TARA Lane
Longs,SC
Summary
Compassionate Substitute Teacher with distinguished knowledge of child development. Skilled at working closely with students to maintain progression and control behavioral issues. Committed to keeping up with lesson plans while keeping classrooms fun.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Substitute Teacher
Horry County Schools
09.2023 - Current
- Salary: $160 per day
- Hours per week: 16
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Social Networking, Team Building, Classroom Management, independent decision making, inspiring and developing others, detail oriented, self-motivated
- Highly-skilled Substitute Teacher with in-depth experience in interpersonal communication, higher education, and customer relations
- Customer service oriented with the ability to provide team-spirited leadership
- Focused through the maximization of productivity and profits by fostering independent decision-making, inspiring, and developing others to work at their highest level
- Detail oriented and self-motivated
- Maintained established routines and procedures set the school for assigned classroom
- Communicate absent teacher’s expectations and goals to students and helped them achieve those goals
- Interacted effectively with students, other teachers, and carried out non-instructional duties as needed
- Implemented teacher lesson plans to optimize students’ understanding of curriculum material
Administrative Assistant
Dean of Health Sciences, Horry Georgetown Technical College
04.2023 - 10.2023
- Salary: $47,500.00 US Dollars per year
- Hours per week: 37.5
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Flexible Education Administrative Assistant who efficiently coordinates a busy office flow and multiple pressing tasks in the college’s busiest and largest department
- Accomplished at collaborating with all levels of staff, public compiling, organizing data, and planning division meetings
- Extremely adept at providing clerical and transcription support to executive meetings and working with administrators to plan effective agendas
- Maintains accreditation for Dental Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, Diagnostic Imaging, Phlebotomy, Medical Laboratory Technician, Nursing, Occupational Therapy Assistance, Physical Therapy Assistant, Radiology, Respiratory Care Sonography, and Surgical Technology across three campuses
- Provided updates for course instructional package, inventoried school catalog to ensure proper updates were maintained
- Manages full-time and part-time faculty contracts, and overtime pay
- Serves as a requisition, purchase card, budget manager to the Academic Dean
- Implements Health Sciences human resources and payroll in processing special contracts and substitute pay
- Assisted with onboarding two full-time employees
- Scheduled classrooms to ensure proper equipment, and seating requirements were met
- Performed special projects for the Dean of Health Sciences
- Planned travel request for two Nursing conferences
- Manages databases for faculty/student course schedules, faculty contact hours, grades and attendance, Instructional Packages for all Health Sciences and Personal Services programs
- Coordinated two Health Sciences Open Houses, counseled students regarding career paths and mentored them on prerequisite requirements
- Created program planning development for agency’s onboarding with mission and assistant vice president brief
- Obtained required documents/personnel info in advance to decrease latency and down time by 25%
- Maintained managers schedule, coordinated appointments with complete authority of commitment times
- Screen calls on behalf of Dean, answering most questions at the lowest level requirement involvement
- Reviewed incoming mail on behalf of the Dean of Health Sciences, organized priorities for correspondence response to meet everchanging deadlines
- Office manager for Dean of Health Sciences
- Acted as a liaison between the manager and subordinate staff
- Organized training meetings and reviewed progress for ongoing projects; provided authoritative advice to the Dean and program chairs.
Senior Program Manager
Air Force Global Strike Command
07.2019 - 07.2022
- Salary: $81,000.00 US Dollars per year
- Hours per week: 50
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Served as a Command Technical authority in interpretation and guidance on Program policies, eligibility and qualification standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and workforce development/analysis
- Directed seven distinct Air Force Functions exercising supervisory personnel management responsibilities over 1300+ personnel
- Coordinates, advises, and promotes all levels of job training and professional development to enhance personnel career progression and job performance
- Lead the reviews, development and execution of assigned programs
- Planned overall work operations, sets priorities, identifies short- and long-range goals, and establishes objectives for eight installation’s nuclear requirements
- Advised senior higher-level management officials of problems involving relationships of the operations evaluated to broader programs and their impact on such programs
- Performed human resources activities to include reassignments, personnel actions, awards, evaluations, and interviews for 210 employees
- Planned, directed, and coordinated the activities of evaluating operational requirements and mission objectives of the Combatant Commander
- Held responsible for meeting goals, objectives, and deadlines set by higher-level management
- Planned, developed, and conducted analysis of AFGSC functional manager area of responsibility in generating force programs focusing on Air Force operational and functional requirements and other management programs
- Supported Total Air Force Analysis and studies established to maximize the efficiency and value of missions and functions performed by AFGSC, Major Subordinate Commands (MSC) and Separate Reporting Activities (SRA)
- Planned, conducted, reviewed, processed, and approved systemic requirements analysis, studies, evaluations, and aids Air Force-wide, as required
- Develops comprehensive reports of findings to ensure the best viable solutions, recommendations, advice, and assistance
- Provided team members technical guidance and management support for studies such as statistical analysis, requirements determinations, performance factors and validation techniques, interview and briefing techniques, and report preparation
- Develops or applies existing criteria to establish and evaluate performance factors, workload indicators, or other quantitative and qualitative measures of missions, functions, internal processes, and work center effectiveness
- Ensured appropriate external coordination is accomplished with agencies and functional proponents at the ACOM, Field Operating Agencies (FOA), or HQDA level; internal coordination is primarily with the J-8 staffs, and other AFGSC staff principals, along with the Chief of Staff
- Manages, controls, recommends, and implements career field manpower studies including concepts, studies, and processes such as productivity improvement, capital investment, commercial activities, internal control and other efficiency and effectiveness initiatives
- Applies multi-discipline quantitative and qualitative principles, techniques, models, and analysis
- Maintained information such as various reports, organization charts, and other sources that characterize agencies to integrate model development objectives into agency concepts of management and operations
- Directs, coordinates, and evaluates the work of the study team
- Planned, organized, and assigned work to team members
- Presented briefings, information papers, and final correspondence, as appropriate, of results evidencing detailed analysis and sound recommendations to senior military and civilian officials at the Headquarters, and DoD levels, as required
- Level Human Resources liaison & Hiring Manager to Major Command/ and Air Force Personnel Center for requests for personnel action vacancies
- Project Manager for higher headquarters Senior leader course; synced assignment efforts in support of seven units; mentored fifty personnel
- Led Major Command’s career field personnel shortfalls; instructed employees of specific task requirements providing on the job training, researched and provided manning assist to shortfalls units until permanent solution remedied
- Led annual awards program; managed nine boards/28 packages/45 volunteers—30 individuals recognized and highlighted to Headquarters Air Force
- Lead Command’s regulation workshop for career field specific requirements
- Drove 75 instruction changes for the Command and Control Operations career field
- Attends Command level formal/informal meetings with Senior Department of Defense Leaders to evaluate various programs (E-8, Senior Master Sergeant) Command
- Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
- Interacted with customers and clients to identify business needs and requirements.
- Addressed and resolved technical, financial, and operational concerns by working with team members and directors.
- Coached team members on productivity strategies to accomplish challenging goals.
- Participated in vendor selection and management process for program initiatives.
- Participated in pilot tests and revised programs based on feedback and results.
- Identified program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to team.
- Facilitated workshops and conducted one-on-one training to educate team members.
- Managed multiple strategic projects with numerous sub-projects or workstreams.
- Managed and supervised administrative and daily program operations, complying with policies and regulations.
- Demonstrated strong writing and presentation skills to develop briefs, memorandums and analytical reports for clients.
- Collaborated with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure.
- Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
- Identified and communicated customer needs to supply chain capacity and quality teams.
- Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
- Assisted in organizing and overseeing assignments to drive operational excellence.
- Mentored and led new employees to enhance Nuclear Operations program production.
- Devised tools and benchmarks to improve team performance and monitor production.
- Mentored and supported 1300 employees across nine departments to create a strong workplace culture.
- Tracked and reported program results to customers and stakeholders to facilitate change management activities.
- Leveraged data and analytics to make informed decisions and drive business improvements.
- Controlled resources and assets for department activities to comply with industry standards and government regulations.
- Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
Senior Operations Team Leader
US Air Force Shaw AFB
02.2018 - 07.2019
- Salary: $79,000.00 US Dollars per year
- Hours per week: 50
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Acted with full authority of the Division Chief within own areas of responsibility for development of programs affecting career field assigned to the 54 States and Territories
- Analyzed current data requirements, data reporting and automated systems capabilities to ensure compatibility of management processes and systems to information demands for both Air Force, and Employee programs, and recommends modifications to existing processes and information systems designs
- Developed project timelines, sets goals for FTS Voucher publication and is responsible for carrying out assignments that ensure resources are coordinated and integrated with other Air Force components and comply with all applicable Department of Defense (DOD) Directives/Instructions and Public Laws
- Implements new Air Force career requirements policies, procedures and processes through research and coordination with Joint Staff, Department of Air Force and Department of Defense activities, and multiple representatives from the 54 States, Territories and District of Columbia
- Developed performance standards, evaluated work performance of subordinates, advise, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters
- Interviewed candidates for positions in the branch; made recommendations for appointment, promotion, or reassignment of such positions
- Heard and resolved complaints from employees; referred group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to higher level supervisor or manager
- Effected minor disciplinary measures, such as warnings and reprimands; recommends other action in more serious cases
- Identified developmental and training needs of employees and provides or arranges for needed development and training, finds way to improve production and increase work quality
- Reviewed all related information to determine if trends, issues, or data redundancies exist, while ensuring consistent program guidance
- Planned overall work, set priorities, established objectives and made decisions on issues/situations presented by subordinate staff, to include contractor staff members
- Evaluated the effectiveness of functions supervised in terms of mission accomplishment, quality and quantity standards, procedural, policy and regulatory compliance, and technical competence
- Evaluated performance of subordinate employees and contractor performance
- Directly was responsible for allocating and directing work, overseeing applicable contractors’ support and recommended actions relating to total force management
- Assured full compliance with EEO/EO policy and regulations
- Managed grievances and other employee complaints and problems
- Consulted with training specialists concerning training requirements and availability of courses as they relate to duties and responsibilities
- Initiated performance award for military and civilian Branch personnel
- Vetted six Airmen cross-training interviews & package reviews; pushed five for approval to Career Field Manager—relief towards a 76% career field shortage
- 18 of 191 E-7s; led Hurricane Flo ride-out team; warned 31K base populace; $1.6 Billion dollar aircraft protected
- Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
- Reported issues to higher management with great detail.
Operations Senior Leader
US Air Force Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Salary: $70,000.00 US Dollars per year
- Hours per week: 50
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills: Developed planning, management, coordination, integration and implementation of Headquarters, Department of the Air Force Emergency Management
- Fully integrates program planning, assessment, coordination, and advisory services at a command level for a wide variety of complex interrelated issues regarding organizational readiness
- Issued range from identification of required contingency response missions and support plans in an all hazard/threat environment to effective management of limited resources
- Kept abreast of changes to laws and regulations that impact Headquarters emergency management planning and execution
- Developed the design, development and implementation of disaster preparedness plans and training programs, emergency operations drills, Headquarters Principal Agency level emergency and mitigation plans, and interdepartmental activities
- Conducted assessments and reviews of Headquarters Principal Agencies’ emergency management programs, to include occupant emergency plans for Headquarters buildings and facilities
- Coordinated, facilitated, and maintained the Department of the Air Force Crisis Management Team policies and procedures to become operational for any hazard or threat that affects the Local Region or is required by Headquarters senior leadership
- Developed and maintains an all-hazards threat assessment for the Local Capital Region with emphasis on areas with Headquarters personnel
- Managed 415 international missions/34 General Officer; coordinated support with 11 units; 0 delays for Department of Defense Leaders; Group Team of the Quarter; Airman of the Year awards
- Directed Resource Readiness for 16 units; supervised capability reporting for 15K personnel/$1.7B equipment—critical reporting to the Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (E-7, Master Sergeant) Command and Control
- Conducted team member meetings and updated members on best practices and continuing expectations.
- Maximized product quality, cost controls and safety through diligent leadership.
Operations Supervisor
US Air Mobility Control Center
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Salary: $65,000.00 US Dollars per year
- Hours per week: 50
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Organized, planned, and coordinated a variety of emergency response programs with Federal, state, country, and local entities
- Established and maintained contacts with Federal, state, country, and local officials involved with various emergency action plans
- Developed and Implemented Program Requirements:
- Developed annual spend plans and provides input to the Air Force system for budgetary needs of the assigned projects, to support planning, training, and acquisition of equipment and supplies
- Coordinated with First Responders to develop plans, policies and SOPs required to execute a viable response to natural and man-made incidents that may occur on the installation
- Serves as a member of the Protection Committee and Working Group and assists in the development and presentation of briefing formats for each
- Reviews incoming messages and other documents and develops taskings for units or staff activities as appropriate
- Provided current policy and procedural guidance to representative staff areas of responsibility.
Operations Manager
United States Air Force, Pope Army Airfield
11.2008 - 12.2013
- Salary: $65,000.00 US Dollars per year
- Hours per week: 50
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Planned address natural disasters and national emergencies with special emphasis on response and recovery mission areas and continuity of operations at the local, regional, state, and national levels
- Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications, and missed deadlines.
- Prepared or submits required post-exercise reports
- Assisted in developing memoranda of understanding, coordinating activities, identifying problems or deficiencies and in resolving matters of mutual interest and concern
- Responsible for the operational readiness of the EOC and alternate Emergency Operations Centers
- Assures center is staffed with properly trained personnel and necessary equipment and supplies are available
- Ensured classified documents are prepared, reproduced, distributed, and securely stored and maintained
- Participates in daily staff briefings and provides input for the Readiness reports
- Coordinated administrative arrangements between Command, and Military Personnel Officer, the District executive office, organizational elements, and the IMA Officer
- During emergencies, coordinated and prepared District Situation Reports to higher headquarters by various methods and developed briefing material related to the operation
- Provided liaison and interface between multiple offices involved with recruiting, hiring, and deploying civilians to support contingency operations
- Maintains oversight of supported positions on the manning document for overseas contingency operations, coordinating fill requirements and maintaining constant awareness of recruiting efforts and deployment schedules to ensure assigned fill levels are achieved
- Coordinates with other offices to ensure deploying personnel have the required skills, proper funding is available, and logistical arrangements are made
- Kept abreast of and advises Commander, District management staff of changes affecting deployment related matters
Watch Officer
Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
03.2006 - 11.2008
- Salary: $55,000.00 US Dollars per year
- Hours per week: 50
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Performed planning to support daily operations and contingencies peacetime mission and force modernization, coordinates emergency planning policies, and evaluates subordinate unit emergency management operations programs
- Identifies deficiencies and recommends corrective action
- Reviews policy guidance for the operations branch and recommends changes for memorandums, plans, exercises, force modernization, and emergency management
- Assists the Operations Officer to accomplish all daily and long-term wartime, emergency management, and contingency peacetime missions
- Supports the Operations Officer in identifying trends in emergency operations for the planning, coordination, and evaluation of emergency management programs
- Liaison and coordinates actions required for emergency management planning and operations
- Evaluates and makes recommendations during transition and provides assessment to the Operations Officer
- Developed and wrote standing operating procedures (SOP) outlining emergency management operations and procedures at Operations Center
- Kept work areas clean, organized, and safe to promote efficiency and team safety.
- Established positive relationships with customers and other staff members.
Operations Supervisor
United States Air Force, Kunsan Air Base
02.2005 - 02.2006
- Salary: $50,000.00 US Dollars per year
- Hours per week: 50
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Served as Senior Watch Officer for the Installation Operations Center Day Shift Watch Team consisting of one or more DA Civilians, and military Mobilized Augmentation Soldiers
- Kept informed of activities or changes that could affect the likelihood of an emergency, as well as those that could affect response efforts and details of plan implementation
- Coordinated disaster response or crisis management activities such as ordering evacuations, opening shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs
- Kept informed of federal, state and local regulations affecting emergency plans, and ensures that plans adhere to these regulations
- Prepared emergency status reports that describe response and recovery efforts, needs and preliminary damage assessments
- Implements and monitors internal controls, safety, and security program requirements
- Pulled together a variety of studies performed by team members
Operations Supervisor
United States Air Force Pope Air Force Base
09.2002 - 02.2005
- Salary: $40,000.00 US Dollars per year
- Hours per week: 50
- Assisted in evaluating state and local emergency agency policies and regulations for coordination with District plans
- Shared situational awareness with external stakeholders consistent with security policies
- Recommends commitments of District resources in support of authorized missions
- Participates in Emergency Operations Center (EOC) operations for all declared emergencies
- Developed and/or assisted with the development and Readiness contingency plans, the Mass Notification System; COOP; and other natural and/or man-made hazards
- Reviewed and recommended updates for plans of other functions including, but not limited to, emergency operation plans, emergency action plans, evacuations, and hazard substance Spill Contingency Plans
- Assured that all contingency plans outside of Readiness were compliant
- Improved office operations by automating client correspondence, record tracking and data communications.
Operations Specialist
United States Air Force, Kunsan Air Base
08.2001 - 08.2002
- Base, ROK
- APO, Salary: $35,000.00 US Dollars per year
- Hours per week: 50
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Made necessary coordination for military assistance to civil authorities in the area of emergency management
- Collaborated in the development of these plans through participation in staff conferences
- Planned and conducted emergency management training and education
- Conducted extensive coordination with Air Force Installation and Local, State and Federal Government agencies
- Generated reports detailing findings and recommendations.
Operations Specialist
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Macdill AFB
11.1998 - 08.2001
- Salary: $27,000.00 US Dollars per year
- Hours per week: 50
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Identified and integrated Air Force capabilities throughout all Command to support the vast range of potential national security, natural disaster, and military contingencies
- Coordinated the training of personnel to ensure emergency readiness
- Made assessments of emergency situations, identified appropriate emergency actions, and recommended hazard mitigation techniques
- Collected, arranged, and input information into database system.
- Maintained continuous liaison and coordination with senior staff of other agencies such as FEMA, EPA, DOT, and other federal agencies and state and local officials
Education
Bachelor of Science - Sociology
American Military University
Charles Town, WV02-2022
Skills
- Activity management
- Classroom organization
- Relationship building and management
- Mathematics instruction
- Complex Problem-solving
- Classroom management
Timeline
Substitute Teacher
Horry County Schools
09.2023 - Current
Administrative Assistant
Dean of Health Sciences, Horry Georgetown Technical College
04.2023 - 10.2023
Senior Program Manager
Air Force Global Strike Command
07.2019 - 07.2022
Senior Operations Team Leader
US Air Force Shaw AFB
02.2018 - 07.2019
Operations Senior Leader
US Air Force Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam
01.2015 - 01.2018
Operations Supervisor
US Air Mobility Control Center
01.2014 - 01.2015
Operations Manager
United States Air Force, Pope Army Airfield
11.2008 - 12.2013
Watch Officer
Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
03.2006 - 11.2008
Operations Supervisor
United States Air Force, Kunsan Air Base
02.2005 - 02.2006
Operations Supervisor
United States Air Force Pope Air Force Base
09.2002 - 02.2005
Operations Specialist
United States Air Force, Kunsan Air Base
08.2001 - 08.2002
Operations Specialist
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Macdill AFB
11.1998 - 08.2001
Bachelor of Science - Sociology
American Military University
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