Colleen Bell
Minneapolis,MN
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills whether it be in a retail setting, kitchen, classroom, or elsewhere.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Lunch Program Director, Before/After School Care Director
Ramona Lutheran Church & School
Ramona, CA
09.2023 - 07.2024
- At RLCS, I headed all lunchroom and kitchen operations, as well as directed after school care hours for students of all ages
- This job entailed ordering for and stocking the kitchen year round to meet school needs, as well as caring for a number of students during out-of-class hours
- For this job, I received my food handlers license from the state of California, as well as multi-age CPR certifications
Long-term Substitute
School District of Beloit
Beloit, WI
05.2023 - 06.2023
- I currently hold my 6 year certificate in substituting in the state of Wisconsin, and have done both short-term and long-term substitute teaching positions
Retail Sales Associate
Blain’s Farm & Fleet
Roscoe, IL
11.2022 - 05.2023
- At Blain’s Farm & Fleet, my position entailed selling products, customer service and support, keeping up to date with all store advertisements and promotions, unloading freight, ensuring that shelves be fully stocked at all times when possible (via warehouse pulls), fulfilling online orders in a timely manner, contacting customers regarding pickup and delivery orders, packing and shipping E-Commerce orders, facing, general cleaning duties, backstocking overstocked products in warehouse, completing and editing planograms, keeping an accurate inventory count on goods year-round, and building a general clientele for my department and retail store location
Team Lead (Key Holder)
The Salvation Army Thrift Store
Beloit, WI
11.2022 - 05.2023
- At The Salvation Army, I was tasked with stocking both softlines and hardlines, rotating products, and running the register
- It was my duty to carry out opening and closing duties daily, and occasionally oversee the store during donation-only Sundays
- I was also tasked with training new employees in their daily responsibilities
Paraprofessional/Special Education
McNeel Intermediate School
Beloit, WI
09.2021 - 06.2022
- As a paraprofessional at McNeel, I was tasked with working alongside primary classroom teachers in general education classrooms or one on one situations with assigned special needs children
- Tasks included but were not limited to making sure the children stayed on task with assignments, keeping the classrooms a clean and healthy environment, running small resource groups and providing one on one attention to students when needed
Guest Experience Specialist/Aquatic Specialist
Petco
Aurora, IL
11.2018 - 05.2021
- During my time at Petco, I was tasked with running a register, stocking shelves, overnight truck unloadment, animal care and cleanup, general customer service, and heading the Aquatics department, which included providing customer service to customers with proper knowledge and accurate information regarding the Aquatics department
- I was also tasked with keeping inventory and ordering supplies, including necessities, merchandise, and live animals
Education
Bachelor's Degree Of The Arts - English
Aurora University
Aurora, IL05.2022
Skills
- Customer service
- Money handling
- Point of Sale System
- Cashiering
- Management
- Team leadership
- Time efficiency
- Food handling and preparations
- Familiarity with technology and computer systems
- Ability to learn and pick up new information quickly
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Classroom management
- Special education instruction
- Animal care
- Cleaning
- CPR
- Product ordering
- Staff training
- Lesson planning
- Quality assurance
- Cost control
- Writing
- Communications
Timeline
Lunch Program Director, Before/After School Care Director
Ramona Lutheran Church & School
09.2023 - 07.2024
Long-term Substitute
School District of Beloit
05.2023 - 06.2023
Retail Sales Associate
Blain’s Farm & Fleet
11.2022 - 05.2023
Team Lead (Key Holder)
The Salvation Army Thrift Store
11.2022 - 05.2023
Paraprofessional/Special Education
McNeel Intermediate School
09.2021 - 06.2022
Guest Experience Specialist/Aquatic Specialist
Petco
11.2018 - 05.2021
Bachelor's Degree Of The Arts - English
Aurora University
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