Cherie Oswald
Lancaster,Pennsylvania
Summary
Highly motivated and positive individual with strong organizational and communication skills. Experienced working with children, with the ability to think strategically and successfully enhance learning. Excellent interpersonal and team-building skills, with the ability to work well with others, in both supervisory and support staff roles. Ambitious, dependable and detail oriented individual, skilled in leading activities designed to be both fun and educational for preschool children ages birth to five.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Home Visitor - Parents as Teachers
Community Action Partnership Of Lancaster County
12.2019 - Current
- Recruits families for PAT and completes all necessary forms
- Plans and implements home visits utilizing the PAT curriculum
- Facilitates communication and collaboration between Pequea Valley School District and community partners to improve kindergarten readiness and overall family wellness
- Works collaboratively to plan and implement play and learn events
- Uses strong interpersonal skills when interacting with families and local partners and demonstrates flexibility when changes arise
- Develops an understanding of and a commitment to the mission of CAP, Pequea Valley School District and The Factory Ministries
Learning Support Assistant
Substitute Teacher Service
01.2016 - 12.2019
- Assisted teachers in delivery of lessons; provided small group instruction
- Prepared materials and assignments for instruction
- Supported social and emotional development of students
- Effectively taught SRA Reading Mastery and Reading Laboratory programs to increase phonemic awareness, letter-sound correspondence, word recognition, and sounding out of words
- Performed clerical duties as assigned
- Improved students' reading comprehension, oral reading fluency, cognitive development, vocabulary, and reading strategies through various reading programs such as Read Naturally, Visualizing and Verbalizing Program, and Wilson Fundations
- Maintained confidentiality all times
- Provided Support to classroom teachers
- Effectively communicated students performance and progress with teachers
- Planned, organized, and directed activities
Academic Support Assistant
Penn Manor School District
09.2015 - 12.2015
- Worked cooperatively with teachers and staff with developing and sharing instructional strategies to provide equity and excellence to students of all ability levels
- Completed administrative tasks assigned by teachers
- Provided individual and small group instruction
- Instructed Wilson Fundations and SRA Reading Mastery programs to students from Grade K-2
- Worked as part of a team to ensure well-being of students
Customer Service Supervisor
That Fish Place - That Pet Place
01.1998 - 10.2013
- Managed staff of 20 employees
- Tracked representative performance through monitoring and reporting
- Coached employees for developmental purposes
- Handled all customer service escalations to satisfy customer needs
- Delegation of duties to employees
- Developed cross-selling techniques to increase sales revenue
- Created and submitted customer orders for processing
Therapeutic Support Staff
Lancaster Youth Advocate
07.2005 - 07.2008
- Provided one-on-one interventions to clients at school, home and community
- Implemented treatment plans and documented progress
- Encouraged age appropriate behavior and offered emotional support as clients learned to cope with limitations and developed new skills
- Developed strategies to redirect challenging behaviors
- Collaborated with other team members when necessary
- Transferred techniques and skills to families and school staff
- Provided extensive support, education and skill-building assistance to families
- Quickly identified problematic changes in clients behavior and progress by closely monitoring clients and keeping detailed records
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Millersville University
Millersville, PA12-2004
Skills
- Team building
- Communication
- Leadership
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Social skills
- Empathy
- Collaboration
- Administrative
- Customer Service
- Interpersonal skills
- Conflict resolution
- Rapport building
Certification
- CPR and First Aid Training, 2024
- Supporting Children and Families with Disabilities, 2024
- Adverse Childhood Experience Study & Trauma Approach, 2024
- Trauma informed, 2023
- PAT Curriculum and PA Early Learning Overview, 2021
- Mandated Reporter Training, 2020
Timeline
Home Visitor - Parents as Teachers
Community Action Partnership Of Lancaster County
12.2019 - Current
Learning Support Assistant
Substitute Teacher Service
01.2016 - 12.2019
Academic Support Assistant
Penn Manor School District
09.2015 - 12.2015
Therapeutic Support Staff
Lancaster Youth Advocate
07.2005 - 07.2008
Customer Service Supervisor
That Fish Place - That Pet Place
01.1998 - 10.2013
- CPR and First Aid Training, 2024
- Supporting Children and Families with Disabilities, 2024
- Adverse Childhood Experience Study & Trauma Approach, 2024
- Trauma informed, 2023
- PAT Curriculum and PA Early Learning Overview, 2021
- Mandated Reporter Training, 2020
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Millersville University
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