TRISHA BARTELS

• Coordinated programs, including planning and evaluating, managing projects, and communicating policies, procedures, and special initiatives.

• Provided direction, training, and assistance to the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor (LSMVC) staff.

• Developed policy, procedures, and standards for all Lake Superior Maritime Visitor (LSMVC) education, interpretation, programs.

• Developed strategic direction and implement annual short and long-term plans.

• Organized and supported appropriate training and information sessions between staff and current or prospective partners.

• Independently managed ongoing work pertaining to education and interpretation programs, including assisting with public inquiries and producing marketing materials and e-mail monthly newsletters, surveys, web and assisting with social media content.

• Enchanted partnerships, community engagement, and volunteer efforts through local outreach and education.

• Designed and deve􏰀loped programming for schoo􏰀l groups and general􏰀 pub􏰀ic focused on Sea Grant’s core va􏰀ues.
• Conducted interpretation programs (Grand Portage, Isl􏰀e Roya􏰀le, etc.) to school􏰀 groups and general􏰀 pub􏰀ic whi􏰀le partnering with the Nationa􏰀l Park Service.

• Managed event coordination and l􏰀ogistics to run smooth􏰀y and efficient􏰀y.

• Supervised and trained other support staff (􏰎3-4􏰌 staff).
• Maintained partnerships with 􏰀local􏰀 organizations and volunteers.
• Eval􏰀uated programs outreach and effectiveness.

• P􏰀lanned, imp􏰀limented, and coordinated each tour to have an individual􏰀ized programming experience for each participant group and tour.
• Created memorab􏰀le interpretative programs in adventure education for over 200+􏰆􏰂􏰂􏰃 participants through the foll􏰀􏰀owing: Sea Kayaking, Hiking, Mountain Biking, Snowshoeing, and Fat Tire Biking.

• Managed and supervised groups of 􏰆2-8􏰁 participants ages 8-16, 18,25, 30-60+, in an outdoor setting (with risk assessment of each tour).
• Educated proper technical􏰀 vocabulary and ski􏰀􏰀lls to participants of technique and equipment.

• Supervised and trained other support staff (􏰎3-5􏰄 staff).

• Researched and studied on topics that pertained to tour locations so that such information could be added to trips.

• Taught over 􏰄􏰂􏰂􏰃500+ students ages 􏰁8-20􏰆􏰂 within the outdoor educator rol􏰀e with diverse socio-economic backgrounds and culture.

• Taught c􏰀asses of forest ecol􏰀ogy, squid dissection, geol􏰀ogy, and l􏰀eadership using recreation, interpretation, outdoor experiential􏰀 education, and 􏰀leadership methods.

• Del􏰀egated scheduling for each student, 􏰀location, and activities for each days and/or week they visit.

• Managed my personal􏰀 work schedu􏰀le with mu􏰀tip􏰀le c􏰀lasses, activities, and programs for up to 15􏰍􏰄 hours per day.
• Hel􏰀ped faci􏰀litate and execute programming for each school group that visited. Supervised and trained other support staff (12􏰍􏰆-50􏰄􏰂 staff) in the ropes l􏰀ead and housing manager ro􏰀es.

• Managed event 􏰀logistics in a time􏰀ly manner (such as program organization, promotion, and impl􏰀ementation).
• Utilized proper communication to ensure that technical􏰀 equipment was organized and running efficient􏰀y.

• Organized data for events for future records (attendance records, survey feedback).

• Conducted the following traditiona􏰀l recreational􏰀 activities: games, booth set up, interactive programs.

• Engaged and instructed the general􏰀 pub􏰀ic (􏰄􏰂􏰂􏰃500+ peopl􏰀e per event) during parks and recreation programming.