Prior Work Experiences
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Prior Work Experiences

Maria Chavez

EDUCATION
California State University, Fullerton May 2018
Bachelor of Science, Child and Adolescent Studies


RELATED EXPERIENCE
Century High School, ASSET�s Program Spring 2013 to Present
*Assessment and Instructional Provider
*Planned a bilingual Financial Aid night, focused on assisting parents and students on filling out the FASFA and Dream Act application, resulting in assisting over 400 parents and students.
*Conducted bilingual qualitative and quantitative assessments focused on the preparedness of Century High School students, resulting in the re-evaluation and modification of current programs to meet the needs of the students.
*Conducted summer bilingual field trips for 50 students who had just come from Mexico, focused on exposing them to hand-on learning experience outside of Santa Ana, resulting in 80% of students increased awareness of resources outside of school.
*Created workforce readiness workshops for juniors and seniors, focused on providing students with job skills, resulting in having 100% of the students receive a certificate of completion and an internship site in their preferred aspirational career.
*Developed the first leadership retreat for student leaders, focused on providing professional leadership to student leaders and prepare them for college, resulting in having 85% of the student leaders receive a certificate of completion
*Worked closely with counselors, teachers, parents, and vice principals to increase student�s involvement in the afterschool program.
*Created a Management System that keeps track record of volunteer hours, resulting in assessing the students overall volunteer experiences.
*Designed bilingual publications regarding college admission for students and parents, resulting in having educated and updated the programs students and parents on college deadlines.
*Provided SAT prep courses, PSAT registration assistance for students, resulting in a 75% increase of sign ups.
*Tutored 9-12 grade students in all level Math, Science, English, and History, resulting in helping students stay academically eligible for extended learning programming and sports.

Madison Elementary, Santa Ana January 2017- December 2017
Academic Internship, 1st and 5th grade classroom aide
*Work with students individually or in small groups, reinforcing or following up on instruction provided by the teacher.
*Maintain records such as attendance and scores.
*Prepare special materials and games and operate instructional equipment.
*Duplicate materials and prepare charts and other instructional materials.
*Maintain classroom or learning facility in a clean, organized, and healthful manner.
*Supervise students on the school grounds.
*Accompany teacher on home visits and/or make telephone calls to parents.
*Interpret for non-English-speaking students or parents.
*Assist in preparation of snacks. Perform related duties as assigned.

Santa Ana Unified School District Fall 2014 to Present
LEAD AVID Tutor
*Created wellness workshops such as: Balancing life and Academics, Healthy Relationships, DIY Planners, etc.
*Conducted bilingual qualitative and quantitative assessments focused on best academic practices for students, resulting in implementing programs to better prepare students for college.
*Tutor in subjects such as Math, Science, and Language where I translated the teacher�s curriculum for the group of students I was working with.
*Created and enforced student-based hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning.
*Facilitated activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
*Worked with an average of 5 students per group.
*Mentored student�s grades 9-12 where Math, Science, and Language Arts was the main focus for the students.
*Assist in a dual language Biology class by translating the course in Spanish resulting in having the first dual language at Century High School.
*Collaboratively work side by side with credentialed teachers where I translated the curriculum for the students.


Academic Internship, Anaheim Unified School District August 2016- December 2016
Mild-Moderate SPED aide
*Assisted in the various areas of instructional program
*Worked with individuals, small groups, or entire class in presenting instructional materials
*Assisted the teacher with accommodating and modifying methods for students with special needs
*Assisted the teacher in the training of basic academic, social and physical skills necessary to care for individual needs
*Understand effective methods to deal with verbal outbursts and other forms of resisting authority
*Accompany students to/from and on the bus, playground and/or cafeteria
*Clean work areas to maintain a sanitary environment
*Helped with bulletin boards and displays as directed
*Grade tests and records scores
*Operates office machines
*Assists in computer learning activities

THINK TOGETHER
Program Leader Spring 2014 to Spring 2015
*Created a dual language curriculum for Spanish speakers where the focus was in teaching them culinary skills after school.
*Conducted observations to inform program quality measures and monitor progress of sites to ensure successful implementation and progress of quality improvement plan.
*Prepared and wrote brief summaries of sites� progress, resulting in the assessment of each of the sites� progress.
*Managed projects, timelines, and benchmarks effectively for each of the high school sites.

CATER TOTS COMPANY Fall 2014 to Spring 2014
Kitchen Staff
*Calculated gross sales for the restaurant, that resulted in having a target goal for each month.
*Ensure facility and equipment were maintained to company standards daily through the use of approved vendors and checkbook budget.
*Receive an average of 97% on health department inspections where the restaurant is measured in regards to its cleanliness, resulting in having more guests come to the restaurant.
*Control costs by reviewing food portion control and quantities of preparation, minimizing waste; ensuring high quality of preparation.
*Assembled food orders while maintaining appropriate portion control.
*Prepared monthly lists to assure food and safety certificates are updated.

GM Oil Company Chevron Summer 2013
Food Handler
*Manage the store, including greeting visitors and responding to telephone and in-person requests for information
*Maintain invoices and paper filed that are essential to keeping the flow of the store, while attending to customer needs.
*Serve as central point of contact for all outside vendors needing to gain access to the building, where I keep an excel track record of vendors.
*Disperse incoming mail to correct recipients throughout the office, while assisting customers.
*Make copies, send faxes and handled all incoming and outgoing correspondence from my store to the district stores.
*Manage daily office operations and maintenance of equipment, resulting in having a safe environment for staff and customers.
*Deliver excellent customer service by greeting and assisting each customer, resulting in having 50% of them become regulars.
*Address customer inquiries and resolved complaints, resulting in having a cohesive team that focus on the customers needs and makes the customers feel welcomed.
*Stock and restock inventory when shipments were received, resulting in maintaining a clean store.
*Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking and reconciling cash receipts.
*Fulfill customer-shipping needs using UPS and USPS methods.
*Write order supply requests to replenish merchandise.

Boys Scout of America Fall 2012 to Spring 2013
After school Science instructor
*Substitute taught all intermediate schools in Santa Ana Unified School District when teachers were unable to teach their classes.
*Created bilingual lesson plans for the Santa Ana Unified School Districts alongside the teachers.
*Created bilingual lab experiments in Science and Engineering for grades 6th-8th.
*Input grades on Microsoft office.

Green and Hall, Law Firm Summer 2011
Administrative Assistant
*Office Management: Overhauled recordkeeping system from manual to computer-based, creating a user-friendly and systematic information management system and reducing data-retrieval time.
*Travel Logistics Management: Coordinate a busy travel calendar that includes six international symposiums annually, ensuring all events are successfully executed.
*Customer Relationship Management: Tapped into the power of PeopleSoft CRM *Analytics to track the effectiveness of leads, marketing initiatives and revenues. *Generated reports that assisted upper management with decision making and were distributed to 200+ employees department wide.
*Filing, indexing, labeling, and categorizing various documents
*Closed past court cases with assistance from lawyers in the law firm.