Kristi Louise Orebaugh
Chugiak,United States
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Supervisory Recreation Technician
Department Of The Air Force
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
02.2024 - Current
- Improved facility usage by creating and maintaining an organized schedule of events and programs.
- Created a welcoming atmosphere at all events by fostering inclusive environments that valued diversity among participants.
- Facilitated positive communication between participants, staff members, community partners, and management teams within the organization.
- Ensured safety and compliance with regulations by conducting regular inspections of equipment, facilities, and grounds.
- Managed inventory of supplies, equipment rentals, reservations systems while ensuring timely maintenance or replacement as needed.
- Maintained accurate records of program participation, facility usage, and incident reports for administrative purposes.
- Developed strong partnerships with local organizations to expand program offerings and increase community involvement.
- Provided exceptional customer service to participants, addressing concerns and offering information about available resources.
- Utilized power tools and landscaping machines to maintain outdoor areas.
- Led staff training sessions on topics such as Sexual Assault Prevention and Response and Suicide Prevention, to ensure 100% staff completion.
- Assisted in budget management for MWRF, tracking expenses, and ensuring cost-effective operations.
- Maintained professional, organized, and safe environment for employees and patrons.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by resolving disputes promptly, maintaining open lines of communication, and ensuring high-quality service delivery.
- Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
- Facilitated team brainstorming sessions that led to innovative solutions for long-standing operational challenges.
- Maintained professional demeanor by staying calm when addressing unhappy or angry customers.
- Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
Unit Program Coordinator
Department of the Air Force
Anchorage, United States
06.2023 - 02.2024
- Company Overview: This is a federal job
- Served as the primary focal point for 773 FSS, answering phone inquiries and helping customers
- Accurately prepared, routed, and maintained administrative reports and other correspondence
- Reviewed and corrected all correspondence to ensure it is error free, grammatically correct, and meets requirements of the Tongue and Quill
- Reviewed and compiled all necessary information for the Weekly Activity Report (WAR) before sending to leadership for final review
- Weekly calendar sync with leadership to ensure everyone knows what appointments they need to attend
- Effectively communicated leadership requirements and provided accurate guidance to squadron members
- Facility manager; submits and tracks work orders, follows up to ensure items and repairs are made in a timely manner to maintain the safety of the building
- Unit Safety Program; ensured AF 55s are current, personnel are well trained on the Job Safety Training Outline, and facility meets safety requirements
- Analyzed a broad range of submitted documents to identify errors/discrepancies and ensures corrections are made
- Coordinated work efforts and schedules with appropriate offices and resolves conflicts
- Updated trackers and suspense's in a timely manner with accurate data
- Coordinated with the UNITE Resiliency Coordinator for funding of morale events within the squadron
- Scheduled and established FSS mentoring and training programs and the new 'Tell us your Story' Series for 600+ employees
- Attended FSS financial meetings to understand and track the financial capabilities of all FSS activities
- Seeks quotes and compiles list for $25k in SIF funds
- Completed Process Improvement Green Belt Training October 2023
- 2022 PACAF LeMay Large Base award
- 2022 Air Force CYS Program award
- Security Assistant Training completed October 2023
Supervisory/Senior Education Technician
USAF DOD
Anchorage, United States
01.2017 - 06.2023
- Company Overview: This is a federal job
- Supervisor responsible for ensuring health, safety, and fire standards are operational before opening the facility to 30+ employees and 200+ families
- Conducts new parent orientations and ensures parents are familiarized with CDC policies
- Plans, organizes, and directs family involvement activities for 200+ families
- Activities include science, math, literature, and art fairs
- As well as transportation, Month of the Military Child, and Red, White, & Blue parades
- Develops and assembles child development events calendar for each Fiscal Year
- Supervises 30+ staff in the building to ensure proper child development ideologies are practiced
- Assigns work to subordinate staff, adjusting priorities as needed
- Mentors junior staff to help them develop the skills needed for critical future roles
- Assists junior level staff with classroom environment, ensuring it is safe and meets developmental standards
- Assists classroom staff with challenging behaviors, stepping in and modeling the appropriate actions to handle sensitive situations
- Ensuring the safety of everyone in the classroom
- Ensures that Child Development procedures, regulations, and practices are being met by the staff in the building
- Provides technical guidance to staff, such as proper positive guidance techniques, Early Learning Matters curriculum integration, and meaningful staff to child interactions
- Plans, organizes work assignments, and delegates to specific employees who are capable of completing tasks
- Assists Assistant Director with NAF appraisals, providing feedback, ratings, and recommendations for awards
- Observes classroom staff to ensure proper guidance and childcare practices are followed
- Debriefs director of findings and informs staff of strengths and areas for improvement
- In absence of Assistant Director, efficiently and effectively completes weekly schedule to include staff breaks and lunches, all trainings, leave requests, and meeting all staff-to-child ratios, maintaining a consistent operation of the facility
- Facility manager; submits and tracks work orders, follows up to ensure items and repairs are made in a timely manner
- Responsible for ensuring payroll is complete and accurate; NAF (SETS) and APF(ATAAPS) pay systems
- Conducts daily/monthly playground safety inspections and reports all damage to equipment or unsafe environments to the appropriate proponent
- Conducts daily/monthly interior and exterior building health, safety, and fire inspections and reports discrepancies to proper officials
- Personnel management responsibilities: hiring, disciplinary actions, awards, and mentoring
- In the absence of office automation assistants performs various duties
- Which include, taking payments, completing daily cash deposits, tracking allergies and medications within facility, ensuring all paperwork is complete and up to date and maintaining positive relationships with families
- Resolves any issues/complaints by customers and staff members at the lowest level and refer to proper higher-level personnel if needed
- Acts as a liaison between facility and various organizations across base establishing positive rapport and networking
- Assists in assuring that care is provided in compliance with DOD Child Development standards
- Assists Director with accomplishment of administrative functions, including business management and budget preparation
- This is a federal job
- Knowledgeable of childcare regulation requirements and policies
- Skilled in educating assistants, leads, and parents through assessment of training needs in conjunction with the T&C staff
- Skilled in developing curricula which supports physical, emotional, social, cognitive development, and identifying children with special needs
- Skilled in developing, adapting, and providing training to staff members, family childcare providers, and parents as well as food service and custodial staff
- Skilled in the administration and interpretation of the program and child abuse probability assessments
- Ability to plan and organize work to meet deadlines
- Knowledgeable of structure, programs and work methods of organization for personnel and manning issues
- Communicates effectively both orally and in writing
- Knowledgeable of various office automation software programs, tools and techniques to support office operations
- Experience with programs to produce documents such as reports, letters, spreadsheets and graphs
- Experience and knowledge of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization and format to accurately prepare and edit written correspondence and reports
- Proficient in compiling and composing both quantitative and narrative reports for submission to the Flight Chief and various agencies
- Ability to work with different personalities
- Willing and able to supervise and implement sound personnel policies, practices, and procedures
- Quick and efficient typing abilities
Education and Training Technician
USAF DOD
JBER, United States
09.2014 - 01.2017
- Company Overview: This is a federal job
- Provide appropriate, specialized development and instruction, initiating teacher directed activities such as gross motor, fine motor, creative arts, math, science, and literacy for children in the Child Development Center (CDC)
- Design and implement activity plans that follow the Creative Curriculum focusing on cognitive, physical, social/emotional, and communication skills
- Observe and evaluate each child's health and development, appropriately communicating concerns with families and Curriculum Specialists/Director
- Maintain records of my observations of the children
- Provide technical guidance and leadership to junior employees
- Maintain positive ongoing communication, both orally and written with families
- Maintain a record of all classroom paperwork
- Supervise assistant staff within my classroom
- Resolve scheduling conflicts within my classroom
- Ensure Child development regulations, procedures, and practices are being met by my assistant staff and myself
- This is a federal job
- Completed The AF Child Development modules for infants/toddlers
- CPR/First Aid Certified
- Chosen by supervisors to attend a NAEYC conference
- Received positive feedback from the parents of children in my care
- Received positive feedback from supervisors for my annual appraisal
Child and Youth Program Assistant
673 FSS
JBER, United States
07.2005 - 09.2014
- Provide appropriate, specialized development and instruction, initiating teacher directed learning experiences to foster gross/fine motor, literacy, math, science, and creative arts for children in the Child Development Center
- Design and Implement activity plans that follow the Creative Curriculum which includes cognitive, communication, physical, and social/emotional development
- Observe and evaluate each child's health and development and appropriately communicate concerns to families
- Maintain records of the observations of the children
- Provide guidance and leadership to junior staff
- Maintain ongoing positive communication with families
- Maintain a record of all classroom paperwork
- Received 5-year award for working at the CDC
- Reached target level in the Child and Youth Program, by completing the AF Child Development modules for infants/toddlers
- Received positive feedback from supervisors for my annual appraisal
- CPR/first aid certified
Education
Bachelor of Science - Bachelor's of Applied Science: Early Childhood Development
Wayland Baptist University
Plainview, TX12-2024
Skills
- Safety management
- Activity scheduling
- Recreation planning
- Team leadership
- Office administration
- Playground safety
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Reliable and dependable
Additional Information
CPR and First Aid Certified, Received multiple positive employee evaluations, which included monetary and time off awards., Recognized for 10 years of service to the USAF Child and Youth Programs, Successfully planned, organized, and directed Month of the Military Child celebration, which included numerous military and civilian affiliations, (Fire Protection Services, Security Forces, Army Band, CE, School Liaison Office, YMCA, and MED group.), Acts as liaison between the program and families as well as other organizations., Received various positive ICE comments., Presented with 'Arctic Warrior of the Week' from Base Commander 01/08/21, Conducted Toddler Developmentally Appropriate Practices Training for JBER CYP Training Day, Assisted in planning and organizing morale events for Talkeetna CDC (Hikes, Holiday parties, teambuilding, picnics, and fund raisers), Served on the Morale Committee board for Talkeetna CDC
Jobrelatedtraining
- National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS) certified Playground Inspector, 02/01/23
- Green Belt, 10/01/23
Dayphone
907-552-9680
References
- Lisa Aguilar, USAF DOD, Child Development Specialist, 907-201-6583, lisa.aguilar.2@us.af.mil
- Kelly Wilson, USAF DOD, Training and Curriculum Specialist, 907-350-6531, Kelly.wilson.7@us.af.mil
- Stacey Dougherty, USAF DOD, CYP Director, 907-854-3459, stacey.dougherty.1@us.af.mil
Availability
Permanent, Full-time, Elmendorf AFB, AK, United States
Timeline
Supervisory Recreation Technician
Department Of The Air Force
02.2024 - Current
Unit Program Coordinator
Department of the Air Force
06.2023 - 02.2024
Supervisory/Senior Education Technician
USAF DOD
01.2017 - 06.2023
Education and Training Technician
USAF DOD
09.2014 - 01.2017
Child and Youth Program Assistant
673 FSS
07.2005 - 09.2014
Bachelor of Science - Bachelor's of Applied Science: Early Childhood Development
Wayland Baptist University