* Devoted teaching professional with the gift to reach each and every child and instill a love for learning.* Demonstrated talent for designing age-appropriate lessons and activities that teach fundamental academics and socialization skills in a very loving and very creative environment.* Proven ability for offering individualized support, ensuring that all students’ unique needs and goals are met. * Enthusiastic person, who sends out additional resources to promote education in the home; encourage parents to participate in school events.* Hard working and motivated educator with strong communication and interpersonal skills to cultivate working relationships within the school community.* Creator of a private classroom website so parents could feel connected to their child while not in their care; daily pictures, activities, volunteer opportunities, calendar and notifications are shared.* Teaching child development basics such as speech and language, identifying colors, numbers, shapes and letters, fine and gross motor skills, and social skills. * Use of manipulatives, dramatic play and learning through visuals and song.* Track children’s progress and report when necessary.* Physical, emotional, social and academic support is shown to each and every child.* Making each student feel safe, loved and wanted all ALL times.

Due to my extensive management background I was contracted to help turn a preschool that was struggling into one that the community would be proud of; I was up for the challenge! In the process, I found my love of teaching while still being able to use my strong management background. Main areas of focus* Seek to understand the problems and create a strategy to better the school and staff* Monitor and analyze the community trends, wants and needs, and update them accordingly * Recruit, hire, retain and develop a highly effective team * Develop a hands-on supervision environment that emphasizes on a caring, loving, engaging and educational atmosphere for all* Conducted informative parent sessions to get more involvement and engagement

* Assistant Store Director with a huge emphasis in loss prevention across multiple stores in the district.* Worked hand in hand with Store Directors and Regional Managers while assisting my base store to help monitor and analyze business trends across all stores within district; develop and implement plans to maximize sales and meet or exceed goals within district for all key performance indicators including loss prevention, sales, payroll, expense control and store contribution.* Recruit, hire, retain and develop a team of store managers and associates that achieves excellence in all areas of measured performance to meet or exceed company business objectives; drive business through effective scheduling and payroll management.* Coach teams to develop and maintain operational best practices in all the areas of stock flow, floor presentation, asset protection, facilities maintenance and merchandise functions.* Ensure protection of company assets by meeting or exceeding established shrinkage goals within the district.* Direct, train and supervise store teams in implementing and maintaining the highest level of presentation and visual standards consistent with the Loft brand.* Develop hands-on supervision environment that emphasizes sale floor management, customer service and sale generation.

* Monitor and analyze business trends across all stores within district; develop and implement plans to maximize sales and meet or exceed goals within district for all key performance indicators including sales, payroll, expense control and store contribution.* Ensure company selling, quality control and customer service standards are upheld consistently across all stores in the district through effective coaching and training of staff.* Recruit, hire, retain and develop a team of store managers and associates that achieves excellence in all areas of measured performance to meet or exceed company business objectives; drive business through effective scheduling and payroll management.* Coach teams to develop and maintain operational best practices in all the areas of stock flow, quality control, floor presentation, asset protection, facilities maintenance and merchandise functions.* Ensure protection of company assets by meeting or exceeding established shrinkage goals within the district.* Direct, train and supervise store teams in implementing and maintaining the highest level of presentation and visual standards consistent with the Lindt brand.* Develop hands-on supervision environment that emphasizes sale floor management, customer service and sale generation.* Direct, train and supervise store teams in business to business opportunities to develop a community within each community in the district.* Find and negotiate multiple retail spaces for seasonal pop-up stores; recruit, direct, train seasonal staff.

Fast track, award winning, and resourceful Store Director equipped with extensive experience in retail management and sales. Employs excellent leadership skills and multi-tasking strengths. Broad retail, beauty, and sales experience with a superb work ethic.Areas of focus:POS systemsRetail SalesSchedulingInventory managementLeasershipRecruitment and trainingCustomer serviceSales coachingBusiness developmentPayrollLoss preventionVS Beauty training, management, and execution