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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

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