ALICIA A RUIZ
Edinburg,TX
Summary
Multi-skilled professional with different areas of experience looking for an opportunity to expand career path. A hardworking, highly motivated professional, eager to lend combined knowledge and skills to enhance line of work performance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
8th Grade RLA Teacher
Rafael Cantu Jr. High
Mission, TX
08.2016 - Current
- Team Leader Role 8/2017-05/2000
- Develop and implement curriculum that meets state standards through distance, virtual, or face to face learning
- Collaborated with instructional staff to determine goals, objectives, and methods according to district requirements
- Implemented effective classroom management practices that created an atmosphere conducive for learning
- Conduct ongoing assessment of student achievement through formal and informal testing
- Maintain a professional relationship with colleagues, students, parents, and community members
- Collaborated with other teachers to develop and implement curriculum that meets state standards.
- Helped develop strong verbal and written communication skills by leading students through listening, speaking, reading and writing activities.
- Employed assessment tools and strategies to improve instruction methods.
- Utilized various instructional strategies such as cooperative learning activities, discussion groups, lectures.
Child Care Solutions Support Specialist
Workforce Solutions/ C2 Global
Mission, TX
08.2014 - 08.2016
- Responsible for developing contracts for childcare services under CPS and Choices program for state customers
- Assist in pre-screening of intake and recertification of contract and applications
- Process and track billing discrepancies, re-certifications, terminations, and ensure timely data entry for all cases
- Maintain case files updated and in the required format
- Data enter wait list applications; receive calls for waitlist updates.
Health Information Management Specialist
South Texas Health System
McAllen, TX
02.2009 - 11.2013
- Delegated daily work load amongst team members to optimize group productivity and monitored work completion.
- Assisted with training new staff
- Reviewed medical charts for accuracy, completeness, timeliness, legibility and appropriate signatures prior to release or transfer of the record
- Assembly, scanning and filing of medical records
- Responsible for interacting with hospital staff regarding record review
- Interact with other hospital staff regarding record issues or review
- Created a positive working and healthy working environment as part of my duties and responsibilities
- Trained medical staff on new medical software.
Education
Teacher Certification -
Texas Teacher Alternative Certification
05.2017
Bachelor of Science in Psychology -
University of Texas Pan-American
Edinburg, TX05.2014
Associates of Arts in Social Sciences in Psychology -
South Texas College
01.2012
Certification in Medical Coding Specialist -
South Texas College
12.2008
Diploma -
Weslaco High School
05.2003
Skills
- Team Collaboration
- Activity Planning
- Lesson Plan Implementation
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Group Leadership
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Data Entry
- Research
- Computer Skills
- Time and Classroom Management
- Learning new concepts quickly
- Working well under pressure
- Communicating ideas clearly and effectively
- Excellent multitasking capability
- Attention to detail
- Instructional Strategies
Proficiencies
- Achieve3000, I-Station, Eduphoria, Tyler, Focus, Teams, Google Classroom, Google Meets, Google Drive, Slides, Sheets
- Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook)
- Soarian/ OPUS/ SMS Invasion/ Nuance Dictation System/ Adobe Acrobat/ TWIST/ SAFE,
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
8th Grade RLA Teacher
Rafael Cantu Jr. High
08.2016 - Current
Child Care Solutions Support Specialist
Workforce Solutions/ C2 Global
08.2014 - 08.2016
Health Information Management Specialist
South Texas Health System
02.2009 - 11.2013
Teacher Certification -
Texas Teacher Alternative Certification
Bachelor of Science in Psychology -
University of Texas Pan-American
Associates of Arts in Social Sciences in Psychology -
South Texas College
Certification in Medical Coding Specialist -
South Texas College
Diploma -
Weslaco High School
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