Teaching Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Customer Relations Skills
Resume:
Joyce A. Sprott
Inglewood, CA 90305
EDUCATION
California State University, Los Angeles
Single Subject Professional Clear Teaching Credential in Social Science, March 2006
Multiple Subject Professional Clear Teaching Credential, December 1994
M.A. Economics, June 1989
University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. Economics, June 1982
EXPERIENCE
Studio Teacher
Stella Pacific Management – 2017 to Present
Affordable Services Agency, Inc. – 2013 to Present
Affordable Services Agency, Inc. – 2006 to 2007
Affordable Services Agency,Inc. – 1996 to 2000
Taught minors up to 18 years of age working in the entertainment industry in various movies, television shows, print ads, commercials, and music videos, for various production companies. I also worked on short films for student film projects. Provided instruction in grades 1-12 in the entertainment industry when required for the education of the minor. Attended to the health, safety, and morals of minors under 16 years of age. Monitored work time, working conditions, physical surroundings, signs of the minors physical and mental fatigue, and the demands placed on the minor.
Teacher 11/90 to 2017
Los Angeles Unified School District – 1999 to 2017
Alhambra Unified School District – 1994 to 1999
Los Angeles Unified School District – 1990 to 1994
South Pasadena Unified School District – 1990 to 1991
Performed all of the professional, instructional duties and activities for various students within the elementary to senior high school level. Prepared a lesson plan following the units and concepts being taught in the class. Graded papers and recorded the day’s accomplishments. I retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District in June 2017.
Title I Teacher 12/94 to 6/99
San Gabriel High School Writing Center – 1998 to 1999
Garfield School Math Learning Center – 1994 to 1998
Alhambra Unified School District
Provided instructional services to Title I students in mathematics for grades 1 to 8, and language arts
for grades 9 to 12.Students serviced in small groups through pull-out and/or pull-in programs. The duties
included: lesson planning, diagnosis, direct instruction, collaboration with classroom teachers, scheduling,
monitoring, conferencing, and completing progress reports. Administered Stanford 9 examinations in
order for results to be included in various data collection reports.
Macroeconomics Instructor
East Los Angeles College 8/97 to 12/98
Taught principles of macroeconomics to undergraduate students by discussing national income
determination, money and banking, national equilibrium, comparing mixed capitalism with its
alternatives, and tracing the development of economic institutions.
Microeconomics Instructor
West Los Angeles College 6/98 to 8/98
Los Angeles University of Fashion 9/94 to 10/94
Taught principles of microeconomics to undergraduate students by discussing economic forces
and conditions affecting specific economic units and the behavior of individual industries, firms,
and households. Topics discussed include forms of business organization, the role of government in
the economic system, value and price in a free enterprise system, labor management relations and
contemporary economic developments.
Loan Analyst Assistant 11/85 to 10/90
The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Los Angeles, California
Assisted in giving National Direct Student Loan Exit Interviews and Pre-Loan Counseling. Assessed and evaluated various students’ records for the purpose of completing Lender Notification Forms for Guaranteed Student Loans and California Student Loans to Assist Students, completing Financial Aid Transcript Forms, and preparing In-School Loan Transmittal Forms. Posted various checks, tracked cashier entries of various student loans and scholarship checks, and made any necessary adjustments to the accounts by adding, reducing, or deleting the awards. Entered various Schedule of Payment Contracts, Guaranteed Student Loans, and Federal Student Aid Applications.
Documentation Coordinator 11/84 to 11/85
The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Los Angeles, California
Served as a liason for Admissions Advisors, Student Financial Services Counselors and Students by
maintaining a central organized record of all incoming documentation for financial aid. Called students
and mailed letters at approximately two week intervals for requested documentation. Continually
updated students’ records and posted various checks. Assisted in preparing a Pre-Clearance Report prior to each school quarter by compiling statistical results from all branch campuses.
HONORS
Graduate Member of Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Honor Society in Economics): Certificate
of Merit from U.S. Small Business Administration for Marketing Plan; Dean’s Honor List at
Pasadena City College; Undergraduate Economic Society; Black Undergraduate Business and
Economic League; Award for Scholarship at Delta Sigma Theta Cotillion; California Mathematics
Council Southern Section Scholarship; ELIC Training; CLAD Certification;
Studio Teaching Certification; Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2004 – 2005; Team Member
in the Writing Design Plan for Central Region Elementary School #21 from 2011 - 2012, Principal
Selection Team Member for Central Region Elementary School #21 in 2012.
References will be furnished upon request.
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