Experience

East Lansing High School

• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• High School English Teacher

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  Crafted individualized, CCSS aligned curriculum, as it related to American Literature for High School Juniors, and Social Equality Literature for High School Sophomores. Motivated students to do their best and reinforced the idea of continuous improvement. Generated relationships with deliberate school-home communication. Implemented technology into everyday instruction. Differentiated instruction to a diversity of learners. Practiced classroom management expressed with Love and Logic and PBIS/CHAMPS. Consulted and coordinated with senior teachers and building resources. Presented at a school wide professional development opportunity with the support of colleagues about the use of Illuminate Education, a tech tool specializing in student assessment. Show less



MacDonald Middle School

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations

• English Language Arts Teacher, 8th grade

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

  Motivated students to do their best and reinforced the idea of continuous improvement. Generated relationships with deliberate school-home communication. Implemented technology into everyday instruction. Differentiated instruction to a diversity of learners. Practiced classroom management expressed with Love and Logic and PBIS/CHAMPS. Consulted and coordinated with senior teachers and building resources. Participated and contributed in professional development workshops based on TLTs, Kevin Feldman's principles of engagement, and Anita Archer's writing workshop/engagement techniques. Presented at a district wide professional development opportunity with the support of colleagues about the Common Core State Standards. Collaborated with Michigan State University education professors regarding the placement of TE 302 juniors in willing district classrooms for the purpose of MMS student help. Supported after-school tutoring opportunities in the MacDonald Middle School (MMS) Academic Center. Established and facilitated the MMS Writing Center. Show less



The Student Bookstore

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SBS Cashier Department Manager

  • Jul 2011 - Nov 2012

  Promoted from Head Cashier to Department Manager after demonstrating exemplary work ethic and competency. Supervised and coordinated the activities of up to forty cashiers to perform their best. Trained cashiers to handle register transactions and provide excellent customer service. Devised and prepared work schedules according to budgets and workloads, using cloud-based multi-media. Continually observed and evaluated employee performance to broaden professional development. Developed and oversaw marketing projects to increase same-store sales. Resolved complaints and answered questions of customers regarding services and procedures. Show less



Holt Junior High

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher Intern- 7th grade English

  • Aug 2010 - Apr 2011

  Developed the duties of a fulltime English teacher under the guidance of master teacher, Tammy Shorna. Practiced classroom management expressed with Love and Logic. Consulted and coordinated with senior teachers and building resources. Built connections with students while modeling healthy fitness and literacy practices in an after-school program called “Rams on the Go”; walking, running, and listening to audio books. Oversaw a tutoring program, the Holt Junior High Writing Center, that encompassed 8th grade students consulting with 7th grade writers in order to improve their multi-curricular writing assignments. Show less



SBS

• Canada
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Cashier

  • Aug 2008 - Apr 2011

  Directed customer service at the service counter. Also, oversaw subordinate cashiers. Directed customer service at the service counter. Also, oversaw subordinate cashiers.