Education Consultant
consultant
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :37 years, 9 أشهر
• Provided comprehensive reports to management to ensure a quality curriculum was implemented
• Inspected and audited the current safety measurements of the preschool and provided recommended changes to insure quality standards were in compliance with ADEC specifications.
• Assessed teacher delivery of curriculum and provided professional development to increase the delivery of a highly engaging quality of education which is theme based utilizing the IPEC curriculum specifications.
• Private tutor for four Emirati students; Yr3, Yr5, Yr8 and Yr9 focusing on English, Math, Science
• Provided professional development to district personnel in the use of computer systems, software, and technology for the purpose of increasing effectiveness, productivity and ensure accountability of programs throughout the District.
• Provided faculty and instructional support personnel professional development opportunities to facilitate the integration of technology into the curriculum utilizing language arts and math software, and to provide leadership and direction in the expanding field of technology by evaluating software and hardware.
• Provided faculty and instructional support personnel numerous professional development opportunities as it pertains to Galileo Assessments, AIMS Assessments, Intel Essentials Training and other applications of software related to formative and summative assessments and RTI training.
• Conduct analysis of student achievement data, assessments, and demographics and generate reports for use by the leadership at the schools and District for the purpose of informing instruction in the classroom and possible changes in the curriculum.
• Identifying performance measures/indicators related to student achievement and establishes evaluative criteria that correlate to the State Academic Standards.
• Upload and download data from a variety of information systems for processing, analysis and generating reports.
• Certified to provide professional development and training utilizing Promethean Interactive Boards.
• Was acting Academic Coach at Canyon de Chelly Elementary. Providing weekly professional development utilizing student state test scores and benchmark assessments to focus on targeted strategies to improve student achievement in reading, language arts and math for grade levels K - 6.
• Conducted professional development workshops in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Publisher; Compass, Achieve 3000 and Promethean Interactive Board.
• Full time computer teacher for Kindergarten - 8th grades. Integrated reading, language arts and math strategies utilizing on-line computer applications focusing on the individual areas of need of each student focusing on differentiated instructional methods.
• 21st Century After School Coordinator and Summer School Coordinator for the school for K - 8th grade students focusing on reading, language arts, math and science.
• Implemented incentives to maintain high attendance of our students in the after school program.
• Able to maintain over half of our total student population in after school program
• Collaborated with grade level teachers assisting with projects in the areas of reading, math and language arts for grades K - 8.
• Conducted parent computer classes in the evenings, assisting parents to access their child's grades as well as providing basic computer software education.
• Acting Principal when Principal had to be off campus and for Summer School.
• Full time teacher at Cloverdale Magnet Middle School. Taught keyboarding, computer applications and was the EAST Lab Facilitator in a first year EAST Lab. Sponsor of school newspaper and coordinating the school yearbook.
• Classroom of 20 students for after school tutoring to help struggling students prepare for upcoming state testing focusing on reading and math.
• Participated in mentoring troubled students encouraging them and supporting them at school to be positive and productive. Assisted in additional tutoring in reading and math.
• Utilized all class resources to help promote “America's Choice” in the school. This was a systemic program to assist struggling schools to become successful. The focus was on implementation of reading across the curriculum.
• Assisted with school programs such as 8th graduation, talent contest and student incentive programs.
• Collaborated with fellow teachers assisting with projects required in other subject areas.
• Taught grade levels 6th, 7th and 8th grade computer software education in both Microsoft and Mac Applications
• Was a full time replacementteacher for the classroom teacher who took medical leave of absence. Was responsible for all of the classroom lessons, recording of grades and day to day classroom activities along with the end of year processing.
• Responsible for all lesson plans and instruction
• Maintained a positive learning environment utilizing Harry Wong’s effective classroom management strategies.
• Implemented scientifically research based teaching strategies to effectively meet the needs of all students; literature studies, project-based instruction, multiple intelligences, Bloom’s Taxonomy- higher order thinking questions, non-linguistic representations, summarizing and note taking, graphic organizers, cooperative learning, academic vocabulary (Marzano), word walls, hands-on learning, 6-traits of writing and differentiated instructional strategies.
• Was responsible for the day to day lessons assisting students in areas of reading and math giving the students additional support to help them move forward to their subject grade level.
• Assisted in preparing students to take the Benchmark Exam.
• Responsible for all lesson plans and instruction
• Maintained a positive learning environment
• Responsible for the day to day management and dissemination of information to the Parish Council and the Priest.
• Responsible for the management and coordination of activities on the church site for both the Parish and the community.
• Managed the maintenance, day to day office procedures along with the production of a monthly periodical distributed to approximately 300 recipients using Quark Desktop Publishing software.
• Day to day bookkeeping using QuickBooks Pro
• Managed maintenance crew
• Managed the rental and coordination of events on site.
• Disseminated information to Parish Council Members and Priest
• Substitute teacher for North Little Rock School District. Primarily worked within the Special Education Department with children in Elementary, Middle School and both East and West Campus North Little Rock High School.
• First semester had a long term assignment at West Campus working with Resource and Special Education.
• January of 2002 was assigned a long term substitute position that lasted until the end of the school year at North Little Rock High School East Campus. I taught Resource English and Pre-Vocational to 9th and 10th grade students.
• Responsible for all lesson plans and instruction
• Maintained a positive learning environment
• Worked on life skills to assist students with potential jobs and future careers
• Designed attainable goals for level of learning each student was currently at and assisted with the progression to the next level
• Weekly testing and assessment to reinforce the vocabulary and spelling block in Resource English.
• Provided differentiated instructional strategies to target each students’ area of weakness in both reading and math.
• Non-Profit Consulting Firm to assist minority and women owned businesses with T/A. Partnered with the Arkansas Women's Business Development Center in Pine Bluff, AR to provide education and training in the start up of small businesses along with the development and growth of existing businesses.
• Taught Fast Trac Curriculum and business classes
• Assisted in the set up and training of accounting systems, Peachtree and Quickbooks Pro
• Performed Ratio Analysis, Budget Analysis, Cash Flow Projections, Strategic Planning, Financial Analysis, Pricing Analysis.
• Assisted with the development of Business Plans
• Worked with turn-around, start-ups and businesses in growth.
• Started company; clothing line for large size women and little girls.
• Developed, designed and marketed clothing for women and girls
• Coordinated the development, production and strategic marketing of new lines
• Managed and coordinated sales. Organized marketing strategy for trade shows.
• Maintained an ongoing analysis of market appeal, need and future market trends to maintain an edge on the current market.
• Started and set up consignment store.
• Set up and established a consignment store in the Bernardo Winery hosting handcrafted giftware from local artist.
• Established and maintained computerized weekly and monthly income reports, expense reports, consignment sales reports and disbursement of sales.
• Managed and oversaw all aspects of operations. Put in place operations manual and established store and employee policies.
• Supervised 6 employees and maintained the payroll.
• Put in place and managed marketing strategy to reach consumers in San Diego County
• Prepared all correspondence; monthly reports, quarterly reports, marketing, sales and business presentations for Executive VP of Sales and Marketing as well as Regional Directors of North America.
• Performed desktop publishing for sales presentations.
• Was first line contact with all executives from the top insurance companies in the U.S.
• Created a wholesale ceramic business that expanded into a retail operation
• Developed, designed and marketed gift items, home decorating and utility ware.
• Coordinated production, marketing and sales from both a wholesale and retail approach.
• Instructed classes and seminars relevant to all aspects of the ceramic industry.
• Managed and coordinated sales representatives and store employees. Organized marketing strategy for trade shows.
• Increased gross sales approximately 33% within the first 5 years.
Maintained an ongoing analysis of market appeal, need and future market trends to maintain an edge.
I completed by MBA with a 3.85 grade point average.
I was involved in a program to prepare teachers to teach on Indian Reservations in the United States. As part of my training, I would spend 3 afternoons a week working with the children on local Indian Reservations in the San Diego County of California. I was in this program for the entire 4 years of my studies at San Diego State University to be certified and trained as an elementary teacher. I graduated with a 3.5 grade point average in my field of study.