My name is Terry and I have been employed by Sierra Sands Unified School
District for the last ten years. I am currently searching for a twelve
month position out of the school venue. I have ten years of office
administration experience, fourteen years of experience with the Defense
and have held a secret clearance.
Please see my attached resume and consider me for a position within your
company.
Thank you.
Terry Schwichtenberg
209 Chambers Street
Ridgecrest CA 93555
*******@*******.***
June 2005 - June 2010. Elementary School Office Manager, Sierra Sands
Unified School District.
. Performed a variety of administrative duties which included planning,
coordinating, and organizing office activities; coordinated flow of
communications, correspondence and information in support of the
office staff, principal, and school operations.
. Managed various budgets in excess of $200K; calculated, prepared and
revised accounting data using Microsoft Excel linked spreadsheets;
balanced and maintained assigned school accounts using Quickbooks;
assisted in assuring expenditures did not exceed established budget
limitations; collected, received, deposited and accounted for all
incoming fundraiser sales and cash donations; custodian of petty cash
fund.
. Researched, compiled and verified a variety of data and information;
computed statistical information for various reports; prepared,
processed and evaluated a variety of forms, applications and documents
related to assigned function; proofread, verified and assured accuracy
of various correspondences (currently type 75 words per minute
accurately).
. Composed (independently or from oral instructions) a variety of
materials such as inter-office communications, forms, letters, e-mail,
memoranda, bulletins, work orders, newsletters and other materials;
developed spreadsheets and generated various computerized lists,
documents and reports; assured accuracy of input and output data.
. Prepared and reported end of month payroll for classified and
certificated personnel and mid-month hourly payroll for substitute
personnel; assured completion and accuracy of timesheets to submit to
payroll; prepared/submitted records for overtime, vacation, holidays,
sick days, stipends, extra pay and other employee information;
distributed payroll.
. Prepared and processed purchase orders to ensure inventory levels of
office and designated school supplies and materials were available;
inventoried all materials upon arrival and reported discrepancies to
the district warehouse or vendor.
. Served as liaison between the administrator, teachers, district staff,
outside agencies, students, parents, and the public. Provided public
relations and communications services, scheduled and arranged
appointments, conferences, meetings, field trips and other events.
January 2000 - June 2005. Administrative Secretary, Sierra Sands Unified
School District, Human Resources Department.
. Received visitors including administrators, staff, parents and the
public; exercised independent judgment in resolving various issues,
referring difficult issues to the Superintendent's assistant; provided
information related to district operations, activities, programs,
services, events, time line, processes, policies and procedures.
. Processed and initiated travel plans for principals, teachers, and
district employees during recruiting phase of new hires across the
country, including airline and hotel reservations and car rentals.
. Prepared and processed purchase orders to ensure inventory levels of
office supplies and equipment for the department staff were in stock;
maintained accounting information for several different accounts;
custodian of petty cash fund.
. Represented Sierra Sands Unified School District at monthly City
Safety Committee meetings at the Ridgecrest City Hall; recorded
district's monthly safety meeting minutes and created reports for
delivery to administrative staff.
. Administered and scored 200-250 eligibility tests given once a year to
the public searching for employment within the school district;
trained new permanent and substitute employees on the Substitute
Employee Management System (computerized substitute request system).
1991 - 2000. Stay at home mother.
1990 - 1991. Lead Configuration Management Specialist, Ford Aerospace &
Communications Corporation (FACC), Ridgecrest.
. Coordinated configuration control board meetings; prepared and
submitted board meeting and program review minutes.
. Created data access program to track the status of several hundred
engineering change proposals.
. Performed selected physical configuration audits in Sunnyvale, CA and
Ottawa, Canada.
. Inventoried documentation and drawing packages and control baseline
drawings; maintained data/configuration management library.
. Tracked delivery of contract data requirements listings (CDRLs)
documentation; updated and distributed CDRL and milestone schedules
for all contract delivery orders.
1988 - 1990. Associate Configuration Management Analyst, FACC, Ridgecrest.
. Supported contractual document preparation and delivery.
. Reported deliverable documentation status.
. Performed technical library maintenance.
. Assisted Lead Configuration Management Specialist in items listed
above prior to my promotion to that position.
1985 - 1988. Senior Computer Operator, FACC, RCC Integration & Processing
System (RIPS), China Lake NWC.
. Responsible for system start-up and all computer room operations;
monitored the system and responded to any adverse condition.
. Maintained the RIPS queues.
. Produced confidential post data products; created the test archive
tapes and maintained the hardcopy output; responded to requests by
Navy personnel.