Donna Atha, SNS

Experience

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  Muscogee County School District

  Aug 1992 - May 1994

  Family And Consumer Science Teacher

  First teaching position. Taught a variety of classes. Food prep, clothing, child development. Managed a budget. Sponsored an FCCLA chapter. Became active in my professional organization.

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  DeKalb County School District

  Sept 1994 - Jan 1995

  Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher

  Taught a variety of classes. Managed classroom discipline in a situation that was unlike others that I had faced. Was sponsor for band guard and basketball cheerleaders. Went above and beyond in my role as faculty.

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  Jasper county Schools

  Jan 1995 - May 1996

  Family And Consumer Science Teacher

  Taught K-12 Family and Consumer Sciences. Sponsored an FCCLA club. Had a State officer. Worked as girl's state camp director. Was always willing to go above and beyond what was expected.

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  Berry College

  Aug 1996 - May 1998

  Associate Professor

  Lectured in Personal Finance, Nutrition, Nutrition across the Life Cycle. among other courses in the school of Family and Consumer Sciences. Supervised Student teachers in Family and Consumer Sciences. Also was a member of the BellSouth School of Education Faculty. Advised students, Scheduled use of the historic building. and was an active member of several faculty committees.

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  WHITFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

  Aug 1999 - Jul 2001

  Family And Consumer Science Teacher

  Taught classes, managed students and student records, sponsored an FCCLA club. Was considered as an asset to the faculty as a whole, and a pillar to the vocational faculty.

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  Floyd County Schools

  Jul 2001 - May 2022

  Child Nutrition Director

  Manages multimillion dollar budget annually while encompassing Federal regulations, State and Local Policies. Strengths include: Procurement, Human resources, Budgeting, Communication, interpreting and following Federal regulations, Nutrition Standards, and more. Spearheaded $26 million grocery bid that covered most of the school systems (36) in North Georgia as a part of the Georgia Education Cooperative, Grocery Bid Chair. Everyday is a new and exciting challenge in child nutrition and one in which you know that when you achieve, a child gets to eat. During my tenure here I have implemented many new policies and procedures, pioneered ideas for the State Department and brought unconventional and effective ideas to our community to keep our students AND their families fed. Show less

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  Bob's Cycle Shop

  Sept 2003 - Jan 2011

  Owner-Bob's Cycle Shop

  My late husband and I purchased a long standing bike shop in the community. We closed it in 2011 due to the recession. In being a shop owner I was hands on in inventory, marketing, strategy, human resources, and more. Being from a sales family I did much of the training for the sales force and we were the "go to" shop for the area for sales and service for both road and mountain biking.