Seasoned Education Management professional 13 + Plus years experience in educational leadership positions. Focused on building the next Generation of Leaders for the service sector and transforming society through employability linked programmes . Leverages research-based interventions, strategies and instruction and analyses data to drive academic achievement and social-emotional growth.
Hi, I’m
Lawrie Colaco
Education Management
South Goa
Summary
Overview
16
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
2
Certificates
Work History
Parvatibai Chowgule College South Goa
Programme Coordinator & Training & Placement
2018.01 - Current (8 education.years_Label & 5 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Orchestrated smooth and efficient programme development by collaborating cross-functionally across stakeholders
- Developed and approved training modules
- Provided ongoing direction and leadership for program operations.
- Supervised 15 of professional and administrative personnel.
- Addressed and resolved technical, financial and operational concerns by working with team members and directors.
- Managed web content updates and ongoing site maintenance to provide students with easy information access.
- Pitched and built new programming strategies and one-off feature shows to boost audience interests and diversify offerings.
- Led onboarding activities for 150 + student employees to equip staff in daily responsibilities.
- Motivated and directed staff to align operations with organizational mission using appropriate training initiatives and presentations.
- Designed courses and implementation of the same
- Prepared monthly reports for upper management.
- Assisted with community resources for employability enhancement
- Selected and developed instructional material and planned instruction to enhance student learning.
- Collaborated with faculty, staff and stakeholders from across college and community to create, preserve and partnerships.
- Collaborated with faculty and community stakeholders for program improvement.
- Created assignments to encourage student learning and develop communication skills and higher-order thinking.
- Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
- Conducted individual and group counseling sessions.
- Helped students develop organizational, time management and study skills.
- Counseled students regarding course and program selection, class scheduling and registration and career planning.
- Empowered students through counseling and skill-building exercises.
- Used standardized assessments to evaluate abilities, interests and characteristics of different students.
- Taught classes and presented self-help or information sessions on subjects related to education and career planning.
- Instructed individuals in career development, job search and application strategies, resume writing and interview skills.
- Performed sourcing, interviewing, negotiations and hiring.
- Reviewed applications and resumes to support hiring activities.
- Optimized student educational strategies with clear advice on course choices, progression and career options.
- Graded quizzes, tests, homework and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
- Graded tests and assignments and uploaded to school database.
- Identified research opportunities for students, assisting with gathering data and drawing conclusions for projects.
- Facilitated mock job interviews for student skill-building and promoted potential networking opportunities.
- Established and maintained inclusive, collegial and collaborative culture within classroom.
- Provided students with constructive, encouraging and corrective feedback.
REACHA INDIA
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Consultant
2021.01 - Current (5 education.years_Label & 5 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Responsible for Skillbuild courses
- Liaison with Government and other stakeholders
- Onboarded new temps by entering employee information into systems.
- Established clear targets and motivated team members to buy into sustainability principles at all levels.
- Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
- Developed core sustainability principles into strategic approaches to short- and long-range capital and operations areas.
- Utilized forward-thinking and resourceful strategies to tackle issues with resource conservation, energy use and pollution controls.
- Formulated or implemented sustainability campaign or marketing strategies.
Domestic Sector Skill Council Delhi
Academic Content Developer
2022.02 - Current (4 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Facilitated academic and cognitive assessments to provide resource referrals according to individualized needs.
- Designing content
- Met firm deadlines while applying results-driven and goal-oriented methodology to teaching initiatives.
- Discussed student success strategies and development of study skills.
- Worked within applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution.
Independent South Goa
Trainer
2017.05 - 2017.12 (7 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- University & Academic affairs
- Scheduled and taught in class and online courses to increase learning opportunities.
- Quickly adapted training plans for client needs, keeping timelines, budgets and desires in mind.
- Implemented new training courses after assessing corporate data and identifying employee weaknesses.
- Supported productivity increase and business growth through new hire training and mentoring.
- Monitored participant workflow and behaviors throughout training process.
- Tracked attendance and evaluated progress for assigned trainees.
- Delivered instructional presentations on equipment use, focusing on efficiency and safety.
- Identified and recommended staff for key positions and departments.
EMERGE LEARNING SERVICES & SUBSIDIARIES
Head Group Operations
2015.01 - 2017.04 (2 education.years_Label & 3 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Responsible for the Operations and Business of–
- Hospitality Education Vertical (Gesto / EVS)
- Acquiring/ supporting the acquisition of new business clients in Corporate and government projects.
- Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees.
- Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record.
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results.
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
- Led government liaison
- Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins.
- Kept institution financially sound by tracking expenses and maintaining detailed records.
- Conferred with educators to identify current classroom concerns and diversify instructional strategies.
- Promoted program courses, activities and accomplishments, both internally and externally, to boost recruitment and retain diverse student body.
- Optimized classroom transitions while encouraging and reinforcing student instruction and liaising with administration department leaders.
- Increased school registrations over 68% with improved promotional approaches, outreach strategies and parent engagement plans.
- Assisted faculty and staff in duties such as teaching classes, conducting orientation programs and issuing transcripts.
- Conducted surveys with students upon course completion to gather feedback for improvement.
- Answered phones and maintained student records for education department.
AMERICAN HOSPITALITY ACADEMYPan India
Faculty & Academic Coordinator
2012.08 - 2014.12 (2 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Launching and managing the brand operation for the west India Region
- Trained - 432 Students in the region
- Strategic Member - Placements
- Facilitated and logged store opening, closing and shift changes.
- Monitored self-checkout systems and provided help in resolving complex problems.
- Helped management develop employee improvement plans and motivate team members to continually improve.
- Helped customers complete purchases, locate items and join reward programs.
- Conducted surveys with students upon course completion to gather feedback for improvement.
- Answered phones and maintained student records for education department.
- Maintained program files, records, databases and websites to gather research and prepare and submit reports.
- Implemented program-level departmental policies and procedures and managed budgets to support educational program and curriculum.
- Created press releases and announcements, newsletter articles and website copy.
- Planned and executed internal and external marketing events.
- Composed daily posts for social media and helped build corporate presence on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
- Researched, gathered and edited proposal materials.
- Selected and developed instructional material and planned instruction to enhance student learning.
- Incorporated proven methods of engagement and assessment that facilitated student mastery of content.
GESTO CULINARY &HOSPITALITY ACADEMY
LEAD TRAINER
2011.06 - 2012.08 (1 education.year_Label & 2 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Responsible for preparing training materials like presentations and Course handbooks
- Member - Placements & Corporate communications.
- Analyzed training, student outcomes and course delivery metrics to produce reports for senior management.
- Provided in-house training to new employees concerning maintenance of standardized training approaches.
- Translated job requirements into training to groom students for jobs
- Monitored training effectiveness through observation and metrics analysis.
- Evaluated training needs to improve training quality.
ROSARY HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, HOTEL MANAGEMENTSouth Goa
LECTURER
2009.07 - 2011.06 (1 education.year_Label & 11 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Plan and monitor student’s progress in a subject
- Deliver lectures and conduct practical’s, Maintain and manage students records
- Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
- Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
- Participated and led committee meetings to remain aware of developments in subject.
- Created and designed quizzes, tests and projects to assess student knowledge.
- Designed and distributed lecture handouts to round out material and increase student understanding.
Education
Kalinga University
Masters from HospitalityManagement
2015.05 - 2017.06 (2 education.years_Label & 1 education.month_Label)
University Overview
MahamayaTechnical University
MBA from HR & Marketing
2012.06 - 2014.06 (2 education.years_Label)
University Overview
Sector Skill, Napier
Bachelor from Hospitality
Management
University Overview
Skills
Individualized education programs
Team collaboration and leadership
Career planning
Student records management
Self-Motivated
Interpersonal Communication
Training and Development
Mediation and crisis intervention
Project Management
Policy implementation
Multitasking Abilities
Google Workspace
Documentation skills
Remote learning
Process evaluation and enhancement
Adult learning theories
Change Management
Written and oral communication
Course development
Time management
Public speaking
Strategic learning solutions
Good Telephone Etiquette
Attention to Detail
Dependable and Responsible
Recruiting and Hiring
Report analysis
Data-driven decision making
Certification
CSR specialist
Timeline
CSR specialist
2022-03
Academic Content Developer
Domestic Sector Skill Council
2022.02 - Current (4 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Consultant
REACHA
2021.01 - Current (5 education.years_Label & 5 education.months_Label)
Programme Coordinator & Training & Placement
Parvatibai Chowgule College
2018.01 - Current (8 education.years_Label & 5 education.months_Label)
Trainer
Independent
2017.05 - 2017.12 (7 education.months_Label)
Train the Trainer - NSDC
2016-10
Kalinga University
Masters from HospitalityManagement
2015.05 - 2017.06 (2 education.years_Label & 1 education.month_Label)
Head Group Operations
EMERGE LEARNING SERVICES & SUBSIDIARIES
2015.01 - 2017.04 (2 education.years_Label & 3 education.months_Label)
Faculty & Academic Coordinator
AMERICAN HOSPITALITY ACADEMY
2012.08 - 2014.12 (2 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)
MahamayaTechnical University
MBA from HR & Marketing
2012.06 - 2014.06 (2 education.years_Label)
LEAD TRAINER
GESTO CULINARY &HOSPITALITY ACADEMY
2011.06 - 2012.08 (1 education.year_Label & 2 education.months_Label)
LECTURER
ROSARY HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, HOTEL MANAGEMENT
2009.07 - 2011.06 (1 education.year_Label & 11 education.months_Label)
Sector Skill, Napier
Bachelor from Hospitality
Management
2015.01
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
- Ms Deepa V Chowgule - Former Vice President , Chowgule Education Society
- Ms Elaine Colaco- Senior Indepent Project Consultant
- Mr Syllvano DeMello - Brand owner, Sals Pizza