Substitute Teacher Front Desk

Cynthia K. Downs

*** ******* **** **** ********* Valley, CT 06282

860-***-**** 860-***-**** *****************@*****.*** Professional Experience

Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy, Windham Public Schools Building Substitute August 2021-Present

Filling a multitude of daily absent spaces in the K-8 level classrooms. Flexible with needs of all grade levels, serving short and long term open spaces to ensure consistency and accountability to all students in the school.

Long Term Substitute Teacher April 2015 – March

2020

Serving a multitude of long- term positions for the school, including ELL, 1st and 3rd grade classroom teacher, Library / Media Specialist, English Literature Tutor, and Project Lead The Way specials teacher. Each assignment varied in length of time from three months to one year. Repeated requests from administration due to consistency, excellent organizational skills, strong interpersonal communication skills, ability to teach elementary school children, and positive encouraging attitude.

Kelly Educational Staffing 2018

On Call Substitute Teacher

March 2015 – October

Eastford Veterinary Clinic November 2011 – May

2013

Receptionist / Assistant Technician

Responsible for scheduling routine and surgical appointments, reminder mailings, and updating vaccination records. Prepared financial statements, including bank reconciliation, end of day, and quarterly reports. Assisted the veterinarian during surgeries, vaccinations, and other procedures.

Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Assistant Supervisor, Front Desk February 2006 –

November 2011

Manage staff meetings to create avenues of communication with all departments of the small animal hospital. Manage financial reconciliation for nightly accounting procedures. Observed and coached staff to ensure admitted, inpatient, and discharged patient transactions are efficiently and respectfully processed. Wrote and delivered Performance Reviews. Excellence in handling a variety of client service and administrative tasks and resolving client issues with expediency in an ultra-high-volume environment.

Trinity College

Prospect Research Assistant 1997- 1998

Research and report financial and biographical information on new and existing persons beneficial to the college’s Development Office Efforts. Identified connections between corporate and foundation institutions and the college in the interest of furthering the goals of the Development Office.

Submit articles for publication to the New England Development Research Association newsletter determining wealth factors with regard to horse ownership. The University of Hartford

Prospect Research Assistant 1996-1997

Researched and reported financial and biographical information on new and existing persons beneficial to the college’s Development Office efforts. The University of Connecticut Foundation

Prospect Research Co Op Assistant 1994-1996

Identify new and existing corporate, foundation, and individual benefactors for development officers representing each of the University’s schools. Create development officer index of itinerary during the UCONN 2000 campaign.

Education

CEU Certificate of Completion A-Z Grant Writing

Quinebaug Valley Community College

2018

BA, English, University of Connecticut, 1996

Volunteer:

Rhode Island Arabian Horse Association 2001 – Present Served as President, Vice President, Secretary, and Publicity for affiliate club of the national organization, The Arabian Horse Association. Published monthly articles to New England area equine publications for the promotion and news related items for the group member organization.

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