Employment

July 2006 - Present:
Guidance Counselor
Hilltop Alternative School, Levy County, Florida

• Responsible for comprehensive guidance program development, individual student counseling, and academic advisement in a K-12 alternative public school setting;

April 2005 - June 2006:
Guidance Counselor
Williston High School, Levy County, Florida

• Responsible for developmental guidance program development and provision of services to 9th and 11th graders;

2001-2005:
Graduate teaching & research assistant
University of Florida, Department of Counselor Education
Supervisor: Larry Loesch, Ph.D.
Duties:

• Graduate students: Designed e-learning distance courses
• Worked closely with faculty to create and deliver electronic courses
• Taught a technology coursework component
• Designed a technology curriculum for use within an electronic portfolio workshop course
• Students designed and created professional electronic portfolios
• Worked with graduate students in core School Counseling courses
• Students learned to create web pages and integrate this medium into academic coursework


• Undergraduate students: Taught college-level courses
• Taught SDS 3482, Stress and Anxiety Management for 3 semesters
• Students learned how to apply a variety of stress management theories involving physical, cognitive, and emotional aspects of stress
• Assisted in the teaching of SDS 4410, Interpersonal Communications, for 3 semesters
• Led regular meetings of student discussion groups
• Evaluated objective assessments and journal assignments
  


• Designed and maintained department/faculty web pages;


• Supervised graduate students completing practica in School Counseling
  • On-campus individual supervision of Practicum I and II students
  • Electronic group cybersupervision of Practicum II and Internship students dispersed throughout Florida and other states.

2002-2003: University of Florida, C-LEP grant project
Graduate teaching assistant & technology consultant

Worked for a state-funded grant project directed towards re-training bilingual Spanish-speaking certified educators in the Hillsborough (Tampa, FL) school district as school counselors.

Supervisor: Sondra Smith-Adcock, Ph.D.
Duties:

• Supervised public school teachers completing practica in school counseling alongside regular teaching duties
• Taught workshops in making electronic professional portfolios
• Maintained the grant project web page
  
• Designed distance e-learning graduate courses.

1999-2001: Performance Engineering USA, Inc., (then-located in) Orlando, FL
Computer-numerical control (CNC) machine operator
Supervisor: Wyn Kern
Duties:

• Programmed and operated computer-controlled machine tools and heavy machinery
• Manufactured precision parts for racing motorcycles, lasers, amusement park rides, forklifts, and other applications
• Communicated within teams to maintain quality and safety