Administrative Assistant School

DEBRA CAVINESS

**** **** **** **.

White Hall, MI

Home Phone 231-***-****

***********@*****.***

SUMMARY

I have always been interested in working with children. For 23 years I

owned and operated an educational based day care program for children ages

0-12 years old. As I entered my tenth year I included a latch key program

for single, low wage moms so that they would have a safe place for their

children before and after school. I understand children and love to be

around them. I have excellent people skills. I am a hard worker, very

responsible, reliable, and faithful to the workplace and my

Co-workers. I am very flexible, can handle any situation efficiently. I

have worked in the Flint School system for 11 years as a school volunteer

working with children that have special needs. I have worked in recruiting

families for the school system that I have most recently been employed

with, because I believe an early enjoyable start to a child's education is

important for the successful educational journey that they are embarking

on.

WORK HISTORY

1999-2010 Flint Educational Management, LLC (International Academy

of Flint)

2820 S. Saginaw Street, Flint, MI 48503 810-***-****

I have been working with the Sabis Corporation for the last 11 years and

have been lucky enough to have experienced working in several different

areas. Below you will see the different work experience that I have had

the joy to achieve. I have learned a new way of educating children that

has blown me away with its academic success. I started with IAF before the

doors opened and have seen the caliber of students that have graduated. It

has made me very proud to have been a small part of that growth and

success. I look forward to, again, starting a new adventure with a new

school.

K-6 Front Office Receptionist, 2008-2010

Once I came back to the main school I began working at the front desk

where I did the work I did at the Annex but on a much larger scale, I

still help with the nursing duties, but only when needed, I accessed the

Sabis Student Management System for items needed by parents, students, and

staff, I did the lamination for the whole school, not just the few that

were at the Annex, I worked closely with the parents to ensure they know

that their children are safe and they have the information important to

them, I was on the Crisis Team where I was responsible for my part of the

emergency drills and evacuation plans, I worked closely with the staff

because they are already doing one of the hardest jobs at the school and,

I feel, they need someone on the team that will do the small things that

make their lives easier.

Office Manager for our K-1 Annex, 2004-2008

Help with all office procedures, recruited families for enrolment,

prepared, updated, and maintained required reports and records monthly,

filed attendance daily, recorded daily lunch counts, called parents for

absences and illness, provided directions for sub staff and volunteer

staff, I was on the Crisis Team where I was responsible for the emergency

drills and evacuation plans, lamination, filing, typing, writing memos,

nurse, gave medication to students, book keeping, received shipments of

supplies, handled incoming mail, handled child accounting, switchboard

duties, new enrollments, helped plan and direct the special programs the

students have done (Reading Buddy Day, Field Day, Harvest Party, and

Musical programs), helped plan and direct after school programs, and

attend and/or assist with staff in-service sessions.

Administrative Assistant for Special Education Department, 2001-2004

I prepared, maintained, and implemented all paper work required to

evaluate a child's eligibility for special education, prepared, updated,

and maintained required reports and records for state funding, set

appointments for parent/ teacher meetings, IEPs (individual education

plan), evaluations for the students. I provided directions for sub staff

and volunteer staff, filing, typing, writing memos, book keeping, order

and receive shipments of supplies, handle incoming mail, handle child

accounting, made copies for office and resource rooms, modified tests,

copied tests, organized and managed the resource library, transported

students to testing stations, transported student to Skill Center for

aptitude testing, and attend and/or assist with staff in-service sessions.

Kindergarten Teacher Assistant, 1999-2001

Assisting the lead teacher in providing an atmosphere that is

developmentally appropriate and has positive adult/ child interaction,

working one on one with a child that needs extra help to catch up with the

class, helped plan and direct activities for children that hit on

developmental and educational needs, assisted with the development of the

lesson plans for the next month, helped with the implementation of the

lesson plans, helped expand the range of learning through whole class,

individual, and small group instruction, reading stories,

cue/refocus/redirect students, assist with classroom management, motivate

and support students with class work and homework, assist with Accelerated

Reading (A. R.), one on one review for tests, guided student activities,

assist with guided reading lessons, helping with setting up different

activities in each learning center, responsible for class newsletter,

maintained, assisted, and insured a clean and safe environment for the

children both in the classroom and going on field trips, I helped

implement multiple teaching methods to accommodate students with varying

learning styles and abilities, and I assisted in classroom management. My

main duty is to make sure I am available for anything the lead teacher

might need done. I have been involved in everything to ensure that the

students have a successful learning experience throughout their school

year.

Office Aid, Cummings Elementary 1995-1999

Helped with all office procedures, prepared and maintained waiting lists,

recruited families for enrolment, prepared, updated, and maintain required

reports and records monthly, filed attendance daily, called parents for

absences and illness, I was a home school health advisor where I looked

after the nursing duties but also did home visits and helped families with

the things they needed to make their lives a little easier so they could

focus on their children's education, I provided directions for sub staff

and volunteer staff, filed, typed, wrote memos and News Letters, gave

medication to students and staff, received shipments of supplies, handled

incoming mail, handled child accounting, switchboard duties, new

enrollments, helped plan and direct field trips, and attended and/or

assist with staff in-service sessions. I also worked as a lunch aid, here

I helped prepare the lunches for all students, and I maintained discipline

during lunch time. I ran the Scholastic Book Fair two times a year, I

organized all fundraising activities, I volunteered my time to two Girl

Scout troops and was not just the Cookie Chair for the troops, but for the

whole council area.

EDUCATION

Jun. 2004 Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood Education, Development, and

Administration

Rochester College Extended Learning, Flint MI

June 2010 Working on Master in Education

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Access, Math Blaster, Reader Rabbit,

Reading and Writing Center, Print Shop, Print Master; Internet proficient

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