Current Address:

3526 Bellevue Rd.

Raleigh, NC 27607

McCauley Thornhill James

Contact Information:
Cell: 919-412-9406
mjames2@ncsu.edu

EDUCATION_____________________________________________________________________________________
North Carolina State University
May 2016
M.Ed. Counselor Education
Raleigh, N.C.
School Counseling Program
CACREP Accredited Program
Grade Point Average: 4.0
Wofford College
May 2012
B.A. English
Spartanburg, S.C.
Grade Point Average: 3.13
ACADEMIC TRAVEL AND STUDY_________________________________________________________________
Barcelona, Spain
Spring 2011
Studied literature, Spanish, and business; traveled extensively in Europe.
EXPERIENCE____________________________________________________________________________________
Kipp DC: Grow Academy
May 2013-Aug. 2013
Internship
Washington, D.C.
Assisted school leaders in preparing for professional development meetings; attended professional development
meetings
Served as a teacher's assistant in a PK4 classroom during summer school: set up for classroom activities,
monitored children's behavior, assisted in classroom instruction
Worked closely alongside the Compliance Manager organizing and verifying residency documents
Wake Education Partnership
May 2011-Aug. 2011
Internship
Raleigh, N.C.
Designed and constructed 2011-12 Annual Campaign for Public Education campaign packets for the 64 Board
members
Learned competency in the constituent management software (Raisers Edge) to research investors gifts, giving
history, comparable giving and created documents reflecting this information
Organized and compiled Leadership Institute Notebooks for Leadership Institute for all Board of Education
candidates running in the October 2011 election
Tracked and documented investments to the Leadership Campaign, the personal giving campaign of the Board
members, and Table Sponsorship sales for the Annual Education Summit, attended by 500 individuals
Designed and compiled Executive Breakfast packets a CEO level breakfast hosted by a Board member or
investor
Attended Executive Breakfast, Executive Committee meeting, Fund Development Committee meeting and Staff
Meetings to be as familiar as possible with the strategic initiatives of the organization
Research Project Assistant
January-February 2012
Gathered data from the Wake County Public School System on: student achievement, demographics, school
growth and proficiency, suspension and dropout rates, AP performance, cohort graduation rates, etc.
Compiled spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel that included statistics on the previous indicators for grades 3-12 in
each Wake County public school over the past 5 school years.
Created graphs using Microsoft Excel in order to present research and data collected, showing trends for each
school over time.
Wofford College Development Office
Spartanburg, S.C.
Office Assistant
Fall 2010
Answered phones, organized files, and other clerical duties.
Math Academy
Spartanburg, S.C.
Tutor
Fall 2009, Spring 2010
Tutored and assisted elementary school students weekly with math homework at a local school in Spartanburg,
SC.
ACTIVITES AND LEADERSHIP_________________________________________________________________

Wade Edwards Learning Lab

Raleigh, N.C.
Volunteer
Fall 2012- Spring 2013
Volunteered as an academic tutor and mentor for Wake County Public School System students
Tutored students in Spanish and English
Kappa Delta Sorority
Spartanburg, S.C.
External Public Relations Committee
Fall 2011-Spring 2012
Raised money in the local community to promote our annual philanthropic fundraiser Shamrock N Run
SKILLS_______________________________________________________________________________________
Computer-Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet research
Language-Intermediate fluency in Spanish