Front Desk Substitute Teacher
Resume:
Elizabeth Punches
Indianapolis, IN *****
**********@*****.***
Professional Summary
Art Teacher and Substitute teacher with experience in private education, K-12 education, and guest services. Proven ability to manage diverse classrooms and implement lesson plans effectively across various grade levels. Skilled in fostering student engagement and maintaining a positive learning environment. Experienced in teaching immersive art courses, demonstrating strong leadership and organizational skills. Committed to enhancing educational experiences through creative teaching methods and community involvement.
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Substitute Teacher K-12
Kelly Education/ Kelly Services-Indianapolis, IN
August 2025 to Present
I take absence replacement assignments, usually a week prior up to the day of need utilizing the Frontline Application. I arrive at the school a half hour early so that I can check in and go over the lesson plans and read necessary materials and notes before classes start. I usually teach all 8 periods with thirty minutes of one of the periods as lunch break. I’m responsible for each student during my custody and must manage and maintain the class as the Teacher does normally and according to Kelly requirements. Attendance, office documentation for the class, and the daily lesson plan left from the instructor is implemented. It’s usually multiple school and various grade levels for daily assignments. I prefer middle school level across the board, and assignments are offered from elementary to high school in my chosen district. I’m experienced in each of these levels in a variety of subjects. Guest Services Representative/Front Desk
Holiday Inn Express and Suites-Galveston, TX
August 2023 to June 2025
Guest Service Representative
Front desk Morning Shift : responsible for correctly checking guests out of the hotel, understanding and utilizing multiple applications in the industry, and insuring payment. The front desk prepares the office and departments for the days projections, and warmly check new guests into the hotel and manage room needs. This position requires strong resolution skills and creative problem solving while adhering to the requirements of the chain and administration.
Greet and serve guests and guide them through the check in and out process. Print daily reports, including daily stats, balance room inventory, assign prepaid room cards through third parties to their respective guests for that day, upgrade Rewards Club members, prepare the gift bags and letters for members arriving that day, authorize credit cards for a guests stay, ensure duplicate reservation guests are checked out and back in before housekeeping arrives if possible, communicate with housekeeping on updates to guests early check outs or stay over status. Communicates with maintenence for service calls and other departments as needed for daily issues.. Stock and maintain the marketplace. Flexibility in frequent policy changes, and I leave when my shift is over and information has been relayed to the next shift.
Immersive Drawing for Teens, Immersive Painting for Teens Elizabeth Punches Studio and Gallery-Galveston, TX August 2012 to June 2025
I taught 12 week courses on rotation from the commercial space. There were two levels. The first level and prerequisite to the other is Immersive Drawing for Teens, the second level was Immersive Painting for Teens.
These courses each had a six week public ‘Live Auction of the Studies’ held directly from the Studio with paid staff, departments and functions. The participatory artists were invited in from both inside and outside of the classes for participation and involved a three week collection set up. All of the accepted bids for student work were paid directly to the students. Adult and invited artists paid 20 percent of their bids to the studio. These auctions were held on the community ArtWalk Night, publicized, and was always full auditorium style seating with standing bidders in the front of the house. We held over 130 live auctions, and every piece we auctioned, sold. The courses were based in the studies left and taught by American artist Kimone Nicholadies and utilized his methods and materials. They are structured series of practice that lead to a different way of seeing and approaching the subjects, and building a drawing or painting. I wrote the lesson plans, I managed the budgets, ordered all of the supplies that were included in the courses and reached out to prior students parents for future enrollment interest and orientation dates. My class size varies but commonly average 10-15 students a course. I do this so I can work with them individually as well as in group. The courses meet twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5-7 pm, and had in class studio time, lecture time, and home work. I had 5 students who had re enrolled every rotation, concurrently. I developed friendships with the parents, some enrolling themselves in the course to experience it, and I welcome and encourage it.
I love teaching these courses. They offered real time application of very old techniques that require practice, engagement and attention. Students were able to experience a fairly large population viewing and contemplating their work. They were required to be present for their work and be able to talk about it as part of the course regardless of level of involvement. One of the sections of the course was a transcription where they chose the artist, and had to research the artists techniques and materials as well as their history before copying the painting as close to the original as they could get. Fine Artist, Studio Artist
Elizabeth Punches Studio and Gallery-Galveston, TX June 2012 to June 2025
I own and operate a brick and mortar fine art studio downtown Galveston, located at 410 23rd street. I produce oil and acrylic paintings, exhibitions and commissions. I also teach art and specialized drawing classes (immersive drawing, Nicholadies approach and oil basics and techniques.) Classes were offered in rotating 12 week courses.
My jobs through the studio are contracted. Each involve calculating costs in materials and labor, calculating time needed for the materials to set up properly during the processes, and meeting predetermined deadlines. I paint well too.
Studio Manager
The Space Between-Presque Isle, ME
May 2001 to June 2010
I owned and operated the brick and mortar Studio and Gallery located on Maine street downtown Presque Isle Maine for 9 years. I was the main contributing artist, and also represented other local artists. I held daily studio hours each week, and offered small drawing and painting courses in the evening that ran in 12 week rotations.
I specialize in traditional Italian oils, but also execute commissioned work in acrylic and other mediums. I was responsible for inventory of all production and operating supplies, quotes, commercial and private contracts, and customer service. I set up monthly exhibitions, and kept communications with other artists in the community. I was responsible for sales as well as advertising and marketing. Guest Service Representative, Front Desk
Holiday inn-Sioux City, IA
March 1994 to March 1996
Check in Guests, provide information of events held in the hotel and area. Contact housekeeping and update housekeeping on checkouts and other areas of the hotel that needed attention. There was more, but it was a very long time ago. ( almost thirty years). Our books had to balance each shift. Education
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Studio Painting (BFA) (Bachelor's degree) Virginia Intermont College-Bristol, VA
September 2010 to May 2012
Skills
• Affinity suit
• Leadership
• Time management
• Graphic design (10+ years)
• Executive administrative support
• Visual arts painting
• Adobe Illustrator
• Event marketing
• Information security compliance
• production methods
• Multi-line phone systems - Multi-line phone system experience (6-10 years) (10+ years)
• Computer literacy (10+ years)
• Guest services
• Illustration
• Restaurant experience
• Administrative experience
• Store management
• Teaching
• Customer communication
• Information security
• Logistics
• group coordination
• Retail math
• Receptionist
• Front Office
• Layout design
• Microsoft Outlook
• Reservation Management
• Event planning
• Business development
• Strategic planning
• Cash handling (10+ years)
• Office management
• Clerical experience
• Public speaking
• Intake
• Tutoring
• Writing skills
• Operations management
• MAC and pc platforms: Opera
• Sales
• Windows
• Private school
• Hotel experience
• Photography
• Retail sales
• Experience working with students
• Typing (10+ years)
• Project management (10+ years)
• Adobe InDesign
• Color theory (10+ years)
• Classroom experience
• Handling customer inquiries
• Front desk
• Photo manipulation
• QuickBooks
• inventory
• MS Word
• Data entry
• POS
• Attention to detail
• Research
• Teamwork
• Typography
• Management
• Negotiation
• Office experience
• Google Docs
• Production design
• Contracts
• Database management
• Microsoft Excel
• Canva
• Employee relations
• Communication skills (10+ years)
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Adobe Photoshop
• English (10+ years)
• Word processing (10+ years)
• Social media management
• Presentation skills
• Cash register (10+ years)
• Canvas
• Customer service
• Higher education teaching
• Lodgiistics
• Multichannel marketing
• Guest Service
• Grammar Experience
• Marketing
• Process improvement
• Technical Proficiency
• Payroll
• Conflict management
• Microsoft Office (10+ years)
• Interpersonal skills
• Guest relations (10+ years)
• Hospitality (10+ years)
• Budgeting
Certifications and Licenses
Substitute Teaching License Indiana
August 2025 to August 2027
I hold a temporary Indiana State teaching license. CPR Certification
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