago, Kansas City, Lincoln, Oklahoma City, St. Louis, San Francisco, Topeka. City Management, Civil Rights, Literature based, Magical Mystery Tour, Oregon Trail, Treasure of the Czars. High School Prom and After-Prom Events, school-wide quarterly dances and assemblies and educational speakers.
Community Program Organizer: Geography and Spelling Bees, Student Council, Parent Group and Boosters, honors assemblies, grand-friends, high school graduation, Homecoming – dance, parade, reception, School Supply Packets.
Athletic (state and league wide tournaments, games, practice, camps, coaches): football, volleyball, wrestling, basketball, tennis, cross-country, track, soccer, golf, softball.
Arts: Scholastic Art Award, band performances (175) to Chicago, Kansas City, recording cd. Vocal performances to:
Carnegie Hall (400) via St. Louis, Indianapolis, Gettysburg, NYC, Hannibal, MO - June 2004.
China (200) via San Francisco; Narita, Japan; China: Badaling, Beijing, Xian, Shanghai–March 2006.
State and City League Competitions: art, music, Quiz Bowl, Science Olympiad, KATM, Math Counts, Model United Nations, band and vocal music, Kansas Scholastic Chess: State Tournament Coordinator 1993 – 2007.
Teacher (while as serving as Head of Middle School
Personal Development and Health 1991-2006 (along with parents who are doctors)
Language Arts 7 gd 1991 – 2001, 2005, 5 grade 1991 – 1993, H.S. English, Substitute 1994-2008
College Adjunct Professor
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 1996 –2004
Middle Level Strategies –Adolescents' Brain-based Education: Hands-on Learning
Social Studies - Incorporating Experiential Learning with Community Resources
Celebrate Diversity – Society's Internal and External Culture: A Focus on Civility
Children’s Literature – genres and diversity, project-based instruction, language and literacy
Classic Literature in Secondary Education – genres, diversity, project-based, language and literacy
Workshops: World War II, Edgar Allan Poe, Greek Mythology, Substituting, Junior Great Books
Teacher Seventh Grade Language Arts and Student Advisory Coordinator
West Middle School, Kansas City, KS August 1984 – June 1987
Speech Teaching Assistant and Advisory Coordinator
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, NE January 1982 – June 1984
Athletic Marketing Staff: Outreach and Academics
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, NE August 1981 – June 1984
Playground Recreation and Program Coordinator
Lincoln Public Schools and Lincoln Parks and Recreation, Lincoln, NE August 1981 – June 1984
Elementary Teacher Aid and Summer Parks Program Leader
Bellevue Public Schools, Bellevue, NE June 1978 – August 1981
Recent Training and Certification
Principals of Real Estate, Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, Fairfax, Virginia, 2016
Social/Behavioral Researcher with human subjects: Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, University of Miami 2014
Vital Smarts - Change Anything 2011, Crucial Conversations 2010, 2012, 2013
American Montessori School Marketing Training 2010 - 2012
Harvard Marketing and Advancement Institute for Independent Schools 2008 - 2012
Bullies & Victims: Helping Your Child through the Schoolyard Battlefield - Training and Presentations on conflict resolution, education to prevent prejudice based on race or ethnicity, and gun control 1998-2008
Presentations
Image Impact International - Train the Trainer 2015 Designing Training for Adults, Evaluation and Bias
Summit Montessori In-service 2010 - 2011 “Mind-full” Interdisciplinary Teaching for All Learners
Innovative Learning Brain – National Conference 2003 - 2006
Kansas State University – Education Symposium Keynote and Panel Speaker 2000 - 2008
Interviewing for Your First (Teaching) Job
Technology Etiquette (e-handshake: voicemail, email, face to face, SMARTboards, online education)
North Central Accreditation – National / State Conferences 2002 - 2008 Teaching So ALL Learn
Kansas Association of Independent / Religious Schools Conference 2003 - 2008
International Dyslexic Association Conference 2000 - 2004 Independent School Admin. Panel
Kansas Association of Teachers of English 1998 - 2008 Edgar Allan Poe
Kansas Assoc. Middle Level Educators – State Conf. 1995 - 1998 Transitions to Help All Thinkers
University of Nebraska – Lincoln 1985 - 1989 Be Prepared, Not Surprised (inner-city teaching)
Technology
Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Adobe CS5, Publisher, Blackboard, Portal, Senior Systems, Google Docs, Outlook, Back Pack, Blackbaud, Digication, Slide Share, Prezi.
SMARTboards: Installation, Use, and Application Training
Awards and Publications
2015 Featured E-Portfolio Winner: City University of New York School of Professional Studies
Order of the Sons of Italy: Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Scholarship, Massachusetts
“Teacher of Excellence” lifetime distinction honored by State of Kansas
“Top Forty under Forty” Wichita Business Journal Noted Leaders
Kansas Association of Independent and Religious Schools: "Teacher of Excellence"
Kansas Association of Teachers of English: "Outstanding Educator"
Kansas Association of Middle Level Educators: "Michael James Award for Excellence in Education"
Wichita State University Board of Trustees “Excellence in Teaching"
“Who’s Who of America’s Teachers” twelve years
State of Kansas "Ambassador of Performing Arts" for Governor Kathleen Sibelius
Border’s Book Store "Teacher of the Year"
Book Contributor: Respect Self Value People (Pryor, 978-0972261708), A School Like No Other (Norton, 978-0982331521), Bullies and Victims (Fried, 978-0871318404)
Community
Quaker Village Homeowners Association (501C3) Board of Trustees, President, 2016 - present
YAI: Seeing Beyond Disability (501C3) New York City. Volunteer with Adults with Intellectual Disabilities 2014 - 2016
Phi Mu Fraternity (501C3) Membership Coordinator, New York City Alumni 2013-2014, Lincoln, Nebraska Alumni 1985-present
Order of the Sons of Italy, Wilmington, MA (501C3) Board of Trustees, Membership / Marketing, Junior Lodge 2008 - 2013
Boston Montessori School Admission Directors Council (501C3) 2009 - 2012
Woodland Lakes Community Church (501C3) Board of Trustees, Head of Marketing, Welcoming, 2003 – 2008
Northbrook Homeowners Association (501C3) Board of Trustees, President and Director, build ADA playgrounds 1987 - 2008
RSVP: Respect Self Value People (501C3) Board of Trustees, curriculum team for The Healing Path Foundation 1998 - 2004
Girl Scouts of the Great Plains (501C3) Troop Co-Leader 1995 – 2005
Education and Certification
M.A.D.S. City University of New York, New York, NY 2015 Disability Studies
Collaborative Institutional Training Institute, University of Miami 2014
Social/Behavioral Researcher with human subjects
New York State Department of Education Certifications – 2013 State University of New York
School Violence Prevention and Intervention
Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment
M.Ed. Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 1994 Educational Administration and Leadership
B.S.Ed. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 1984 Elementary Education
Kansas State K - 12 Building Administrator and Teacher Licenses,
"Highly Qualified" I.D.E.I.A. designation
Massachusetts State K - 12 Building Administrator and Teacher Licenses
Susie Schainost resume for eportfolio.docx
Teaching middle schoolers about the
Silk Road and
Ghengis Khan