Amelia Bell
Kennesaw,GA
Summary
Paraprofessional with strong experience in educational support, adept at fostering academic achievement and promoting inclusive learning environments. Skilled in classroom management, individualized instruction, and behavioral support. Focuses on teamwork and adapts to changing needs, ensuring seamless collaboration with educators and staff. Known for reliability, empathy, and effective communication skills.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Paraprofessional
DeKalb County School District
08.2017 - Current
- Provide assistance to the head teacher with Children with Disabilities in an elementary school, by helping them with their social skills, as well as daily activities, field trips, schoolwork assignments and goals.
Driver
Uber
09.2016 - Current
- Provide transportation to people to and from their locations safely.
Parking Enforcement Officer
Park Atlanta
05.2015 - 09.2017
- Providing great customer service to citizens by paying for parking spaces and directing them to legal parking spaces. Issuing citations to citizens that have expired or unpaid parking spaces. Corresponding with sworn officers by calling in illegally parked cars.
Bus Monitor
Cobb County Schools
03.2013 - 08.2015
- Provide support for bus drivers in transportation. Assist on the school bus by keeping special needs/ behavioral students safe as well as keeping control on bus during transportation to/from school to home.
Virtual Administrative Assistant
Cohen and Cohen
07.2008 - 03.2013
- Provide administrative support to the Real Estate Broker. Meeting scheduling via Microsoft Outlook. Process monthly expenses & mileage reports. Data entry support. Run list on a daily basis for brokers of foreclosure homes for potential homeowners. Monitoring email correspondence with utility companies, lawyers and other Real Estate Offices via e-mail.
Patient Access Representative
Liberty Health Medical Center
05.2010 - 06.2011
- Provided support for Emergency Room Triage. Verified insurance coverage for services and obtaining confidential information as well as co-payment for services from patients. Properly band patients for medical service, making sure patients were quickly and accurately registered.
Workflow Specialist
Home Depot Corporate Office
10.2007 - 06.2008
- Managed Flooring Department for accurate keying information to input into the company database for pricing for the stores. Managed inbox by setting up, maintaining new and existing merchandise. Verified purchase orders, maintained, distributed, and efficiently processed domestic/import service merchandise requests.
Parts Administrator
Career Connections, Inc. @ IBM
07.2005 - 09.2007
- Provided support for in/out-bound call center environments for computers and laptops for customers. Proofed track record of making sound decisions in all areas of client relations. Worked closely with tech support to help identify computer issues and find the parts for the clients.
Administrator
Act One Agency at Incomm
10.2004 - 07.2005
- Provided support for managers in the Account Relations Department. Set-up, maintained client accounts. Verified client credit and financial status.
Education
Business Administration
Strayer University
08-2026
Skills
- Behavior management
- Effective communication
- Helping students with special needs
- Small group and individual assistance
- Special education support
- Calm and patient demeanor
- Teacher support
- Classroom organization
- Data collection
- Classroom support
- Teacher assistance
- Special education
- Classroom management
- Computer skills
- Instructional support
- Teacher support and collaboration
- Student health and safety
- Documentation
- Small group instruction
- Emotional support
- Group and individual instruction
- Relationship building
- Behavior improvements
- Social skills training
- Reading and writing support
- Activity planning
- Behavior modification
- Teaching assistance
- Educational assistance
- Individual student assistance
- Clerical support
- Child development
- Preparing instructional materials
- Educational games
- Creating visual displays
- Activity oversight
- Life skills training
- Individual instruction
- Social development and integration
- Multicultural awareness
- Smartboard
- Enrichment activities
- Study skills development
- Reporting requirements
- Storytelling
- Organization and prioritization
Timeline
Paraprofessional
DeKalb County School District
08.2017 - Current
Driver
Uber
09.2016 - Current
Parking Enforcement Officer
Park Atlanta
05.2015 - 09.2017
Bus Monitor
Cobb County Schools
03.2013 - 08.2015
Patient Access Representative
Liberty Health Medical Center
05.2010 - 06.2011
Virtual Administrative Assistant
Cohen and Cohen
07.2008 - 03.2013
Workflow Specialist
Home Depot Corporate Office
10.2007 - 06.2008
Parts Administrator
Career Connections, Inc. @ IBM
07.2005 - 09.2007
Administrator
Act One Agency at Incomm
10.2004 - 07.2005
Business Administration
Strayer University