Teach sophomores, juniors and seniors business lessons. Juniors and Seniors participate in business plan and trade show competitions/exhibitions. They also earn college credits for their junior and senior year coursework. All students attend business-related field trips and benefit from business professional guest speakers in class.Co-Advise Student Leadership Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO)Sophomores are introduced to and learn a multitude of business topics: Business Ethics, Professionalism, Customer Service, Business Communications, Management, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Finance. The also take career tests, conduct career research projects and prepare their first resume. Juniors learn Basic Accounting, work on Accounting Projects and then formulate teams wherein they create formal Business Plans and pitch their plans in Project Echo Competition at UCLA or Aspire 3 competition in Ventura County. They then update their resumes.Seniors create a virtual business in class, interview for positions in their business, conduct leadership and department meetings, and create marketing materials including business logo, slogan, business cards, trifold brochures, website, sales catalogs, billboard, trade show booth decorative items, etc. They then compete in the LA area Virtual Enterprise Competition. They also learn Economics and update their resumes again at the end of the school year.

Coordinated field trips, guest speakers and competitions, managed recruiting, completed state reports to meet Academy funding requirements. Prepared promotional reports on BFA students' activities, events and successes. Played integral role in building Academy Advisory Board of professionals back up to strong and active body.

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Film and edit advertising and instructional videos. Write copy for print and video. Tutor individuals on photo and video editing and more.

Supervise and evaluate staff of 10 certificated teachers and 9 instructional assistants. Oversee year-round After School Program (ASP) at 9 district elementary schools. Conduct weekly classroom walkthroughs/observations.Serve as liaison with site principals for ASP.Serve as liaison between staff and families to engage in problem solving.Monitor and assist in creation of behavior plans.Design, plan and implement professional learning for ASP employees.Implement effective Professional Learning Communities in the ASP.Determine staffing needs - participate in employee hiring.Montior ASP budget.Future Responsibilities (those to come as job is still new):Design/Develop ASP CurriculumReport data from various sources (parent surveys, DRDP's, SACERS) and complete CA DOE/Early Education and Support Division's self-study.See out and write grants to supplement ASP.Plan summer program.Organize field trips.Unlike many after school programs which are run by non-credentialed young staff with little experience in a classroom setting, this program is a highly professional one designed to support student learning and development on all levels. I am very pleased to be working in such a high-caliber, professional educational environment.

• Develop, write & implement company policies and procedures• Manage company marketing and advertising; create and upload online ads• Screen applicants to make sure they meet DOT regulations & company standards; conduct interviews; recommend candidates for hire• Develop training programs; coordinate and conduct new-hire orientations• Manage employee retention program• Review and edit legal contracts• Draft written communications to government agencies; Testify at government hearings• Administer internal safety and compliance audits; handle special safety issues as they arise

• Taught Advisory Class focused on Anti-Defamation League/Anti-Bullying curriculum• Taught self-designed Goal-Setting lessons• Assisted in development of district-wide curriculum to support core standards• Prepared lesson plans that supported common core standards• Taught keyboarding, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Internet Safety, Research Techniques and more to 6th-8th grade• Taught Yearbook Class producing 1st and 2nd ever student-created school yearbook; second yearbook praised as best seen in 25 years• Realized unprecedented sell-out of second yearbook resulting from creative marketing strategies I initiated with students and my students' outstanding book quality.• Served as District Site Technology Representative

Worked as a career, and domestic violence counselor, and child and family therapist, as well as a child protective services social worker. Also managed a group home and counseled teens in group homes for at-risk youth.

Photographed weddings, portraits, events & more on location & in fixed & mobile studios.

Successfully built business from inception to point of strong financial stability.Wrote business start-up plan, prepared and managed budget, managed Sales & Marketing departments.Sold Irish and Scottish gift products at events, and via catalog & website.

What began as a Graduate Assistantship at TCNJ grew to a full-time position at Bellver College in Mallorca, Spain. • Provided student academic advisement for masters-level students who taught diplomats' children in American Schools around the world• Collected tuition & prepared financial reports• Hosted teacher orientation dinners and island tours.

Coordinated Governor's State-wide Economic Summit for DOLServed on Task Force to Reorganize State Department of LaborTestified at Legislative Committee Meetings on behalf of State Commissioner of Department of Human Services.Drafted Legislation and provided constituent relations services for State Assemblywoman (now Senator) Shirley K. TurnerNote: NJ Commissioners are department heads, equivalent to Department Secretaries in other states.

Led a contingency of women to lobby Congress in Washington, DC in support of the Family & Medical Leave Act and other legislation important to professional women.Invited to Rose Garden to witness President Clinton's signing of this legislation into law.Successfully lobbied for changes to BPW's national by-laws at national convention held in Minneapolis, MNDoubled membership and quadrupled fundraising in maximum 2-term Presidency.Quadrupled educational grants/scholarships awarded to women in need.Served on Public Relations, and Education Committees from 1990-1991.

Successfully managed multiple $-million facilities start-ups, renovations and relocations throughout the northeast and midwest, completing each project on time and within budget.Negotiated national contracts for office equipment, saving over $100,000 annually.Wrote user-friendly manual for in-house developed computerized purchasing program (MAPS); received outstanding praise for same from all users across US and in Canada.Offered potential opportunity to relocate to Minneapolis to replace retiring Manager of Midwest Regional Operations one week after submitting letter of resignation.