Aaron Wertheimer Email & Phone Number

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

• Developed curriculum for and instructed 50+ total students in Beginner's, Intermediate, and Advanced Oral English classes, and taught an English-speaking culture class at Guangzhou English Training Center for the Handicapped (GETCH), for 18-25 year old students. • Designed, facilitated, and implemented, field trips for a group of 20+ senior level students, to Guangdong Museum, Lucy's Cafe, a "Soft-Spoken English Scavenger Hunt"​.• Collaborated with and attended meetings with 10 teachers to design, plan, and implement 300+ attendee Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas parties.• Promoted and recruited local Guangzhou citizens to volunteer at GETCH, at GETCH's Charity Festival Event, and GETCH's Walk, Run, and Roll event. Raised over $2,000 USD in rehabilitation funds.• Designed 3-6 minute iMovie videos, and once weekly Microsoft PowerPoint class presentations, utilizing videos, pictures, and music created in Santa Barbara, Denmark, Irvine, Thailand, and China.• Connected, introduced, and mediated communication between United Family Healthcare (UFH) and GETCH, to discuss free dental healthcare and vocational opportunities for GETCH students.• Arranged for, corresponded with, and directed 5 University of Iowa teachers to teach music, dance, and poetry workshops at GETCH.• Addressed and led tours of GETCH and Guangzhou to groups of 5+ GETCH volunteers.• Assisted the Academic Coordinator in summarizing data and listing areas for improvement for the U.S. Consulate General on GETCH's English Access Microscholarship program.• Recorded students'​ grades on Microsoft Excel, for their once monthly written reading reports, 1-on-1, and group presentation oral English and culture exams.• Used my persuasion, speaking, and empathy skills to help students improve their pronunciation and written English skills.• Edited, proofread, and proposed new material for weekly written blog updates to GETCH Foundation's website.

Goleta, Ca

• Handled cash transactions for 400+ customers in 3 hours on Halloween and Deltopia holiday events.• Opened and closed the restaurant 4 days a week.• Utilized tact, patience, and organizational skills to handle customer transactions on the cash register.• Served and created nachos, burritos, tamales, quesadillas, tacos, and other Mexican food items to university graduate and undergraduate students and personnel.• Restocked and kept inventory of paper and plastic food items.• Washed pots and pans, and cleaned the inside and outside of the restaurant.• Facilitated and oversaw phone and delivery orders at the restaurant.

University Of California, Santa Barbara

• Hold 30-minute, one-on-one tutoring sessions with a class of 30 first-year students enrolled in the Writing 1 (Introduction to University Writing) and Writing 2 (Academic Writing) introductory university writing courses at UCSB.• Help students generate ideas for thesis development through free-writing, brain-mapping techniques, and mentoring students and asking them questions to clarify their thoughts.• Listen to, counsel, and use my empathy skills to talk about first-year students' personal issues to help clarify their ideas in the essay writing process.• Attend weekly meetings with the professor of Writing 1 and Writing 2 to discuss paper topics, student progress, and areas for improvement in tutor sessions and in lecture.• Attend weekly lecture and take notes on the students' class material to be used in private tutoring sessions.• Manage and create my own schedule, and conduct email and phone correspondences with first-year students to ensure they attend private, one-on-one tutoring sessions.• Created pre-writing, brainstorming, thesis revision, grammar and spelling and syntax, and reflection tip worksheets to help first-year students in the academic writing process.• Assembled and distributed over 20 mid-term evaluation critique worksheets to help give me positive and constructive criticism on areas for improvement in tutoring sessions with my Writing 1 and Writing 2 first-year students.

Santa Barbara, Ca

• Created templates for frequently used correspondence (e-mail templates and phone scripts) for the volunteer recruitment program. • Demonstrated tact, patience, and courtesy. • Composed correspondence and written materials, edited and proofread documents as needed.• Redesigned outreach presentations or other outreach tools for • Entered missing volunteer information in the database (including, but not limited to: Organization, Title, Profession)• Reached out to teachers regarding 2013-2014 school year requests and added additional details to requests as needed.• Created templates for frequently used correspondence (e-mail templates and phone scripts)• Updated teacher, school staff, PTA, and School Board contact information in the • Proofread grant letters, grant proposals, and other documents• Assisted with mailings (folding letters, stuffing envelopes)• Other duties as assigned.Knowledge of:• Volunteer recruitment and coordination practice• Local nonprofit and/or business community• Excellent computer skills to include industry standard software applications• Modern administrative office methods, practices, procedures, equipment and responsibilities• Excelllent telephone techniques and etiquette• Excellent English usage, grammar, spelling , punctuation and vocabulary• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills that foster positive relationships with diverse populations• Demonstrate keyboarding/ skills and speed as required by the assignment.• Interpersonal relations using tact, patience, and courtesyAbility to:•Organized, planned, and controlled work assignments and projects involving a multiplicity of components, and staff/volunteers to achieve goals and objectives• Performed varied, complex administrative tasks• Composed correspondence and written materials independently.

• Delegated duties to other kitchen associates to organize, distribute, and produce food products for other UCSB vendors. • Cooked and prepared cookies, muffins, pasta salads, parfaits, burritos, and soups. • Drove 10-feet in length delivery trucks and oversaw delivery of food products at 5:30 AM.• Worked in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.• Held a calm, collected, and organized demeanor during food production and distribution.

Ucsb

• Worked under the supervision of South Korean and German professors in educational psychology and under education psychologist Professor Richard Mayer, PhD.• Collaborated with two psychology undergraduates in an organized, efficient, and cooperative fashion to compile results and code data.• Designed surveys and multiple-choice assessments for foreign exchange participants.• Evaluated responses and coded and entered data into Microsoft Excel and other computer software applications. • Managed data using industry standard software applications. • Maintained confidentiality of results with participants.

3966 Barranca Parkway Ste. A Irvine, Ca 92606

• Managed cash transactions between customers via the cash register and phone orders.• Conducted catering orders and helped pack and deliver catering orders to parties of up to 350 people.• Helped organize and plan event parties of up to 50 people for customers, police men, veterans, and school children and sports teams.• Restocked food items and sanitized and cleaned the store.• Communicated and handled customer transactions for pizza, pasta, salad, breadsticks, chicken, tri-tip, salmon, and other side orders for groups.• Oversaw the delivery of food to multiple tables.• Worked with a group of over 40 employees and attended tri-annual meetings.• Planned, coordinated, collaborated with, and implemented corporate company social events across the larger Orange and Los Angeles County areas with the help of other employees.• Generated ideas and aided in the process of creating the design for the Irvine Stonefire Grill t-shirts for social events.

14370 Culver Dr. Ste. 1 Irvine, Ca 92606

• Mixed and made ice cream for customers needs.• Restocked the store, cleaned the store, • Communicated and handled customer transactions using smoothies, cakes, ice cream servings.• Lead and was in charge of the cash register and cash payments.• Conducted phone orders for future orders of cakes.

Newport Beach, California

• Worked with American Lung Association employees to bust liquor stores that sold tobacco to underage minors.• Acted as an undercover minor who requested tobacco products from tobacco retailers and gas stations.• Recorded individual testimonials for 20 liquor stores detailing the transactions of alcohol sales between myself and the employer.• Walked in to liquor stores with a microphone attached to me under my t-shirt and asked for a pack of cigarettes.• Sent a $1,000 fine citation for the illegal selling of tobacco products to minors.

Ba, Psychology, Applied Psychology

Activities and Societies: Lifetime member of Psi Chi International Honor Society of Psychology• Cumulative G.P.A. 3.65 • Dean’s Honors.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Community Psychology, Danish History And Culture, Danish Language

Activities and Societies: Crew member and volunteer at Dræberkaninen (The Killer Rabbit Cafe) at the Department of Psychology.