PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Extension Educator-4-H & Youth, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, Indiana
Jan 2008-July 2008
- Coordinated 750-member, 200-volunteer Clinton County 4-H & Youth Program
- Responsible for program planning, implementation, evaluation, interpretation, and reporting
- Managed 60-member Junior Leaders program meetings, leadership trainings, community service, fundraisers, and additional activities
- Developed and maintained Clinton County 4-H Website for use by 4-H members, parents, volunteers, donors, and general public
- Assisted securing funds for newly-established Booster Club supporting $35,000 4-H budget
- Advised Clinton County 4-H Advisory Council for overall 4-H programming and direction
- Planned and conducted educational trainings for youth and adults; topics including leadership, life skills, and youth development
- Prepared and printed monthly 4-H newsletters and newspaper articles
- Member of the 4-H Section of the Indiana Extension Educator Association professional association
Substitute Teacher, West Lafayette Community School Corporation, West Lafayette, Indiana
Oct 2007-Dec 2007
- Substituted at Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, and Special Education Resource Room
County Extension Agent-4-H & Youth Development, Texas Cooperative Extension
Jan 2005-Aug 2007
- Coordinated 450-member, 150-volunteer Gillespie County 4-H & Youth Program
- Responsible for program planning, implementation, evaluation, interpretation, and reporting
- Planned and conducted educational trainings for youth and adults; topics including livestock, family and consumer sciences, leadership, life skills, and youth development
- Coordinated promotion and fundraising activities and prepared basic annual budgets
- Prepared and printed monthly 4-H newsletters and newspaper articles
- Prepared and recorded 4-H publicity radio programs
- Active member of Texas Association of Extension 4-H Agents professional association; served as representative on state-wide Animal Industries Committee to advise major livestock shows Related Experience
Agricultural Science Student Teacher, Texas A&M University-College Station - Fall 2004
- Orange Grove High School; Orange Grove, Texas - approximately 160 students
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M University-College Station - Fall 2003, Summer 2004
- Taught and assisted with 3 courses in Department of Agricultural Education - 120 students
San Antonio Livestock Exposition Livestock Management Intern - Spring 2004
- Planned and coordinated 8 judging contests
- Assisted exhibitors, advisors, general public with 4-H/FFA entries, questions, concerns
4-H Summer Intern - Texas Cooperative Extension, Guadeloupe & Comal, Texas - Summer 2001
- Assisted in program planning and implementation; Conducted leadership workshops
Summer Program Development Intern - Texas Pork Producers Assn., Austin, Texas - Summer 2000
- Organized Texas Pork Leadership Camp for 15 youth
- Edited and presented PQA for Youth (Pork Quality Assurance) program
Real Hog Farms - Family's 100-sow purebred swine operation - Marion, Texas
- Assisted in swine herdsman duties, daily management, facility maintenance, farming 600+ acres of cropland, and 60-head cow-calf operation
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