Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Timeline
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Kristina Hess

Lakeville,MN
Kristina Hess

Summary

Hardworking, passionate, resourceful individual with 16 years of active experience managing efforts, students and staff within the out of school time & preschool environments. Strong leadership and decision-making skills.


To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.


Overview

24
years of professional experience

Work History

Kid Connection & Stepping Stones, ISD, 192 Community Education

Site Supervisor
08.2008 - Current

Job overview

  • Coordinate year-round, day-to-day, out-of-school time and preschool programming and activities at site level
  • Hire, train, supervise and cultivate support for staff
  • Provide continued evaluation and daily management of Kid Connection and Stepping Stones programs according to state guidelines
  • Collaborate and communicate with district staff, students and their families.
  • Resolved issues among team members to keep employees on task
  • Prioritized and delegated workload based on available materials
  • Worked with personnel and managers to meet strict timelines
  • Developed work schedules for team members to maximize shift coverage
  • Provided onsite training to help develop employee skills
  • Oversaw employee attendance record, handled payroll, and ordered new materials for sites

ISD, 192 Community Education

Kid Connection Instructor
02.2006 - 08.2008

Job overview

  • To provide guidance, enrichment and supervision to students in Kid Connection program
  • Responsible for implementation of curriculum and activities at site level.
  • Identified issues and provided solutions to problems

Pacesetter Medical

Office Assistant
07.2002 - 08.2005

Job overview

Handled incoming phone calls and other communications, greeting clients and visitors, as well as managing files, updating paperwork and other documents, and performing other general office clerk duties and errands.

Moved to full-time shipping and receiving responsibilities were added to daily tasks to ensure customer orders were shipped in timely manner.

Pacesetter Medical

Office Assistant
01.1999 - 07.2002

Job overview

  • Handled incoming phone calls and other communications, greeting clients and visitors, as well as managing files, updating paperwork and other documents, and performing other general office clerk duties and errands.

Cashier/Customer Service
01.1999 - 04.2001

Job overview

  • Work throughout High school
  • Provided positive customer experience with fair, friendly, and courteous service
  • Registers sales on cash register by scanning items, itemizing and totaling customers' purchases
  • Resolves customer issues and answers questions
  • Bagging purchases when needed.

Education

Minnesota

Masters from Elementary Education

University of Minnesota

Bachelors of Science from Elementary Education

Skills

  • Detail Orientated
  • Established in problem Solving and Conflict resolution
  • Relationship Building & People Skills
  • High Degree of Flexibility & Adaptability
  • Team Building & Management
  • Ability to meet needs of individuals as well as groups
  • Monitoring of Program Day to Day Activities and Requirements
  • Building, District & Community Collaborations
  • Staff Support, Training & Staff Development
  • Certification and Accreditation
  • Effective Communication Strategies with Staff, Students & Parents
  • Strategic Planning
  • Team Meetings & Employee Performance Management
  • Knowledge of Child Development
  • Scheduling Proficiency
  • Strong Leadership Skills

Additional Information

  • Avid reader and life long learner. I am always looking for new ways to learn and grow. I am entering a new stage of life and will be an empty nester in the fall, as my daughter will be a freshman at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. I would love to be able to apply my leadership skills, guidance, attention to detail, and interpersonal skills to building relationships with the community to meet the needs and interests of the adult learners.


Timeline

Site Supervisor

Kid Connection & Stepping Stones, ISD, 192 Community Education
08.2008 - Current

Kid Connection Instructor

ISD, 192 Community Education
02.2006 - 08.2008

Office Assistant

Pacesetter Medical
07.2002 - 08.2005

Office Assistant

Pacesetter Medical
01.1999 - 07.2002

Cashier/Customer Service

01.1999 - 04.2001

Minnesota

Masters from Elementary Education

University of Minnesota

Bachelors of Science from Elementary Education
Kristina Hess