Ashley M. Landa
Tempe,AZ
Summary
Passionate educator and facilitator with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Classroom Teacher & Coach
Cesar Chavez High School, Union High School District
2020.07 - Current
- Collaborate with parents, administrators, and counselors to develop improvement plans for struggling students.
- Created lessons and online testing materials to facilitate remote learning.
- Help students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking, and communication.
- Drive student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.
- Implement creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
- Collaborate with colleagues in developing benchmark lessons and identifying curriculum needs of faculty.
- Create curricula, research topics and conceptualized course format, subject matter and presentation.
- Plann and monitor implementation of technology-based learning programs.
- Collaborate with administrators to determine course objectives.
Talent Acquisition Lead
State of Arizona
2017.02 - 2019.06
- Lead a team of 12 staffing analysts regarding full-cycle recruitment targeting various hard-to-fill and executive level vacancies and other positions,
- Filled Case Manager vacancies within Mesa and Chandler offices and decreased vacancies within that job line by more than 50% in three months.
- Grassroots job fair campaigns with 80% applicant hire rate.
- Participate in Annual Improvement Plan (AIP) and Community of Practice projects pertaining to current and future state of DES (Department of Economic Security) and other state agencies; created, managed, and contributed to the completion of an A3 document project for reference check process as it applies to the entire agency.
- Post vacant positions using Talent Acquisition, review resumes, send hiring lists to managers, schedule interviews, and conduct all background checks for selected candidates
- Lead and participate in panel interviews for various levels of position grades, including executive level vacancies
- Created and implemented Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for recruitment of hard-to-fill mass recruitments, and conducted train the trainer.
- Maintained strong partnerships with community engagement coordinators.
- Researched various career and outreach events to promote DDD position vacancies and developed leads.
- Participated and facilitated numerous public speaking events across the state for DDD recruitment; engaging with community members who are seeking employment about careers within our, DES and the State of Arizona.
- Created effective talent acquisition training materials that supported culture and performance objectives.
- Identified and created recruitment and administrative performance metrics and data to analyze trends, drive change, and assess progress.
Human Resources Coordinator
Select Specialty Hospital
2016.01 - 2016.10
- Recruited for clinical and administrative hospital staff, including candidate sourcing, resume screening, interviewing, and all aspects of non-clinical related onboarding.
- Met directly with the division president quarterly about turnover, injury and vacancy reports, and local human resource-related concerns
- Spearheaded all projects on transfers of staff during the location closures,
- Processed bi-weekly payroll via Kronos system for 120+ full-time and per-diem medical and management staff.
- Created annual merit increase proposals for all full-time staff with input and support from leadership team, Chief
- Co-hosted monthly Town Hall meetings with staff to discuss patient/family feedback, recruitment referral bonuses for new nurses, ventilator weaning percentages, and other hospital-related matters.
- Collaborate with corporate office in Pennsylvania for any employee relations about staffing and nursing licensure/misconduct investigations.
- Accepted, processed, and approved Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) related paperwork under home office guidance
- Maintained monthly Occupational Safety Hazard (OSHA) logs, and created Worker’s Compensation job reassignments for employees injured while working yet cleared to be onsite.
Director of Human Resources
The Gardens of Scottsdale
2014.04 - 2015.12
- Liaised between multiple business divisions to improve communications.
- Collaborated with legal and compliance teams to review paperwork, obtain feedback, and procure available information for new training processes.
- Maintained current knowledge of industry regulations and legislation to amend policies and promote compliance.
- Facilitated successful policy implementation and enforcement to maintain legal and operational compliance.
- Discovered and resolved complex employee issues that affected management and business decisions.
- Enhanced team workflows and employee job satisfaction by coordinating communication between managers and employees.
- Worked with managers to achieve compliance with organizational policies, providing clarifying information and recommending necessary changes.
Lead Educational Recruiter
Barker Educational Services
2010.04 - 2014.04
- Lead a team of 20 Educational Recruiters regarding processes and procedures for relationship building, student admission, and student retention.
- Facilitated new employee orientation pertaining to hands-on training, sitting with new hires to acclimate, coach and guide team members in their success.
- Collaborated with executive leadership to create and meet goals, and address any elevated barriers and concerns amongst team members which included weekly documentation and tracking of student progress to work with management regarding goals, project management, and ensure the company’s success
- Collaborated with managers to identify and address employee relations issues.
- Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
- Created training manuals for an educational contract regarding Medical Billing and Coding; presented new manual to management for evaluation, feedback, and implementation.
- Recruited and sourced students for various online college programs including Associates, Bachelors, and Masters degrees, as well as various certifications.
- Provided in-person training sessions to new team members regarding systems’ navigation, and provided critical feedback during hands-on learning period
Education
Master of Arts - Secondary Education
Arizona State University
Bachelor of Science - Communication Studies
Northern Arizona University
Skills
- Digital Learning Platforms
- Course Planning
- Instructional Methods
- Curriculum Planning and Implementation
- Standardized Methodologies
- Positive Reinforcement Strategies
Timeline
Classroom Teacher & Coach
Cesar Chavez High School, Union High School District
2020.07 - Current
Talent Acquisition Lead
State of Arizona
2017.02 - 2019.06
Human Resources Coordinator
Select Specialty Hospital
2016.01 - 2016.10
Director of Human Resources
The Gardens of Scottsdale
2014.04 - 2015.12
Lead Educational Recruiter
Barker Educational Services
2010.04 - 2014.04
Master of Arts - Secondary Education
Arizona State University
Bachelor of Science - Communication Studies
Northern Arizona University
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