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DR. MAYLO

Educator, Writer, Non-Profit Director, Business Consultant
Email:  drmaylo@h-e-l-p-center.org

CREDENTIALS/CERTIFICATIONS

Nationally Certified Manager of Program Improvement, Arizona Dept. of Education
Mississippi Teaching Certificate, English (7-12), ESL (7-12)
Georgia Teaching Certificate, English (6-12)
Secondary Education Certification, 7-12 – Arizona State Board of Education
Standard Adult Education Certification – Arizona State Board of Education
Adult Education Certification – State Board of Directors for Community Colleges of AZ
NCLB – Highly Qualified Teacher (English, Math, Business, Technology)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ma’at American Aborigine Tribal (MAAT) Nation, Tribal Chief

Provide direction, leadership, and guidance to indigenous tribe, work directly and network with community partners to provide teachings toward self-sustainability, governance, and spiritual development in a local, regional, national, and global capacity. 

Heritage Education Land Prosperity (H.E.L.P.) Center, Inc, President/Founder

Serving as development officer, overseeing fund raising program, creating and maintaining community liaisons, presiding over Board of Directors, providing Christian instruction to outreach ministries, and assisting with ministry and Sunday School start-up.

Executive Director – Waiting To Excel Education Center

Responsible for instructional leadership, assessment coordination, educational technology integration, staff professional development, grant writing, and grants management. 

Adult Education Teacher – Waiting To Excel Education Center

Responsible for teaching adult learners, ages 16 and up, in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and GED Preparation. 

Geri Lorraine Enterprises, LLC, Senior Managing Director

Own, operate, and manage a limited liability educational, writing, and business consulting company. Specializing in for-profit and non-profit start-ups, tax exemptions, grant writing, office management, recruiting/staffing, professional development, and tax accounting. 

FM Publishing Company, Editor/Publisher

Responsible for writing, editing, sales, marketing, event promotion, and managing small on-demand publishing – academic books, fiction & nonfiction, e-course writing.

Pearson Education (virtual), Home Scoring Associate

Through the use of online training, ongoing calibration testing, and online resource materials, duties include online scoring of student essay responses to various prompts.

Educators Overseas (Virtual), Recruiting Assistant

Writing and posting job alerts, maintaining email templates, managing candidate resumes and accounts, managing client accounts, communication and follow-up with candidates, providing personalized service to Ultimate & Featured Candidates, conducting Internet and database search, and maintaining social network accounts.

Gila River Indian Community (Dept. of Rehab. & Supervision), Detention Education Teacher

Supervised, directed, and trained teacher’s aides, provided academic instruction & assessment to residents ages 8-17 in Math (and all other subjects on an as needed basis).  Staffing Teams to provide counseling, direction, and guidance to residents toward improving their emotional and social development.  Administered Math, Reading, and Writing assessments on all residents, along with weekly follow-up for new incoming residents. Created Skill-Gap spreadsheets to be used by other teachers and support staff. Collaborated with and provided supervision and instruction to Teacher’s Aides. Encouraged, directed, and provided instruction as needed to residents in completing GED requirements. Taught GED classes, completed IR’s (Incident Reports) as needed and assign appropriate sanctions to residents, created and delivered workshop presentation for ACE Professional Development Conference.

Genesis Academy, Educator/Curriculum Specialist

Supervising and leading teachers; overseeing lesson planning and daily instruction.; conducting In-Service Training; providing academic instruction students (Grades 9-12) in English, ESL, and Math; providing leadership, training, and curriculum guidance and instruction to teachers;  created Reading Program, ESL Program, and work ethic incentive programs; created curriculum maps and designed new courses; created staff job descriptions; created in-house AIMS assessment and evaluation materials. 

Maricopa County Regional Schools, Educator

Provided academic instruction to at-risk students (Grades 9-12) in Algebra and Geometry.  Created a distance- learning package for Maricopa County Regional Schools District.  Created a Math Lab for students.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE 

  • 26 years directing, overseeing, supervising nonprofit education and community-based service programs
  • 16 years grant writing, research, and grants management
  • 22 years business consulting – start-up, management, operations, marketing, finance website design 
  • 9 years in Personnel and Human Resources – new employee orientation, benefits, compensation, communications, public relations, recruiting/staffing
  • 25 years adult education – ESL, computer technology, Business, GED instruction
  • 10 years public school certified teaching –  Grades K-Adult (English, Math, Business)
  • 2 years training and providing teacher professional development
  • 10 years book publishing – editing, sales/marketing, cover design
  • 45 years freelance writing – authoring, ghostwriting, technical, business, and academic writing
  • 5 years tutoring – online, face-to-face, individual and group instruction
  • 7 years developing IEPs (Individualized Education Plans)
  • 10 years creating and developing new courses
  • 15 years direct supervision and overseeing teacher lesson plans
  • 2 years developing new charter schools
  • 7 years supervising/leading word processing departments
  • 25 years speaking/presenting and conducting education and informational workshops
  • 40 years community service – serving on various boards, creating and maintaining liaisons and partnerships with businesses, government agencies, and other nonprofits and associations
  • 20 years in administrative support/secretarial
  • 4 years customer service and direct sales and marketing

PUBLICATIONS

Published author of 17 books, 3 screenplays, several articles (print and online content)

EDUCATION

B.A., English; Minor – Chemistry – Arizona State University
M.A., Education – University of Phoenix; Online courses and experiential credits
Ph.D., Theology & Biblical Counseling – Phoenix Bible College & Seminary; Online courses and experiential credits

HONORS/AWARDS

Woman of Excellence Award – NCNW
Diamond Homer Trophy, $1000 Poetry Award (“Tears For Molly”)
Magna Cum Laude, Dean’s List, Honors College, Regents Scholarship – (ASU)