Gayle Johnson

• Ensured the safety of the students while performing duties in the home environment.
• Maintained accurate records of student files, daily accountability checks, medication logs, night reports, and daily logbook.
• Supervised activities of daily living outside of school hours, and on weekends.
• Maintained a clean and well-organized environment for the safety of students and staff.
• Encouraged independence by teaching skills related to home living tasks, daily maintenance, daily room cleaning, and personal hygiene.
• Organized medications for students, and monitored medication intake.
• Chaperoned students on any off-campus trips.
• Patrolled the campus to ensure the safety of the students.
• Communication via telephone calls or email to parents, guardians, teachers, and administrative staff.
• Demonstrated the ability to manage multiple tasks while remaining adaptable and flexible.
• Utilized a computer to assist with record management.

The summer contracts involved a lot of duties that would usually be done by janitors and maintenance workers.

• Painting dorms, inside common areas, hallways, and student rooms.
• Cleaning rooms thoroughly, washing walls, ceilings (if needed), closets, windows, drawers, and any graffiti.
• Moving furniture from room to room, another dorm, or facility area.
• Pressure washing the outside of the dorm and inside the dorm areas, such as the students' shower room and the students' restroom.
• Pulling out the carpet and installing new carpet.
• Assembling new beds and student desks.
• Pulling weeds, planting new plants around buildings.
• Taking inventory of cleaning supplies, or general supplies, as needed.
• Reporting any repairs that need to be fixed by maintenance workers, or the electrician.
• Setting up dorms and the campus for the upcoming school year.

• Communicating with small public vendors via telephone, in person, and email.
• Communicated regularly with vendors regarding booth changes, or cancellations, as needed.
• Ensured that all vendor invoices were processed accurately and paid within the agreed upon timeframes.
• Developed strong relationships with vendors to understand their needs and negotiate terms of service.
• Organized and maintained documents, files and records.
• Managed a busy calendar for planning and preparing meetings and communications leading up to the day of the event.
• Prepping the field for the Pow-Wow, chalking booth spaces, and assigning booth spaces.
• On the day of the event, meet with vendors individually.
• Strong communication with the school banker, daily deposits, or withdrawals. Turning in any required paperwork, if needed.