Administrative Assistant Sales

ORETHA S. ARMSTRONG

P.O. BOX ****, Poughkeepsie NY 12603

Telephone: 845-***-**** ~ email: *******@*******.***

EXPERIENCE

**/**** -**/**** ******** Community College, Poughkeepsie, New York HSE and ESL Intake Advisor

• Assist ELL and HSE students with placement and registration.

• Inform students of program and college policies, procedures, and requirements.

• Conduct intake and assessment interviews and administer testing of limited English speaking and other students who enroll in the Adult Learning Center Programs.

• Identify appropriate class placement and make referrals to teachers for incoming ELL and Spanish HSE (formerly GED) students.

• Distribute important academic and co-curricular information.

• Provide on-going academic advisement for limited English speaking students

• Participate in periodic day and evening group Intake and Testing sessions throughout the year for potential ELL and HSE students.

• Meet regularly with Administration to monitor ELL attendance in order to enroll potential ELL students from waiting lists and to meet enrollment requirements.

• Work with ELL teachers to facilitate timely progress testing and adjust class placements according to appropriate levels.

• Assist in promoting awareness of program opportunities to community groups and other constituencies

• Maintain required documentation and complete required reports to assure compliance with federal and state requirements.

• Other duties as assigned

09/2014-09/2016 Teacher Assistant

• Provided assistance to TASC students and teaching partners with lessons in social studies, science, reading comprehension, writing and mathematics.

• Gained valuable classroom management skills.

• Provided assistance to ESOL students and teaching partners. 09/2014 - 06/2015 Catholic Charities, Poughkeepsie, New York ESL Tutor

• Provided tutelage to ESL students

• Assisted clients in completing immigration forms written in Spanish 10/2011 – 11/2014 Crossmark Plano, TX, US

Retail Representative

• Performed merchandise revisions, product distribution checks and spot audit for drug store chains and supermarkets

09/2011 – 10/2012 Marist Institute of Public Opinion Poughkeepsie, New York Field Assistant, (seasonal)

• Certified by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research

• Performed public opinion polls

3/2010 – 9/2011 Advantage Sales and Marketing Irvine, California Event Specialist,

• Coordinated product education for clients and customers.

• Developed strategies to expand and advertise brand awareness 6/2004 - 11/2008 Maharaj Attorneys Durban, Republic of South Africa Administrative Assistant

• Coordinated the office calendar to align with attorneys’ work flow, court dates, consultations, and meetings.

• Coordinated meetings, travel arrangements, corporate events, and conferences. EDUCATION 1987-1990 MARIST COLLEGE Poughkeepsie, New York Jan 2015 NYSTCE Teaching Assistant Certification

SKILLS Bilingual (Spanish), Microsoft Word, Windows XP, Excel REFERENCES Available upon request

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