Assistant Administrative

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Charissa Marie Sforza

Objective

To obtain a supportive team oriented position as an Administrative Assistant allowing me to further demonstrate and utilize my leadership, organization, personable communication, and computer skills while acquiring new abilities.

Experience

Feb 2013-Jan 2016

Martial Arts World West End

Henrico, VA

Director After School/Summer Camp Program; Training Instructor

Helped create, shape, establish and implement new procedures in after school program

Trained new hires in after school room

Organized and helped students complete belt testing applications in a timely fashion

Responsible for creating/implementing new student enrollment procedure for after school room

Outlined normal daily after school activity schedules

Selected and executed special art activities for “Spirit Fridays”

Planned/prepared all full/half day schedules for when school was out

Assisted children with all levels of homework

Created summer camp daily schedule of activities/field trips

Volunteered to help host and support instructors doing children’s birthday parties

Competing/performing member of schools elite demonstration team

Dedicated to being a leader by committing to be a training instructor for students and peers

Earned brown belt

Sept 2010 – July 2013

CarePoint Medical

Glen Allen, VA

Documentation Specialist

Trained new hires

Assisted supervisor and took on responsibilities with daily tasks when there were no other members of management in department

Documentation for all Diabetic Testing Supplies patients

Worked to create and maintain working relationships with Dr’s office’s

Worked to turn incomplete prescriptions into good acceptable prescriptions

Consistently a top Performer in the department with reaching all the different types of goals set, number of calls, percentage of time on the phone, number of prescriptions received

Jun 2006-Aug13, 2010

La Petite Academy & Preschool

Henrico, VA

Assistant Director

Updated and trained all teachers and new hires

Oversaw teachers completing curriculum, assessments, daily sheets, report cards, portfolios etc.

Kept track of all teachers records, background checks, necessary training, children’s files

Maintained all school vehicles, paperwork associated with them, and drove students

Handled parents accounts, collected payments, new enrollments, gave tours, answered phones

Updated fall enrollment tracking weekly, and completed weekly center reports

Quickly promoted from Teacher, to Assistant in Management, to Assistant Director

Sept 2005- Mar 2006

Boys & Girls Club

Richmond, VA

Art Teacher/Director

Created and executed lesson plans

Responsible for giving children artistic outlet and experience that they normally aren’t given

Organized and designed all bulletin boards and other art displays around the building

Increased confidence in children by encouraging them to enter competitions within the community ex. Comcast, Reflections, For The Love of Art

Jul 1997- Jan 2004

McDonalds

South Riding, VA

Swing Manager

Managed a shift including 5-30 people, documented and administered crew training

Responsible for counting drawers and doing bank deposits at the beginning and end of every shift

Quickly promoted from Crew, to Crew Trainer, to Swing Manager

Education

Aug 2001- May 2005 Jan 2009- Present

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

Bachelors of Fine Arts

BFA Photography & Film: B&W Darkroom classes: Zone System, Color Processing 1 & 2, Digital Photography 1 & 2, Senior Portfolio, Business Practices, Sequencing, Concepts of Photography, Post Visualization, History of Photography, Elements of Moving Image

Mass Communications (Advertising): Global Communications, Story, Curiousness, Mass Comm, TechPro

Skills & Qualifications

Experienced in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Movie Maker, Outlook

Experienced in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier

Experienced in Fastrack, VTiger and HDMS medical systems

Knowledgeable in Adobe Go Live, InDesign

CPR, First Aid Certified, MAT Trained

Trained brown belt in Martial Arts

Other Experiences

Member of Martial Arts World West End elite performing demo team West End Warriors

Cub Scout Troop 772 Committee Member & Popcorn Kernel

Cub Scout Troop 776 Assistant Den Parent & Popcorn Kernel

Ruby F Carver PTA Reflections Chairman

Ruby F Carver PTA Yearbook Co-Chairman

MS Society: Walk MS 2012 Chairman

Tuckahoe Tomahawks & West End Tornadoes volunteer

YMCA Soccer Coach, SYA Basketball Coach and Referee

For The Love of Art: Vice President/Co-Founder of student organization bringing art experiences to inner city children, producing website, yearbook, magazine, calendar

Past Photography Editor, Photographer, Ad Team/Designer for VCU’s The Vine Magazine

References

References are available on request.

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