Linda M. Lewis
Chicago, Illinois 60619
Education/Accomplishments:
Master of Education – Concordia University GPA 4.0
Erikson Institute – GPA 3.0
Olive Harvey College – GPA: 4.0
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science - Chicago State University
Certificate of Completion “Protégé Program” Lake County YWCA
Licensed Food & Sanitation, State if Illinois
CDA Center-based Preschool
Second Setting - CDA Family Childcare
Council for Professional Recognition CDA Advisor
CDA Professional Development Specialist
Licensed Group Home Provider – DCFS
Level 2 ECE Credential
Level 2 ITC Credential
Level 1 School Age Youth and Development Credential
City Certified Academic Head Start Program (COPA)
Outstanding Family Group Home Child Care Provider Award- 2013 CRCL
Certificate of Completion Teaching Strategies Gold
National Director Credential - McCormick Center for Early Childhood
Illinois Director Credential - INCCRRA
NAFCC Accreditation
Carol Robertson Center for Learning (Excel Trainer)
Registered Trainer – Illinois Action for Children
Quality Star Level 4 ERS 5.09; BAS 5.11
42 – Early Childhood Education Semester hours
Career Summary
Extensive knowledge of computer software applications, i.e., Microsoft Windows 8, XP, Vistas, Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Access, Excel, Works, Microsoft Office Suite, IDX, Last word, Oasis, EPIC.
Twenty-years of various network operating systems, i.e., LAN Operating systems, Windows NT, Novell Operating systems, Dbase management systems.
Manage and maintain the integrity of several large database files needed to generate various reports for senior management audit of all physicians.
Proficient in analyzing the specifications and characteristics needed to generate various reports for senior management.
Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to retrieve patient information from various contacts and external facilities.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills utilized to obtain necessary cooperation from personnel needed to meet deadlines.
Leadership Excellence
Kid’s University of Illinois Childcare
National Director/Licensed Provider
7312 S. St. Lawrence
Chicago, Illinois 60619
January 2010 – Present
Responsibilities:
Design and deliver an integrated challenging curriculum that meets the needs of individual children.
Monitor the growth and development of children utilizing the ‘Teaching Strategies Gold Assessment System’.
Ensure day-to-day operations of program, budgets, hiring, etc.
Relate assessment information to parents and offer support for dealing with children at various developmental stages
Communicate with parents through weekly progress notes, monthly newsletter, and quarterly parent conferences
Promote philosophy and educational objectives of the facility
Support the facility’s code of ethical conduct
Engage in ongoing staff development to improve personal and professional skills
Support professional growth and development of colleagues through mentoring
Coordinate and supervise staff, aides and volunteers working in the classroom to ensure all regulatory requirements are met
Sweetsey’s Boutique Inc.
Owner/Manager
545 E. 79th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60619
January 2003 – December 2009
Responsibilities:
Manage day-to-day operations of a retail clothing business.
Maintain reports for inventory records, daily sales, operational expenses, etc/
Create reports necessary for tax purposes such as profit and loss statements, and quarterly projections.
Present and implement new merchandising concepts that increased in-store sales for each seasonal product category
Train new workers in the latest sales techniques that allowed each employee to increase individual sales; resulting in higher revenue and better employee retention
University of Chicago
Data Analyst
September 2000 – January 2003
Responsibilities:
Select the physicians to be audited for the fiscal year generated from service analysis data obtained from UCPG and UOCH.
Generate queries used to analyze patient chart information needed to audit physicians through use of the IDX/UDX systems.
Select patient services to be audited based physician volume statistics.
Create a detailed list of patients and service provided for staff to retrieve from medical records department.
Manage the receipt of patient information retrieved for each physician being audited for the given month.
Create a database to maintain information and criteria for each physician.
Create and maintain a database for all physicians who have been audited for the calendar year/
Prepare patient data for distribution to auditors and other Compliance staff.
Retrieve outpatient information by contacting physicians and staff members by phone, fax and email at on/off site facilities.
Generate weekly and annual stat reports using Access on all physicians audited directly to the Director of Compliance Audit Services to present results to physicians and Chief Compliance Officer.
Meet with team members to ensure integrity and track patient record flow.
Ensure integrity of data and compliance regulations are being implemented by all physicians
Analyze patient invoice information and physician encrypted coding and billing detail using the IDX system.
Generate statistical year end Access reports of Medicaid/Medicare summaries for charge corrections/refunds.
Score each chart and compute the average to determine the pass/fail ratio of each physician audited.
Create working and permanent files of all physicians being audited for each month.