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San Antonio, Tx, Us

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Deliver impactful instruction through teaching University Seminar 1301 (a four/four course load during the fall and spring semesters)• Develop and adjust approaches to teaching the university’s quality enhancement plan on quantitative reasoning; for example, this includes a new lesson demonstrating the practical use of quantitative reasoning in medicine.• Provide and present course material and design engaging classroom activities on topics such as budgeting, quantitative reasoning, brain-based learning, career preparation and other content to build the success, agency and self-advocacy of the first-year student.• Participate fully in professional development through helping develop and deliver content to colleagues and serving as a mentor to colleagues.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Teaching presently is active only at times I am not on contract with Texas A&M University – San Antonio (summer semester, etc.)• Design engaging content for either the Student Development 0270 or Education 1300 course.• Deliver power and impactful lessons and classroom activities on first-year student content including financial literacy, note taking, learning styles, memory skills in addition to other content designed to foster student success.• Participated in faculty development and presented an overview to faculty of how to teach financial literacy in an engaging and exciting way in November 2019.• Selected to serve in the college’s full time temporary position in the fall semester of 2018 due to my ability to teach and manage multiple (seven) class sections.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Partnered with two faculty members on two different college learning strategies and first-year college student courses. • Developed lesson plans, graded student assignments, and delivered monthly presentations to students on being successful in college and effective strategies for learning. • Completed administrative reports and engaged in strategic planning for the Student Development department

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Taught, evaluated and mentored students enrolled in the institution’s Academic Inquiry and Scholarship course.• Developed lesson plans, graded student assignments and delivered monthly lectures to 50 students per class in two different class sections on topics concerning academic research, creating knowledge and communication skills.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Supervised and mentored high school students during a six week summer learning program.• Encouraged participants to consider the value of higher education after completion of high school.

Orientation And Family Programs

• Assisted with supervision of student employees and programming.• Created an assessment for use at the end of summer orientation and helped teach the Orientation Leader class.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Conducted needs assessments of businesses in the Great Lakes region (Michigan and Ohio until January, 2014) and Arizona (until 2012) with regards to their shipping, logistics and supply chain processes. Partnered with local businesses with revenues from thousands to millions of dollars and presented to them UPS solutions and value propositions to help their businesses grow and expand. Managed accounts with revenues of $10,000 to $120,000 annually. Worked directly with more than 1,500 accounts and drove more than $5 million in annual revenue. Honored in 2012 as a UPS Gold Level World of Champions recipient for my results.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Managed the advertising department for Arizona Student Media, which included The Arizona Daily Wildcat, Wildcat Online, University of Arizona Visitor Guide and University of Arizona Parents and Family Magazine. Mentored, taught and advised students in sales and customer service. Trained and continuously mentored groups of student employees two to three times per year and oversaw an entire staff turnover every two years due to student employee graduation. Assisted students in overcoming challenges with customers, balancing a demanding job and their academic work plus helped students formulate their long terms goals and career objectives.

I worked to secure vendor sponsorships, planned roundtable sessions and assisted in coordinating this organization's annual conference in Portland, Oregon. I also recommended and helped select the 2009 conference site in Charlotte, NC. CNBAM is a group that provides support and resources for the advertising and business staffs of college newspapers throughout the country.

Athens, Georgia Area

Managed and trained a staff of 12 student sales executives and managed advertising sales for this daily college newspaper (readership of 37,500 people) at the University of Georgia. Coordinated and developed relationships with key advertisers and university departments. Coached and guided students on their sales techniques. Assisted these students with their career and professional development.

Greater St. Louis Area

Collaborated on a team to manage and oversee the operations of a furniture business within a major regional department store with sales of $11 million annuallyTracked advertising and shipping to insure product was in stock for deliveryAnalyzed and tracked merchandise sales and then made recommendations on product to stock in each storeMade recommendations on product assortments and then executed merchandise flows to each store

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Educational Leadership And Policy Studies

Bachelor Of Journalism; Bachelor Of Arts (Double Degree), Journalism, Advertising Emphasis; Communication