Karen M.

Golden
karen@lawrenceweb.com v http://amazingschoolcounselor.weebly.com
EDUCATION
Masters of Education in School Counseling, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015
Bachelors of Art in Speech Communication, Old Dominion University, 1992

LICENSURE
National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification, passed December 2014

SCHOOL COUNSELING EXPERIENCE
School Counselor Intern, Robious Middle School
Chesterfield, VA
January 2015 May 2015

Counsel individual students in grades 6-8 using person-centered and solution-focused approaches to
address issues such as organizational skills, anxiety, and friendship / social skills.
Create and conduct multiple group lessons on study skills and divorce.
Develop guidance lessons on careers for students in special education classes.
Assist in design and build of electronic questionnaires to survey students electives and advise
students in course selection. Collect and analyze data to determine schools elective needs.
Instrumental in scheduling school wide SOL testing scheduling including coordination of computer
labs, test proctors, and bell changes. Contributed to creation of Master Schedule for all grades.
Participate in Child/Student Intervention Team (CSIT) meetings generating ideas for different
interventions for behavioral and academic issues.
Meet with parents, teachers, and administrators to discuss student performance and develop
Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) to target student educational and counseling needs.

School Counseling Practicum, Maude Trevvett Elementary
Henrico, VA
September 2014 December 2014

Addressed issues such as anger control management, resiliency, and social skills in individual
counseling with students grade K 5.
Created and led group counseling to assist students in friendship and social skills.
Taught classroom guidance every week on mindfulness with all age levels developing strong
classroom management skills.
Trained in Positive Behavior Intervention & Support (PBIS), check-in/check-out, and Response to
Intervention (RtI) including different behavioral interventions for students in Tier 1 through Tier 3
levels.
Completed 140 of required 100 hours.

Mentor, Huguenot High School
Richmond, VA
January 2014 May 2014

Advised senior student as she prepared to become a first generation college student.
Assisted with scholarship applications, counseled on necessary skills for living independently, and
frequently reviewed different college majors and career choices.

EDUCATIONAL VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Volunteer, W.W. Gordon Elementary School
Chesterfield, VA
September 2007 - Present

Lead reading groups consisting of 5-10 third grade students and host classroom festivities in grades
K-5. Prior to 2015, also assisted school counselor and observed during group counseling.


Teacher, First Unitarian Universalist Church
Richmond, VA
August 2007 - Present

Instruct classes ranging from second grade to high school using effective classroom management
techniques.
Educate students from non-traditional classroom settings, assisting them to assimilate into
traditional productive classrooms.
Received certificate to teach Our Whole Lives (a series of sexuality education curricula) to middle and
high school students. In this small group setting, lead challenging discussions and answer sensitive
questions.

PTA Newsletter Editor, W.W. Gordon Elementary School
Chesterfield, VA
September 2011 - Present

Manage communication with parents by composing and editing various articles for PTA Newsletter
distributed monthly to school community.

Parent Representative, Chesterfield County Grading Committee
Chesterfield, VA
October 2012 May 2013

In close collaboration with upper level administrators, school-based administrators, teachers, and
students, created new Grading Handbook currently used countywide for all middle schools.
Committee topics included Grading Mechanics, Reporting to Parents, Late/Missing Work, and
Homework.

RELAVENT CORPORATE EXPERIENCE:
Senior Business Analyst, SunTrust Mortgage Corporation
2011 2014
Business Analyst, SunTrust Mortgage Corporation
2010 2011
Data Analyst, SunTrust Mortgage Corporation
2005 2008
Systems Analyst, Virginia Department of Social Services
1999 2004
Acted as primary advocate for foster care social worker representatives during the revamping of
Commonwealth of Virginias Social Services information system.
Led frequent group meetings with key social worker teams to identify areas for improvement in
foster care processes / tools, and worked closely with systems developers to ensure those
improvements were put in place.
Served as critical communication liaison between business users and programmers.
Analyzed complex business processes to produce clear and understandable system requirements to
improve software.
Developed reports to monitor critical business results.
Trained end users in order to successfully transition systems from development to production.

Software Knowledge: Class Dojo, Survey Monkey, Synergy, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office Suite, Apple
iWork Suite, GoogleDocs

Professional Memberships / Conference Presentations:
Member, Chi Sigma Iota Honor Society
Member, Virginia School Counselor Association
Member, American School Counselor Association
Virginia School Counselor Association Conference, September 2014 Created and presented poster
on implementing a peer group to work with students with ASD to create a Peer Mediated Instruction
and Intervention program.