What Happened?
Pittsfield, MA-based Michele Morin as Vice President of Human Resources and Workforce Development
About the Company
Hillcrest Educational Foundation is a private not-for-profit agency that provides a range of individualized and comprehensive clinical, psychological and special education services for children, adolescents and families in Berkshire County, MA and the Northeast. The students served by Hillcrest in nonresidential and residential programs have complex psychiatric, behavioral and/or developmental disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorders, and a variety of high-risk behaviors. The programs and services provided by the Hillcrest Educational Foundation are state licensed and certified, and Hillcrest Educational Centers, including Hillcrest Community Support Services, is accredited in behavioral health care by the Joint Commission.
About the Person
Michele Morin is the Vice President of Human Resources and Workforce Development at Hillcrest Educational Centers. Michele is responsible for all people functions including the strategic planning, managing, developing, evaluating, and improvement of human resources to provide the agency with an engaged and committed workforce that possesses the knowledge and skills capacity to meet the current and emerging needs of the children, youth, families, and communities served. She ensures recruitment and hiring practices, along with compensation, benefit, wellness, incentive, and advancement programs, attract and retain a broad and robust pool of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to position the agency as an employer of choice and distinguish them within the human service industry. Michele has 28 years of experience in the field of education including 5 years as a high school educator in the public schools and 23 years as a staff educator in human services. In 2005, Michele joined Hillcrest Educational Centers as the Director of Workforce Learning. She earned BS Ed in Secondary Education from University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, Texas and M. Ed. in Learning, Media, and Technology from University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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