GERMAINE “GERRI” HAWKINS

4432 Whisperwood Drive Raleigh, NC 27616 · (919) 272-6618

Germaine.hawkins@aol.com · LinkedIn · Capstone Portfolio

OBJECTIVE
Through program planning, outreach, and community partnership, I hope to create user friendly
environments which engage patrons in activities which allow them to develop literacy and proficiency
in the areas of their interest in a non-judgmental setting.

EDUCATION
AUGUST 2018
MASTER OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT
GREENSBORO. GPA 4.0
Certification: Public Library Certification

MAY 1991
MASTER OF ARTS IN COUNSELOR EDUCATION, NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Licensure: North Carolina School Counselor License, Grades K-12
National Board Certified Teacher, Early Childhood through Young Adulthood/School
Counseling

AUGUST 1987
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL
HILL

EXPERIENCE
FROM-2012 - PRESENT
SCHOOL COUNSELOR, WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CARY, NC
 Consult with administrative, instructional, and student support staff to provide
intensive case management to students with attendance, personal, and social
challenges
 Designed, developed, and implemented curriculum for daily classroom guidance
 Implemented Peer Mediation and Peer Tutoring programs by training tutors and
mediators, coordinating mediations, and facilitating tutoring activities

FROM 2005-2012
SCHOOL COUNSELOR, DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DURHAM, NC
 Organized curriculum and implemented activities for Kids Voting initiative
 Organized, planned, and supervised annual Food Drives for families in Eastern North Carolina
and Hurricane Katrina
 Initiated consultations and coordinated intervention services with parents, teachers, The
Department of Social Services, Mental Health and appropriate agencies
 Other Experience 1991-2005
School Counselor- Arlington County, Virginia; York County Virginia; St. Augustine’s College,
Raleigh, NC

LIBRARY AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

 Grant writing  Libguide development

 Strategic Plan development  CONTENTdm digitization
 Program Planning for adults and adolescents  ArchiveSpace digitization
 Collection development for adults and  Microsoft Office
adolescents  Website development using Weebly,
 Reference Interviewing WordPress, Google Sites
 Booktalk development using Youtube and
Screencast-O-Matic
 Film editing using Wondershare Filmora

ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Committee Member for Middle School Collection Management Plan
American Library Association
Black Caucus of the American Library Association
North Carolina Library Association
Library and Information Studies Student Association, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Society of North Carolina Archivists