Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Other Community Services
International Community Services
Accomplishments
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Ellen Colvin

Ellen Colvin

Lee's Summit,Missouri

Summary

Health Education Coordinator with strong leadership qualities and focus on achieving program goals. Oversaw internal administrative activities through program planning, guidance and leadership. Expert at coordinating program logistics, Implementation and Assessment after Education. Highly organized with vision and enthusiasm to achieve program goals and objectives.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Health Education Coordinator

Della Lamb Community Services
Kansas City, MO, MO
07.2022 - Current
  • Organized and facilitated professional development workshops related to health topics.
  • Collaborated with community organizations and local agencies to identify resources that could be used in health education programs.
  • Assisted in developing a comprehensive evaluation plan for all health educational activities.
  • Prepared reports summarizing data collected from surveys conducted among participants of health educational programs.
  • Evaluated existing programs to ensure they meet the needs of the target population.
  • Developed partnerships with stakeholders involved in implementing health promotion activities.
  • Ensured accuracy of content when creating brochures, flyers, newsletters or other written materials related to health education initiatives.
  • Participated in meetings with external partners to discuss current projects and potential collaborations.
  • Assessed patient understanding of key concepts through individual interviews or focus groups.

Assistant Teacher

Monarch Montessori
Overland Park, Kansas
05.2018 - 05.2022
  • Stepped into lead role over the summer 2021 where I took over doing one-on-one lessons for the academic works including reading, math, handwriting, maps, and science works
  • Teaches the children daily basic life skills and basic education
  • As an assistant teacher provides students age-appropriate one-on-one lessons to increase fine motor and gross motor skills including pouring works, scrubbing works, polishing works, and sensorial works
  • Models and teaches caring for the classroom environment routines such as watering plants, dusting shelves, feeding animals, and emptying recycling
  • Teaches children social, emotional, and physical life skills such as age-appropriate boundaries, communicating with their teachers and peers, and identifying and working through all emotions
  • Prepares nutritionally appropriate snacks and seasonally appropriate crafts each day
  • Coordinates drop-off and pick-up interactions with parents to communicate daily reports.

Teacher

Little Learner
Lee's Summit, Missouri
05.2017 - 05.2018
  • Follows daily schedule strictly
  • Teaches the children daily basic life skills and basic education
  • Sings songs with the children
  • Cares for children
  • Teaches the children daily basic life skill lessons
  • Teaches the children basic colors, shapes, and basic Spanish
  • Plays outdoor activities with the kids during outdoor time.

Patient Interviewer

Saint Luke's Health System
Lee's Summit, Missouri
11.2016 - 05.2017
  • Conducts professional patient interviews regarding demographic, financial, and biographical information
  • Explains insurance terminology to patients
  • Collects copays from all patients in the Emergency Room
  • Obtains information to appropriate bill payors
  • Verifies patients' eligibility information and confirms patient eligibility information
  • Checks in patients that come in by ambulance and for appointments.

Customer Service Representative

CVS Caremark
Lee's Summit, Missouri
08.2015 - 11.2016
  • Provides overrides for medications and alternatives that may work better through their specific insurance plan
  • Provides each member of the available opportunities through their plan that may be cost-saving or help in their path to better health
  • Provides the member with the best most helpful solutions in solving the problem at hand in getting their medication
  • Reviews claim status of prescriptions at retail and mail order pharmacy.

Full-Time Nanny

McBee family
05.2013 - 08.2015
  • Planned all meals and snacks
  • Planned all learning activities
  • Planned and implemented other fun/outdoor activities
  • Taught children basic education throughout set times during the day
  • Cared for a 2-year-old, 4-year-old, and 6-year-old in an 8-hour day period.

Store Employee

McBee's Real Bratwurst
Belton, Missouri
05.2012 - 05.2013
  • Carried out daily procedures for opening and closing the store, running the register, and stocking/trading inventory
  • Administered samplings and brief demonstrations of feature products
  • Answered customers' questions regarding product details in person and over the phone
  • Reported customer inquiries and recommendations received along with inventory and sales updates to manager on a daily basis.

Volleyball Manager

University of Missouri Kansas City-Athletics
Kansas City, Missouri
08.2008 - 05.2012
  • Managed arrangement and delivery of meals for the team in conjunction with various other responsibilities including booking practice times, posting stats, as well as printing and distributing practice plans
  • Coordinated with UMKC Athletics department, outside vendors, and universities as necessary to carry out management duties listed above
  • Communicated details of all facility and vendor arrangements with team and coaches.

General Merchandise

Hy-Vee
Lee's Summit, Missouri
05.2006 - 08.2009
  • Stocked inventory to replenish items sold on a day-to-day basis
  • Point of contact for customers in need of locating items throughout the store and details about current inventory
  • Strategized with other general merchandise employees to reach daily stocking goals.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Skills

  • MS Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Materials Preparation
  • Multicultural Sensitivity
  • Health Promotion
  • Research abilities

Other Community Services

  • Campus Crusades for Christ, Long Beach, California, 05/2010, 08/2010, Developed and implemented kids camp program including daily activities, meals, promotional and partnership campaigns
  • Deerbrook Covenant Church, Chicago, Illinois, 07/2006, Tutored elementary school children in academics and participated in their extracurricular activities, Worked at homeless shelters in the area
  • Deerbrook Covenant Church, Hannons, Jamaica, 07/2007, Assisted with the management of clothing store in the Harmon's community, Built a home for a local family

International Community Services

World Wide Organization of Organic Farming, Belfast, 05/2011, 07/2011, Worked on an organic farm for an Irish Family in Belfast, Learned all aspects of running an organic plantation in Ireland

Accomplishments

  • Started a Car Seat Program and got trained as a licensed CPST (Car Seat Technician)
  • Fostered relationships between multiple hospital and Doula Organizations to reach our pregnant clientele

Timeline

Health Education Coordinator

Della Lamb Community Services
07.2022 - Current

Assistant Teacher

Monarch Montessori
05.2018 - 05.2022

Teacher

Little Learner
05.2017 - 05.2018

Patient Interviewer

Saint Luke's Health System
11.2016 - 05.2017

Customer Service Representative

CVS Caremark
08.2015 - 11.2016

Full-Time Nanny

McBee family
05.2013 - 08.2015

Store Employee

McBee's Real Bratwurst
05.2012 - 05.2013

Volleyball Manager

University of Missouri Kansas City-Athletics
08.2008 - 05.2012

General Merchandise

Hy-Vee
05.2006 - 08.2009

Bachelor of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship

University of Missouri-Kansas City
Ellen Colvin