Quality Control Assistant

Benjamin Chaney

**** * *** ***** • Las Vegas, NV 89104

337-***-****• ***********@*****.***

Education

-Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with Coaching Education minor

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

Final GPA: 3.05 overall, December 2008

- Alumnus of Study Abroad program at La Universidad de Las Américas at Puebla

Cholula, Mexico (Summer 2008)

-Current M.S. in Human Services/Social and Community Services Student

Capella University, Minneapolis, MN

Activities

National Pan-Hellenic Council

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-UL Chapter

Achievements

-National Dean’s List in Spring 2005

-National Scholars Honor Society (Inductee 2007)

-USM Dean’s List in Fall 2006 (3.867 semester GPA)

-USM Afro-American Student Organization Honor Roll (2005, 2007, 2008)

-Inductee into Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.-Epsilon Psi Chapter, Fall 2005

-Elected Chapter President (February-May 2006, October 2007-August 2008)

Chapter Vice-President/Secretary (May 2006-October 2007)

-USM National Pan-Hellenic Council Social Chair (May 2006-October 2007)

Mentor Of The Year-JSU Region-America Reads Mississippi, 2009-10

-Elected Executive Director for the UL Chapter of NAACP (Fall 2013)

Work Experience

UL Student-Athlete Academic Center, Lafayette LA

August 2013-Present

Academic Coach

Mentored student-athletes from the UL Basketball Team on achieving their academic goals, motivating them to

maintain focus throughout the academic semester in passing their classes, also advising them on their academic

progress

University of South Alabama Center for Healthy Communities, Mobile AL

June 2013-August 2013

Research Apprentice

Conducted the Sentinel Research Project at the USA Medical Center and other locations to conduct surveys and

interviews; implements the research protocol for the study; conducts individual research interviews; follows

Institutional Review Board (IRB) guidelines in dealing with human subjects; records participants’ comments;

prepares reports of data collection; interacts by phone, letter or in person with faculty, staff, research participants

and external organizations

General Trass Senior High School-Lake Providence LA

August 2012-July 2013

Spanish Teacher/Assistant Football Coach

Taught Spanish I and II to students on the TOPS college track for the state of Louisiana, inspired creative learning

through projects based on topics of everyday life (ex: holidays) and the teaching of various nouns and verbs through

created songs, also connected certain English grammar aspects such as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person points of view to

Spanish; Also assisted football team as Quality Control offensive assistant

Yazoo City Senior High School, Yazoo City MS

August 2011-January 2012

Spanish Teacher

Taught Spanish I and II to students on the college track for the state of Mississippi, inspired creative learning through

projects based on topics of everyday life (ex: holidays) and the teaching of various nouns and verbs through created

songs, also connected certain English grammar aspects such as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person points of view to Spanish

Lake Providence Senior High School, Lake Providence LA

August 2010-July 2011

Spanish Teacher/Assistant Football and Track Coach

Taught Spanish I and II to students on the TOPS college track for the state of Louisiana, inspired creative learning

through projects based on topics of everyday life (ex: holidays) and the teaching of various nouns and verbs through

created songs, also connected certain English grammar aspects such as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person points of view to

Spanish; Also coached the Running Backs for the football team as well as the Sprinters and Distance Runners for the

track team

AmeriCorps-America Reads Mississippi, Jackson MS

August 2009-July 2010

Reading Tutor

Assisted 4th and 5th grade students at TP Barr Elementary School in reading mechanics, fluency, and phonemic

awareness; reads to select groups of children and assisted the Physical Education teacher w/1st grade classes; attended

Mississippi Reading Conference in December 2009, also participated in Mentoring Corps in conjunction with

Mississippi Job Corps-Crystal Springs Campus

Volunteer Experience

W H Leinkauf Elementary School, Mobile AL

March 2009-May 2009

Volunteer Aide

Served as an assistant to the secretary and principal and also as a Rolling Reader and teacher assistant to Physical

Education and English as Second Language teachers

Oak Grove HS, Hattiesburg MS

February 2007-December 2009

Volunteer Assistant Football Coach

Learned and helped run various practice drills, played major role of “quality control” coach with the constant

maintenance of team conduct during games

Mary Montgomery HS, Semmes AL

June 2005-October 2006

Volunteer Equipment Manager/Assistant Football Coach

Maintained equipment and cleanliness of athletic fieldhouse, maintenance of water during practices and games, trained

junior managers, learned and helped run athletic drills, played role of “quality control” coach, and filmed practices and

games

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