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Objectives
Currently, I am employed as an administrative assistant.
Work Experience
Administrative Assistant for Board Liaison/Board of Education - Lansing School District, Lansing, MI, 2010-Present
- Using Excel, Access, and Word (merges) to automate common office tasks
- Automating processes by building and maintaining several databases for parent calls, employees, tracking forms, and volunteers, using forms which supported long-term usability for myself and other secretaries within the office, and outputting information to appropriate and well-formatted reports
- Providing customer service for parent concerns
- Researching parent complaints
- Providing support for building principals and several departments
- Scheduling meetings
- Preparing and proofing agendas
- Developing electronic forms to streamline a process
Administrative Assistant for Board Liaison/Board of Education - Lansing School District, Lansing, MI, 2005-2010
- Using Excel, Access, and Word (merges) to automate common office tasks
- Automating processes by building and maintaining several databases for calendars, directories, scholarship recipients, contacts, and financial contributions using forms which supported long-term usability for myself and other secretaries within the office, and outputting information to appropriate and well-formatted reports
- Researching new technologies to streamline communication of important material to the board (Knowledge Tree, Board Book, and others) and lower office costs
- Performing receptionist and clerical duties for both the Board of Education, the Lansing Educational Advancement Foundation, and as a backup for the Superintendent' s office
- Providing customer service
- Scheduling meetings
- Preparing and proofing agendas
- Serving the Board of Education's office needs
Academic Supervisor - A Beka Academy (Pensacola Christian College), Pensacola, Florida, 1994-2005
- Supervising approximately 30 full-time and part-time staff along with about 100 temporary workers
- Scheduling and evaluating performance of employees
- Overseeing academic phone lines/e-mail/letters for 30,000 students regarding discipline, learning disabilities, academic questions, accreditation questions, and home school statutes
- Analyzing customer complaints to develop better parent/student manuals and office procedures
- Writing and editing manuals and daily lessons for customers
- Developing and executing a training program for workers
- Organizing annual graduation ceremony for approximately 200 graduates and over 1,000 guests
- Using various computer programs (Word, Excel, File Maker Pro, Outlook Express, and Optix) to report and record both personnel information and customer complaints
Student worker - Pensacola Christian College Pensacola, Florida, 1990-1994
- Employed by A Beka Book Publications answering telephone calls, processing orders, researching customer complaints, and adjusting customer accounts
- Employed by Pensacola Christian College as a receptionist in the residence halls answering telephones, greeting and directing visitors, and monitoring persons entering the buildings
Computer Experience
Languages
- C++
- CSS
- HTML & XHTML
- SQL
Software
- Dreamweaver
- Microsoft Access, Excel, and the rest of the office suite
- mySQL
- Open Office
- SQL Server
- SubVersion (source control software)
Operating Systems
- Windows 2000, XP
- Linux
Education
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
Honors and Activities
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
- Christian Leadership Award
- Collegian Chapelain - one year
- Residence Hall Prayer Leader - three years
- Assisted in Bible Study in a Juvenile Justice Center - one year
- Church Pianist - six years between high school and post college
- Sunday School/Bible Club Teacher - fourteen years
