Rob Pockat Email & Phone Number

Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, United States

• Provide library services support, including charging/discharging materials, creating and updating patron accounts, creating identification cards, assisting with interlibrary and intralibrary requests, processing orders, maintaining records and files, and coordinating library managed equipment.• Create, lead, and optimize adult education programming for the makerspace studio.• Expand studio programming by attracting new audiences, developing programs that align with patron interests, and introducing new equipment. • Provide makerspace support, including using specialized software and equipment, troubleshooting technical issues, ordering and maintaining supplies, and collaborating with staff to ensure community members receive the necessary services and resources.• Greet and provide customer service to the public; respond to a variety of in-person and phone inquiries pertaining to library services.• Communicate and enforce library policies and procedures; also assist with opening and closing procedures.

Plover, Wi & Sheboygan, Wi

• Won multiple Employee of the Month awards for exceeding productivity expectations and providing excellent customer service.• Formally recognized by guests and store leaders for providing outstanding customer service.• Consistently ranked in the top 10% of inventory performers nationwide for accuracy, precision, and speed.• Instrumental in ensuring the Pet & Grocery department earned the store’s highest corporate audit score.• Won many training contests and performance-based awards for efficiency and work ethic. • Promoted featured products and upsell add-on services to increase sales.

Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States

• Founded and launched a literary journal and small press; also oversaw day-to-day operations.• Recruited a talented and dedicated team of editors, designers, and student interns.• Promoted the journal and press by creating and implementing the annual Polar Bear Plunge fundraiser, which generated 100% of the journal’s operating budget in its inaugural year. • Represented the journal and press and served as a brand ambassador at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs book fair; recruited writers to submit work and promoted published books to increase sales. • Advised a team of student interns.• Edited and published titles that received positive reviews from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin People & Ideas, New Pages and The Review Review.• Grew the journal from a saddle-stitched magazine publishing local authors to a nationally-recognized perfect-bound format that publishes writers from around the world.

Plymouth, Wisconsin, United States

• Performed IT functions for the flagship campus and satellite centers statewide; also provided IT services for the college’s online course delivery system. • Hired, trained, and supervised a team of student workers.• Expanded course delivery options to meet student needs; trained faculty and staff on new platforms and technologies.• Built and installed all computers for the college’s Madison center within budget and under a tight deadline.

Plymouth, Wisconsin, United States

• Taught Intro to Education and Education Capstone courses for a faculty member who was on medical leave.• Provided informal advising to education majors.• Connected students with appropriate academic support services to aid in course and degree completion.• Built strong relationships with education students. • Executed the professor’s lesson plans in addition to creating new material, lessons, and assignments.• Assessed student work.

Howards Grove, Wi

• Taught English 9, English 10, Greek Mythology, and Public Speaking; substitute taught additional classes.• Collaborated with support staff to accommodate students’ needs.• Developed curriculum appropriate for each grade level and devised assessable objectives.• Assessed student work and used rubrics to assign appropriate grades.• Worked with students who had IEPs.• Communicated with administrators and parents as needed and conducted parent-teacher conferences.• Used successful classroom management techniques.

Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States

• Collaborated with the cooperating teacher to develop unit and lesson plans; employed differentiated instruction.• Leveraged support services to assist students in achieving academic success.• Created a successful student lunchtime reading program.• Used Kronenberg Above the Line behavior management technique.• Assisted students in developing the six traits of writing.

Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States

• Taught Sophomore English, 20th Century Novels, British Writers, and Writing for Publication.• Developed units implementing objectives and assessments that emphasized higher-level thinking.• Created and executed a classroom management plan that used positive reinforcement and combined individual and group dynamics.

Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States

• Assisted developmental, ESL, traditional, and nontraditional students at all stages of the writing process.• Taught techniques for correcting grammar, mechanical, and other errors.• Provided critical academic support services.

Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, United States

• Two years of supervisory experience and seven years of experience as a general laborer.• Drove significant cost savings by developing a production line that required fewer human operators without sacrificing quality.• Increased productivity by approximately 70%, from 700 units per hour to 1200 units per hour.• Left a supervisory role to pursue higher education.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Early Adolescence Education 6-12 & English

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing (Nonfiction)

Completed aprox. 18 credits

Master Of Arts - Ma, School Counseling

Completed 18 credits