CARRIE RODRIGUEZjustCarrie777@gmail.com 554 W Tara Danette Dr, Oro Valley, AZ 85704 (520)331-8568

WORK EXPERIENCE

MICHAELS, TUCSON, AZ Wilton Method Instructor/ Independent Contractor, Apr 2013 – Present · Trained and received Wilton Method Instructor certification April 2013.· Set calendar; post on Wilton.com and submit to Michaels store manager. Verify teaching schedule prior to each course. Contact students if questions or problems arise.· Train in each updated/new course. Prepare materials for teaching.· Arrive 1/2 hour before class. Set up classroom for teaching. Reset classroom after teaching. Submit required paperwork for both Michaels and Wilton to verify payment and student numbers. The 1/2 hour before and after class allow for verifying classroom is ready, clean, recover each table used for students, cleared of misc materials, etc. · Maintain current re: materials in the store for student/class use and general technique. Reply to online training and instructor boards weekly.· Instructing course: this must be done following the course outline from Wilton and within the time parameters to respect both store limits and as a courtesy to students.· Independent Contractor. Communicate with store employees re: registrations and product to keep them updated. Liaison between Michaels management in store and Wilton Support Team for seamless integration of policies; help transition in the many changes of the last couple years due to technology and corporate policies. Instructor, Apr 2012 – Apr 2013 · Taught paper crafting, scrap-booking and beading classes per the corporate curriculum.· Prepared samples for every class, gathered materials for students, taught at the student's level of knowledge and in their learning style, visual, verbal, etc.· Set the calendar, communicated with management, trained via on-line courses for each technique class. Maintained a current calendar for the store, communicated with management re: classes to be taught and paperwork processing and trained other employees to teach. Processed paperwork.· Reason for leaving: Began teaching Wilton Method Cake Decorating exclusively. HERITAGE MAKERS, OREM, UT Independent Contractor, May 2008 – Apr 2012 · Attended annual conventions to update skills and business knowledge. Contacted customers to assist with their publications and set up classes with them. Designed templates for customer's projects and taught a webinar on design. Maintained all paperwork, 1099, taxes, etc.· As a private contractor, I was responsible for contacting customers, following up on leads, etc. I was great at the design, instruction and publication end; not so great at the finding customers.· Reason for leaving: Began in store teaching with Michaels. Moved from digital scrap-booking to paper scrapping classes. And, I was not successful at building the on-line business. I needed the support of the store to open established classes and draw students.

DESERT MOSAIC CHARTER SCHOOL, TUCSON, AZ Administration Assistant and Certified Para-Educator, Aug 2003 – May 2008 · Front office; phones; student records; track high school credits for graduation; substituted with teacher's prepared lesson plans; attend staff training seminars and accreditation.· In the office there was the daily influx of parents/guardians needing direction or questions (including screening-did they need to see the principal, a teacher, make an appointment) and students with a myriad of needs from nurse to just an ear to hear their question. Tracking staff and coordinating substitutes; submitting student records for graduation; etc. Teaching required class planning per State Requirements, material organization, and classroom management.· Taught elective courses. Electives included High School Financial Peace with a prepared lesson plan and art electives crochet, knit, card making, scrap-booking, 1st-12th grade classes which required material procurement, lesson planning, grading, classroom management.· Reason for leaving: Our youngest child graduated. It was understood at my hiring a condition of my employment would be to stay while my children were students. We moved from south of Pima West campus area to east of Pima North campus; the commute would not be cost effective. I did leave 2 years ahead of schedule, as my daughter graduated at age 15.

CERTIFICATIONCertified Wilton Method InstructorPara-Educator

EDUCATIONNOGALES HIGH, NOGALES, AZ High School Diploma, May 1976 LUTHERAN BIBLE SCHOOL, LOS ANGELES, CA Biblical Studies Sep 1976-Dec 1978· History Culture Literature AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, AZUSA, CA Completed coursework towards, Dec 1979· Accounting· Business Math

SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE, SANTA BARBARA, CA Completed coursework towards Art, May 1981· Ceramics· Spanish

PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TUCSON, AZ· Computer Programming

CARRIE RODRIGUEZ

justCarrie777@gmail.com 554 W Tara Danette Dr, Oro Valley, AZ 85704 (520)331-8568