Tina Parker
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70809 United States
*************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE SMOKE SHOPPE, Foreman, Arkansas United States Owner, Feb 2009 – Aug 2009
• Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new employees, or oversee those personnel processes.
• Establish or identify prices of goods, services or admission, and tabulate bills using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
• Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or policies.
• Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
• Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
• Manage staff, preparing work schedules and assigning specific duties.
• Compute and record totals of transactions.
• Greet customers entering establishments.
COSSATOT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, DeQueen, Arkansas
Upward Bound Coordinator, Jun 2006 – Aug 2008
• Assess students' progress throughout tutoring sessions.
• Maintain records of students' assessment results, progress, feedback, or school performance, ensuring confidentiality of all records.
• Communicate students' progress to students, parents or teachers in written progress reports, in person, by phone, or by email.
• Teach students study skills, note-taking skills, and test-taking strategies.
• Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school administrators, or counselors to determine student needs, develop tutoring plans, or assess student progress.
• Administer, proctor, or score academic or diagnostic assessments.
• interview students and parents for the Upward Bound program
• Provide feedback to students using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students.
• Identify, develop, or implement intervention strategies, tutoring plans, or individualized education plans (IEPs) for students.
College Reading Instructor, Aug 2006 – May 2008
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
• Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Prepare and administer written, oral, and performance tests, and issue grades in accordance with performance.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws or administrative policies.
• Assign and grade class work and homework.
• Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs, abilities, and interests.
• Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress and make suggestions for improvement.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
PILGRIMS PRIDE, DeQueen, Arkansas
Self-employed Broiler Houses, Oct 1995 – Jun 2006
• Maintain facilities such as fencing, water supplies, and outdoor housing and wind shelters.
• Obtain financing from lenders to purchase machinery, fertilizer, livestock, and feed.
• Lubricate, adjust, and make minor repairs to farm equipment, using oilcans, grease guns, and hand tools.
• Obtain financing from lenders to purchase machinery, fertilizer, livestock, and feed.
• Maintain financial, tax, production, and employee records.
• Select and purchase supplies and equipment such as seed, fertilizers, and farm machinery.
EDUCATION
Texas A&M Texarkana, Texarkana, Texas United States
• Bachelor’s General Studies, Psychology
• 3.069 GPA
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
• Microsoft 7, Word, Excel, Power Point
• Type 50 WPM
• Operate scanners, copiers, faxing, and multi-line phones