Mindy Weynand
Wahiawa
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Versatile Student Success Coach with focus on individual student needs across academia and emotional development. Empathetic and accommodating in design and implementation of hands-on lessons, catering to diverse learning abilities. Proficient in employing constant communication, patience and positive reinforcement in team efforts to deliver exceptional educational tools, fostering academic achievement.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Student Success Coach
Solomon Elementary School
01.2021 - Current
- Created and managed 504s to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Developed and implemented behavior management plans to improve student behavior.
- Maintained accurate records of student progress and attendance.
- Implemented behavior modification techniques to improve student social and academic performance.
- Worked closely with parents and guardians to address students' issues on multiple fronts.
- Answered student inquiries and resolved problems related to curriculum and course prerequisites.
- Provided support and guidance to students experiencing academic and personal troubles.
- Conducted academic advisement services for students repeatedly to maintain educational progression.
- Coordinated regular meetings to share and analyze student performance data and success plans with colleagues and parents.
- Improved behavior by modeling positive choices and teaching socially acceptable options.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional, and social growth.
- Provided emotional support to students and families.
- Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Encouraged students to take ownership of learning by providing choices.
- Provided life skills programming for students with moderate to severe autism.
- Collaborated with other educators to develop instructional strategies.
- Facilitated small group instruction to address individual learning needs.
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Answered student inquiries and resolved problems related to curriculum and course prerequisites
- Provided support and guidance to students experiencing academic and personal troubles
- Conducted academic advisement services for students regularly to maintain educational progression
- Assisted students in selecting courses to align with their interests and abilities
- Mentored students, offering advice and support on topic selection, appropriateness, and academic value
- Helped students with an initial adjustment to university academic life and interpreted institutions' policies and requirements
- Consulted with students to advise on topic selection, appropriateness, and academic value
- Investigated complaints and worked with students, parents, and teachers to find positive resolutions
- Created and implemented PBIS
- Practicing Restorative Practice daily
- Supported students in crisis, ensuring access to necessary resources and assistance.
Summer School Coordinator
Solomon Elementary School
01.2021 - Current
- Monitored student progress and implemented intervention strategies to support student success.
- Communicated with parents to encourage active parental participation in education.
- Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
- Kept school in full compliance with established policies, legal requirements and student safety standards.
- Coordinated staff and student activities to promote a safe and productive learning environment.
- Observed teachers, documented activities and implemented improvement plans to optimize classrooms.
- Established positive, stimulating learning environment for students and exciting education-focused setting for teachers.
- Managed budgets and resources for educational programs.
- Verified student grades, attendance and schedules.
- Counseled students about rules and policies during school assemblies.
- Prepared school budget and submitted to school board with recommendations for hiring, capital expenditures, and cost-saving initiatives.
- Allocated school budgets and solicited additional funding from grant programs with well-written applications.
WASC Leadership
Solomon Elementary School
01.2021 - Current
- Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking, and event promotions.
- Trained and supervised event staff to complete tasks on time.
- Negotiated contracts with venues, vendors and suppliers to obtain best rates and services.
- Developed detailed event reports, documenting all aspects of each event.
- Supported senior leadership by developing status reports on activities related to planning, scheduling, cancellation, inquiries, resourcing, risk mitigation, and proposal development for various events.
- Oversaw event registration process by collecting and tracking attendee information.
- Implemented protocols and procedures to effectively manage planning process.
- Implemented contingency plans to address last-minute changes or unforeseen events.
- Produced concept plans for high-profile corporate meetings and events.
Certified Ophthalmic Assistant
Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center
11.2015 - 03.2017
- Applied eye medications and drops to dilate pupils in preparation for examinations.
- Recorded patient history to help ophthalmologists determine diagnoses and treatment plans.
- Operated ophthalmic equipment for patient eye examinations and prepared patients for examinations and surgeries.
- Explained pre- and post-operative procedures to patients and carefully reviewed surgical plans.
Anesthesia Technician
Womack Army Medical Center
08.2015 - 11.2016
- Maintained and cleaned anesthesia machines by changing soda-lime, refilling vaporizers with anesthetic agents and replacing nitrous, oxygen and air cylinders.
- Stocked anesthesia supplies in anesthetizing locations, fiber optic carts, ploss carts and emergency airway bags.
- Maintained sterile anesthesia supplies within expiration date.
- Verified availability of operating room supplies, medications and gases.
- Followed infection control procedures to maintain cleanliness of anesthesia monitors and apparatuses.
- Pretested and calibrated anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.
- Assisted anesthesia personnel with insertion and setup of temporary pacemakers, catheters, invasive monitoring lines and central lines for hemodynamic monitoring.
- Assisted with transports of invasively monitored O.R. and I.C.U. patients.
- Handled emergency situations by stepping in to perform CPR on patients until anesthesiologist arrived.
- Adjusted and monitored injectable and inhaled anesthesia and sedation by thoroughly assessing vitals and health of patients.
Certified Ophthalmic Assistant
Winn Army Community Hospital
06.2010 - 06.2014
- Applied eye medications and drops to dilate pupils in preparation for examinations.
- Recorded patient history to help ophthalmologists determine diagnoses and treatment plans.
- Operated ophthalmic equipment for patient eye examinations and prepared patients for examinations and surgeries.
- Explained pre- and post-operative procedures to patients and carefully reviewed surgical plans.
- Administered visual acuity tests to measure patient ability to see clearly at different distances and identify visual impairments.
- Triaged phone calls from patients and outside contacts and handled in order of importance.
- Operated and maintained ophthalmic equipment in alignment with safety procedures.
- Performed visual field testing to measure patients' peripheral vision to determine any visual field loss.
- Obtained optical pressures, checked visual acuities and administered slit lamp exams to identify issues.
- Used Lensometer to measure and record lens power of existing prescriptive spectacles.
- Measured intraocular pressure using Goldman and Tonopen tonometry process.
- Maintained inventory of medical supplies and tools to address needs of patients.
- Measured and recorded visual acuity and color vision testing.
- Instilled anesthetic drops and assisted in laser treatments and minor procedures.
- Presented preliminary medical evaluation of clinical patients, delivering comprehensive reports to physicians.
- Conducted tonometry testing to measure pressure inside patient's eye to determine presence of glaucoma
- Administered ophthalmic drops and ointments, focusing on patient comfort.
- Fitted customers for contact lenses to provide patients with properly sized and shaped contacts.
- Conducted Goldman and Humphrey Visual Field Testing as part of overall vision evaluation.
- Administered a-scan biometry test before patient cataract surgeries to measure size and shape of affected eye.
Education
Master of Science - Masters of Social Work
Simmons University
Boston, MA12.2025
Bachelor of Science - Family And Human Services
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ12.2022
Associate of Arts - Pyschology
Bakersfield College
Bakersfield, CA12.2018
Skills
- Post-Secondary Education
- Instructional Techniques
- Student Services
- Classroom Instruction
- Group Sessions
- Student Counseling
- Group and Individual Instruction
- Group Activities
- Positive Learning Environment
- Document Coordination
- Emotional Support
- Behavior Modeling
- Student Learning Support
Timeline
Student Success Coach
Solomon Elementary School
01.2021 - Current
Summer School Coordinator
Solomon Elementary School
01.2021 - Current
WASC Leadership
Solomon Elementary School
01.2021 - Current
Certified Ophthalmic Assistant
Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center
11.2015 - 03.2017
Anesthesia Technician
Womack Army Medical Center
08.2015 - 11.2016
Certified Ophthalmic Assistant
Winn Army Community Hospital
06.2010 - 06.2014
Master of Science - Masters of Social Work
Simmons University
Bachelor of Science - Family And Human Services
Arizona State University
Associate of Arts - Pyschology
Bakersfield College
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