1. Michelle McMullen Counter
602 Heather Glen Loop, Winter Haven, Florida 33884, 863.557.0509, counter.michelle@gmail.com
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Highly motivated professional with a twenty-three year career in community based education, personnel
management and evaluation, personnel training in areas of instruction and management, sustainability, operational
and strategic planning, special needs education, child and family advocacy and a variety of advisory committees
in community based service programs.
 Developed and managed a federally funded Title 1 Program,resulting in program support for “At-risk”
students, that is the largest private sector allocation in Polk County, Florida
 Responsible for raising over $700,000 in the past three years for various non-profit organizations in my
community through capital campaigns, volunteer service and grant writing
 Developed personally as a trainer and facilitator of educators for local and national school based personnel
 Certified PersonnelPerformance Evaluator through the Learning Sciences International/Marzano Evaluation
Model
 Lake Wales Charter Schools Teacher Evaluation Committee Member
 Lake Wales Charter Schools ESE Parent Council Member
 Fleetwing Oil Company Board of Directors Member and Board Secretary
EDUCATION
Florida Southern College
Bachelor of Science Finance and Economics 1987 Lakeland, Florida
Additional Teaching Certification Courses 1990
University ofSouth Florida
Teaching Certification Courses 1995 Lakeland, Florida
Teaching Certification Courses 1989-1994 Ft. Myers,Florida
Santa Fe Catholic High School 1985 Lakeland, Florida
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lake Wales Charter Schools IT Network Manager,
-ESE Resource Teacher Lake Wales,Florida 2012-Present
-ESE Teacher of the Gifted
-Director of Sustainability Education
-Resource Teacher and Inclusion Coach for students with disabilities
Our Children’s Academy Lead Teacher Lake Wales, Florida 2011-2012
-Title 1 Facilitator
-Testing and Accountability Coordinator
-Curriculum Coordinator
-Lead Elementary Teacher
-Marzano Elementary Teacher Evaluation Coordinator

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St. Joseph Catholic School Teacher Winter Haven, Florida 1999 to 2012
-Title 1 Facilitator and Tutor
-Middle School Coordinator including scheduling and discipline
-7th
and 8th
Grade Math and Religion Teacher
-Cooperative Learning Peer Trainer and Coach
-Peer Elected School Board Representative
-Diocesan Curriculum Development Committee for Math
-Relay for Life Team Coordinator
-Student Service Council Advisor
-Exceptional Student Inclusion Coach
-MathCounts Competitive Math Education Team Coach
-Eucharistic Minister
Polk County School Board Teacher Lakeland,Florida 1994 to 1999
-Exceptional Student PracticalExperience Coordinator (On the Job Training)
-Instructional Team Leader
-Varying Exceptionalities grades 3-6
Hendry County School Board Teacher LaBelle, Florida 1990 to 1994
Clewiston, Florida
-Exceptional Student Education/VE Early Childhood Speech and Language Impaired
-ESE/VE Intermediate grades 3-8
-Coordination between multiple school sites for exceptional students scheduling and programs
-Speech Therapy training in coordination with speech pathologist
Burchard Groves, Inc. Office/Payroll Manager 1989 to 1991
LaBelle, Florida
Southern Heritage Real Estate and Investments Realtor Associate 1989 to 1994
LaBelle, Florida
CERTIFICATIONS
Florida State Certified Educator Elementary Education
Florida State Certified Educator K-12 Exceptional Student Education
Florida State Certified ESOL Endorsement
Florida State Certified Gifted and Talented Education Endorsement (pending)
Kagan Cooperative Learning, Differentiated Instruction and Multiple IntelligencesTrainer
Florida State Licensed Realtor Associate (Inactive)
Certified Marzano/Learning Sciences International, Professional Performance Evaluator

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PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Mrs. Gail Quam, Principal, Polk Avenue Elementary, Lake Wales Charter Schools, 863.678.4244
Lake Wales, Florida, gail.quam@lwcharterschools.com
Mrs. Heather Nedley, Public Affairs Manager, The Mosaic Company, Wauchula, Florida 863.455.3167
hnedley@gmail.com
Ms. Angela Coombs, Head of School, St. Joseph Academy, New York, New York 212.929.0534
acoombs1@msn.com
Mr. Mike Young, Executive Director, Youth for Christ of Polk County, Winter Haven, Florida
mike@yfcofpolk.org 863.325.9220
Mrs. Eileen Killebrew, Former Principal(retired), Daniel Jenkins Academy,
Haines City, Florida 863.421.3269
eileen.killebrew@polk-fl.net
Father Anthony Bluett, Pastor/Priest, St. Joseph Catholic Church and School (Retired),
Winter Haven, Florida 863.293.3311
Father Bluett is currently in Ireland but may be reached by cell phone if desired.