LESLIE KIRKENDOLL

*** ******** ******* **, ********, TX 75149, USA MESQUITE, TX, 75149 318-***-**** ad05tj@r.postjobfree.com

Hiring Manager

Dear Hiring Manager,

Thank you for the opportunity to apply for the role at your company. After reviewing your job description, it’s clear that you’re looking for a candidate that is extremely familiar with the responsibilities associated with the role, and can perform them confidently. Given these requirements, I am certain that I have the necessary skills to successfully do the job adeptly and perform above expectations.

I am a detail-oriented professional who has been consistently praised as diligent by my co-workers and management. Over the course of my 4-year career, I’ve developed a skill set directly relevant to the teacher role you are hiring for, including adaptive teaching methods, classroom management, and administration policies and rules. Overall, I have consistently demonstrated communication, management, and leadership abilities in every aspect of my teacher role at Caddo Community Action, and I invite you to review my detailed achievements in the attached resume.

After reviewing my resume, I hope you will agree that I am the type of competent and competitive candidate you are looking for. I look forward to elaborating on how my specific skills and abilities will benefit your organization. Please contact me at 318-***-**** or via email at ad05tj@r.postjobfree.com to arrange for a convenient meeting time. During our meeting I will be happy to explain in detail the work experience gap on my resume, at which time I was relocating to Texas.

Thank you for your consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

Leslie Kirkendoll

Leslie Kirkendoll

359 Highland Village Dr, Mesquite, TX 75149, USA, Mesquite, TX, 75149 * 318-***-**** * ad05tj@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Diligent professional with years of experience and a proven knowledge of classroom management, education administration, and curriculum development. Aiming to leverage my skills to successfully fill the teaching role at your company.

WORK EXPERIENCE

WILLIS TOWERS WATSON, Richardson, TX

Benefit Specialist Supervisor, May 2015 - Present

Plan, develop, evaluate, improve, and communicate methods and techniques for selecting, promoting, compensating, evaluating, and training

Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements.

Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures and classification programs.

Prepare reports, such as organization and flow charts, and career path reports, to summarize job analysis and evaluation and compensation analysis information.

Assess need for and develop job analysis instruments and materials.

Observe, interview, and survey employees and conduct focus group meetings to collect job, organizational, and occupational information.

Administer employee insurance, pension and savings plans, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers.

Research employee benefit and health and safety practices and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies.

CADDO COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, Shreveport, LA

Head Start teacher, Jan 2014 - May 2015

Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.

Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.

Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.

Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and procedures for maintaining order.

Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.

Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.

Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.

Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.

Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.

Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.

LSU-HEALTH SCIENCES CENTE, Shreveport, LA

Lead Switchboard Operator, Dec 1998 - Feb 2014

Answer incoming calls, greeting callers, providing information, transferring calls or taking messages as necessary.

Operate communication systems, such as telephone, switchboard, intercom, two-way radio, or public address.

Route emergency calls appropriately.

Page individuals to inform them of telephone calls, using paging or interoffice communication equipment.

Relay or route written or verbal messages.

Place telephone calls or arrange conference calls as instructed.

Perform clerical duties, such as typing, proofreading, accepting orders, scheduling appointments, and sorting mail.

Monitor alarm systems to ensure that secure conditions are maintained.

Contact security staff members when necessary, using radio-telephones.

Answer simple questions about clients' businesses, using reference files.

WASKOM ELEMENTARY, Waskom, TX

Student Teacher, Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, or changing their diapers.

Arrange indoor or outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, or safety.

Communicate nonverbally with children to provide them with comfort, encouragement, or positive reinforcement.

Confer with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, or administrators to resolve students' behavioral or academic problems.

Develop individual educational plans (IEPs) designed to promote students' educational, physical, or social development.

Develop or implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.

Modify the general preschool curriculum for special-needs students.

Monitor teachers or teacher assistants to ensure adherence to special education program requirements.

Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.

Prepare classrooms with a variety of materials or resources for children to explore, manipulate, or use in learning activities or imaginative play.

Read books to entire classes or to small groups.

Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.

Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, or teacher training workshops to maintain or improve professional competence.

EDUCATION

EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY MARSHALL

Marshall, TX

M.A. Education (May 2013)

WILEY COLLEGE

Marshall, TX

B.A. Criminal Justice (Mar 2011)

GPA: 3.5

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SHREVEPORT

Shreveport, LA

A.A. Legal Office Administration (May 2001)

GPA: 3.0

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Shreveport, LA

High School Diploma (May 1998)

GPA: 3.3

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Excellent Time management skills, Microsoft Office/Excel/PowerPoint

CREDENTIALS AND LICENSES

Health and Life Insurance License- One exchange University -2015

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