Rachel Kokosenski, M.Ed.

Past

Co-Owner at Travel2Educate
Interim Career Counselor at California State University, San Bernardino
Administrative Director at Riverside Art Museum

Director at coach4artists
Career Counselor at California State University, San Bernardino

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Education

California State University-San Bernardino
Montana State University-Billings
The University of Montana

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Education Management

Rachel Kokosenski, M.Ed.’s Summary

With a background deeply rooted in the love of learning inspired by my parents in my own childhood, I believe that educational travel is vital to the learning and development of children. Through combining common practices, hands-on knowledge, and cultural enrichment early in life as part of growth process, I am devoted to helping parents plant the seed of the love of learning early in their children. Using the specially designed research and planning tools of Travel 2 Educate, I strive to construct an easy-to-use and easy to access information platform for home school parents.

Please visit http://www.travel2educate.com to learn more.

Rachel Kokosenski, M.Ed.’s Specialties:

educational travel, children's developmental growth, homeschool resources

Rachel Kokosenski, M.Ed.’s Experience

Co-Owner

Travel2Educate

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

August 2008 — July 2009 (1 year )

Armed with the goal of a shared vision to give children a love of education and travel, Travel 2 Educate seeks to surround and immerse children in the benefits of traveling near and far in the quest for knowledge. By instilling the adventurous spirit of using education to feed the growth and development of children, Travel 2 Educate gives parents a springboard for igniting the flame of intelligence in the early stages of childhood development through travel.
Interim Career Counselor

California State University, San Bernardino

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

July 2008 — October 2008 (4 months)

* Taught undergraduate, graduate students, alumni from 85 majors to research job market, develop networking opportunities and gather career, company, and industry information.
* Guided students and alumni to explore interests, career options, and develop knowledge and skills through internships, shadowing experiences, summer volunteer positions, and part-time jobs, and informational interviews with working professionals.
* Conducted individualized, videotaped practice interview sessions.
* Created and taught a variety of workshops on career-related topics to audiences of up to 300.
Administrative Director

Riverside Art Museum

(Museums and Institutions industry)

July 2007 — April 2008 (10 months)

* Managed staff of 12; hired, trained, set work schedules, and assigned specific duties.
* Established and implemented policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with board members and staff members, as necessary.
* Wrote marketing plan and developed innovative marketing programs to increase museum membership and brand awareness, in collaboration with other team members.
* Managed membership program; mailings, marketing, and renewals.
Director

coach4artists

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

September 2003 — April 2008 (4 years 8 months)

* Acted as sole proprietor of company providing marketing & career planning services to visual artists; coached visual artists in career development, portfolio building, and pricing their work.
* Taught career development and business skills workshops for artists in community settings.
* Pioneered the development of and taught, “The Business of Being an Artist” course.
* Member of curatorial teams for special photography exhibitions.
* Created and maintain http://www.karenkauffman.com
* Produced individualized marketing materials for visual artists, including email newsletters.
* Developed logo and brand identity for coach4artists.
Career Counselor

California State University, San Bernardino

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

December 2000 — January 2005 (4 years 2 months)

* Taught undergraduate, graduate students, alumni from 85 majors to research job market, develop networking opportunities and gather career, company, and industry information.
* Guided students and alumni to explore interests, career options, and develop knowledge and skills through internships, shadowing experiences, summer volunteer positions, and part-time jobs, and informational interviews with working professionals.
* Conducted individualized, videotaped practice interview sessions.
* Created and taught a variety of workshops on career-related topics to audiences of up to 300.
* Taught Freshman Seminar course for three quarters, including use of Blackboard; received excellent student evaluation scores.
* Taught workshops for the Leadership Academy, receiving the highest student feedback scores of all presenters in the program.

Rachel Kokosenski, M.Ed.’s Education

California State University-San Bernardino

M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies , Graphic Design & Marketing , 2001 — 2005
Montana State University-Billings

M.Ed. , School Counseling, K-12 , 1995 — 2000
The University of Montana

BSW , Social Work , 1989 — 1993

Additional Information

Rachel Kokosenski, M.Ed.’s Interests:

travel, baseball, cycling, art, photography.

Rachel Kokosenski, M.Ed.’s Groups:

National Geographic Traveler Reader Panel, member
Ambassadors for Excellence ministry, member
Beta Sigma Phi, member
Discovery Science Cube, member
Riverside Art Museum, member