A highly skilled, patient, and compassionate Driving Instructor with 12-year experience in teaching and training both new and old drivers seeking to boost their confidence in driving skills. Ensuring proactive problem-solving approach to high demanding tasks while ensuring teamwork and cordial students’ relationship with each other. Aspire and desire to relocate into becoming licensing-registration examiner to help advance expertise in the driving industry while ensuring maximum protection of other road users’ safety. Possess high command in English and Spanish languages hence efficient and effective communication amongst trainees, while demonstrating a win-win attitude, teamwork, creativity, and critical thinking. Encouraging and safety-focused Driving Instructor with a passion for helping students to become safe, confident and knowledgeable drivers. Adaptable Driving Instructor offering years of student satisfaction and success in instruction roles. Advanced knowledge of local routes and traffic trends to offer students varying contexts in which to build skills.
Hi, I’m
Lysset Castellanos
Driving Instructor
San Bernardino,CA
Summary
Overview
20
years of professional experience
2
Certifications
2
Languages
14
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Cantors Driving SchoolCanyon Lake, CA
Driving Instructor
03.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Developing lessons tailored to student’s needs
- Preparing learners for driving tests
- Submitting overall class reports to higher offices
- Monitoring, supervising, and advising students on their skills and progresses
- Evaluated student performance and documented progress and goals
- Designed routes and set practice skills to challenge student drivers and build behind-the-wheel confidence
- Offered timely commands to assist student driver in steering or braking to avoid accidents
Cracker Barrel Old CountryRialto, CA
Grill Cook
04.2019 - 05.2022
Job overview
- Oversaw care and maintenance of kitchen equipment.
- Prepared food items such as meats, poultry and fish for frying purposes.
- Monitored line efficiency and implemented improvements for increased productivity.
- Provided support to crew members, facilitating quick food preparation and delivery.
- Distributed food to team members with efficiency in high-volume environment.
- Cooked regular menu items and seasonal offerings according to corporate standards and guidelines.
- Restocked stations and supplies during slower periods between rushes.
DriversEd.comCanyon Lake, CA
Driving Instructor
06.2010 - 01.2020
Job overview
- Providing highly instructive, detailed, and quite elaborative training to both teenagers and adults with no driving license in simpler manner
- Enlightening trainees on road safety rules and how best to handle automobile
- Use dual vehicle controls to take over control of vehicle when needed
- Maintain cordial relationship with students while ensuring flawless and effective communication between parties
- Training on basics of driving along with mechanical operation and driving techniques.
- Evaluated student performance and documented progress and goals
- Designed routes and set practice skills to challenge student drivers and build behind-the-wheel confidence
Ruby’s DinerRolling Hills Estates, CA
Front House Manager
08.2006 - 06.2008
Job overview
- Provide effective and efficient management to front office employees while ensuring scheduling, training, and general supervision
- Maintain smooth operations of restaurant while ensuring high hygiene standards are considered
- Fully responsible for balancing of all daily and nightly cash drawers including deposits, and correct operation of POS systems
- Ensuring warm and lovely customer relationship through exemplary leadership thereby ensuring quality assurance for products
- Ensure maximum cooperation with Back of House Manager to provide seamless experience
- Responsible for quality assurance of products.
- Managed day-to-day FOH operations to drive quality, standards and meet customer expectations
- Adhered to safe work practices, food safety regulations and corporate guidelines
Pat & Oscar'sSan Bernardino, CA
Kitchen Manager
03.2003 - 02.2006
Job overview
- Created and deployed successful strategies to boost restaurant performance, streamline food prep processes and reduce waste.
- Delegated food preparation duties down to cooks and followed up with cooks to verify proper preparation and production of meals.
- Delivered in-depth training to workers in food preparation and customer-facing roles to promote strong team performance.
- Scheduled and received food and beverage deliveries, adhering to food cost and budget.
- Developed kitchen staff through training, disciplinary action and performance reviews.
- Applied knowledge of previous supply needs and forecasted business levels to estimate required supplies.
- Identified team weak points and implemented corrective actions to resolve concerns.
Education
California Baptist UniversityRiverside, CA
Bachelor of Arts from Organizational Leadership,
06.2020 - Current
University Overview
GPA: 3.67, GPA: 3.51
Los Angeles Harbor CollegeWilmington, CA
Associate of Arts from Liberal Arts And Sciences
08.2011 - 12.2020
University Overview
- Dean's List Spring 2011, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
- 3.51 GPA
Westwood College Upland, CA
No Degree from Animation
08.2002 - 08.2004
University Overview
Skills
Proactive problem solvingundefined
Quote
All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.
Timeline
California Baptist University
Bachelor of Arts from Organizational Leadership,
06.2020 - Current
Driving Instructor
Cantors Driving School
03.2020 - Current
Grill Cook
Cracker Barrel Old Country
04.2019 - 05.2022
Los Angeles Harbor College
Associate of Arts from Liberal Arts And Sciences
08.2011 - 12.2020
Driving Instructor
DriversEd.com
06.2010 - 01.2020
Front House Manager
Ruby’s Diner
08.2006 - 06.2008
Kitchen Manager
Pat & Oscar's
03.2003 - 02.2006
Westwood College
No Degree from Animation
08.2002 - 08.2004
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
- Instructor License- I2244008 (2026)
- Food Handlers card
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