DAWN GRITTERS

Responsible for teaching theoretical and practical concepts, strategies, and techniques associated with management and business principles, computer literacy, personal finance, and accounting within the Career, Technical, and Education (CTE) framework.

• Implement a comprehensive curriculum for business courses, increasing student engagement and achieving a 75% pass rate, utilizing educational technologies like Canvas, Blackboard, and Google Classroom for interactive learning.
• Ability to differentiate instruction and assess student performance.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with students, staff, and parents in a professional manner.
• Ability to be flexible and adapt as needed between in-person learning environments.
• Develop and deliver peer-led professional learning workshops for over 150 students, utilizing advanced educational technologies and instructional methodologies.

• Student-based enterprise (SBE) manager; distribution channel management; providing programmatic financial oversight; accounting procedures; monthly forecasts; initiating and evaluating integrated marketing campaigns for DECA club and SBE.
• Created, and implemented a business plan with school board approval within the educational environment.
• Evaluated Integrated Marketing Champaigns using specific metrics outlined within the approved business plan. Completed basic market research, listening to customer requests and specifications, and making suggestions to fulfill needs appropriately.
• Routine bookkeeping, day-to-day balancing, prepared quarterly and yearly audits and generated quarterly forecasts.
• Work Experience Mentorship; establish and maintain community partner relationships with a wide range of industries; assess student skills and abilities to connect them to appropriate parties.
• Coordinate and host Mock Interview events with community members and students, assisting in securing student employment and internships.
• Coordinated and supervised student-led resume writing workshops alongside of career exploration.
• DECA high school club coordinator, and NM DECA board member.
• Brought struggling students up to level with extra support and mentoring. Diversified students' skills with a balanced approach to academic and vocational curricula.
• Developed and executed a comprehensive curriculum that increased student proficiency in business concepts by 30%, integrating real-world projects and technologies such as Microsoft Office Suite, QuickBooks, and Google Analytics.

• Developed and implemented differentiated math instruction strategies for middle school math classrooms of 15 students with diverse learning needs, improving standardized test scores by 25% over one academic year.
• Large and small CMS Foundation grant recipient for the 2014/15, 2015/16, and 2016/17 school years.
• CenturyLink Tech Grants for NM Schools recipient for the 2016/17 school year.

• Develop, customize, and maintain e-commerce website and application, ensuring high performance, security, and user experience. Collaborating closely with clients, project managers, and designers to understand specific e-commerce objectives and translate them into effective solutions.
• Maintained NRDS membership data, assisted in the association's financial dues for membership and affiliations; coordinated code moves; assisted in writing database user manuals; and wrote test scripts.
• Provided troubleshooting, problem-solving, and logging of database errors and support logs.
• Held Oracle, SQL, Java, HTML, C++, Reportsmith, and Windows certifications.
• Integrated new data processes and procedures into existing information management infrastructure. Trained staff and associations in the use of data management and reporting systems.
• Implemented advanced database optimization techniques, resulting in a 10% increase in query efficiency and a 10% reduction in data retrieval times; utilized Oracle and SQL Server to manage large datasets and ensure data accuracy across systems.