AMY P.

BOUTILIER
39 Rhonda Way aboutilier39@comcast.net
Marlborough, CT 06447 860-559-1148
Comprehensive School Counselor, Certified Teacher

Professional Experience

School Counseling Internship

Sport and Medical Sciences Academy, Hartford, CT, August 2022- January 2023
 Manage and support a caseload of students needing Tier 2 interventions.
 Implemented a multi-tiered system of supports for students.
 Individual counseling for student’s academic, social and emotional health.
 Assigned and tracked district student success plan initiatives via Naviance.
 Developed and delivered comprehensive school counseling lessons.
 Assist school counseling team through common application, ECE registration, and
scholarship applications.
 Supervised peer self-esteem group.
 Connect students with community counseling services.
 Collaborated in PPT and SST meetings.
 Utilize Power School to access student information, grade history, family
communication, and to create reports and analyze student data.
 Apply ASCA Code of Ethics to work as a school counselor.
 Communicate and collaborate with parents and teachers for the benefit of students.
 Researched and presented alternative routes to a high school diploma.
 Referred students for in school counseling by a community agency.
 Participated and collaborated in risk-assessments.
 Collaborated with support staff team members after school crisis.
 Met and participated in Crisis Planning Team
 Trained in Psychological First Aid.

Capstone Program Coordinator and Teacher

Sport and Medical Sciences Academy, Hartford CT, 2012-Present
 Collaborate in district design of the Portrait of the Graduate and Capstone curriculum.
 Design and coordinate the Capstone program for SMSA.
 Develop curricula for Capstone program and senior seminar, including lessons and targets.
 Incorporate college and career readiness lessons into Capstone curricula.
 Collaborate with the National Guard to bring students on the Leadership Reaction Course.
 Utilize Naviance to support college and career development.
 Create and foster a culture of service within SMSA.
 Design and maintain a class website to support students.
 Contact community organizations to develop a repertoire of service opportunities.
 Differentiate Capstone experiences so all students could be successful.
 Establish positive relationships with community organizations to maintain partnerships.
 Collaborate with a team of teachers and parents to support students.
 Visit community service sites to support students and organizations.
 Celebrate student achievements in Capstone within our school and community.
 Host career workshops inviting Alumni to share professional experiences.
 Organize community members, parents, district staff, board of education members, and
Alumni to assemble evaluation panels for our Capstone Exhibition.
 Conduct parent meetings to support students.
 Identify and host a variety of community presenters to discuss topics such as opioid abuse,
drinking and driving, dating violence, and mental health.
 AMY P. BOUTILIER
39 Rhonda Way aboutilier39@comcast.net
Marlborough, CT 06447 860-559-1148

School Counseling Practicum Experience

East Hampton Middle School, Fall 2019
 Responsible for creating and delivering developmental guidance lessons for 6th graders.
 Supported students experiencing anxiety to implement a variety of coping strategies.
 Attending PPT meetings to devise plans to support students.
 Counseled students who were experiencing anxiety in school.
 Participated in Positive Behavioral System implementation and celebration.
 Apply theoretical approaches to working with students.

Health Teacher
Sport and Medical Sciences Academy, September 2008 - 2010
 Planned and implemented a health curriculum that centered around themes of social,
emotional and physical health.
 Led a group of 10 students in Advisory class addressing college and career readiness, and
social and emotional health.
 Invited guest speakers to address sensitive issues such as gang violence, sexual harassment,
suicide, dating violence and sexual consent.
 Incorporated the school’s sports and medicine theme in Health curriculum.
 Established classroom expectations that required students to talk accountably about
sensitive issues in Health.
 Planned field trips such as “Let’s Not Meet by Accident.”

Biology Teacher
Sport and Medical Sciences Academy, 1999-2007
 Designed lesson plans that incorporated lab activities, peer activities and culminating
projects in order to help all students access the Biology curriculum and meet objectives.
 Incorporate CAPT test preparation into daily lessons.
 Communicate with parents regarding student progress.
 Differentiated learning so all students were able to access the Biology curriculum.
 Incorporated Capturing Kids Hearts curriculum into the classroom.
 Designed lessons that incorporated the school’s theme of sports and medicine.
 Constructed formative assessments that measured learning in a variety of ways.
 Consulted with special education teachers, school social workers and a team of teachers to
address student needs.
 Participated in CAPT Saturday science instruction.
 Served on the building committee as the science representative, to design the science
laboratories for our new magnet school.

Education

M.S. School Counseling

Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 2017-present
M.A. Education
University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT 1999-2005
Teacher Certification
University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT 1997-1999
B.S. Biology
Assumption College, Worcester, MA 1993-1997
 AMY P. BOUTILIER
39 Rhonda Way aboutilier39@comcast.net
Marlborough, CT 06447 860-559-1148

Honors
2004 Sport and Medical Sciences Academy - Teacher of the Year
2004 District Finalist Teacher of the Year

Affiliations

American School Counselor Association

Connecticut School Counselor Association
Hartford Federation of Teachers