Armando Flores

**** ******* **** ** *****, NM ***21 915-***-**** ad1xwb@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

· Obtain a professional position in the agriculture industry. Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MAY, 12, 2012 NEWMEXICOSTATEUNIVERSITY

· Major: Agriculture Extension Education

· Minor: Animal Science

· Related coursework: AXED 445 Developing Excellent programs in Career and Technical Education: Students learn to develop excellence in the three components of a successful secondary school program in career and technical education, classroom and laboratory instruction, career and technical student organizations, and career development activities. Community based program planning which utilizes partners, program marketing, and professional development are addressed as strategies for achieving excellence. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA MAY 2007 GADSDEN HIGH SCHOOL

· Major: Core Content Areas

· Related coursework: FFA Program participant for three academic years. Served as GISD Chapter President for the 2006-2007 school year.

· Partnered in our school agriculture production facility for 3 farm seasons as my SAE (supervised agricultural experience)

Skills & Abilities.

· Bilingual: Fluent in Spanish; speaking, reading, and writing.

· Educational leadership: Skilled mentor with success meeting needs of diverse students, and peers. Inspire and direct in reaching high standards. Facilitate development of consistent learning through professional development training and steadfast participation in curricular and extracurricular activities.

· Classroom Management: Create equitable, rewards-based learning environment while establishing clear expectations for behavior. Engage students by fostering autonomy and desire to learn. Design interactive lesson plans targeting individual learning gaps and aptitudes.

· Key Strengths: Talent to effectively communicate in the workplace will allow for a dynamic and establishment of lasting rapport with customers, students, peers, and administration. Page 1

Highlights

· Valid and current class E drivers license in New Mexico

· Valid and current Teaching License in Texas

· Prior Teaching Certification in New Mexico

· Proficient working knowledge of Google Suite, Microsoft Office, & MAC operating systems. · Fluent in English and Spanish

· Knowledge of utilizing social media to fully benefit a program, business, school, or event · Experience operating most farm equipment, including John Deere Guidance programming.

Experience

Field Technology Specialist- Wilbur Ellis June 2020-October 2020 Manage GPS mapping and soil sampling program. Provide customer and sales staff training and support for Agverdict software platform. Manage customer as-planted, soil, and yield data. Develop a new business to grow the Agverdict user base. Provide sales and support for Agverdict, Precision Planting, and Climate Corp. product lines. Write variable rate fertilizer and seeding prescriptions. Manage all aspects of field technology for southwest Texas. HIGH SCHOOL AGRICULTURE TEACHER CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL AUGUST 2013-May 2020 Facilitate classroom plans, assignments, and assessments; for Introduction to Agriculture, Advanced Animal Science, and Agriculture Mechanics courses Coordinate FFA Chapter operations such as budgeting, fundraising, and planning. Guide Students in operating our school’s fully operational 36 acre irrigated agriculture production farm.

Train, compete and qualify students to compete at the state Level in the following Texas FFA contests: Prepared Public Speaking, Extemporaneous Public Speaking, Job Interview, Cotton Judging, Tractor Technician, Agriculture Mechanics, Agriculture Communications, Veterinarian Medical Applications, Milk and Dairy Products, FFA Creed Speaking. Campus teacher of the year 2019.

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UNIVERSITY TEACHING ASSISTANT NEWMEXICOSTATEUNIVERSITY JANUARY 2012-MAY 2012

· Supervised and facilitated welding shop/Lab work for 2 class sessions of 20 college students each. Helped students develop and improve study methods and habits. Took all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities. STUDENT TEACHER CANUTILLO HIGH SCHOOL CANUTILLO, TEXAS AUGUST 2011-DECEMBER 2011

· Presented all class material and policies accurately and clearly; for 6 classes each semester. Used a variety of teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations. Discuss students’ progress with parents once during the semester.

· Integrated technology into the curriculum to develop students' word processing and research skills.

· Planned and conducted hands-on activities to provide students with opportunities to observe, question and investigate.

· Worked cooperatively with special education teachers to modify curricula for special education students according to Individual Education Plans (IEP’s). Took all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities. Page 2

FARMMANAGERFLORESHAYCO.JANUARY 2010-PRESENT

· Entered into a 40% ownership of family owned alfalfa/forage crop farming business. Responsibilities include, farm labor, tractor and farm machinery operation and maintenance, billing, record keeping, and budgeting. GROUNDS MANAGER FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN POLO MAY 2009-2013

· Grounds manager, prepare turf grass for polo matches, manage overall upkeep of horse farm including but not limited to, landscape, irrigation, overseeding, aeration, and fertilization. VETERINARY ASSISTANT EL PASO CATTLE COMPANY JANUARY 2008-JANUARY 2009

· Assisted the onsite veterinarian with doctoring sick cattle, received cattle from Mexico, shipped cattle, and delivered cattle to sale barns.

· Assisted in the construction and welding of pipe fencing for loading docks and sorting pen used for quarantine of imported cattle.

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