Cover Letter

Sherri J. DeWitt

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Education

University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FI

Bachelor of Arts in Special Education K-1Z, May 1998 Magna cum Laude

Member of the National Dean's List and the Golden Key Honor Society Duval County Public School System Substitute Teaching K-12 Reynolds Lane Elementary School March- June 1999 Kindergarten Special Education Fort Caroline Elementary School Long Term Position- August 1999 -November 1999 1-3 SpecifIC Learning Disabilities, EMH, ADD.

Duval, Nassau, and Saint John's County Public Schools-Continued substitute teaching K-12 Regular and Special Education November 1999-October 2001

Gaps in Employment- Left my career to raise our son and then homeschool until his graduation June 2020.

In between, I did work for the Jacksonville Health Department for four years in the WIC department and was allowed to bring my son along.

Certified Lactation counselor September 200Z-June2006 Clay County Public School System August ZOO7-June2009 Amenity Services Group, Inc June 200s-December 2009 Receptionist/Office/Activities Assistant I believe that I would be good fit for a Paraprofessional position based on the experience I have had working with children ranging from kindergarten to 5th grade mostly in Special Education. I effectively implemented behavior modification plans in Fort Caroline and Reynolds Lane Elementary Schools, developed lesson and QIEP Plans for students with disabilities, while establishing a good rapport with students and parents. My favorite subject to teach is Reading and have considered getting my master's degree in Reading. Please consider me for employment. I have always enjoyed surrounding myself with senior friends since I was a child. My goal is to spend my time working within the senior community to enhance their quality of life. I enjoy painting, playing my instruments and singing, gardening, board games and love to spend time with my friends. I have much to offer to the senior community. Please consider me for the activities assistant!

Education

University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FI

Bachelor of Arts in Special Education K-12, May 1998 Magna cum laude

Member of National Dean's list, and the Golden Key National Honor Society Professional Experience

Receptionist/Office Clerk- Amenity Sevices Group, Inc June, 2008- Dec 2009

* Communicate with customers, employees, and other individuals to answer questions, disseminate or explain information, take reservations and address complaints.

* Answer telephones, direct calls and take messages.

* Compile, copy, sort and file records of office activities, business transactions, and other activities.

* Operate office machines, such as photocopiers and scanners, facsimile machines, voice mail systems and desk top computers.

* Maintain and update filing. . f. r

* Collect, and count money and do basic bookkeeping.

* Complete rental contracts and relay COD policy information to customers .

* Open sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.

* Review files, records and other documents to obtain information to respond to 2

requests.

* Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to specific individuals.

* Prepare documents using word processing.

* Familiar with Internet search engines and Excel spreadsheets.

* Require that residents adhere to COD rules and regualations. Substitute Teacher- Clay County Public School System October 2007·2008 Substitute for grades K-5 in Special Education and regular settings. Family Support Worker- Duval County Health Department September 2002·June 2006

* Conducted individual and group classes on the basics of breastfeeding techniques and the emotional and physical benefits, and mother and infant/child health.

* Conducted follow-up phone calls to monitor pregnant mothers and give additonal information, and recruit challenging clients.

* Conducted hospital visits upon infant delivery to offer nursing support, and log infant growth data for the new research program.

* Collect data on clients' nursing experiences until they exited the program.

* Referred clients to department nurse with challenging medical issues.

* Demonstrated high efficiency while handling telephone counseling calls, and home visits. 95% of my clients continued nursing long-term in spite of the difficulties they encountered.

* Produced monthly reports to demonstrate class attJendance, numbers of new recruits, and class participation.

* Administer basic tests based on prior knowledge and post- class. 3

* Maintained monthly telephone logs of nursing mothers' calls with documentation and tallies of continuing nursing mothers.

* Referred clients on an as-needed basis to other community agencies. Some of my clients needed other social services such as food stamps, housing assistance, counseling, Sign language classes, etc.

* Essential in enhancing the breastfeeding rates for Duval County from 40% to 65%. Duration rates also made healthy increases.

* Extract information from applicants to economically qualify them for the WIC program.

* Earned Certificates of Appreciation for the years 2004 and 2005.

* Hands-on training for economically qualifying applicants Company Training

* Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Training Program

* Northeast Florida Coalition "Advanced lactation Management"

* Attended quarterly Florida lactation Association Meetings(voluntarily)

* Basic Incident Command Training 2005

* lactation Counselor Certificate Program (ClC 2004)

* Impact of Birthing Practice on Breastfeeding, Protecting the Mother and Baby Continuum, Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, FI

* Hyperbilirubinemia: Back to Basics

* FEMA Volunteer- OPS employees not required to take part. 4

Substitute Teacher- Duval County Public School System March 1999-0ctober 2001 long-term Position- Reynolds Lane Elementary School March- June 1999 Self-contained Kindergarten class with disibilities ranging from Blind and hearing impaired, Emotional/mental handicaps, learning disabled and Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism or Down Syndrome.

* Effectively implemented a behavior modification plan.

* Wrote Quality Individual Education Plans(QIEP) for stundents with disabilities.

* Established a good rapport with students and parents.

* Developed lesson plans to meet student academic needs.

* Increased student reading level for entry into first grade. All students advanced to the next grade.

* Provided stability in a much needed situation. The class had four substitutes prior to my taking over the class.

* Volunteered in the school where needed, including taking in a class with my class when a teacher was out with no substitute.

Continued Substitute Teaching to October 2001

* Taught in K- 8 in regular and Special Education settings. Additonal Education

* Foundations of Domestic Violence: Part I, December, 1997

* Foundation of Domestic Violence: Part II, December, 1997

* Father Flanagan's Boys' Home Education Model Training 1998 5

Aviation Electrician - USN 5/1986- 11/1990

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