South Bend Community School Corporation

▻ Tier 1 and Tier 2 committee at Swanson Primary Center. I helped develop their Tier 2 framework and co-presented the plan to the staff 2012 
▻ assisting with Student Council-2011-2013
▻ Student Council Leader-2014-2015
▻ Hay Primary Leadership Team-2014-present
▻ Textbook Adoption Committees- Science (2017) and Language Arts (2019)
▻ Helped develop corporation-wide science kits for the new science adoption with 4 other staff members (2017)
▻ NEA Faculty Representative-2019- present
▻ Language Arts SBCSC Textbook Committee 2019-2020
▻ Comprehensive Needs Assessment/School Improvement Plan 2020-2021 school year
Mentor Teacher 2021-present

Leadership Roles

▻ Assessed the accomplishments of students on a daily basis and reports progress to the students and their parents.
▻ Implemented instructional methods and materials that are appropriate and aligned with state standards. Maintained accurate records.
▻ Training and collaborating with the staff. Also created assessments & data collection methods for the school records.
▻ Integrating technology in the classroom, keeping current on educational best practices based on scientific research, and creating an
engaging curriculum based on state standards.
▻ Working collaboratively with the principal and team members to work on a common goal for the entire school building.
▻ Mentor for the Grow SB! Mentoring Program. Providing support to new teachers in SBCSC through developing trusting relationships, and collaborative communities, and offering engaging professional growth and reflection opportunities designed to positively impact student learning.

kindergarten Teacher 

My current responsibilities include being a team leader of my kindergarten team, PBIS team, and a NEA Union Representative. I am also a mentor teacher for the IUSB masters program. It is a grant that will last 5 years. Currently, we are the only place in the United States that has a program to support Graduate students entering into the teaching profession.

Kindergarten teacher

▻ Privilege of working in a variety of educational settings to help train and assist the preschool teachers with the students, we were serving, who had special needs.
▻ Worked collaboratively with Occupational Therapists, Physical Assistants, and Speech and Language Therapists with overlapping services. Also conducted Annual Case Conference meetings
▻ Worked closely with the kindergarten and special education support staff to help successfully transition the students into kindergarten.
▻ Collected data on each goal and created addendums, as needed, to reflect their progress and current level of functioning. Had overlapping educational goals therefore I held teams for individual students on my caseload.

Community Preschool teacher in the Special Needs Abilities Preschool Program 

Fort Wayne South Bend Diocese

Lead Preschool and Kindergarten Teacher

I created and implemented a curriculum for the preschool and kindergarten classroom. I worked closely with the other other kindergarten and first grade teachers to ensure continuity between the programs.

Preschool Teacher  (3 and 4 year old) and a Kindergarten teacher  

I was in charge of recruiting, interviewing, and hiring employees for the program. I trained three other staff members and we co-developed the program together.  We had approximately 70 children in the after school program.  The after school consisted of homework help, snack time (we sometimes made it together), games, and special guests, art activities, and computer time. We also had special guests from the  Notre Dame's International programs come into our school. They brought in ethnic food, performed dances, and taught us about their traditions using artifacts.

Director of the After-School Program

𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 EDUCATION 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 & 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 ➥ on a mission to change our educational system to retain quality teachers| 29+ years of experience

With over 30 years of experience in teaching, mentoring, and leading, I am passionate about revolutionizing education and creating a paradigm shift in our system. I am a South Bend Community School Corporation (SBCSC) teacher. I implement instructional methods and materials aligned with state standards, integrate technology in the classroom, and assess student progress and performance.

I also serve as a team leader, a PBIS team member, and a mentor teacher for the IUSB master's program. I am part of the Grow SB! initiative, a unique and innovative partnership between SBCSC and IUSB that supports graduate students entering the teaching profession. I have been recognized as the Teacher of the Year for Hay Primary Center and a Top 10 Honors Group for the Corporation Teacher of the Year. My mission is to foster social and emotional well-being, inclusivity, and curiosity among my students and colleagues and to empower them to be the solutions we need in our educational system.

Christine Jones (Schwager)

Stealth Time Machine Project

Intellectual misfits, armed with a time machine and aided by a wise troll from the 5th dimension, clash with shape-shifting succubus space vampires to avert a catastrophic reality.

The Stealth Time Machine Project is on track to be the next must-watch TV series!

Visionary Producer and Story Architect!

Wahve LLC

▪ Wahve LLC is renowned in the USA and Canada insurance industries.
▪ Data management experience working with data science and data engineering teams.
▪ Experience setting up Debian GNU/Linux from scratch as Hyper-V.
▪ Experience with the cloud using Amazon Web Services (AWS): VPC, EC2, RDS, S3.
▪ Experience developing full-stack cloud applications using JavaScript, Node, and PostgreSQL.
▪ Skillfully execute tactical, operations, and strategy, as leadership sees fit for the mission.
▪ Collaborate with teammates to drive impactful business outcomes.
▪ Solve business challenges using software engineering and database development skills.
▪ Utilize JIRA and agile methodologies for efficient project management.
▪ Expertise in relational, tabular, and dimensional database modeling.
▪ Proficient in data transformation, normalization, and de-normalization.
▪ Experienced in third-normal form (3NF), dimensional models, and star schema.
▪ Prepare Tidy and organized data formats for data science and business analytics teams.
▪ Act as a data wrangling liaison between engineering, business administration, and data science.
▪ Proficient in data wrangling, ETL processes, and general-purpose data processing.
▪ Create complex models and optimize queries using Power BI (DAX) for enhanced performance.
▪ Utilize Microsoft Power BI for business intelligence, analytics, and visualizations.
▪ Proficient in tools such as WebStorm, VS Code, DBeaver, Git, JIRA, and Power BI.

Software Engineer

Coriell Institute for Medical Research

▪ Coriell Institute for Medical Research is a world renowned teaching institution and biobank.
▪ The worlds largest biobank! A massive collection of biological samples and information!
▪ Full-stack development utilizing Angular, React, Typescript, and Node.
▪ Software Engineering utilizing C#, SQL Server, and JavaScript.
▪ Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) experience.
▪ Data Transformations and Reporting
▪ Made some genuine discoveries and contributions. No papers published.
▪ Did get a write up in the institute newsletter though! 
▪ Found a unique red and yellow chimera marigold in the garden.
▪ Helped refine biobanking logistics for equipment inspections and freezer swaps.
▪ Coriell Institute is certified in the ISO 9001:2015 quality standard for all processes and systems.

Experis IT

▪ Gain knowledge about the real estate appraisal business.
▪ Gain knowledge about the project underwriting business.
▪ Contractor for a private client of Experis IT in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey.
▪ Software Engineering using C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
▪ Also worked with Cognos Express 10, Microsoft Access, and Oracle 10g.
▪ Data Transformations and Reporting

SunGard Availability Services

▪ SunGuard is a world renowned disaster recovery and availability firm.
▪ Gain knowledge about the disaster recovery business and continuity of services.
▪ Software Engineering using C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in a Scrum/Agile Environment with a Large Team on a Major Product.

NELSON architects

▪ NELSON is a world renowned interior design and architectural firm.
▪ Gain knowledge in interior design, workplace management, and management strategies.
▪ NELSON is an award-winning global architectural firm, offering a broad spectrum of services, including architectural and interior design, space management, workplace services, and strategies.
▪ Leadership and management of cross-functional project teams.
▪ Project management and operations for clients across various industries.
▪ Proven as a valuable asset, demonstrating expertise in organizational and business dynamics.
▪ Developed and deployed web-based tools to enhance project and file management for clients.
▪ Facilitated analysis of business KPIs using simple web technology.
▪ Created key web-based solutions to address stakeholder initiatives.
▪ Conducted end-to-end autonomous collection and analysis of dispersed workforces' SLAs and KPIs with custom scorecard software.
▪ NELSON offers diverse consulting services, from strategic planning to operations and tactics.
▪ Provides space management solutions, facilitating efficient corporate office space management.
▪ Skilled in software development for diverse needs.
▪ Proficient in data transformations and reporting.

Operations Manager / Software Developer

PNC Wealth Management

▪ Gain knowledge about the wealth management business and investments.
▪ Engaged as a sub-contractor on a large maintenance project for a financial firm.
▪ Developed a web-based investor communication and notification system.
▪ The system facilitates wealth management representatives to enter shareholder elections for corporate events.
▪ Involved in software development for the project.

Software Developer

Pinnacle Foods Corporation

▪ Pinnacle foods is a world renowned manufacturer of consumer packaged goods.
▪ Home of popular brands such as Duncan Hines, Swanson, Hungry Man, and Aunt Jemima.
▪ Gain knowledge about the consumer packaged goods manufacturing business.
▪ Manage the software and database infrastructure for the Duncan Hines brand.
▪ Informattica Powermart; Cognos DecisionStream
▪ Manage websites for this consumer packaged goods (CPG) company
▪ Develop Internet websites and intranet applications
▪ Traveled to New York, NY for week long Cognos Training course
▪ Software development using VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Oracle, MS Office

Lead Web Developer

PayChoice

• PayChoice was founded by professionals from renowned firm ADP.
• Gain knowledge about the payroll processing business.
• Performed analysis on business requirements.
• Created functional and technical design documents.
• Designed and implemented a set of NT services running across multiple-servers to allow for parallel execution of payroll business processes.  Similar to a server farm.
• Established a build process using Install Shield, Visual Make, and Visual Basic.  Custom written utilities where created where necessary in order to build the companies components in an automated and repeatable manner.
• Traveled to New York, NY for a Microsoft .NET launch event
• Software development using a mix of technologies such as VB.NET, VB6, SQL Server.

Lead Software Developer

Proscape Technologies

▪ Gain knowledge about the sales and marketing business.
▪ I managed several software development projects to completion.  Key responsibilities included leadership as a developer, making decisions, assisting and mentoring resources, scheduling and providing full life–cycle software development which consisted of gathering user requirements, design, testing, implementation and support.
▪ I introduced the team to the n–tier philosophy of software development and the team adopted this philosophy to create innovative products for their customers that run on both Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.  The architecture was layered to allow for different database platforms to be cleanly implemented on the back–end without effecting the front–end, or middle tiers.
▪ Technologies used include Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle, Microsoft OLAP (Analysis) Services, Internet Explorer, Internet Information Server, Custom TCP/IP protocols.

I’m a creator, producer, and strategist with a relentless drive to push boundaries. With deep expertise in technology, management, and business, I’m turning The Stealth Time Machine Project—a science fiction universe combining mind-bending narrative with cutting-edge production—into a thriving business venture.

This project centers around a fearless team of intellectual misfits armed with a time machine, the Chrysalis, and guided by Mr. Biggleton, a wise troll from the 5th dimension with an unshakeable love for space cabbage. Together, they battle shape-shifting psychic succubus space vampires in a race against time to prevent reality itself from unraveling.

As the architect behind this bold vision, I’m wearing multiple hats: creator, producer, and strategist. I’m leading the charge to secure funding, forge strategic partnerships, and bring this high-octane, genre-defying series to life. The Stealth Time Machine Project isn’t just another show—it’s a groundbreaking new property, and its success hinges on flawless execution. Unconventional? Absolutely. And that’s exactly why it’s going to change the game.

Let’s make something epic.

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The Battle

Christine Jones (Schwager)

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