Ellie’s Vitae…

Ellie Griffin, LMHC  – Speaker, Workshop Leader, Human Development Curriculum

Consulting to schools and providing in-service training for faculty and seminars for students

Objective

To use my thirty plus years of experience to help schools address issues of concern to faculty and students.

Experience

Consultation to schools            1978 – Present

• Evaluation of Health an Counseling Services
• In-service training for faculty on issues of adult and adolescent development
• Workshops for faculty on human development, psychology, sexuality and relationships education, gender issues

Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts         1978 – 2010

• Director of Health and Counseling Services
• Counselor for students in grades K-12, but primarily 9-12
• Teacher:  Psychology AP, Theories of Development
• Creator and Coordinator of Human Sexuality and Relationships Program
• Oversight of Health Education
• Co-coordinator of Senior Transitions, a course for seniors in the Affective Education Program
• Counseling affiliate for three dormitories
• Various other roles, including Co-head of Boys Dormitory, Admissions, Trustee Committees, Faculty Committee

Independent School Management                            1980 – Present

• Co-leader of Balancing Your Contrasting Roles as Deans of Students
• Co-leader of Power and Influence; A Workshop for Women Administrators

Independent School Gender Project                                  1996 – Present

• Co-Founder and Co-Director of a project addressing equity issues for girls and women in Independent Schools
• Co-leader of ISGP Summer Conference for Girls and Women in alternate years at Hotchkiss School

Human Development Institute                                     1986 – Present

• Co-founder and Co-director of Institute for educators in Human Development Education
• Co-leader of and Co-director of Summer Conferences for Human Development Educators

Consulting, Faculty Training, Workshops and Speaking                            1978 – Present

• The National Association of Boarding Schools (NAIS)
• The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
• Young Presidents Organization (YPO)                                                     1995
• Southeast Asia Teachers Conference                                   1991
• Southeast Asia Heads Conference                                     1991

Philips Andover Academy, Philips Exeter Academy, St Paul’s School, Groton School, Masters School, Pomfret School, Cushing Academy, Governors Academy, The Gunnery, Hotchkiss School, Suffield Academy, Harvard-Westlake School, Westridge School for Girls, etc.

Education

Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts                                                                                             1978

MA in Counseling Psychology

Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts                                                                                                  1965

BA in French and Spanish

Skills

In the many years of my career, I have developed numerous skills.  I began my profession teaching French in a Junior / Senior High Public School, then taught English as a Second Language to Spanish speaking children and adolescents who were recent immigrants to the US.  After completing my counseling degree, I created the counseling services at Milton Academy and was fortunate to be able to oversee and develop a comprehensive health and counseling service for both boarding and day students in grades K-12.  I am a competent public speaker, accomplished workshop leader, effective leader of in-service training for faculty on numerous topics.  I enjoy teaching both adolescents and adults and am equally effective with both.

Since my retirement from Milton Academy, I have been consulting to schools on various issues.  I presented to the Independent School College Counselors Association on issues of transition for seniors, co-led a seminar at the annual TABS conference in December on Living a Fulfilling Life in Boarding School, conducted a full evaluation of the Health and Counseling Services at a day / boarding school, created a three series Webinar on Bullying for Independent School Management, ran an in-service for faculty on issues of loss for students, run two summer week-long conferences for Deans of Students, and did two opening school in-service trainings for faculty in different schools.

Other Leadership Positions

• Chair, Council for Women in Independent Schools (CWIS)                             1989-1990
• Faculty, Milton Academy Boarding Staff Conference                                      1978-2008
• Faculty, Milton Academy Student Leadership Conference                              1981-1986
• Editor, The Independent School Health Association Bulletin                          1980-1985
• Publications
• “Voices From The Background:  Black and Hispanic Women Talk About Their Boarding School Experience”      Independent School Magazine                                                                                                     Winter 1991
• Playing Roles, A Course for Adolescents in Sexuality and Relationships           1979, 2005
• Helping Hands; A Guide for Student Peer Counselors                                         2007