TABATHA ESTELL
Improving Performance • Enhancing Programs • Inspiring Systemic Change
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EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR
…dedicated to guiding students to succeed while inspiring an insatiable passion for learning and technology
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Visionary Leader, architectural designer, with a Bachelor's Degree coupled with 7 years’ experience instructing secondary education students. Background includes 11 years as an architectural drafter.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Specializations include: AutoCAD, Revit Architecture, Inventor, 3D Studio Max, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Manual Drafting, Microsoft Office, and Sustainable Design.
• An enthusiastic, creative, and passionate educator, a mentor and advisor who believes that all student can learn and thrive in a learning environment that is stimulating, comforting and appropriate to their unique talents and abilities.
• Proven track record of project completions, multi-tasking, and the ability to handle a high pressure environment with significant timeline pressures
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HIGHLIGHTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, Canton, MI September 2004 - Present
Cad/ Graphics Communication Instructor
Highlighted Achievements
• Constructed curriculums and directed AutoCAD workshops/CAD Camps for first robotics teams and prospective students
• Tailored and directed presentations and software demonstrations to specific demographics as a marketing strategy to acquire new and prospective students
• Improved Sustainable design curriculum to incorporate new advanced sustainable design techniques, and prepared students to take the LEED Exam
• Guided and prepared students for successful Capstone Presentations
• Trained students to create successful resumes and portfolios that appeal to CDD and Graphic Design career fields for employment
• Showcased student projects for School Chair, District Director, Operations Review, and ITTESI auditors
• Achieved multiple TPAP's based on high TPAP scores
• Exceeded engagement and student success goals for September 2011 quarter
Awards
Instructor of the Quarter December 2005
Instructor of the Quarter June 2011
Responsibilities
• Tutor and coach students to help boost their confidence and competencies
• Provide academic and failure advising to students and documents in student information system
• Complete professional development and in-service activities in accordance with college standards
• Instruct students on subjects of Microsoft Office, various Autodesk programs, manual drafting, Architectural drafting, engineering, graphic design/communication, and Adobe Software
• Employ a variety of learning styles and techniques, to help students learn and reach their full potential
• Implement a variety of classroom management techniques for maintaining student attention, and involvement
• Facilitate classroom instruction; prepare daily lesson plans; develop PowerPoint's and quizzes;
administer tests; provide feedback on learning achievements and needs for improvement.
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MARK ENGLISH ASSOICIATES, Detroit, MI June 2001 - November 2004
Intern Architect
Responsibilities
• Produce architectural construction documents and preliminary design sketches in AutoCad and Archi CAD
• Cad mechanical and electrical engineering drawings
• Construction Administration
• Generate specifications
• Produce Material Boards
• Conduct Site Visits
• Produce blueprints and plots
EDUCATION
M.S Sustainable Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, MI - 2010 - Present
B.S., Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI, – 2001
Architectural Construction, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI 1995-1997
Professional Memberships
AUGI
Autodesk Community
National Society Of Leadership