Lisa Partain (Formerly Balusek) Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Texas

Mansfield, Texas

Director of 11-week summer camp program for children ages 5 through 13 years old. • Train and manage staff of ten camp counselors, seven junior counselors and a varying number of weekly Counselors-in-Training (CITs)• Plan and develop weekly, themed, camp activity schedules for camp participants• Educate camp participants on a variety of goal oriented activities each week. • Develop camp participant discipline procedures, camp rules and regulations, awards and incentive programs and various other camp procedures• Maintain employee records and perform state regulated camp training, emergency preparedness training, camp participant emergency forms and first aid/medical supplies usage• Develop weekly camp roster, roll sheets, classroom organization plans, weekly themed decor and awards program show flow

Arlington, Texas

Certified, independent baby sign language instructor. • Teach weekly parent/child play classes and/or one-time parent workshops and educate parents and their children (ages 6 months to 2 years old) on the Baby Signs program • Volunteer as a children’s story time reader at local libraries and book stores• Develop marketing strategy and network with area businesses • Maintain business website content and updates (www.see-n-sign.com)

Arlington, Texas

Demonstration/Observation Teaching – J.L. Hill Elementary, various grades 10/11 – 5/12Student Teacher - Dean P. Corey Elementary, Kindergarten 8/12 – 11/12• Developed and implemented student-centered lessons in all subject areas; language arts, math, science and social studies (Corey and Hill Elementary)• Adapted daily lessons to meet individual student needs (Corey and Hill Elementary)• Assessed students through pre-assessments and reviewed student background and learning needs to create more individualized instruction as needed (Corey and Hill Elementary)• Created lessons that provided both whole group learning and small group collaboration suitable for students of various achievement levels (Corey and Hill Elementary)• Implemented positive classroom management and behavior strategies for whole class and individual students (Corey Elementary)• Participated in weekly grade-level curriculum and team meetings, parent conferences and school events (Corey Elementary)• Communicated with parents via daily student take-home folders and informal discussions at patio pick-up (Corey Elementary)

Mansfield, Texas

Assistant Teacher for private preschool program for ages 3 through 5 years old• Helped prepare and teach student-centered lessons for 17 pre-school students for the 2011/2012 school year. • Participated in parent conferences and planning meetings and communicated with parents daily.

Irving, Texas

Hired as a temporary consultant in the Human Resources group to plan, coordinate and execute company-wide events and enhance the current employee recognition program.

Arlington, Texas

Management and operations responsibility for two of the highest revenue generating Pump It Up locations in the DFW Metroplex (Ft. Worth and Arlington, TX).• Taught weekly preschool Pump Start play classes for children ages two to five years old• Hired, trained and managed staff of more than 60 employees in two prime locations• Performed daily operations duties, troubleshooting, issues and concerns• Performed all daily financial transactions and paperwork• Updated website, created customer e-blasts, generated marketing ideas and created store promotions

My expertise includes all aspects of public relations - employee communications, media relations, executive communications, community relations, customer communications, executive meetings and conferences and event planning.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Interdisciplinary Studies (Grades K-8)

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Elementary Education And Teaching