Kayla Floyd
Red Oak,TX
Summary
Dynamic educator and skilled baker with a proven track record at DeSoto ISD, enhancing student engagement and academic growth through innovative instructional strategies and strong classroom management. Excelled in parent-teacher communication and utilized smartboard technology effectively. Demonstrated exceptional problem-solving and verbal communication skills, ensuring high-quality outcomes in both educational and culinary settings.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Substitute Teacher, K-5
DeSoto ISD
DeSoto, TX
08.2024 - 01.2025
- Supervised lunchroom and recess activities.
- Established clear expectations for behavior and consistently enforced consequences in order to maintain an orderly classroom conducive to learning.
- Enhanced classroom management skills by implementing clear expectations and consistent consequences for behavior.
- Developed strong relationships with students, fostering a positive learning environment that promoted academic growth.
- Implemented creative teaching methods that engaged students in the learning process while still adhering to curriculum requirements and state educational standards.
- Utilized technology effectively to enhance lessons, engage students, and streamline administrative tasks such as grading assignments or communicating with parents/guardians about their child''s performance.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Followed lesson plans designed by absent teachers.
Baker
Kayla's Jumbo Cookie
801 S. Polk St.
05.2022 - 07.2023
- Produced consistently high-quality baked goods for customers.
- Complied with health and safety codes to protect staff and customers.
- Operated and maintained bakery equipment, including ovens and mixers.
- Managed customer service operations, including taking orders and resolving complaints.
- Frosted and iced cakes, cupcakes, cookies, doughnuts, sweet rolls, and coffee cakes.
- Cleaned and maintained kitchen equipment and oven.
- Baked consistent quality items by accurately mixing, dividing, shaping, and proofing.
- Packaged finished products for sale.
- Monitored temperatures of ovens, proof boxes and other equipment.
- Decorated cakes, cupcakes and other pastries according to customer requests.
- Determined quantity of product to prepare for next day operation by maintaining detailed production schedule.
- Cut and shaped dough for pies, rolls and other pastries.
- Prepared dough for variety of pastries, cakes and breads.
- Prepared all pastry items in accordance with standards of quality, quantity control, taste, and presentation.
- Collaborated with team members to complete tasks and maintain smooth running of bakery.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
University of North Texas
Denton, TX05-2025
Skills
- Teaching diverse learners
- Parent-teacher communication
- Multi-subject instruction
- Student engagement
- Instructional strategies
- Hands-on activities
- Classroom management
- Complex Problem-solving
- Safety awareness
- Verbal and written communication
- Smartboard technology
- Google classroom
Timeline
Substitute Teacher, K-5
DeSoto ISD
08.2024 - 01.2025
Baker
Kayla's Jumbo Cookie
05.2022 - 07.2023
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
University of North Texas