ANDREA R. HOWARD, PhD
Colonial Beach,VA
Summary
Leveraging a diverse background of education and experience, I am seeking a position in an academic setting supporting adults through transformational learning. I seek to create a supportive and rich pedagogical learning environment utilizing a complex set of skills.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Owner
Vino Viva Virginia, LLC
05.2017 - 08.2021
- Launched and developed county's only bean to bar chocolate company
- Managed day to day business operations
- Grew company to be profitable in the second year and doubled revenue each year
- Became certified chocolatier and expanded creative offerings
- Handled all marketing, digital asset creation, networking, and promotion
- Purchased two ice cream shops with chocolate company
- Trained and supervised 20 employees.
Business Owner
Social Media Maxima, Inc.
04.2009 - 05.2017
- Discovered small business need and created a solution company beginning in social media's infancy and grew company with the industry
- Self-taught digital platforms and website creation
- Established and wrote many industry-specific blogs
- Conducted training with clients and presented seminars in the business community
- Marketing, promotion, and business networking
- Day to day operations.
ESL Instructor
Virginia Technological Institute
10.2011 - 09.2013
- Developed curriculum to engage adult foreign learners on academic visas
- Applied scaffolding techniques to build language skills
- Presented interactive lessons
- Creative assessment strategies.
Business Owner/Trainer
Beyond Wellness Studio
09.2001 - 12.2011
- Launched and developed personal training/yoga/dance studio
- Taught classes and facilitated private training sessions
- Increased business opportunity, clients, and revenue each year
- Established area's first Middle Eastern dance troupe.
Adjunct Professor/Psychology
Strayer University
01.2003 - 06.2007
- Developed curriculum for undergraduate students
- Delivered engaging lectures and facilitated dynamic discussions
- Applied appropriate learning assessment and offered supportive guidance
- Created engaging pedagogical environment for adult learners.
Director of Residential Services
Fairfax County Community Services Board
04.1996 - 05.2001
- Facilitated residential substance abuse treatment for adjudicated adolescent males
- Supervised 15 counselors and 3 supervisors
- Oversaw $1 million-dollar budget
- Managed daily and clinical operations
- Competitively selected for executive internship with Office of County Executive.
Education
PhD - Transpersonal Psychology
Sofia University
Palo Alto, CA09.2024
Master of Arts - Counseling/Psychology
National University
Sacramento, CA06.1990
B.A. - Business Administration, Management
National University
Sacramento, CA06.1987
Skills
- Entrepreneurial personality
- Relationship Building
- Team Collaboration and Leadership
- Business Development
- Business Administration
- Professional Networking
- Operations Management
- Social Media Marketing
- Cooperative Learning
- Lesson Planning
- Student-Centered Learning
- Subject matter expertise
- Online Teaching
Certification
- Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Advanced Skills, George Mason Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, 07/01/10
- Certified Mediator, Northern Virginia Mediation Services, 06/01/11
- Certified ESL (English as a Second Language) Teacher, LADO International Institute, 06/01/10
Accomplishments
- Professional mediator and conflict specialist with a variety of populations - organizations, families, communities, and social/restorative justice
- Established Sacramento's first hospice program for children
- Wrote and published a children's book dealing with grief (www.nikitasjourney.com)
- Substantial and consequential life experience raising 4 children
Timeline
Business Owner
Vino Viva Virginia, LLC
05.2017 - 08.2021
ESL Instructor
Virginia Technological Institute
10.2011 - 09.2013
Business Owner
Social Media Maxima, Inc.
04.2009 - 05.2017
Adjunct Professor/Psychology
Strayer University
01.2003 - 06.2007
Business Owner/Trainer
Beyond Wellness Studio
09.2001 - 12.2011
Director of Residential Services
Fairfax County Community Services Board
04.1996 - 05.2001
PhD - Transpersonal Psychology
Sofia University
Master of Arts - Counseling/Psychology
National University
B.A. - Business Administration, Management
National University
- Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Advanced Skills, George Mason Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, 07/01/10
- Certified Mediator, Northern Virginia Mediation Services, 06/01/11
- Certified ESL (English as a Second Language) Teacher, LADO International Institute, 06/01/10
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