RAQUEL M. FERREIRA
Newark, NJ 07104
Email: ******@*****.*** Mobile: 941-***-****
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Sarasota County Schools, Sarasota, FL 3/2022 to 11/2025
Substitute teacher
Sills, Cummis & Gross PC, Newark, NJ 1/2020 to 10/2021
Receptionist/calendar operator
Answered phones and scheduled calendar for firm both in office and remotely.
Saint Francis Xavier School, Newark, NJ
Teaching 7th grade ELA & homeroom 9/2018 to 6/2019
Teaching 5th grade 9/2016 to 6/2018
Substitute teacher for K through 8th grades. 4/2016 to 6/2016
Substituting for 4th grade maturity leave 1/2016 to 4/2016
Student teaching 5th grade 9/2015 to 12/2015
Created lesson plans in language arts, math, science, and social studies
Skilled in Google Docs, differentiated instruction, Smart board technology
Participated in various school activities, events and fundraisers, attended workshops and professional development courses including Wit and Wisdom.
Hellring Lindeman Goldstein & Siegel LLP, Newark, NJ 9/2007 to 9/2015
Receptionist/Office operator assistant
Answered phones, Microsoft Office Word, Power point, Excel, internet friendly, made copies, faxed, greeted visitors and directed personnel to the correct locations, made bank deposits, assisted attorneys and secretaries with any help that was needed, mass mailings, distributed mail, made mail runs, proofread, editing, pick up/drop off messenger, filed, alphabetized bills, fixed office equipment, velo bound and laminated papers, alphabetized, record keeping, helped in decorating office at different times of the year, and always willing to learn new things in order to grow.
Aqua Star, Parsippany, NJ 5/2007 to 8/2007
Receptionist
Answered phones
Hoffmann & Baron, LLP, Parsippany, NJ 3/2005 to 4/2006
Receptionist/Assistant
Answered phones, helped with files.
Eagle Liquors Inc., Passaic, NJ 5/1995 to 3/2005
Store Clerk
Operated the lottery machine, organized and kept track of inventory; handled money made bank runs.
EDUCATION
Post-Baccalaureate, Elementary education, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ 2015
B.A., English/Psychology - Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 2003
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Portuguese
Honors
National Society of Leadership and Success 9/2015
CERTIFICATION
FL - Professional certificate K-6 (1456482) 12/2021
NJ - Standard K-6 (1110144) 10/2018
CPR certified adult, child, and infant 9/2016 to 2018
References upon request