STEPHANIE BOYD

2460 Cobble Creek Lane Grayson, GA 30017 · 678-301-0879

gurrera.stephanie@gmail.com

Highly energetic and committed professional school counselor with strong academic background and
practical experience and innovative knowledge of student services, conflict resolution, and program
development techniques. Seeking to provide top quality counseling to students.

EXPERIENCE
AUGUST 2017 – PRESENT
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR, CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS
 Counsel students on behavior issues, academics, career choices, peer
interactions/relationships, crisis, attendance issues, and personal issues.
 Work with students with mental health issues and provide referrals to outside resources.
 Develop and facilitate groups for students to increase achievement levels.
 Collaborate with parents and community agencies to assist with student needs.
 Facilitate to improve parent/teacher relationships.
 Assist teachers with ways to improve behaviors in the classroom setting to increase
academic achievement.
 Work with military students and their families with deployment and connect them to
military support resources in the community.
 Provide classroom guidance in career, social/emotional, and academic domains.
 Encourage and assist 8th graders with applying to early college programs in the county.
 Develop and coordinate events to promote academic, social/emotional, and career
development of all students.
 Assist with disciplinary referrals on interventions to decrease student’s behaviors.
 504 Coordinator.
 Assist with observations of students for IEPs as needed.
 Assist with test administration and proctoring.
 Sponsor Student Council.

JANUARY 2017 – MAY 2017

PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR INTERN, CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS
 Counseled 6th & 7th grade students using an eclectic approach to address student's
academic, career, and social/emotional needs.
 Facilitated small groups on topics such as anger management and study skills to increase
academic achievement.
 Developed and administered a study skills classroom guidance curriculum.
 Collaborated and consulted with parents, teachers, and administrators to promote
students' academic achievement.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

SPRING 2013 & SPRING 2014

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READING INTERVENTION
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS GA
 Collected data regarding best practices to help 1st and 2nd graders learn how to read
more effectively
 Reported findings to professor through written report.

EDUCATION
MAY 2018
MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING,
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE
JUNE 2017
CERTIFICATE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MARTINSBURG COLLEGE MARTINSBURG, WV

DECEMBER 2014
B.S. PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA – ATHENS GEORGIA

SKILLS
 Proficient in Microsoft office and  Relationship building
Google  Goal setting
 Research & needs assessment  Crisis intervention
 Cultural Sensitivity

CREDENTIALS AND LICENSES

 Licensed Professional School Counselor

REFERENCES

 KRISTEN NEWITT, Counseling Coordinator , Cumberland County Schools

(610) 331-4586 – kristennewitt@ccs.k12.nc.us

 ROTISHA HALL, Professional School Counselor, Aberdeen Elementary School

(910) 904-3218 – rhall@ncmcs.org

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 SAMANTHA LEWIS-WILLIAMS, Professional School Counselor, Lewis Chapel Middle School
(434) 981-2759 – samanthalewis@ccs.k12.nc.us

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