EDUCATION
Masters in Education 1999-2000
Pepperdine University Westlake Village, CA
4.0 GPA, Phi Beta Kappa, Finished MA with CLAD Credential and Sp. Ed Cred. in one year
Certified in Oklahoma K-8 Multi and 9th English, and California K-9 Multi & Special Education
Bachelors in English/Broadcast Journalism 1991-1995
Pepperdine University Malibu, CA
• One of 10 chosen out of about 3000 students to teach in Pepperdine Writing Center
• 4.0 in English Major, Year in London (Art History), Summer in Madrid(Spanish)
TRAVEL & LIVED IN
Extensive overseas and diverse cultural experiences give a broad background with which to understand students’ multiple intelligences and diverse aptitudes
International: Africa, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Luxembourg, Ireland, Wales, England, Scotland, Switzerland, Norway, Belgium, Canada (all provinces), Mexico
States : Washington, California, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, Georgia
EMPLOYMENT
Owner/President Guru-YOU! LLC
2005-present
Manage all day-to-day appearances, clients, and business
President/Headmaster Mira Academy of Higher Learning
2009-present
Administrate School Business, Teach all subjects, Design all brain-based individualized curriculum
Host Guru-YOU! Radio Show on Contact Talk Radio
2009-present
Wrote, designed, and hosted 1 hour weekly radio show
Booked guests, Live show
Manager Bids & Proposals, Web Marketing/Strategy/Design ArmorWorks
2007-2008
Develop and Write Proposals, interface with customers, web marketing Chandler, AZ
• Manage Bids/Proposals Process
• Team with 5 Program Managers across Aircraft, Marine, Body Armor, Transparent Armor, and Blast Attenuating Seat Systems
• Coordinate Proposals with Homeland Security, Engineering, IT, Program Management, & Finance
• Develop Web Marketing Strategy and Graphic Look for ArmorWorks and Subsidiaries
Tutor Power SAT Mesa, AZ
2005
• Tutored to company curriculum, High School SAT prep
• Re-hired for elementary students to develop Creative Writing/Self-Esteem Building curriculum to raise grades. Ages 8-12.
• ALL students in my classes raised grades by at least one level. Most still communicate with me. Many went on to win poetry and essay contests.
Analyst/Agent The Boeing Company
2003-2007
Employee Involvement/Lean co-lead and facilitator
Training Education Dvpt Core Team, IDS (Integrated Defense Systems) Analyst III
Procurement Agent III Mesa, AZ
• Developed and Implemented training for all IDS SM&P Procedures
• Worked with Subject Matter Experts to write, create and develop web courses (e-learning) to train Boeing IDS (spec. NASA/Rotorcraft/Aerospace Support/Phantom Works)
• Web site design for TED (Training Education Development)
• Write, edit and train on procedures for Apache Reset Quality, Ground Flight Risk, and Ground Operating Procedures
• Member Quality Communications Team for IDS and Quality Employee Involvement team for IDS (create brochures, videos, plans for improvement of employees in Quality across Boeing internationally)
• Write, create, develop, edit, monitor contracts, presentations, proposals,RFI's, RFQ's, RFP's, Proprietary Information Agreements, subcontract management plans (legal/technical writer)
• Develop, write, and present presentations and training for Employee Involvement teams and managers across the site
• Liaison between employees and management
• Co-developed Boeing Mesa Site Strategic Plan
• Lean Manufacturing Change Agent (CBO, MinMax, Accelerated Improvement Workshops, Six Sigma, 5-S, etc.)
• Develop, write, and present presentations and training for Employee Involvement teams and managers/leadership across the Mesa and WGA sites (and Rotorcraft and NASA SM&P)
• Facilitate 25+ Self Directed and High Performance Work Teams per week
• Developed SM&P new hire training plan
• Training/Education chairperson for Boeing Mesa Diversity Council-Awarded Innovation in Diversity Award 2007.
Teacher
1999-2003
Westmark School Encino, CA
• US foremost school on Brain-based learning differences
• Research on all aspects of brain-based learning, language learning, speech, reading, & writing
• Taught Middle School Reading, Spanish, Drama, and High School Drama, Art History
• Certified Lindamood-Bell Visualizing Verbalizing teaching methodology
• Tutor for Arizona, Oklahoma, and California BAR Exam, MCAT verbal reasoning, Education Exams, SAT, ACT, and all school subjects
Thoreau Demonstration Academy Tulsa, OK
• Wrote daily lesson plans, units, year long themes, agendas, directions
• Taught 8th grade Math-Science Integrated curriculum
• ITI master (Integrated Thematic Instruction with Susan Kovalik out of Seattle)
• Brought up new students to above grade level for grades 6-8
• Developed Multiple Intelligence Assessments and designed curriculum for all learning styles
• Tutor for BAR Exam, and all high school subjects including SAT Prep, MCAT, and ACT
Student Teaching
1999-2000
Webster Elementary, 5th Grade Malibu, CA
• Tessellations Math projects
• Yosemite week long field trip supervisor
• Individually analyzed class of 25 for learning styles/IQ/EQ
• Tutored individuals on the side
Las Colinas, 8th Grade Oxnard, CA
• English/Language Arts
• Developed unit on “Finding Your Passion” & Building Self-Esteem through creative writing.
Round Meadow Elementary, 1st Grade Calabasas, CA
• All first grade subjects
• Unit developed on Weather & Holidays
• Unit developed on Rainbows and Human Diversity
Writer/Producer
1996-1998
KJRH-2 News NBC/KOTV-6 CBS Tulsa, OK
• Wrote and Produced daily newscasts
• Floor Directed, Evening Shift Supervisor Production Crew
Daycare Manager 1991-1996
The Adventure Club Malibu, CA
• Responsible for all outdoor activities of daily afterschool program
• Kindergarten-6th grade integrated
• Curriculum included sports, athletics, brain-based/body-based learning activities
• In charge of 2 locations
Nanny 1990-1991
Mayor Susan Savage & Grant Hall Tulsa, OK
• Daily after school care for Emily & Elizabeth Hall
• Homework help, school issues, personal issues, games & activities
• Extracurricular activity transportation and support/attendance
• Still in touch with family today after almost 20 years
SKILLS
• ALL students after seeing me at least two sessions increased their grades/scores by 50%-100%.
• Published Poet (Woman Made Gallery, Nature House and Transcendance 2009)
• Author of 5 books on Wellness (Emotional, Physical, Mental, Relationships, & Spiritual)
• Writer/Editor
• Computer-Advanced User of all Microsoft applications and many others
• Strong public speaking and communications background
• Extensive Background in Retail Sales
• Intermediate/Advanced Web Design--Beginning in code
• Speak and write French and Spanish
• My strength is researching and gathering all the parts into a cohesive whole
• I can determine how others think, and thus how to teach them most effectively
• I am “that person” whom everyone comes to for advice and an ear
• Creative, Self-Starter, Team-Player, Leader, Quick Learner
REFERENCES (numbers/emails upon request)
Terence Winn, General Dynamics- Director
Anna Milligan, Former Holland Hall Counselor-College Consultant
Sheryl White, Boeing Supplier Quality and Development
Linda Campbell, Grandmother of Student
Scott Amelung, Director Supplier Management University Boeing
Tara Sutphen, World Reknowned Author,
Dick Sutphen, Founder Hypnosis Research Center
Barb Hauxwell, President Accufax
Any of my former clients
Cheree’ Hall, BOK, Tulsa, OK
Carrie Koewing, Heart Association Dir., Tulsa, OK
Susan Savage, Secretary of State, OK (and nanny client)
