Focused, driven and highly qualified professional. Patient and tactful when communicating with staff, management, and the public. Maintain professionalism and confidentiality. Caring relationship-builder with analytical mindset and good decision-making skills. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in all aspects of a job. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, time management and problem-solving skills.
Skills
Manage time and tasks without constant supervision
Organized, Creative and Detail Oriented
Self-Motivated and Flexible
Maintain Confidentiality
Verbal and Written Communication Skills
Multitasking and Problem Solving Abilities
Technical Skills
Microsoft Word, Excel Spreadsheet, PowerPoint, and Publisher
Google Slides, Sheets, Docs, Email and Drive
Work History
08/2009 to Current
Elementary School TeacherFullbloom – Genoa, IL,
14 years experience as an Elementary Education Teacher.
Established open communication with parents, administration, students and teachers utilizing interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
Coached, trained, and mentored four new grade-level teachers.
Maintained complete record keeping system of each student.
Used formal and informal assessments to gather and analyze data to advance students' growth.
Met with parents to review Individualized Education Plans for at-risk students.
Maintained and managed classroom using variety of strategies and techniques.
Member of the Instructional Leadership Team, assisted in performance management data meetings, analyzed school data that led to initiatives.
Designed and presented creative lesson plans using variety of teaching techniques to appeal to various learning styles for students age 5-10 years old.
Integrated technology in classroom instruction.
Provided warm, supportive environment for developing academic, social and emotional growth.
Designed and presented lesson plans using a variety of teaching techniques.
Prepared and administered grade-specific tests and examinations regulated by school district to monitor students' growth.
Maintained student portfolios to monitor learning progress.
08/2004 to 08/2009
Home-Based Preschool/Early Childhood TeacherMid-East Community Action Agency - Head Start – City, STATE,
Provided family-centered services for low-income families with very young children.
Promoted development of children, and enabled their parents to fulfill their roles as parents and to move toward self-sufficiency.
Educated parents on physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of infants, toddlers and preschool children.
Supported parents, both mothers and fathers, in their role as primary caregivers and teachers of their children.
Assisted families in meeting their own personal goals and achieving self-sufficiency across a wide variety of domains, such as housing stability, continued education, and financial security.
Utilized local community to provide resources and environment necessary to ensure a comprehensive, integrated array of services and support for children and families.
Prepared and maintained ongoing student data and records relating to in-home education, socialization activities and maintained individual student medical and educational information.
Planned, modeled, participated, and led group activities and assisted children and families in performing activities which promote language, cognitive, social, emotional and physical development.
Completed various weekly and monthly logs and forms regarding services delivered and/or required for infants/toddlers, and families.
Maintained ongoing communication with families to coordinate program and community services.
Maintained sensitivity to cultural and socio-economic background, family concerns, and unique needs of non-English speaking families.
03/2002 to 05/2004
Referral Services CoordinatorKingston Healthcare Associates – City, STATE,
Maintained accurate records on in-progress and completed referrals, ensuring full data integrity throughout process.
Called insurance companies to get precertification and other benefits information on behalf of patients.
Scheduled appointments with specialists on behalf of clients.
Communicated with patients, ensuring that medical information was kept private.
Completed clerical tasks such as filing, copying and distributing mail.
Welcomed office visitors and alerted staff to arrivals of scheduled appointments.
Interacted with customers by phone, email or in-person to provide information.
09/1997 to 03/2000
Emergency Department Medical Coder Team Health: MedAssure – City, STATE,
Reviewed outpatient records and interpreted documentation to identify diagnoses and procedures.
Reviewed, analyzed and managed coding of diagnostic and treatment procedures contained in outpatient medical records.
Reviewed patient charts to better understand health histories, diagnoses and treatments.
Applied official coding conventions and rules from American Medical Association and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assign diagnostic codes.
Education
Expected in 12/2008 to to
Bachelor of Arts: Human Growth And Learning, Elementary K-6 Tusculum College - Greeneville, TN GPA:
Expected in 05/1997 to to
Associate of Applied Science: Health Science - Medical Record Technology Roane State Community College - Harriman, TN GPA:
Expected in 05/1991 to to
High School Diploma: Harriman High School - Harriman, TN GPA:
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