Cassandra Metoyer
Vocational Education In Department Of Corrections
Pueblo,CO
Summary
Skilled and dedicated employee with more than 22+ years experience coordinating, planning, and supporting daily operational and administrative functions. Demonstrated capacity to provide comprehensive support for the mission, excel at building teams, coordinating functions and managing all essential tasks. Proven track record of accurately completing projects, reporting, information management and offender management within demanding time frames. Adept at developing and maintaining administrative processes that reduce redundancy improve accuracy and efficiency and achieve organizational objectives. Highly focused and results-oriented in supporting complex, deadline driven operations; able to identify goals and priorities and resolve issues in initial stages. Proficient in budget control, ACA, operations management, COPD, offender management, report writing and customer relations.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Teacher I – Culinary
CDOC: Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility
Ordway, CO
10.2013 - 02.2022
- Culinary Arts
- Provide education, skill sets and motivation to the offender student in order that they may receive a certificate from Pueblo Community College while also operating a successful staff snack bar
- Fostered positive learning environment by developing curriculum and instructional support that targeted and engaged students.
- Provided prompt and specific feedback to students on work and behavior.
- Planned relevant classroom activities and worked to reinforce lessons through active student engagement.
- Demonstrate a commitment to the Culinary Arts program to ensure the students are receiving the proper educational tools and skills to meet the requirements set by Vocational Education
- I offer the Beginning and Intermediate Certificate to my students through Pueblo Community College
- Teach, guide, motivate and train new students assigned through an administrative job board and oversee culinary apprenticeships
- Develop curriculum for all culinary classes required for certificate completion
- Assess student skill levels, grade exams and create an environment for learning
- Continually increasing number of graduates per fiscal year
- Operate a staff snack bar, develop menus and maintain operations while remaining fiscally responsible by following all budgetary guidelines
- Demonstrate continuous commitment to reducing food and equipment costs through effective training of offenders on food safety standards and equipment operation
- Instrumental at increasing sales by 35% each year which allows our program to purchase new equipment, books and other tools that enhance learning and teaching skill sets
- Effectively expedited meals to customers.
Correctional Support Trades Supervisor III
CDOC: Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility
Ordway
08.2008 - 09.2013
- Food Service
- Provide high-level administrative support to attaining Colorado Department of Corrections missions and goals to develop a team to ensure public safety, staff safety and offender safety
- Perform a variety of key operational functions, addressing staff and offender related issues, daily operations, communicating through the chain of command all relevant information to successful operations, projects, budget, team building, grievances, safety issues, sanitation, inspections and training
- Collaborate with management teams, subordinate staff and other departments to attain an inter-working network for successful completion of set goals
- Develop forms and processes to improve and inform quality and risk-assessment initiatives
- Prepare meeting agendas and carefully monitor subordinate staff in daily operations
- Created successful work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and fully staff shifts
- Responsible for total Food Service operations to provide up to 3000 meals daily
- In emergency situations my responsibilities were to effectively communicate with Headquarters, Incident Command Center, Shift Commander, other facilities, staff and offenders
- Implement guidelines and procedures for the procurement of supplies
- Designed a check and balance system for budgetary accountability
- Delegate responsibilities to subordinate staff
- Systemized the distribution of prepared meals in dining facilities, holding units, work gangs and medical and religious diets
- Worked closely with security, maintenance, medical and the religious coordinator to ensure offenders were receiving nutritious meals
- Oversaw and forecasted the expenditure of the yearly allocated budget of over 1 million dollars
- Developed a gleaning program with local farmers to glean produce left in the fields
- The program was successful in turning the food service budget from a negative amount to surplus funds
- The funds allowed the Food Service Department to purchase and replace all outdated equipment and tools
- Supervise subordinate positions to include actions that may affect status, pay and tenure
- Coordinated the first ever Food Service team building function off grounds
- Nominated my team for a TEAM EXCELLENCE AWARD
- Guided my team to write a Food Service Mission Statement, Vision Statement and a Value Statement
- Corrected poor behavior and encouraged positive behavior utilizing my communication skills and the Performance Management System
- Utilized disciplinary guidelines when all other avenues were unsuccessful
- Prepared reviews and evaluations annually for my subordinate staff
- Scheduled staff training to meet the annual forty hours mandatory training requirements
- Encouraged staff to participate in extra training, cross-training and specialized training in order to develop themselves
- Answered step1 and step2 grievances
- Participated in Job Board, Classification and Duty Officer duties.
Correctional Support Trades Supervisor III
CDOC, Trinidad Correctional Facility
Trinidad, CO
07.2006 - 04.2007
- Food Service
- Provide high-level administrative support to attaining Colorado Department of Corrections missions and goals to develop a team to ensure public safety, staff safety and offender safety
- Perform a variety of key operational functions, addressing staff and offender related issues, daily operations, communicating through the chain of command all relevant information to successful operations, projects, budget, team building, grievances, safety issues, sanitation, inspections and training
- Collaborate with management teams, subordinate staff and other departments to attain an inter-working network for successful completion of set goals
- Develop forms and processes to improve and inform quality and risk-assessment initiatives
- Prepare meeting agendas and carefully monitor subordinate staff in daily operations
- Created successful work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and fully staff shifts.
- Responsible for total Food Service operations to provide up to 1500 meals daily
- Implement guidelines and procedures for the procurement of supplies
- Delegate responsibilities to subordinate staff
- Systemized the distribution of prepared meals in dining facilities, holding units, work gangs and medical and religious diets
- Oversaw and forecasted the expenditure of the yearly allocated budget of half a million dollars
- Supervise subordinate positions to include actions that may affect status, pay and tenure
- Scheduled staff training to meet the annual forty hours mandatory training requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of Michigan
01.1991 - 01.1995
Associates Degree - Culinary Arts
Pueblo Community College
01.2001 - 01.2003
Skills
Dependable and Responsible
undefinedTimeline
Teacher I – Culinary
CDOC: Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility
10.2013 - 02.2022
Correctional Support Trades Supervisor III
CDOC: Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility
08.2008 - 09.2013
Correctional Support Trades Supervisor III
CDOC, Trinidad Correctional Facility
07.2006 - 04.2007
Associates Degree - Culinary Arts
Pueblo Community College
01.2001 - 01.2003
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of Michigan
01.1991 - 01.1995
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