TRAVIS L. PUTNAM
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Escondido, CA 92026
SUMMARY
Accomplished professional with extensive education and professional experience in multiple fields including teaching and training; logistical and operational coordination, planning, and execution; event planning; loss prevention and surveillance; office management; non-profits, and more looking for a fresh start to continue to provide exemplary service. EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
P.T.S.D. HEROES October 2019 – Current
Regional Director and Lead Ambassador
• Planned and Executed multiple weekly Hero Day events.
• Exceeded daily, weekly, and monthly fundraising goals by 10 to 50 percent.
• Launched first biannual regional PTSD Hero Golf Tournament, establishing standards and procedures for national competitions.
• Expanded corporate partnerships and golf courses by fifty percent. PRECISION FLEET WASHING August 2019 – Current
Operations Manager and Trainer
• Planned and Executed daily services with a team of fifteen employees.
• Supervised and trained employees in policies and procedures.
• Ensured compliance with all Regulations achieving full compliance.
• Reduced company costs and increased profits by eighteen percent.
• ORANGE GLEN HIGH SCHOOL November 2015 – January 2019 Social Science Teacher
• Highly acclaimed for incorporating technology and digital teaching techniques, personalized mentoring, and for providing an equitable classroom.
• Expanded AP Psychology program enrollment by three times and increased exam pass rate by thirty percent in one year.
• Relaunched AP Human Geography Course for the first time in six years and achieved fifty percent exam passing rate (above national average).
• Redesigned curriculum increasing student performance by nineteen percent on state exams.
• Launched integrated class Learning Management System with Google Classroom and Canvas Systems.
Non-Teaching Achievements:
• President of School Site Council determining budgetary use of Local Area Funds.
• Improved campus inclusion and spirit as Club Adviser for the “Rowdy Crowd”.
• Guiding Coalition Lead, a site leadership team, redesigning instruction increasing understanding by students.
• Redesigned Bell Schedule achieving highest attendance rate in the school district with lowest tardy rate.
• Redesigned Class Schedule to reducing conflicts increasing enrollment and class offerings.
• Made informed decisions about instruction, classes, policies, and practices by gathering and analyzing relevant data.
Cal State San Marcos May 2013/2009
Secondary Level Teaching Credentials
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Graduate work:
Bethel Seminary January 2019
Adams State University May 2015
KEY SKILLS
Hard Skills
• Classroom and Digital Instruction
• Curriculum and Instruction Design
• Expert user of Microsoft Office,
Windows, Google, iOS, Cloud, and
other software platforms.
• Written, Digital, Spoken, and Social
Media Communication
• Data Analysis
Soft Skills
• Big Picture Planner
• Fast Learner
• Revolutionary Problem Solver
• Excels Under Pressure
• Natural Born Leader
• Expert Time Manager and Scheduler
• Skilled Effective Communicator
• Conflict Resolution
• Emotionally Intelligent
AWARDS
• Teacher of the Year
• Multiple Community Service Awards
• Organization’s Internal Service Award
• Employee of the Month Multiple Times
REFERENCES [Available upon request]
THE CLASSICAL ACADEMY August 2013 – August 2014
7th and 8th Grade History Teacher
• Redeveloped, Redesigned, and Improved curriculum and instruction increasing knowledge, performance, and understanding of students as displayed by an increase in test scores by seventeen percent.
• Highlighted multiple times for stellar instruction and activities.
• Highly Awarded and Recognized for passion, creative and engaging lessons, individualized mentoring, and a challenging environment.
Non-Teaching Achievements:
• Designed and executed first National History Day Project competition.
• Planned and executed trip to the Museum of Tolerance for all to emphasize multi-cultural instruction and tolerance.
HARRAH’S RINCON CASINO AND RESORT August 2009 – May 2013 Senior Surveillance Officer
• Actively monitored and protected company assets, safety, and actively intervened.
• Expert level understanding and use of surveillance equipment including, but not limited to Closed Circuit Televisions, Cameras, Digital Video Recorders, Advantage play, software, plus more.
• Highly respected for initiative and proactive enforcement of policies and procedures to protect company assets against advantage play, criminal activity, and collusion. Casino Cashier II June 2009 – August 2009
• Provided high quality customer service in cash advance, check cashing, currency exchange and other transactions.
• Processed and determined suitability for new casino credit applicants.
• Maintained stellar transaction history and record keeping with no financial variances or Title 31 violations. VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
ORANGE GLEN HIGH SCHOOL August 2004 – January 2018 Assistant NJROTC Instructor, Operations and Office Manager
• Maintained stellar administrative and personnel files, plus compiled monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for headquarters achieving perfect compliance and accountability in quarterly and yearly audits.
• Organized, planed, and operationally executed large-scale annual events including, but not limited to: o Two National Competitions consisting of over 3,000 participants, plus judges, vendors, and more. o Designed and implemented revolutionary scoring and scheduling system adopted nationally. o Military Ball for over two hundred guests having to coordinate meals, contracts, and other needs.
• Coached the drill teams to consistent top ten percentage and world-wide ranking.
• Supervised and Managed over one hundred students and fifteen volunteers yearly. SAN DIEGO YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE June 2002 – January 2019 Board of Directors President and Conference Director
• Designed and Implemented a Problem and Project Based Curriculum and Instruction around real-world problems to enhance leadership and critical thinking skills.
• Achieved national recognition for education program teaching Leadership, American History and Economics to fifty to seventy-five high school students annually.
• Lead the program to earn National Association of Secondary School Principals Certification Annually.
• Achieved and Maintained a 501c3 Non-Profit Tax-Exempt Status through exemplary record keeping.
• Successfully fundraised over $20,000 annually, maintaining stellar records that were above reproach.
• Lead a team of over twenty volunteers who assisted in masterfully planning and executing multi-faceted, multi-day event including having to coordinate speakers, students, housing and meals, parking, media, and more for all involved, and the supporting financials for each.