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Lindsey Goris

Missoula,MT

Summary

Versatile Human Resources professional with drive for helping employers recruit, develop and retain qualified candidates. Skilled at partnering with management teams to build employee-centric cultures promoting positive morale and optimizing productivity. Most recent role as classroom teacher with secondary education degree and highly diverse teaching background to include endorsements in math, English language arts and business. Excelled in elementary school classroom instruction, private adult tutoring practice, high school classroom instruction and education delivery. Exceptional communications and adaptability skills enabled achievement of positive outcomes. Lived and worked overseas for 20 years of professional career.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Education Teacher

Frenchtown School District
08.2021 - Current
  • Adapt teaching strategies to remain inclusive to multiple learning styles
  • Expose students to economic and financial reasoning skills to build perspective and critical thinking skills
  • Plan lessons to reflect group and individual student needs utilizing creative instruction to teach individual roles of citizenship
  • Evaluate student assignments and projects with corrective comments to guide reasoning skills
  • Create budgeting exercises to equip students with crucial, practical knowledge
  • Select, organize and distribute materials and supplies to meet classroom instructional needs
  • Attended department initiatives for professional growth to meet career benchmarks
  • Maintained regularly scheduled hours in order to assist and advise students on class, program, academic and vocational plans
  • Speech and debate assistant coach during SY 22-23 and 23-24
  • Responsible for planning, organization and implementation of speech and debate meet for 17 schools and over 250 students
  • Ensured all National Speech and Debate Association rules and regulations followed during competition season
  • Monitored student progress and provided feedback and support

Teacher - English as a Foreign Language

VIPKID International
09.2017 - 08.2021
  • Reviewed lessons, provided direct, online instruction to students ages 4-16
  • Provided timely and relevant feedback to parents daily
  • Administered and evaluated student progress assessments and specialized projects to include oral presentations, essays, drawings and other projects
  • Established supportive and professional relationships with students and parents
  • Educated students in basics of English grammar and conversational speaking
  • Attended workshops to learn about student motivation and engaging learning activities

Long-Term Substitute Teacher

Department Of Defense Education Activity
08.2020 - 01.2021
  • Developed and implemented Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) standards-based lessons for multi-age kindergarten/first grade classroom
  • Held daily Google meet classes with students
  • Corresponded with parents on students' progress, areas of improvement
  • Assessed students on mathematics, language arts instruction

Teacher - English as a Foreign Language

Tell Me Academy
09.2016 - 05.2018
  • Created, planned lessons using Cambridge test-prep material for English language learners ages 4-17
  • Developed curriculum, taught lessons for adult professional English Language Learners in two Spanish companies
  • Provided one-on-one language instruction for top-level executives at two Spanish companies
  • Gave one-on-one attention to each student while maintaining overall focus on entire group
  • Coached students on English pronunciation and intonation for eloquent conversation

Long-Term Substitute Teacher

Department Of Defense Education Activity
01.2015 - 05.2016
  • Served as long-term substitute teacher
  • Created lesson plans, taught multiple subjects to include language arts, social studies, mathematics, library and art
  • Subbed in regular classroom setting at both elementary and middle school levels
  • Followed lesson plans created by teachers, helped out where needed
  • Maintained day-to-day classroom management and discipline to promote learning initiatives
  • Monitored student progress and provided feedback to students, parents and school administrators

Math Club Sponsor

Department Of Defense Education Activity
10.2010 - 04.2011
  • Math club sponsor for seven 1st and 2nd grade students
  • Math club sponsor for 10 3rd - 5th grade students
  • Focused lessons on basic math skills and problem solving
  • Used games to reinforce elementary mathematical concepts
  • Followed district-wide standards to ensure activities were aligned to grade-level appropriate material
  • Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies

Honors World Literature 10 / Algebra 1 Teacher

Department Of Defense Education Activity
06.2007 - 01.2010
  • Honors Literature 10 instructor - followed DoDEA district-wide curriculum for Honors Literature 10 program to include aligning lessons to DoDEA Language Art's standards
  • Ensured students were challenged in academically rigorous programs
  • Prepared all curriculum for classes to include assessments, daily work and projects
  • Algebra 1 instructor - ensured all DoDEA mathematics standards were followed
  • Prepared students to be successful in DoDEA mathematics classes
  • Prepared all curriculum for classes to include assessments, daily work and projects
  • Encouraged critical thinking and problem-solving to help students develop mathematical reasoning
  • Diversified teaching techniques and learning tools help students with differing ability levels and varied learning modalities

In-School Suspension/Substitute Teacher

Department Of Defense Education Activity
09.2005 - 06.2007
  • Supervised, led and taught teams of students in all high school disciplines
  • Nurtured diverse population of individuals, with individually unique learning styles/needs, into responsible, self-motivated, considerate human beings, able to think and take responsibility for their own learning
  • Developed, synthesized, and adapted lessons to accommodate needs of diverse students
  • Maintained records and files on students assigned in-school suspension
  • Evaluated students' work and actions, guided students in self-discipline and higher level thinking skills
  • Maintained ongoing communications with administrative, faculty staff members, parents
  • Created, maintained and updated filing systems for paper and electronic documents
  • Author of monthly student-parent newsletter
  • Adult sponsor for junior and senior class council members
  • Adult sponsor for Japanese club

Human Resource Manager

United States Air Force
05.2000 - 08.2005
  • Instructed, supervised, and evaluated performance of groups up to 25
  • Developed substance-abuse curriculum and lesson plans; ensured/ maintained training on zero-tolerance policy for 300-member organization
  • Resolved wide range of customer problems to include employee compensation, recruitment, personnel policies and regulatory compliance
  • Organized logistics and scheduling of executive visits; location, catering, seating, speakers, and travel
  • Assessed/advised human resources needs of military members on an ongoing basis
  • Delivered policy and procedure briefings to new arrivals of over 5,000 personnel
  • Expertly provided organization mission briefings for high-level executive visitors
  • Developed and hosted community services fair with 35 information booths for a community of 7,000+
  • Spearheaded development of paperless performance appraisal processing for 7,000-member organization
  • Ensured zero data loss during personnel database conversion, thereby earning recognition from Base Commanding Officer
  • Balanced processing of over 500 performance appraisals, 250 awards for 300-member organization ensuring 98% on-time delivery
  • Evaluated employee onboarding programs and presented strategic improvement recommendations to upper management
  • Worked with managers to achieve compliance with organizational policies, providing clarifying information and recommending necessary changes

Education

Master of Arts - Secondary Education

University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ
05.2007

Master of Science - Business Organizational Management

University of LaVerne
LaVerne, CA
05.2003

Bachelor of Science - Humanities

United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, CO
05.2000

Skills

  • Individual and group instruction
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Leadership & Staff Development
  • Differentiated instruction
  • Technology integration
  • Planning and Coordination
  • Flexible & Adaptable
  • Scheduling and Coordinating
  • HR Metrics
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
  • Personnel File Management
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Activity Organization
  • Benefits Oversight

Affiliations

National Business Education Association Member

National Speech and Debate Association Member

Timeline

Business Education Teacher

Frenchtown School District
08.2021 - Current

Long-Term Substitute Teacher

Department Of Defense Education Activity
08.2020 - 01.2021

Teacher - English as a Foreign Language

VIPKID International
09.2017 - 08.2021

Teacher - English as a Foreign Language

Tell Me Academy
09.2016 - 05.2018

Long-Term Substitute Teacher

Department Of Defense Education Activity
01.2015 - 05.2016

Math Club Sponsor

Department Of Defense Education Activity
10.2010 - 04.2011

Honors World Literature 10 / Algebra 1 Teacher

Department Of Defense Education Activity
06.2007 - 01.2010

In-School Suspension/Substitute Teacher

Department Of Defense Education Activity
09.2005 - 06.2007

Human Resource Manager

United States Air Force
05.2000 - 08.2005

Master of Arts - Secondary Education

University of Phoenix

Master of Science - Business Organizational Management

University of LaVerne

Bachelor of Science - Humanities

United States Air Force Academy

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