Karl P. Fortenberry
Education Program Manager, Out of School Time
Baltimore, MD · (410) 555 0148 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/karlpfortenberry
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Twelve years in out of school time programs, from site work to program management
SETTINGS
Youth education nonprofits and public school partnership sites
SPECIALTIES
Federal grant management, site supervision, academic enrichment, family recruitment
SYSTEMS
Cityspan, Google Workspace, PowerSchool, Canvas
CREDENTIALS
Certified Nonprofit Professional, youth program quality assessment training
EDUCATION
Master of arts in education policy, Johns Hopkins University
Executive Summary
Program manager running after school and summer learning across nine school sites for a youth education nonprofit. Twelve years in the field, from group leader to manager, and responsible for a federal grant, twenty two staff and the attendance numbers that keep the funding.
Signature Achievements
- Managed a one point four million dollar Twenty First Century Community Learning Centers grant across nine sites with no monitoring findings.
- Raised average daily attendance in the after school program from sixty one percent to eighty four percent of enrolled students.
- Grew enrollment from four hundred and thirty to seven hundred and ten students in three years.
- Cut staff turnover in half by moving group leaders from hourly seasonal work to school year contracts.
- Improved reading growth for participating students by an average of one and a half grade equivalents over two summers.
- Won a three hundred thousand dollar renewal from a regional foundation after presenting four years of outcome data.
Professional Experience
Education Program Manager
Chesapeake Youth Learning Alliance, Baltimore, MD 2021 to present
Manages after school and summer programs at nine school sites serving seven hundred and ten students with twenty two staff.
- Owns the federal grant, including budget, allowable costs, quarterly reporting and the annual continuation application.
- Supervises three site coordinators and hires, trains and evaluates group leaders each year.
- Sets the academic enrichment model with school principals so that program time supports the school day rather than repeating it.
- Tracks attendance, participation and outcome data weekly and reports results to funders and the board twice a year.
Site Coordinator
Patapsco Community Schools Initiative, Baltimore, MD 2017 to 2021
Ran a single community school site serving two hundred and forty students and their families.
- Coordinated tutoring, enrichment clubs and a food pantry inside one elementary building.
- Recruited eleven community partners to deliver programming at no cost to the site.
- Built the family outreach process that raised program registration by sixty percent.
Group Leader and Academic Tutor
Fells Point Youth Collective, Baltimore, MD 2014 to 2017
Led daily groups of twenty middle school students in an after school program.
- Delivered homework support and literacy activities four afternoons a week.
- Trained new group leaders on behavior expectations and safety procedures.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Nonprofit Professional, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance
Youth Program Quality Assessment external assessor training
Member, National AfterSchool Association
Education
Master of Arts in education policy, Johns Hopkins University, 2020
Bachelor of Arts in psychology, Morgan State University, 2014
Core Skills
Federal grant management · Program budgeting · Site supervision · Staff hiring and training · School partnership · Attendance tracking · Outcome reporting · Family recruitment · Community partnerships