Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, Bachelors of Science in Business Management December 1996

Mentor/Tutor Specialist Assistant, The Tucson Unified School District, Catalina High Magnet School, April 1997-Present. Serve as a minority mentoring and tutoring program assistant, serving as team leader for staff of 10. Train and supervise staff, including coordinating work schedules, approving time sheets, maintaining records for program budget, and assisting with recruiting and hiring. Maintain data for on going program evaluation purposes. Assist with program restructuring process and implementation. Identify at-risk youth in order to provide them with academic and personal support by monitoring progress and developing individualized student plans with academic, attendance, and disciplinary goals. Organize and conduct monthly workshops pertaining to education and overall life skills. Identify student, family and staff satisfaction by designing and employing satisfaction surveys. Develop and implement new recruiting, orientation, and training process.

Literacy Exchange Reading Specialist, The Tucson Unified School District, Catalina High Magnet School, January 1998-Present. Recruit at risk freshman students to provide small group reading emphasis course work. Serve as an instructor to enhance reading, writing, content, and skills as well. Identify individual student’s areas of weakness and design appropriate tailored enrichment plans. Develop and utilize daily lesson plans.

Teacher Assistant, Tucson Urban League, Rincon High School, June 1998-July 1998. Taught class under teacher supervision. Tutoring, planning lessons, grading papers, designing enrichment activities and performing disciplinary actions.

Customer Service Representative, BX-Main Exchange on DMAFB, May 96-July 1997. Authority to do refunds/exchanges, layaways, instant credit applications, order merchandise, fulfill rain checks, fax, answer phones and questions.

The Tucson Unified School District Headstart Program, Erickson Elementary, August 1996-December 1997. Actively participated in school activities with preschoolers four days a week. Help the students accomplish their daily routine assignments/activities. One on one home visits with certified preschool teacher. Develop monthly goals for son and myself.

Skill

Proficient with Microsoft Windows, Excel, Word and WordPerfect 6.0