Experience

Speak! Language Center

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Instructor of Personalized Spanish Courses

  • May 2016 - Present

  • Design Spanish courses personalized for students’ goals, ages, and interests • Earn high rates of student satisfaction, including among middle and high school students and adults • Design Spanish courses personalized for students’ goals, ages, and interests • Earn high rates of student satisfaction, including among middle and high school students and adults



University of Virginia

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor of Spanish Language and Hispanic Culture

  • Aug 2011 - May 2018

  • Taught courses at all levels of Spanish curriculum, including Accelerated Elementary Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Business Spanish, and Translation from Spanish to English• Designed syllabi, wrote assessments, created lesson plans, and mentored students• Designed activities to practice speaking, writing, reading, and listening• Highlighted connections between language and culture, discussed diversity in Spanish-speaking world• Earned ratings as an effective and approachable instructor consistently on student evaluations Show less

• Preceptor for Beginning and Intermediate Spanish Courses

  • Aug 2012 - Apr 2014

  • Supervised staff groups of 4-13 TAs to collectively write and revise assessments for evaluating students’ final grades• Delegated tasks, established and enforced deadlines, ran organized meetings, and communicated to maintain uniform standards across all sections• Conducted classroom observations and advised staff



Ed Schmidt Automotive Group, Inc

• Head Administrative Assistant / Cashier

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  • Provided administrative support for salesmen, service advisors, and finance advisors • Demonstrated strong customer service by assisting customers, collecting payments, answering telephone calls, and making calls to ensure customers had positive experiences • Employed multitasking and attention to detail to use ADP software, write and report 30-day temporary tags, track dealer license plates, and arrange for driver pick-up of auction cars • Trained new administrative assistants/cashiers and independently wrote a procedure manual for the position Show less



HARMON HALL

• Mexico
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 500 - 600 Employee

• English as a Foreign Language Teacher

  • Sep 2009 - Jul 2010

  • Taught beginning/intermediate English to children and pre-teens and intermediate/advanced English to teenagers and adults • Focused on grammar, vocabulary, conversation strategies, and reading/writing skills • Created lesson plans for each class and designed related games to help youth learn • Utilized the textbook’s computer programs and DVD to reinforce material • Provided extra personalized classes for low-level students or those who missed class • Contacted students/parents concerning problems, schedules, or low attendance • Integrated customer service to retain students and to sell future courses Show less



Ohio University Press

• United States

• Acquisitions Assistant

  • Jun 2008 - Jun 2009

  • Meticulously prepared peer review packets for promising manuscripts or rejection letters for manuscript proposals that did not fit the OUP publishing profile • Promoted OUP titles by choosing book review quotations for the marketing catalog • Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of manuscript proposals • Meticulously prepared peer review packets for promising manuscripts or rejection letters for manuscript proposals that did not fit the OUP publishing profile • Promoted OUP titles by choosing book review quotations for the marketing catalog • Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of manuscript proposals



Office of Nationally Competitive Awards

• Public Relations Intern

  • Aug 2007 - Mar 2008

  • Designed creative e-newsletters and flyers to promote awards and ONCA events • Developed text and effective organization for new ONCA website: onca.org • Designed creative e-newsletters and flyers to promote awards and ONCA events • Developed text and effective organization for new ONCA website: onca.org



The Archbold Buckeye Newspaper

• Staff Writer, Substitute Copy Editor, Photographer

  • 2005 - 2007

  (full-time winter and summer breaks 2005-2007, and freelancer summer 2010) • Conducted personal or phone interviews and composed award-winning feature articles • Edited copy and typeset/formatted court records and press releases • Photographed subjects or obtained images to supplement articles (full-time winter and summer breaks 2005-2007, and freelancer summer 2010) • Conducted personal or phone interviews and composed award-winning feature articles • Edited copy and typeset/formatted court records and press releases • Photographed subjects or obtained images to supplement articles