Subjects taught: Marketing & Economics, Accounting I-IV, Entrepreneurship, Business Law, Finance, Intro. to Business Management, Career Prep., Entrepreneurship, Marketing, & AP Computer Science Principles.Utilizing MTSS and PBIS processes to facilitate student-centered learning experiences for a diverse student population Maintain a positive and productive classroom atmosphere while establishing and growing student relationships.Maintain Articulation Agreements with local colleges and universities in named instructed courses.Maintain and collaborate with the county and district on early college initiativesServe as the school district’s CTE Fiscal Agent coordinating content for CTE to the State of Michigan. Instructional Team Lead (ITL) for the Business Dept. creating, planning, and implementing professional development for the High School. Including utilization of MTSS and PBIS practices and dataMaintain a relationship with DECA as an Advisor. Coaching students to compete in business competitions at the District, State, and International levels for scholarships. Coordinated Business, Marketing, and Accounting courses with Social Studies and Math departments as courses counted towards Math and Economics credits for high school graduation

Facilitate diverse new teacher training for the AP Computer Science Principles course curriculum nationwide.Created and facilitated week and day-long workshops scaffolded to encourage teachers’ progression through the curriculum.Facilitate week-long seminars during the summer to introduce AP Computer Science per AP College Board Standards.Recommend, design, and accommodate changes to the course from outcomes in workshops and changing aspects of the subject while working with Code.org’s regional partners.

Maintain Financial Ledgers and Journals for the company.Provide leadership to clients regarding the management of web design.Researched and secured small business grants for this business as well as clientsDeveloped Marketing projects and implemented them at client standards.

Subjects taught: Marketing, Accounting I & II, Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Middle School Computer Science and Robotics, AP Computer Science Principles.Maintain Articulation Agreements with local colleges and universities in named instructed courses.Serve on the Kalamazoo County CTE Advisory Committees for Accounting, Business, Computer Science, and Marketing. Maintained a relationship with Junior Achievement and participated in the JA Titan Challenge, coaching students to compete in a business competition for scholarships.Facilitate after-school detentions and suspensions. Mentoring students to complete schoolwork while coaching them to create better situations for self-success.As a coach of various sports at CSHS, develop practice plans that generate a high level of athlete involvement and development of the fundamental skills necessary for the sport. Encouraged students to understand the importance of the connection between the classroom and the playing field while ensuring each athlete learns the importance of teamwork, time management, and organizational skills.Volunteered as the leader of the football statistical team. Conducting students and deciphering the data collected from each football game.

Working one-on-one with customers to initiate claims for Farmers and Foremost Insurance.Conducting training sessions, creating and leading development, adjusting business operations, and marketing management.While part of the quality department, responsible for researching and evaluating the current operating practices and designing changes when needed.Claims Management. Led and trained those claim representatives in any new procedures frequently arising from state/federal regulations, research, or the quality department.The “Leader of the Quarter” award was received for all four Farmers HelpPoint centers in 2009 and 2010. Adjuster Specialist earned through demonstrations of leadership in 2012.Promoted to a fellowship assignment in staff claims as an auditor in the legal department to be sure all claims were handled per correct state laws and statutes. Created and facilitated procedural training for issues that arose from that analysis.As a Claim Specialist, promoted to Director and tasked to coordinate with many departments to handle complex claims, including litigation, cause, origin experts, independent adjusters, salvage, liability, and subrogation.Led a team of managers in a closed claim review Bi-Weekly to instruct claims representatives in handling their claims more efficiently.

Sales of RV. Promoting and selling products or services to potential customers through various channels, such as in-person meetings, phone calls, and emails.Marketing designs for companies use both locally and nationally.Received top sales award for the first two quarters of 2004 and again for the third quarter of 2015.Efficiently handling customer questions and concerns.As a service writer, I received a promotion to work one-on-one with customers in the service department by using my ability to determine and implement the most efficient service methods. Attended many training courses on RV and RV components, gaining knowledge on the construction, upkeep, and services needed for RV and its components.Designed spreadsheet systems for my department to simplify service log operation and tracking within the company