SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Strong leading aptitude, self-controlled with exceptional interpersonal and conflict resolution abilities.
Detail oriented with respect to assessment, planning and cross-functional evaluations
Dedicated and experienced university lecturer/instructor with 20 years experience.
Knowledge of creative training techniques, adult methodology and motivational techniques
Utilize different web-based training, public-speaking, interactive learning and PowerPoint presentations
Implement creative teaching strategies
Teach to individual learning curve, trains students with abilities across the learning spectrum
Integrate new concepts with existing programs to maintain learner interest and attendance
Exam Procter
Syllabus and Lesson planning
Create presentations using Microsoft World and various online tools
Excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize and manage a wide variety of tasks and deliverables, fast learner
WORK EXPERIENCE
Mathematics Teacher - (Part-Time) September 2023 - Present
Russian School of Mathematics, Chevy Chase, MD
Plan/organize lessons, includes homework, test enrichment, and remedial material.
Maintain learner's attention in class, involve learners by asking questions and encouraging participation.
Give presentations, explanations, and directions in a manner understood by learners.
Maintain student's educational progress with individual charts and files.
Establish daily routines that were easy for the children to follow.
Language Instructor - Georgian (Teacher/Education) (Part-Time) April 2023 - Present
Language Solution Rockville, MD
Provide language training and testing to employees and other government agencies.
Administer weekly quizzes and assessments, and conduct other informal or formal evaluations of students learning progress.
Language Instructor - Georgian (Teacher/Education) (Part-Time) September 2022 - Present
ICA Language Services, Arlington, VA
Plan and conduct target language classes using a variety of teaching techniques and approaches, to develop students listening, reading, and speaking skills.
Administer weekly quizzes and assessments, and conduct other informal or formal evaluations of students learning progress.
Provide monthly written reports of the students' progress to the supervisor and jointly develop plans to address any potential issues.
Maximize the use of instructional technology and online learning resources into teaching to support independent learning.
Adjust teaching techniques and approaches to the student's individual learning styles and professional needs.
Propose and participate in beyond-the-classroom cultural activities in the school and in the DC metro area, such as visits to foreign embassies, cultural centers, restaurants, and shopping areas where native speakers live, to promote cultural learning.
Language Instructor - Georgian (Teacher / Education) (part-time) (07.2019- to present)
Berlitz, Odenton MD
Guide and teach learners of all ages with provided material and lesson plans, using the proven Berlitz Method.
Promote in-depth understanding along with skill acquisition.
Provide language training and testing to employees and other government agencies.
Plan and/or conduct small and/or large group language classes using a wide variety of language teaching methodologies and techniques, stressing speaking, listening comprehension, and reading skills.
Keeping student records and profile cards up to date.
Participating in performance evaluation plan Integrating learning technology into teaching programs.
Maintaining center resource materials.
Medical Supply Sales Representative (01, 2017 – to present)
Jessa Medical Supply, Gaithersburg, MD
Greet customers, determine their individual needs, provide advice and assistance to customers as appropriate.
Assist customers with information on upcoming sales and merchandise.
Preparation daily reports, spreadsheets, payments for internal and customer-facing needs electronically, using MS Office suite; submission of mail for transit through carriers.
Professionally processed cash, and credit transactions.
Audit, data collection, enter, and batch final documents and invoices for submission to Montgomery County, Department of Finance.
Restocked and set planograms on merchandise, changing prices when necessary and discounting items when needed.
Receiving, answering and directing calls and general office duties.
Ensure Health & Safety procedures are adhered to and practiced.
Trained new employees on customer service techniques and proper procedure.
Processed and submitted medical insurance claims using specialized software.
Assist patients with questions regarding their bills.
Maintain administrative paperwork in an organized filing system.
Entering patients’ demographics and added notes to patients’ files.
Medical Supply coding.
Claim submission to Medicare/Medicaid/BCBS - paper and electronic
Payment posting, retrieving EOB's for secondary claims and preparing refund requests
Check the status of filed claims via on-line portals
Work closely with supervisor to resolve claim issues/denials.
Audited, entered, and batched final documents for submission to collection agency.
Submitted claims to the insurance companies and patients’ attorneys
Teachers’ Assistant (part-time) (12. 2018 – 07.2019);
Tolstoy Education Foundation (Russian Language Daycare for Toddlers & Preschoolers),
Bethesda, Maryland
Teachers’ Assistant (10. 2014 -01.2015);
The Winchester School, Bel Pre Road, Silver Spring, Maryland
Associate Professor, Lecturer (01.2007 – 10.2014)
Department of Political Sciences and International Relations, University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
•Delivered lectures for native and international MA students on subject –
“Global Energy Security and Environmental Studies”.
•Developed and design curriculum (Bachelor and MA level) on energy and environment issue
Provided examining students.
•Supervise graduate students for MA theses related to energy and environmental security.
•Reviewed research and literature, gather materials and compile course readings for students and to
modify the MA program Curriculum.
Senior Laboratory Assistant&Librarian. (07.1995 – 08.2007)
Department of Terrestrial Hydrology, Faculty of Geography-Geology, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
•Organized to accommodate lesson planning.
•Send and receive Interlibrary books.
•Allocation and distribution of letters, books and manuals.
•Copy catalog and physical process of new books.
•Shelved and collection maintenance.
•Organized and conducted various field trip activities on the natural river systems, performed training of database audits.
•Assisted in the evaluation and some basic calculations and statistical treatment of models. Prepared of various reports and studies.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Purchasing and Supply Management Specialist (1st grade Specialist)- (07.1999 -10.2014)
JSC Inter RAO Telasi (Georgian-Russian Power Distribution Company), Tbilisi, Georgia
Material Control Administrator
JSC Inter RAO Telasi (Georgian-Russian Power Distribution Company), Tbilisi, Georgia
Assistant of Procurement Manager in Contracts/Procurement
AES Telasi (Georgian-American Power Distribution Company), Tbilisi, Georgia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TEACHING LANGUAGES
Most of my experience is connected with teaching university subjects in the Georgian language. That is my mother language. I learned all aspects of it at a high school as a separate subject and very successfully. Besides that I was intensively trained at home in Georgian history and literature Later on, a good knowledge of the Georgian language gave me a chance to read lectures in Global Energy and Environmental Security and Climate Changes on a high level for Adults graduate students and future diplomats and other professionals at International Relations Department of University of Georgia from 2007 until 2014 (www.ug.ge).
Also, I gave lessons in Georgian and Russian Language (Grammar and literature) for my son and his two friends for final National examinations.
STUDENT GROUPS
7 years of teaching MA Adult students
3 years of supervising/writing thesis MA students
12 years of teaching Bachelors students
EDUCATION
Visiting Fellow; Climate Change, Humans, and Nature in the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) of the National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) program (interdisciplinary climate change studies program). Center for Research on Global Change. Institute for Policy and Social Research; University of Kansas
Ph.D. (Specialization in Environmental and Energy industry) Department of Geography and Geology, Tbilisi State University, Georgia
M.Sc. Engineer-Hydrologist; Department of Geography and Geology, Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Bachelor of Hydrology; Department of Geography and Geology, Tbilisi State University, Georgia (Diploma with Honors of Engineer-Hydrologist)
Research Grant Project Relevant to Industry/Curriculum Development/Position
The Legal Entity Appointed Representative (LEAR) of the Institute of hydrometeorology of the Georgian Technical University for EC 7th Framework Programme “Up-Grade Black Sea Scientific Network” (Up-Grade BS-Scene). LEAR - the authorized person of the Hydrometeorology Institute for signing the contract and all hereto related official letters and Scientific-Researcher
Scientific-Researcher; EC 7th Framework Programme “Up-Grade Black Sea Scientific Network” (Up-Grade BS-Scene). Obtain, Input or update metadata to the MIKADO and NEMO software for SeaDataNet; scientific negotiation with other participants of this program.
Teacher/Researcher - Developed syllabuses and lesson plans for MA program, University of Kansas
Teacher/Researcher - Participated in a curriculum development for 3year program in Energy and Environment subject, Ilia State University, Georgia
Certifications/Licenses
HIPAA
EMS
Basics of Financial and Tax Accounting Course
Project Management
Landscape Ecology and Biodiversity
Water and Sanitation
Awards
Fellowship of Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State (ECA).
Fund offered by MASHAV Center for International Cooperation
Fellowship of Irish Council for International Students (ICOS)
M. Sabashvili Foundation Fellow, Tbilisi State University (TSU)
Additional Skills
English - fluent
Russian – fluent
Georgian – Native
Computer Skills
Outlook; Window Office Suite (Excel, Word), Access, PowerPoint; Internet and e-mail; Financial programs SAP Material Management (MM, MIGO and MIRO) and EXACT Globe for Windows – Warehouse Management and Stock control; CortexEDI/Medisoft System, Importer and FTP upload programs; MEdicAID Software; MIKADO and NEMO software (for SeaDataNet metadata)