Kayla Blalock

Experience

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  Head-Start

  Feb 2015 - Dec 2017

  Teacher

  Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play. Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them and dressing them. Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills. Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and procedures for maintaining order. Read books to entire classes or to small groups. Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips. Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists. Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development. Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students. Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities. Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them. Show less

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  Buffalo Run Casino & Resort

  Jan 2018 - now

  Hospitality AdministratorSep 2023 - Present 7 mosMiami, Oklahoma, United StatesMarketing: •Administrative Assistance to Marketing, Creative, Hotel, and Entertainment Sponsorships & Donations: •Complete all sponsorship and donation requests for Buffalo Run Casino & Resort and Peoria Ridge Golf Course Group Sales: •Completing Leads for events •Contracts •Invoicing •Catering Requests •Banquet Requests •Event planning •Event Layouts •Event venue organization •Event Calendar Manager • Provides a high level of focus on guest satisfaction through building guest relations and being attentive to guest needs. Show less Hospitality: •Administrative Assistance to Food & Beverage, Hotel, and Golf Course •Scheduling •Time & Attendance •Inventory •Adjustments •Payroll •Reservation Organization Group Sales: •Completing Leads for events •Contracts •Invoicing •Catering Requests •Banquet Requests •Event planning •Event Layouts•Event venue organization •Event Calendar Manager• Provides a high level of focus on guest satisfaction through building guest relations and being attentive to guest needs. Facilities: •Organizing day to day facility tasks •Delegating tasks accordingly •Organizing Facility programs for work order in flow •Prioritizing Facility Work Orders Show less

  • Marketing Administrator

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Hospitality Administrator

    Sept 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Surveillance Supervisor

    Nov 2021 - Sept 2023

  • Surveillance Officer

    Jan 2018 - Nov 2021