Donetta Bracey
Families & Schools Together
Camden, SC USA
"Understand that there’s beauty in the differences of everybody."
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Donetta's work combines: Education, Non-Profit Organizations, and Teaching / Mentoring
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Advice for getting started
Family engagement is more of a calling than a job. In order to be successful in this field, you need to really care about parent engagement and seeing children succeed. If that's your passion, then you'll be successful here.
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Business Administration
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
I earned my bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing.
2.
After graduating, I got a job working for a school district as an assistant to the assistant superintendent.
3.
I felt drawn to help the parents and students who were struggling—I told the assistant superintendent about my interest and she connected me with Communities In Schools.
4.
While working for Communities In Schools, I became a FAST (Families & Schools Together) trainer for South Carolina.
5.
I was really impressed with the program and decided I wanted to go on to become a national FAST trainer and then an international FAST trainer.
6.
I currently work as a senior FAST trainer supervisor and institute coach for Families & Schools Together.