Rachel Warnecke
San Antonio,TX
Summary
Compassionate, creative and effective Educator with valuable experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational coach. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Brand Ambassador Trainer
Desert Door Distillery
07.2021 - Current
- Trained new brand ambassadors in areas of Increased brand awareness through event marketing, demonstration, sales and brand promotion.
- Consistently ranked top 5 in bph sales in San Antonio, Houston, Dallas markets combined.
- Communicated product information with confidence and educated consumers about company.
- Engaged and educated customers to deliver amazing shopping experience.
- Achieved and exceeded sales goals in line with prescribed selling strategy.
- Communicated successes, competition trends, deals, product introductions, potential accounts, resets and demo opportunities via recaps.
- Achieved competitive brand placements at retail locations for existing and new products.
Middle School Speech and Drama Teacher
Saint Mary's Hall
08.2016 - 05.2022
- Increased number of students in program from 55 to 103.
- Built learning and citizenship skills to help with personal growth in addition to increasing academic knowledge.
- Prepared daily lesson plans for activities.
- Assessed submitted class assignments, determined grades and reviewed work with struggling students to boost success chance.
- Led interesting and diverse group activities to engage students in course material.
- Utilized multimedia strategies and technology to convey information in fresh and interesting ways.
- Used Veracross to upload student grades and absence data into district computer systems.
- Planned and supervised class projects, field trips and visits by guest speakers.
Middle School Speech Team Head Coach
Saint Mary's Hall
08.2016 - 05.2022
- Increased team numbers from 32 students to 61 students despite small student population
- Developed speech and debate team ranked Top 3 in nation receiving prestigious NSDA Speech and Debate School of Excellence Award.
- Increased student skills and performances through successful practices.
- Developed strategies and adjusted to meet various tournament situations.
- Coordinated special events such as summer workshops, nationals workshops. and weekend workshops to support team goals.
- Evaluated tapes of performance competition to assess strategies and plan approaches.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
Adjunct Speech Communication Instructor
Oakland Community College
01.2016 - 05.2017
- Employed variety of instructional techniques and integrated and actively used technology and media consistent with needs and capabilities of students.
- Exhibited understanding of content, discipline and pedagogy as demonstrated through quality of design, execution of lessons and matching objectives and activities.
- Maintained accurate, complete and correct records.
- Reviewed and analyzed data to measure and assess student growth.
- Planned and incorporated instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, equipment and technology to exhibit understanding of student learning styles.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
Adjunct Interpersonal Communication Instructor
Oakland Community College
08.2015 - 05.2016
- Fostered physically and emotionally safe and supportive learning environment characterized by efficient and effective routines, clear expectations and organization that maximized student learning.
- Employed variety of instructional techniques and integrated and actively used technology and media consistent with needs and capabilities of students.
- Exhibited understanding of content, discipline and pedagogy as demonstrated through quality of design, execution of lessons and matching objectives and activities.
- Maintained accurate, complete and correct records.
- Established and maintained open lines of communication with students to support academic and behavioral progress of students.
- Planned and incorporated instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, equipment and technology to exhibit understanding of student learning styles.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
Adjunct Honors Speech Communication Instructor
Saint Clair Community College
01.2013 - 05.2016
- Collaborated with faculty and staff to determine instructional goals, objectives and methods according to school requirements.
- Demonstrated understanding of instructional planning and timely delivery paced by standards-based and data-driven instruction that engaged students, incorporated technology and made learning relevant for learners.
- Established and maintained open lines of communication with students to support academic and behavioral progress of students.
- Planned and incorporated instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, equipment and technology to exhibit understanding of student learning styles.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Maintained accurate, complete and correct records.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Company Owner
Midwest Speech And Debate
08.2012 - 05.2016
- Managed 7 employees by supervising daily tasks.
- Aligned branding initiatives.
- Motivated employees to consistently improve performance through company-wide incentive plans.
- Provided exceptional instruction, increasing student numbers by 600%.
- Exceeded student performance goals, receiving national recognition for excellence in speech and debate.
- Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance standards.
- Managed daily operations organization.
- Performed recruiting, hiring and training of assistant coaches.
- Trained new employees on proper protocols and standards.
- Observed each employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Speech/Theatre
Morehead State University
Morehead, KYMaster of Science - Communication
Illinois State University
Normal, ILSkills
- Communication Skills
- Influential and Persuasive
- Large Crowd Management
- Product Education
- Exhibition Arrangement
- Brand Messaging
- Demonstrator Training
- Student-Centered Learning
- Online Teaching
- Student Motivation and Engagement
- Instructional Strategies
- Class Engagement
- Online Systems
- Team Teaching and Collaboration
- Classroom Technology Implementation
Affiliations
- National Speech and Debate Association, Diamond Coach
- National Individual Events Tournament of Champions, Treasurer
- Texas Speech and Communication Association
Certification
Texas Alcohol Bureau Certification
Timeline
Brand Ambassador Trainer
Desert Door Distillery
07.2021 - Current
Middle School Speech and Drama Teacher
Saint Mary's Hall
08.2016 - 05.2022
Middle School Speech Team Head Coach
Saint Mary's Hall
08.2016 - 05.2022
Adjunct Speech Communication Instructor
Oakland Community College
01.2016 - 05.2017
Adjunct Interpersonal Communication Instructor
Oakland Community College
08.2015 - 05.2016
Adjunct Honors Speech Communication Instructor
Saint Clair Community College
01.2013 - 05.2016
Company Owner
Midwest Speech And Debate
08.2012 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Speech/Theatre
Morehead State University
Master of Science - Communication
Illinois State University
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