Amber Tran
Mobile,AL
Summary
Determined School Counselor offering 2 years of experience counseling students on mental health, academics and interpersonal conflicts. Driven to help students achieve success by providing guidance on career options, higher education choices and life planning. Attentive in identifying early warning signs of harmful behavior in students to provide preventive counseling. Consistent in meeting the established goals of the counseling program.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
6th and 7th Grade School Counselor
Hankins Middle School
08.2024 - Current
- Maintained positive relationships with students, faculty, alumni, and administration.
- Regularly met with enrolled students to confirm success and identify problem areas.
- Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust, and rapport to deescalate situations.
- Identified and addressed concerns of incoming students and parents.
- Facilitated classroom discussions to emphasize bullying prevention and college readiness.
- Coordinated with outside agencies to determine students receive appropriate services and resources.
- Monitored student progress to drive successful academic outcomes.
- Helped students develop organizational, time management and study skills.
- Worked with individuals to help understand and overcome personal, social or behavioral problems affecting educational situations.
- Partnered with parents and guardians to promote student success in school environment.
Fifth Grade Reading Teacher
Dawes Intermediate
08.2022 - 05.2023
- Contacted parents to discuss student progress and notify about class issues.
- Created positive and engaging environment in classroom that encouraged literacy skills.
- Taught lessons to 120 students daily encompassing skill-building activities in speaking, writing, reading and listening.
- Adapted lessons to differentiate instruction and meet students' diverse learning needs and abilities.
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
- Interpreted student assessment data to ascertain best intervention methods.
Second Grade Teacher
Nan Gray Davis Elementary
08.2017 - 05.2022
- Planned lessons according to district standards to cover requirements and prepare for standardized tests.
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Maintained student portfolios to monitor learning progress and completion of work required for promotion to next grade level.
- Created lesson plans to correlate with state curriculum standards and devised educational programs to meet educational objectives.
- Provided regular feedback to students on progress and assigned grades based on performance.
- Adapted lessons to differentiate instruction and meet students' diverse learning needs and abilities.
- Integrated technology and multimedia tools into lessons to enhance student learning.
- Retained student interest and maximized receptive learning.
- Established open communication and positive relationships with students, parents, peers, and administrative staff.
- Provided warm, supportive environment for developing academic, social, and emotional growth.
- Assessed student progress by administering tests and evaluating results.
Medical Receptionist
Compass Urgent Care
10.2014 - 07.2017
- Greeting and checking in patients
- Answering and routing calls
- Balancing and prioritizing multiple tasks
- Responding to different companies that request medical records
- Handling partial billing
- Maintained client confidentiality and HIPPA compliance
- Keeping charts organized and updated
- Consistently performs specific assigned daily duties; meets deadlines
- Consistently interacts with patients and staff in a manner that reflects favorably on the organization and promotes teamwork
- Answered phone calls and messages for [Number]-physician [Type] medical facility, scheduling appointments, and handling patient inquiries.
Education
Master's Degree - School Counseling
University of West Alabama
Livingston, AL05.2021
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL05.2017
Skills
- Organizational skills
- Tech-savvy
- Problem solving
- Strategies for crisis intervention
- Group counseling
- Individual counseling
- Crisis intervention
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Academic advisement
- Maintaining confidentiality
- Social and emotional health
- Social-emotional learning
- Student advocacy
- Conflict resolution
- Mediation
- Coping strategies
Additional Work History
- Compass Urgent Care, Medical Receptionist- Greeting and checking in patients, answering and routing calls, balancing and prioritizing multiple tasks, responding to different companies that request medical records, handling partial billing, maintained client confidentiality and HIPAA compliance, keeping charts organized and updated, consistently performs specific assigned daily duties; meets deadlines, consistently interacts with patients and staff in a manner that reflects favorably on the organization and promotes teamwork. 10/01/2014-07/31/2017
- William C. Poole, LLC, Receptionist- Answering and routing clients calls, balancing and prioritizing multiple tasks to meet deadlines, filing court documents and paperwork, assisting with collections, maintained client confidentiality. 01/01/2013-09/30/2014
Certification
- Certified School Counselor (CSC) - Alabama Department of Education.
- Elementary Education Certification - Alabama Department of Education.
- Special Education Credential - Alabama Department of Education.
Timeline
6th and 7th Grade School Counselor
Hankins Middle School
08.2024 - Current
Fifth Grade Reading Teacher
Dawes Intermediate
08.2022 - 05.2023
Second Grade Teacher
Nan Gray Davis Elementary
08.2017 - 05.2022
Medical Receptionist
Compass Urgent Care
10.2014 - 07.2017
Master's Degree - School Counseling
University of West Alabama
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
University of South Alabama
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