Susan H Felts

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SUMMARY

Highly motivated and leader with practical skilled experience in teaching a variety of ages of children. Excelled at managing and motivating students to achieve learning objectives and academic goals. Creative, positive, personable, time-effective, detailed-orientated, smart, analytical, neat, clear communicator, thorough, and organized.PEL and LBS1

EXPERIENCE

Early Childhood Teacher, Glencoe Park District, Early Learning Center August 2020 – Present

Plan, write lessons for the week based on a theme and developed art projects and rug time activities around the lesson. Teach songs and music dances to preschoolers. Serve as a moderator between preschoolers in teaching them about playing responsibility and becoming aware of others around them. Taught a student with ASD in helping him realize his social settings and how to manage and control his behavior around others. Dealt with strict COVID protocols and made sure they were adhered to on a consistent basis as in person learning started in August. Managed zoom and developed creative games and strategies to engage the preschools online for 40 minute sessions during a few months of remote learning. Communicate clear and concise messages to parents about expectations and responsibilities of their students and themselves. Held conferences with parents and provided recommendations for learning in elementary school. Assessed students in the classroom to determine kindergarten readiness and provided that assessment to Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and future Teachers.

Teacher, Brightmont Academy February 2022 – Present

Teach elementary, middl, and high school-aged students with IEPs, learning disabilities, and medical conditions science, English, math, and history classes. Adapt the lesson plans to their needs at a private school. Some classes that teach include by not limited to are: Marine Science, Environmental Science, African American History, Biology, Geometry, Physical Science, Earth Science, Life Science, and US History. Serve as a part time supplement to their regular classroom and also some as the primary class the students were enrolled in as a full time school. Highly recommended by students and parents.

Student Teacher, Glencoe School District 35, West School Jan 2021– May 2021

Planned, wrote lessons plans and implemented them by teaching students in the resource room (special education) in the 4th grade at West School. Worked with various disabilities, including ASD and Dyslexia. Implemented lessons in math, literacy, social studies, and writing. Engaged students in creative activities to keep them engaged in learning thus further motivated their learning experiences. Received outstanding reviews from both students and staff.

Substitute Teacher, Districts 65, 35, 36, 39, and 113 April 2018 – Present

Substitute taught in many classroom settings. These include K-8 in various classroom cultures. Experience with Special Education Substitute Teaching and one on one student guidance. Ability to understand quickly the sub notes and adapt and respond fast to student’s needs. Strict follower of instructions and been known around the playground as the “best sub they have ever had because she did not yell at us the whole time”. Have been told that a fast calm decision maker as a substitute teacher and excellent at having the students have uninterrupted learning by implementing the lesson the teacher planned.

Marketing/Sales Director, Minuteman Press August 2014 – August 2020

Promote brand to local businesses and consumers by acknowledging their business growth potential with their chosen marketing piece. Price many printing jobs in the best possible way to maximize the printing received by the clients and minimizing their dollars spent. Keep the business organized, including developed a system to store the vast amounts of paper, invoices, ink, samples and more. Invoice clients who have an account and keep track of the payment terms.

●Found a market niche and expanded sales into Northwestern University that showed a 50% increase in sales over one year for the business.

●Design several marketing pieces such as banners to postcards to business cards for many clients using the latest graphic design software.(Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat)

●Receive consistent recognition for demonstrating high attention to detail to ensure the best quality printing is put into the client's hand.

Marketing/Sales Director, aFire, Inc. March 2010 - August 2014

Gained significant market share for grilling products (rubs, planks, patio furniture, and charcoal) into both online and brick and mortar retailers, such as Crate and Barrel, Costco, World Market, Williams Sonoma, Brookstone etc. Designed point of sale materials for CostCo, Brookstone, and Crate and Barrel for the product to gain recognition at store level by consumers. Wrote, designed and arranged for printing of several sales brochures and tools for both business to business markets and consumers. Developed a public relations campaign which resulted in having several free articles and stories written about aFire's new innovated grilling product line ranging from People Magazine to Outdoor Living. Established relationships with several group purchasing organizations and manufacturer representatives that created increase in distribution into smaller "mom and pop" retail stores.

●Increased sales by 175% over 4 years.

●Started and implemented relationships with flash sale companies with One Kings Lane, Huckleberry, Rue La La and more, which resulted in massive increase in company wide sales.

●Established and negotiated contracts with Kehe Foods to gain access into Whole Foods Market for preferred store shelf distribution and warehousing.

●Created a demand for products on Amazon by working with them to create a special grilling products store on their site and therefore, resulted an increased number of SKUs.

●Worked with The Today Show and The Price is Right to maximize exposure featuring aFire's grill/table patio furniture and grilling products.

Sr. Marketing Specialist, Walgreen Company March 2000- April 2005

Led many marketing research and strategic planning projects to understand, communicate the competitive position, and properly plan a strategy to gain additional market share for each business units, which are Pharmacy Benefit Manager, Mail Service Pharmacy, Home Care, and Specialty Pharmacy. Provided market analysis to plan and strategize objectives and goals. Worked on several brand management development projects, including taglines, brochure redesigns, and image marketing. Wrote daily communications to staff on industry trends and news stories. Served as a public relations player by writing and sending out press releases for additional exposure. Selected and explore various marketing avenues to promote the services provided by the business units. Wrote, oversaw the design of marketing materials. Led many projects simultaneously and to completion under tight deadlines. Performed competitor intelligence investigation on a daily basis. Responsible for and led several annual customer satisfaction surveys and other marketing research projects and studies, including telephone surveys, focus groups, and on-line surveys. Planned budget for each fiscal year, including advertising/publicity, trade shows, marketing materials, databases purchases, etc. Provided consultation to each home care business center on ways to improve marketing image and customer service.

●Became a certified marketing research project leader

●Performed strategic innovation within a team centered environment

●Led others in implementing a new brand image and planned the successful new logo launch

●Achieved constant success in the publishing of press releases and stories in publications

●Discovered marketing opportunities where the budget dollar was maximized for the target audience

●Designed and implemented numerous market mediums, where brand awareness and sales have increased 50%

●Completed project management, writing, and marketing research certification classes

●Wrote full marketing plans for each business unit outlining SWOT and budgets

●Developed positioning strategy, which resulted in change in product design and pricing

●Wrote many presentations that became accredited for continuing educational credit for pharmacists, case managers, and human resources executives and used to close high profit sales with health plans

●Designed web pages and worked with designers to implement a flawless client-friendly site

EDUCATION

BS in Business Administration - Marketing. University of Colorado at Boulder

Minor Emphasis: Spanish, Tourism, International Relations

Masters in Education, Post Bachelor Teaching Certificate 1-6, North Park University

Passed IL Content Exam 305 Certification for Grades 1 thru 6

Certified Teacher: IEIN 1187235 – Professional Educator License

Special Education Certification, LBS1

Other

●Evanston Girl Scout Leader for 1st – 12th graders - present

●Evanston Chamber of Commerce, Marketing Committee Member, 2020 Board Member

●Evanston Youth Hockey Association, Team Manager

●Reba Early Childhood Center, Board Member

●Canal Shores Golf Course, Marketing Committee Member

●Woman's Club of Evanston, Marketing Committee Member

●City of Evanston, Sign Review and Appeals Board Member

●Cherry Preschool, Special Events Chair Board Member

●Oakton Community College, Francis Parker Adult Education Program, ETHS ACE Program, Evanston Small Business Association, and College of Lake County, Professor of Marketing

●Cystic Fibrosis Association, Gala Ball Board Member, Marketing Associate

●Laps for Literacy Walk/Run, Marketing Campaign Executive Board Member

●University of Colorado, Chicago Alumni Chapter President

●Marketing Research Association, Chicago Chapter

●Evanston Small Business Association, Marketing Associate

●Project Management Certification

●University of Chicago Writing and Communication Executive Program

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