AMY GENENE SPARKMAN
The Woodlands, TX 77381
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EDUCATION
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, Waco, TX. Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education and Business Administration. Graduated: December 1987.
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, Huntsville, TX. Currently attending graduate school remotely. Expected Graduation: May 2019.
CERTIFICATIONS
Secondary, Business Administration, Elementary Comprehensive, and ESL certified in the State of Texas
EXPERIENCE
TEACHER, “The Ashton School”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Teach Middle School Math. (August 2017-February 2018)
TEACHER, “Magen David Academy”, Panama Pacifico, Panamá Taught Middle School (6th-8th grade) Math. (August 2016-June 2017)
TEACHER, “Magen David Academy”, Panama Pacifico, Panamá Taught High School Physical Education, Elementary Resource, and substituted as needed. (Spring 2016)
WAREHOUSE MANAGER/SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE SALES ADMINISTRATOR, “Jazz
Rags Dancewear”, The Woodlands, TX Maintained receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations, including storage of outdated and seasonal product and online sales. Implemented the company’s Social Media marketing, including content strategy, develop brand awareness, generated inbound traffic and cultivated leads and sales through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and multiple search engines. Assisted sales assistants in the store during times of high volume or low staffing. (July 2015-November 2015)
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR, “Lumina Geophysical”, Houston, TX Managed various administrative tasks, including maintaining filing system, communicating through phone and email, working with computer applications, including MSOffice and Google apps, maintaining office supplies and inventory, processing new employment processing, etc. (February 2015-June 2015)
OFFICE MANAGER/TEACHER, “Extraordinary Education Family Learning Center”, Magnolia, TX Taught Keyboarding (all levels) and Consumer Math (High School) Managed daily office tasks, including processing tuition and billing, processing payments, administering payroll to instructors, processing student enrollment and class scheduling, balancing checking accounts, paying monthly bills, maintaining filing system, communicating daily with parents, students, instructors, potential families personally, by phone and email (Outlook), monitoring school internet system, working with MSOffice, ( MSWord, MSExcel, MSPublisher,etc) Quickbooks, Classjuggler, banking websites. (July 2012-December 2014)
VOLUNTEER LIBRARY MONITOR, “Extraordinary Education Family Learning Center”,
Magnolia, TX (November 2011-May 2012)
OWNER, “The Homeschool House”, Oak Ridge North, TX Worked through creating the Business Plan, oversaw build-out, worked regularly with creating ads, newsletters and eblasts, using multiple types of graphics, updated website regularly; ordered inventory, worked with Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable, helped create Point-of-Sale System, had working relationship with multiple vendors, purchased inventory, merchandised store into working order, worked diligently with advertising, successfully worked actively with customers. (Spring 2011-Winter 2012)
RETAIL ASSISTANT, Boni’s Dance & Performing Arts Studio Boutique., The Woodlands, TX Worked part-time as retail assistant in the boutique, stocking product, worked one-on-one with customers, utilized point-of-sale system. (August 2007-May 2011)
HOMESCHOOL INSTRUCTOR. Homeschooled children for 12 years. Used available curriculum from various places: successfully worked with my own children, supplying them with the state-requirements of Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Social Sciences. Also, provided them with an active social structure, outside of the home, through church, dance, friends, etc. (August 2004-May 2016)
PC TRAINING INSTRUCTOR, CompuTrain, Houston, TX. Taught computer software classes in a professional setting to adult students. Mostly Microsoft products, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc. (July 2007-March 2008)
CLASSROOM TEACHER, The Light House Education Center, Magnolia, TX. Taught 1st-8th grade Math, 3rd-12th grade Computer Science and 5th-12th grade History. (Fall 2004-Spring 2007)
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, Magnolia Independent School District, Magnolia, TX. Substitute taught in most every grade-level. (Fall 2002-Spring 2004)
LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE TEACHING POSITIONS, Magnolia ISD. Smith Elementary
School, First grade (February-May 2003); Bear Branch Junior High, Library Aide (September-October 2003), Content Mastery Aide (January-March 2004)
CLASSROOM TEACHER, The Woodlands Christian Academy, The Woodlands, TX. Taught 7th & 8th grade Math/Algebra, 7th-9th grade Computer Literacy and Keyboarding. (August-December 1997)
PC TRAINING INSTRUCTOR, CompuTrain, Houston, TX. Taught computer software classes in a professional setting to adult students. Mostly Microsoft products, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc. (August 1996-August 1997)
PC TRAINING INSTRUCTOR/M.I.S. CUSTOMER SUPPORT ANALYST, Baker Hughes
INTEQ, Houston, TX. Taught and supported employees with computer software. (April 1994-March 1995, February-August 1996)
INTENSIVE ENGLISH (ESL) TEACHER, Houston Community College, Carnegie Campus, Houston, TX. Taught English Reading, Listening and Grammar. (Spring 1993)
ESL TEACHER, Hua Qiao University, QuanZhou, FuJian Province, People’s Republic of China. (through China-America Personnel Service) Taught English Speaking, Listening, and Business Communications to Chinese English students. (February 1991-June 1992)
ESL/BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE TEACHER, Procter and Gamble, GuangZhou,
People’s Republic of China. Taught a five-week seminar on Business Correspondence to Chinese Management Trainees. (Summer 1991)
SKILLS
Excellent communication skills, proficiency in all Microsoft Office products, QuickBooks and several classroom management systems, ability to multi-task, exceptional typing skills and attention to detail; ability to successfully work independently or with a team; flexible; high integrity and honesty; ability to teach and coordinate with a team; dedicated to job and family; ability to lead and work with all ages.