Elizabeth Wakefield

• Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
• Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
• Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.
• Conducted evaluations to measure performance and progress of students, providing guidance for areas requiring improvement.
• Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
• Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
• Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers, and course work.
• Advised and counseled students to help them develop skills and knowledge required to succeed.
• Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
• Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
• Mentored students to develop grant proposals resulting in over $3500 in external funding.
• Created and enforced department policies, procedures and standards to establish productivity and quality.
• Cultivated collaborative, performance-oriented culture to keep team motivated and enthusiastic about achieving shared goals.
• Evaluated performance continuously to identify areas in need of improvement and implement strategies to keep team on-track.
• Developed and managed department budget to monitor financial performance and minimize expenses.
• Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
• Coordinated and executed schoolwide sustainability program resulting in awards of fifth place in 2022, and third place in 2023 out of over one-hundred and twenty schools.
• Worked to achieve state standards of environmental sustainability resulting in state recognition.
• Participated in faculty, academic council, and department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
• Increased educational expertise and knowledge by participating in instructor-oriented workshops.

Duties: Served as Instructor of Record for three upper-division undergraduate courses.

• Taught Anthropology courses, providing instruction to up to 25 undergraduate students per course.
• Developed curriculum standards, lesson plans and syllabi.
• Designed and delivered class instruction to meet course competencies.
• Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
• Built relationships with students, mentoring on personal, professional and academic goals while providing coaching on effective study habits.
• Maintained office hours to help students with questions and educational support.
• Consistently received positive teacher evaluations from students.
• Advised students on crucial academic decisions such as their major program of study, and plans for graduate school by discussing and identifying their interests and strengths.
• Graded quizzes, tests, homework, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback
• Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation
• Built relationships with students, mentoring on personal, professional and academic goals while providing coaching on effective study habits

Duties: Served as part-time office administrative assistant, point of contact for IAAR Fellows.

• Liaised between faculty and students to answer questions and optimize faculty time.
• Completed duties per professor request.
• Oversaw groups of up to 25 students and assisted with academic projects.
• Supported department faculty members with administrative, research and academic assistance.
• Monitored and screened visitors to verify accessibility to inter-office personnel.
• Analyzed acquired information and presented to professors.
• Supported graduate students in conducting research projects and compiling data for academic papers.
• Built and maintained professional relationships with students and faculty members.

• Taught up to 5 students remotely via pre-recorded and live video sessions.
• Collaborated with academic advisors and sports staff to discuss student academic needs including, ideas for study accommodations to improve individual performance and introducing relaxation techniques to prepare for exams.
• Helped students prepare for routine and standardized tests, including graduate school entrance exams.
• Integrated technology into sessions to further enhance student learning.
• Tutored struggling, average and advanced students in anthropology, history, and introduction to sports management.
• Updated required logs and student documentation.

Scope of work: This project evolved from academic research conducted for my Master's Thesis.

Duties:

• Conducted both archival and field research on traditional African folk medicine and seasonal epidemics of yellow fever during the 19th century.
• Wrote grant proposals, designed an exhibit catalog, wrote and directed an interactive performance and created printed exhibit materials including object labels and text panels.
• Managed all paper and digital documentation related to object loans, and other collections-related transactions.
• Received, photographed, cataloged, researched and prepared archaeological and original art objects for display in the exhibit.
• Monitored production schedules while adhering to assigned budgets.
• Maintained consistent use of graphic imagery in materials and other marketing outreach.

• Prepared lessons according to course outline to convey all required material and deepen student understanding of subject matter.
• Taught Introductory and Advanced college-level courses for over 25 students per course. Assisted faculty with clerical tasks such as copying papers, collecting assignments and preparing materials for upcoming classes.
• Maintained atmosphere of academic learning and advancement to facilitate learning and development of critical thinking skills.
• Oversaw classes of up to twenty-five students in biological anthropology, cultural anthropology and forensics.
• Documented attendance and completed assignments to maintain full class and student records.
• Mentored students through office hours and one-on-one communication.
• Checked assignments, proctored tests, and provided grades according to university standards.

Duties:

• Supervised undergraduate work study students on completion of assigned daily tasks.
• Led museum tours of up to forty visitors for school field trips and museum visitors from the general community.
• Maintained electronic databases for the South Carolina Broadcasters Archive and the Folklife Resource Center at McKissick Museum.
• Completed electronic curatorial documentation of the South Carolina Quiltmaker’s Project at McKissick Museum.
• Fielded research inquiries and requests for access SCBA archive material.
• Edited audio and visual field recordings of research conducted by the folklife curator.
• Edited exhibit text panels and object labels.
• Installed and de-installed exhibits.
• Created object mounts and repaired casework.
• Served as courier to transport loaned objects to and from McKissick Museum.
• Conducted cash and credit transactions as well as maintained security of cashbox for museum publication sales
• Researched information regarding South Carolina folk artistry, music and culture to assist professors with academic pursuits.
• Liaised between faculty and students to answer questions and optimize faculty time.
• Analyzed acquired information and presented to professors.
• Assisted with data collection to be used for potential academic publications.
• Supported department members with administrative, research and academic assistance.
• Greeted customers and visitors in-person and via telephone calls.
• Sorted, received and distributed mail correspondence between departments and personnel, including parcel packaging, preparation and efficient shipping.
• Corresponded with researchers through email, telephone or postal mail.
• Interacted with vendors, contractors, and professional services personnel to receive orders, direct activities and communicate management instruction.