- Teacher Assistant, Burnsville MN
October 2019 - November 2021
- Collaborate with related service personnel, teachers, fellow assistants, and other program/school staff in order to meet the needs of students and maintain a positive work environment for all
- Adapt instructional materials, equipment and strategies to provide differentiated instruction, accomplish objectives and met the students needs
- Implement charting, data collection, paperwork preparation, and other monitoring techniques to ensure student success in a variety of areas, such as behavioral, social, and educational
- Utilize proactive behavior management techniques, reinforcing positive behaviors, using de-escalation techniques, and redirecting inappropriate behavior
- Substitute for classroom teacher when absent
- Facilitate and created activities for students in large and small groups
- Utilize a variety of skills including modeling, lessons, incentive plans, charting and many others to assist students with developing appropriate social skills and behavior
- Maintain a safe environment and ensure the safety of each individual student
- Ice Arena Maintenance, Plymouth MN
2017-2019
- Ice maintenance (Zamboni driver)
- Training new staff in proper procedures and standards
- Supervises other temporary part-time staff in the absence of full-time employees
- Customer service - Handle credit and cash transactions
- Assists in building supervision and maintenance
- Setup and clean up for large events
- Completes necessary reports and duties
- Minnetonka Animal Hospital, Minnetonka MN
2006 - October 2019
- Trained and supervised Individuals with physical and mental disabilities in proper cleaning procedures and respect for the building and coworkers
- Assisted Veterinarians and technicians with procedures
- Stocked supplies to ensure consistency in all exam rooms and work areas
- Sanitized clinic equipment to hospital standards
- Fed/walked the boarding animals | pet sitter
- Deep cleaned floors and exam tables/scales
- Deconstruction for hospital expansion
- Landscaping
- Annual Highway Cleanup
- Hassett Hardware, Willow Glen CA
September 2015 - February 2016
- Customer Service including working with customers with disabilities
- Handle credit and cash transactions
- Maintain sales floor (specialized in the plumbing department)
- Routine maintenance of the store and parking lot
- Custom T-shirt Central, Plymouth MN
November 2014 - May 2015
- Designer and Screen Printer
- Equipment maintenance and repair
- Customer Service - Handle credit and cash transactions
- Gustavus Adolphus College, St Peter MN
September 2011 - June 2014
- Assisting the Professor with classroom set-up
- Set up for student art shows
- Supervising classroom and equipment
- Close and lock building after student evening hours
- City of Wayzata Public Works, Wayzata MN
June 2012 - August 2014
- Facilities, Streets and Equipment Repairs
- Maintenance of parks, trails, buildings
- Construction
- Landscaping
Bachlor's in Psychology with Studio Art Minor
Augsburg University, MN
Completed 85 credits towards BA in Psychology with Art Concentration
Gustavus Adolphus College, MN
High School Diploma
Robbinsdale Armstrong High School, MN
- Kaaren Howe | Owner, Veterinarian
Minnetonka Animal Hospital
- Jim Eibensteiner | Public Works Superintendent
City of Wayzata
- Betsy Byers |Professor of Art
Gustavus Adolphus College