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Kara Buchanan Smith
169 Berry Rd
Boiling Springs,SC
864-316-2395
karasmith169@gmail.com
Education Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC
Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language, Minor in Psychology
Awarded May 2012
Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC
Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling MA/Ed.s to be awarded December 2015.
Experience
08/14-05/29/15 Associate Teacher, South Carolina School for the Deaf and blind, Deaf Preschool
Spartanburg, SC
• Implement lessons
• supervise multiple students with disabilities
• Run a behavior management system
• organize materials
• document students’ progress and behavior
01/15-07/28/15 Mental Health Counseling Intern, South Carolina Department of Mental Health,
Deaf services, Spartanburg, SC
• case management
• offer many types of therapy
• offer emotional support
• observe and collaborate with other counselors
• monitoring clients medication
• encouraging and helping clients meet their therapeutic goals
10/12-04/13 Human Resource Specialist, South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, Spartanburg,
Sc.
• Supervise multiple children with disabilities
• behavior management
• planning activities
• communicate with teachers, and supervisor regarding students behavior
8/11-12/12 American Sign Language Lab Coordinator, Gardner-Webb University, NC
• Create and implement weekly lesson plans
• Grade homework and weekly participation
• Work close with Professors to teach students new information
• In charge of all Labs taught
• Organizing lab teachers and students

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4/10-5/11 Resident Adviser (RA) Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC
• Implement campus rules
• Create a sense of community in the dorm
• organize events for residents to enjoy
• Document all events and keep track of student behavior
Activities and Honors
• Gardner-Webb University Softball scholarship 8/08-4/10
• Gardner-Webb University Academic scholarship 8/08-5/12
• Member of the Gardner-Webb Deaf club 8/10-5/12
• Gardner-Webb University Softball student manager 8/10-5/11
• Mentor for students with disabilities 8/10-5/12
• Volunteer of the Year for Noel program for students with disabilities 2011-2012
• Gardner-Webb Honors list
• Volunteer Tactile Interpreter 1/12-1/13
• Miss Deaf North Carolina Pageant First runner up 11/2011
• Volunteer at Journeys Hospice care 10/13-1/2015

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References
Theresa Daniels, Deaf Education Teacher
Boiling Springs, SC
217-690-1030
tdaniels@scsdb.org
Dr. Jasmine Graham, LMFT, PhD
Charlotte, NC
336-383-0373
jgraham8@gardner-webb.edu
Robert Moore,Professor of American Sign Language
Boiling Springs, NC
rmoore@gardner-webb.edu