I am excited to serve in my second year as Oneonta City Schools' Career Coach! An Oneonta alum, I am passionate about helping students develop confidence in themselves and enthusiasm for their future career pathways. I am here to help students with college and career planning, self-assessments and goal-setting, employability skills training, and more. I coordinate career events, speakers, trips, and job shadowing opportunities for students. I also assist with college and scholarship applications, resume development and essay writing, financial planning, and high school education plans. Over the past fifteen years as an educator, I am thankful for a variety of experience, working with students of all ages and levels. I have taught English Language Arts at Mountain Brook High, Auburn High, and Brookwood High. Educating high school seniors for a decade, I often coached students in college essay writing and preparing for their post-secondary lives. I have worked with international students ages 5-14 as their online ESL instructor as well as young adults as their professional writing coach. I earned my bachelor's degree in Secondary English Education from Auburn University (2008) and my Masters in Education from The University of Alabama (2009). At OCS, I am excited to continue to help students learn about themselves and to begin to map out a career path for their futures. My husband Mitchell is also an Oneonta alum, and we have two boys, ages 7 and 4. We are thrilled to be a part of the OCS family! Go Skins!

Schedule an appointment with me at https://calendly.com/hastingscareercoach.