Juan Valdez, PMP

Experience

• 

  Dakota State University

  Aug 2009 - Aug 2013

  Administrative Work-Study

  Duties:- Acting as the manager of the front desk for the College answering phone calls, receiving visitors, answering questions, and performing any tasks requiring menial or courier services.- Filing, notarizing, authenticating, and otherwise maintaining responsibility for documents necessary for the day-to-day functioning of the university.- Delivering mail for the College of A&S building.- Preparing correspondence and reports.- Providing technical advice to faculty, staff, and students.- Training others on the use of automated systems required by the university.- A variety of odd jobs and tasks fitting for student employees. Show less

• 

  University of Wyoming

  Aug 2013 - May 2015

  Graduate Lecturer

  As part of the responsibility of our Master's program, the department of English required all students teach at least two semesters of the four semester commitment. I elected to teach all four semesters.The responsibilities included:- A 1/1 teaching load. Classes were planned, taught, and managed within a formal structure of teaching mentorships working within peer groups.- Managing diverse classrooms of both traditional and nontraditional students.- Activity in the UWYO English teaching community.- Email and professional relationships with a wide variety of students with varying levels of competency, engagement, and academic ability.Classes Taught:All classes taught were writing courses, emphasizing improving student's writing and editing abilities. My philosophy for improving my student's writing was multiple papers across the semester, each with a draft cycle including multiple drafts, peer review, and extensive one-on-one conferencing with me over editing their work.English Composition- Entry-level English composition and writing course for freshman.- Focused on educating students in linguistic rhetoric, personal and professional communication. Introduction to Literature: Classic and Contemporary Mythology- Class focused on the progression of Western mythology, from ancient texts to contemporary media.- Included teaching theoretical approaches and understanding of literary theory.- Functioned as an upper level writing and rhetoric course aimed at non-Humanities students. Show less

• 

  University of Wyoming

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2016

  Prize Lecturer

  The Prize Lectureship was a competitive full time teaching position working within the Synergy, Honors, and English departments at the University of Wyoming. Only two positions in the Fall of 2015 were available, and despite limiting application to the Lectureship to only recent graduates of the graduate English program, the process was quite competitive. The responsibilities included:- A 4/3 teaching load. Classes were planned, taught, and managed without supervision.- Teaching writing, editing, research, and critical thinking skills to a variety of traditional, nontraditional, English Language Learning, and native speaking students.- Program research and improvement responsibilities, focusing on improving the University of Wyoming's ability to support conditionally admitted students.- Full time grading load for over one-hundred students across two semesters.- Email and professional relationships with a wide variety of students with varying levels of competency, engagement, and academic ability. Show less

• 

  Bright Agrotech

  Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

  Technical & Educational Content Creator

  Creating promotional, educational, and technical documents for the content and marketing teams to distribute across social media, clientele, and internal networks.

• 

  Plenty®

  Aug 2017 - Nov 2024

  To steward a trust-centric, values-driven culture, improve and standardize the flow of information across the company, and unite our rapidly growing team around our shared purpose and objectives.Plenty is building a global network of field-scale indoor farms to transform produce from a bland commodity to a delicious movement.

  • Project Manager

    Aug 2018 - Nov 2024

  • Internal Communications Specialist

    Aug 2017 - Nov 2024