Rita Roberts
PFLUGERVILLE,Texas
Summary
Dynamic educator and skilled STEM tutor with a proven track record in project-based learning and adaptability, showcased through facilitating FIRST robotics for special needs students and spearheading digital PSAT NMSQT access in Hillsborough County. Excelled in team collaboration at Texas A&M, enhancing educational outcomes. Expert in online teaching and fostering student engagement, with significant achievements recognized by HSBC for negotiation and customer service excellence.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Home School Educator and STEM Tutor
Self Employed Web
09.2009 - Current
- Participated in development opportunities to stay current on homeschool educational trends and enhance skills including attending conferences whenever possible, taking part in virtual learning opportunities, and on-line K-12 educational classes.
- Integrated real-world examples into lessons to make content relevant and relatable for my own children as well as to guide a troop of GS brownies on Ft Huachuca, Arizona, to complete their STEM goals in 2018/2019 leading to all of them achieving their coveted Girl Scout Summit Award.
- Mentored new home school families, sharing best practices and providing guidance on curriculum selection, relevent opportunities in the community, and how to make home schooling work for the military family in high school.
- Collaborated with other homeschool parents to facilitate FIRST robotics for special needs homeschoolers in Hampton Roads Virginia.
- Worked with local Hillsborough County school officials, Florida State Governor's office, HSLDA and MacDill DOD school liaison officer to work through a major stall in College Board testing opportunities for local military homeschoolers that facilitated the ability of dozens of virtual schoolers as well as civilian homeschoolers in the county to take the new digital PSAT NMSQT in Hillsborough County as of 2023.
Student Worker Laboratory Cooridinator
Texas A&M, College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr Lamoreux
08.1995 - 05.1996
- Took and followed detailed directions from Principle Investigator to facilitate experimental methods and protocols, including ordering, organization and inventory.
- Worked in team environment to maintain high levels of productivity, meeting deadlines for initial and subsequent data collections often necessitating middle of the night visits to the lab to move experiment forward.
- Maintained supplies and organized environment to comply with needs of the stakeholders including Ph.D candidate and undergraduates.
- Demonstrated enormous reliability and dedication in relation to managing a lab, onboarding and training undergraduates for their credit, pulling all relevent documentation for Ph.D candidate, and subsequently being tasked to manage the largest murine pigmentation mutant colony in the United States outside of Jackson Labs while principal investigator was gone.
150 Day + Collections Representative
HSBC
07.1996 - 04.2000
- Established contact and processed payments on severely past due accounts, often working with debtors in navigating the worst turns- of -life circumstances imaginable.
- Counseled debtors on payment options and arranged installment agreements.
- Improved collections efficiency by implementing strategic negotiation techniques and customer service skills.
- Proficiently navigated state-specific law requirements while still negotiating settlements that benefitted both HSBC and the customer, often in very charged or difficult circumstances.
Education
Bachelor Of Science - Biomedical Science
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX08.2004
High School Diploma -
Valley Grande Academy
Weslaco, TX05.1990
Skills
- Online teaching
- Project-based learning
- Elementary education
- Secondary education
- Language arts instruction
- Mathematics instruction
- Science instruction
- Art education
- Time management
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Positive reinforcement
- Student engagement
- Differentiated instruction
- Data-driven instruction
Timeline
Home School Educator and STEM Tutor
Self Employed Web
09.2009 - Current
150 Day + Collections Representative
HSBC
07.1996 - 04.2000
Student Worker Laboratory Cooridinator
Texas A&M, College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr Lamoreux
08.1995 - 05.1996
Bachelor Of Science - Biomedical Science
Texas A&M University
High School Diploma -
Valley Grande Academy
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