I graduated from Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota with a degree in Business Education. For the first five years of my work experience, I was responsible for teaching business classes for a vocational education program. I trained career development skills that included: resume writing, job seeking skills, and interview techniques. In addition, I taught Word-Processing, spreadsheet, data entry, filing procedures, and desktop publishing.
After 5 years of teaching, I pursued an opportunity to utilize my teaching skills in a corporate training capacity. What a bonus to be in the travel industry! I was fortunate to spend the next ten years working in eight different roles as a result of several promotional opportunities. I held a range of positions that included training, supervisor, and manager. For seven of those ten years, I held the title of Manager, Customer Care Norwest/KLM Airlines. Throughout this experience, I have gained extensive and invaluable experience about business, the working environment, and training and development!
Over the years I have managed several departments with a focus on the training and development needs for the company and my department. As a result, I have gained 15 years of experience in computer application training, performance assessment, and curriculum development. I enjoyed each and every role I filled but knew that my favorite and most successful positions involved teaching. Therefore, in 2007, I changed my goals and pursued my Masters of Science in Business Management with the intent to return to education. In 2009, I fulfilled these goals by gaining employment at Red River High School and completing my advanced degree. My future goals are to provide a positive and fun learning environment that will result in life long learning.
