Melissa Burkhart
New Plymouth,Idaho
Summary
Committed and motivated Administrative Assistant with exceptional customer service and decision making skills. Experience with accounts receivable. I am confident with requesting, proofreading, organizing and maintaining documents and files. I have exceptional communication skills, and can multi-task. I am willing and eager to learn new skills, and have even learned another language to be more effective in my current profession. I have taken on special assignments through out the years, such as special financing for a dealership and also learning to feed a student with special needs, through a feeding tube.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
1:1 Paraprofessional/ ASL translator
New Plymouth Elementary School
08.2017 - Current
- Conducted special assessments and tutoring sessions to support individual student needs.
- Prepared lesson materials and visual aids to reinforce lesson concepts.
- Attended in-services, workshops and seminars.
- Promoted student learning by providing individualized and small group support to reinforce classroom topics.
- Participated in meetings with parents concerning child’s progress and areas of concern during parent-teacher conferences.
- Collaborated with teacher to devise and implement developmentally appropriate lessons aligning with school’s philosophy and mission.
- Assisted teachers with instruction and provided clerical support for diverse needs.
- Modeled and taught basic and advanced social skills, conflict management techniques and study approaches to students.
- Assisted teachers with lesson preparation and curriculum implementation.
- Assisted in development screenings to measure students’ motor, language, and emotional skills.
- Trained new paraprofessionals on best practices for supporting students and maintaining a productive environment.
Administrative Assistant
A Fresh Start Recovery Services
03.2017 - 03.2019
- Contact referrals from Idaho WITS System, schedule appointments, request required documents necessary for admission.
- I explain enrollment contracts, determine what needs to be added to contract or taken out, per different kinds of insurance or state funding.
- Make sure all paperwork is signed and in order.
- Collect urine samples from clients and test for substances.
- Send drug test results to Counselors and probation officers and answer any questions that may arise.
- Work closely with probation officers, therapists, and counselors to coordinate care for clients.
- Follow up with clients after they are discharged to collect data for the purpose of future placement of funds that better assist the population.
Special Education Paraprofessional
Carberry Elementary School
08.2009 - 08.2017
- Met one-on-one with autism students, utilizing customized behavioral plans.
- Spoke with parents to discuss student progress and coordinate meetings.
- Led instruction resource services at elementary level in Literacy and Mathematics.
- Conducted small group and individual classroom activities with students based on differentiated learning needs, including sign Language.
- Enhanced lessons using Smart Board technology and computers.
- Compiled and produced documents and reports and filed, copied or faxed required papers to appropriate parties.
Education
GED -
Fruitland High School
Fruitland, IDAmerican Sign Language
CWI
Nampa, ID 08.2023 - 05.2024
Skills
- Continuous professional development
- Deadline-oriented
- Public relations
- Excellent classroom management
- Scheduling
- Administrative support
- Instructional plan implementation
- Compassionate
- Positive atmosphere promo
- Credit checks
- Creative lesson plan development
- Problem-solving
- Interactive teaching/learning
- Activity oversight
- Relationship Building
- Parent/teacher conferences
- Learning style assessment
- Time management
- Team building
- Social skills development
- Data entry
- Follow-up
- Self-directed
- Scheduling and calendar management
- Shipping and receiving
- Phone call answering
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Detail-oriented
- Faxing documents
- Fluent in ASL
- Special needs students
- Report development
- Protecting information
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
American Sign Language
CWI
08.2023 - 05.2024
1:1 Paraprofessional/ ASL translator
New Plymouth Elementary School
08.2017 - Current
Administrative Assistant
A Fresh Start Recovery Services
03.2017 - 03.2019
Special Education Paraprofessional
Carberry Elementary School
08.2009 - 08.2017
GED -
Fruitland High School