Christopher Isaiah Aiken
2880 Donnell Parke, unit 1102
Round Rock, Tx 78664
Mobile: 512-636-7883
Email: aikencia@gmail.com
Education:
- Texas A & M University – Commerce, TX, Masters of Science (HKSS), Athletic Administration,
05/2018
- Appalachian State University – Boone, NC, Bachelors of Science, Criminal Justice,
05/2012
- Blinn College – Brenham, TX, Associates of Science, Criminal Justice,
12/2009
- United States Army – Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, Military Police Graduate
02/2003
- Certified Personal Trainer – License National Association of Fitness Certification
10/2016
Work Experience:
Pflugerville Independent School District Pflugerville, TX
Teacher/Coach, SPED/Behavioral Unit 08/2014 – Present
- Communicates with professional staff regarding the educational, social, and personal needs of the student
- Assists in screening, evaluating, and making recommendations regarding the placement and program of students
- Documenting legal reports and carryout administrative tasks
- Organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills with students and parents
- Facilitate team processes including problem solving, per-referral intervention
- Instruct and direct assigned instructional assistants to maximize delivery of instructional services. Responsible for organizing and scheduling instructional and program events
- Skills in working collaborative-team based environments
- Collect data for Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Improvement Plans for students
- Crisis De-escalation during emergency situations
- Teach social skills and core academic lessons
- Create students schedule of activities/lessons
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local, laws and procedures
- Knowledge of strategies to control and manage significant and challenging behaviors
- Maintain confidentiality
- Responds to emergency situations (e.g. injured students, behavior escalations, fights, etc.) for the purpose of resolving immediate safety concerns
- Strong motivational skills
- Implemented activities to develop motor learning skills
HD Fit Austin, Texas
08/2015- Present
Personal Trainer
- Provide patrons with quality health and fitness information.
- Meet with patrons before they begin working with them to gain a better understanding of their goal, like losing weight or gaining muscle mass.
- Model workouts they may do and devise customized exercise plans based on their health and goals.
- Observe patrons performing exercises to ensure they are doing the moves correctly.
- Provide patrons with diet and lifestyle suggestions when they are relevant to the fitness plan.
- Boot Camp with Obstacle courses, mile run and strength assessments
- Coordinate community activities to promote healthy lifestyles
Texas Juvenile Justice Department Giddings, TX
Juvenile Justice Case Manager 03/2014 – 07/2014
- Work involves completing case file reviews and maintaining databases
- May be required to work overtime and required to be on-call
- Implement, manage programs and ensure processes are in place to ensure positive outcomes
- Skill in maintaining order and discipline and responding quickly in emergencies
- Prioritize and manage multiple tasks; plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments; and meet deadlines
- Process information logically, make decisions, and demonstrate the soundness of those decisions
- Interpret rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
- Skill in verbal and written communications
- Present case files and evidence before a court of law
- Remain alert, observant, and physically able to respond appropriately to work situations or emergencies including, but not limited to, physical restraint of youth
- Work with youth in an empathetic and understanding manner
- Learn verbal and physical crisis intervention/de-escalation techniques and emergency treatment procedures
- Physically restrain youth when necessary in a manner consistent with instructions received in training
- May be required to work overtime and required to be on-call
- Accept and adapt to changes in assignments, methods, policies, etc.
- S.T.A.R (Special Tactics and Response) Team Member
Texas Juvenile Justice Department Giddings, TX
Juvenile Correctional Officer 05/2013 – 02/2014
- Remain alert, observant, and physically able to respond appropriately to work situations or emergencies including, but not limited to, physical restraint of youth
- Work with youth in an empathetic and understanding manner
- Coordinate and plan academic and recreational activities for youth offenders
- Ability to learn verbal and physical crisis intervention/de-escalation techniques and emergency treatment procedures
- Physically restrain youth when necessary in a manner consistent with instructions received in training
- Accept and adapt to changes in assignments, methods, policies, etc.
- S.T.A.R (Special Tactics and Reaction) Team Member
Pflugerville Independent School District Austin, TX
Education Associate, SPED/Multi-Disabilities Unit (MDU) 09/2012 – 04/2013
- Collect data for Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Improvement Plans for students
- Crisis de-escalation during emergency situations.
- Teach social skills and core academic lessons.
- Plan physical activities for disabled students
- Provide fitness routines that include adaptive physical education and sensory integration
- Create students schedule of activities/lessons
United States Army, 978th MP. Co. Ft. Bliss, TX
Military Police (31B) 2002-2007, Received Honorable
- Enforce military law and regulations
- Exercise military control and discipline and guard prisoners of war
- Responsible for traffic accident investigations
- Provided physical security for designated individuals, installations, facilities, and equipment
- Trained in civil disturbances and riot control situations
- Performed foot and motorized patrols
- Coordinate and participate in the Cooper test 2x a year
- Prepared Military Police reports and sworn statements
- Reconnaissance and surveillance duties
- Civil support and stabilities operations
- Crime scene security and processing
- Interview witnesses, victims, and suspects in investigations
- Arrest and charge criminal suspects
- Discharge Enforced Traffic regulations and Law and Order (Include writing citations)
Training and Recognition
- Honorable Discharge
- Trained in Combat Life Saver Course from 2002-2007
- Certified Cross-Designated Agricultural Inspection (Customs – 2004)
- Deployed to Kuwait/Iraq (2003-2004) and Iraq (2005-2006)
- Trained on the Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station (C.R.O.W.S)
- Completed Pepper Spray certification course
- Trained in clearing/breaching procedures in urban warfare
- Trained in Improvised Explosive Device (I.E.D) Identification course
- Enrolled in beginner’s Arabic class (2005)
- Completed HUMVEE day/night driving course
- Earned Combat Action Badge and 2 Combat Action Patches
- Trained in Combat Life Saver course 2002-2007
- Southwest Junior College Football Conference Champion
- Junior College Football National Champion
- Southern Conference Football Champion
- Defensive Team Captain ( Appalachian State University)
- Coursework on Kinesiology, sports management, financial, marketing and facility management (Texas A&M Commerce)
Certifications and Licenses
- Certified Special Education Teacher
- Certified Personal Trainer
- SAMA Certified (Satori Alternatives to Managing Anger)
- FIRST AID/CPR/AED Certified
Reference:
Lacey Ajibola – 512-994-9590
Supervisor, Asst. Principal Lacey.Ajibola@pfisd.net
Kareem Young – 813-454-5286
Strength and Conditioning Coach, young@lifthealth.org
Mike Kent – 828-406-9153
Director of Strength and Conditioning (University of Florida), mikek@gators.ufl.edu