Michele Madeleine Gray

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Charleston, SC 29412

843-***-****

adhb7u@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Morris College, Sumter SC

Business Administration, August 2010 - May 2011

Midlands Technical College, Columbia SC

Management, August 2011- 2013

Early Childhood Education and Development, August 2013-2018

South Carolina Early Childhood Credential

January 2015

First Aid and CPR Certified, Charleston, SC

January 2016

Work Experience

Office Assistant, Columbia, SC 2013 -2015

my job was to aid where necessary throughout the office for day to day task. I was responsible for all general office duties such as answering phones, scheduling appointments, filing, and organizing paperwork, and assisting with payroll.

City of North Charleston Recreation Department, Charleston, SC 2014-2017

During the summer my job includes: the lead counselor over that particular site for the summer camp, helping the kids learn, keeping the kids safe, engaging in creative activities with the kids, taking them to interesting places (such as playgrounds, zoo, museums)

During the school year my job includes assisting with the afterschool program at a local elementary school. I help the children pre-kindergarten through fifth grade with their schoolwork and study skills. I am also responsible for keeping the children safe and active while they are under my care in the afternoons

Victoria’s Secret, North Charleston, SC 2014-2016

My job includes from November 2014 to January2015 I was a seasonal sales associate, when holiday was over, I was asked to stay on as a sales associate and work weekends.

As a sales associate I was able to work closely with customers and helping them find what they needed

I received my bra certification during the Spring of 2015, which allowed me to better asset bra fittings and help our customers

In August 2015, I was promoted to Generalist, which gave me more responsibilities with helping the other associates learn more as well as myself learning more within the company. In October 2015, I was asked to be a TAP Supervisor for the Holiday season

Sash, North Charleston, SC 2016-current

Sash is a prom and pageant boutique where I am the weekend manager. My duties include opening and closing the store on my scheduled days. I work closely with the other employees to help our customers find their dream dress or tux for their specific occasion. I also get to work closely with the owner on finding new styles and products for the store.

Before the store opened in January 2016, I received training on how to properly fit someone in a dress and how to fit someone into a tux.

The Chalkbaord Preschool, Hanahan, SC 2017-2018

The Chalkboard Preschool is a small privately owned preschool. I was hired as the 4-year-old teacher. My duties included doing weekly lesson plans, monthly goals, helping to open or close the school, preparing and serving meals for the children, keeping my classroom clean and organized, building string relationships with my students and their parents.

All my lesson plans were based on Creative Curriculum which is all about experiences and allowing the children to discover on their own, but also based on the children’s interest. For example, if the class is discussing flowers and the activity is to create their own flower. The children are given all the materials they need and are encouraged to creative their own flower with minimal help, but the teacher is still there to talk with them about what they are doing.

Monthly goals were made for each individual child based on the Creative Curriculum objectives that I wanted to encourage the student and parent to work with me. Centers in the classroom were rotated based on the theme and the children’s interest for that week.

Cadence Academy Preschool, Charleston, SC 2018-2019

Cadence Academy Preschool is a preschool that enrolls infant to school age children. I was hired as the one of the older 3's teacher when the new school year started. For 3 weeks before the new school year started, I work as a front desk assistant. My duties were answering phones, filing paperwork, helping parents with enrollment packets, keeping up with ratios per classroom, assisting teachers with needed materials, setting appointments for perspective families, and greeting families as they dropped off or picked up students.

My duties and working on lesson plans, updating portfolios, serving meals, keeping the classroom clean and organized, effectively communicating with the parent and students in my class. I get to work closely with my co-teacher to plan out what are students need to learn. The lesson plans are based on a particular matrix that is given each month. Each monthly matrix is based on learning objectives for my age group. My co-teacher and I made sure that our class is a fun and safe environment for learning. Working closely with my co-teacher we can bounce ideas off each other and figure out the best ways to make are activities work well within the classroom. Each child has a portfolio, and which is started from the first day they are enrolled at Cadence Academy and follows their growth until they leave the school. Each month there is a different objective and as the teacher, we document to be able to show the parents during conferences or whenever the parent wants an update on their child’s progress within the classroom.

During my short time at Cadence Academy, I was able to be promoted to Assistant Director of the school, with this promotion my duties changed. I was able to still be a part of the classroom just in a different capacity. I was able to use the skills I learned in my first 3 weeks and apply them to the Assistant Director position. I was able to show my teachers different techniques that could be applied in their classrooms. Building relations with the staff, students and teachers were a major part of my duties as well as quick thinking.

Charleston County Register of Deeds, Charleston, SC 2019-current

The Register of Deeds Office is a county office that is responsible for all property records. My duties as Executive Administrative Assistant I work directly with the elected official that is over the office. As the assistant I conducted clerical tasks such as organizing and updating flies, answering phones, and communicating by email.

I am responsible for planning and organizing meetings with other elected and state officials. I served as the primary liaison for office guest which would include giving office tours and giving historical background on the office to visitors.

I assist with the implementing new policies and programs within the office. For example, while there we started an internship program for college students with particular majors could work and learn for class credit. Along with the internship program I was able to assist with giving the office a social media footprint by providing information and community engagement for the Charleston area.

I am also responsible for finding new and innovative ways for the office. In a technology driven world I was tasked to research how the office can move in a more efficient way and incorporate new and improved technology for the benefit of the office and the citizens that utilize the office. Along with the new innovative ways I also found ways to help the office generate more funds that could help with implementation of new technology.

In this role I was apart of the Leadership Team that would help make mayor decisions for the office and its function.

Leadership & Volunteer Experience

Future Business Leaders of America

oVice President -2008-2009

oPresident – 2009-2010

oConference Volunteer/ Judge – 2011- current

School Supply Giveaways, 2007 – current

Camp Happy Days: Kids Kickin Cancer- 2013 - 2015

oSummer camp counselor for kids with cancer and their siblings

Race 4 Achievement- 2015 – current

ostarted as a volunteer before becoming a member of the Board of Directors for Community Outreach in South and North Carolina

oA 501(c)(3) organization established to provide pathways to education and academic excellence for students primarily in the Lowcountry and Upstate regions of South Carolina and the Charlotte Metropolitan region. The inspiration for this organization stems from my childhood friend TyWanza Sanders; youngest victim of the 2015 Mother Emanuel Church Massacre (Charleston, SC). • Lead and create all crowdfunding initiatives and campaigns; growing our annual scholarship awardees from one $500 scholarship recipient to three $1,000 scholarship recipients and one $500 scholarship recipient (over $11,500 in scholarships have been awarded since 2015).

oOversee the coordination, sponsorship, promotion, and execution of our annual Doughnut Dash 5K #Race4Wanza working directly with The South Windermere Shopping Center and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, growing the initial race from 120 participants to 325 participants and revenues from $1,500 to $11,500.

o Coordinate the implementation of the Carnegie Program at James Island Town Hall annually, providing free SAT, ACT, and college mentoring for students in the Charleston, SC, area

TyWanza Sanders Legacy Foundation, 2018-current

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, Outlook

Web Browsing

Writing running reports

Social Media; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

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