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Heidi Norton Starring

Lind,WA

Summary

I intend to expand my knowledge and commitment to the office profession which would allow me to grow as a professional where I can use my skills to provide continued support for those around me. A few of my attributes include self-motivation and self-starter, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to problem solve, being a team player, and quality organizational skills.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Preschool Teacher/ECEAP Family Service Advocate

Lind School District
Lind, WA
01.2022 - Current
  • Developing a careful and creative program suitable for preschool children
  • Employing a variety of educational techniques to teach children
  • Observing each child to help them improve their social competencies and build self-esteem
  • Encouraging children to interact with each other and resolve occasional arguments
  • Guiding children to develop their artistic and practical capabilities through a carefully constructed curriculum
  • Organizing nap and snack hours and supervising children to ensure they are safe at all times
  • Tracking children’s progress and reporting to parents
  • Communicating with parents regularly to understand the children’s background and psyche
  • Collaborating with other educators
  • Maintaining a clean and tidy classroom consistent with health and safety standards
  • Increasing social-emotional, physical and pre-academic skills
  • Ensuring each child receives medical and dental screenings
  • Helping families move toward self-sufficiency and building their capacity to support their children’s success.

Seasonal Scale Operator

Union Elevator/Gavilon/CGI
Lind, WA
07.2011 - Current
  • Operating the scale which included weighing and grading inbound and outbound grain to issue scale tickets
  • Assisting customers as needed
  • Ability to run daily reports and balancing statements
  • General housekeeping and upkeep of working area to include sweeping, shoveling, vacuum, and sanitation
  • Open availability to work a flexible schedule when production requires it
  • Ensuring all safety policies and procedures are followed
  • Other duties as assigned.

Preschool Assistant Teacher

Lind School District
Lind, WA
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Assisting with instruction under the direction of a certified teacher to help children develop academic, emotional, and social skills
  • Assisting the teacher
  • Supporting children
  • Maintaining a safe environment
  • Providing care
  • Recording progress
  • Supporting special needs.

Paraeducator

Lind School District
Lind, WA
01.2013 - 06.2019
  • Assisting with instruction under the direction of a certified teacher in working with special need and/or general ed students in a classroom setting
  • Assisting students to keep on task and focus
  • Assisting in personal hygiene
  • Assisting teacher with classroom duties as needed
  • Keeping accurate student papers and consulting with teacher on a daily basis regarding the students
  • Helping with food service as needed and, in the cafeteria, as needed.

District Court Clerk

Adams County District Court
Ritzville, WA
11.2012 - 11.2013
  • Answering multi-line phones
  • Receiving monies and helping the public at the counter
  • Filing, pulling files when needed
  • Setting up court dates and sending out correspondence
  • Processing deferrals and written statements
  • Sending files to the Judge as needed
  • Printing notices and labels
  • Helping others in the office as needed
  • Helping open and process incoming mail
  • Processing tickets as received
  • Making daily bank deposit as needed
  • Getting files ready for court
  • Building court files and scanning documents.

Paraeducator

Lind School District
Lind, WA
10.2011 - 06.2012
  • Assisting with instruction under the direction of a certified teacher in working with a special needs student in a classroom setting
  • Assisting student to keep on task and focus
  • Assisting in personal hygiene
  • Assisting teacher with classroom duties as needed
  • Keeping accurate student papers and consulting with teacher on a daily basis.

Food Service Clerk

Lind School District
Lind, WA
10.2011 - 06.2012
  • Assisting students as they went through the lunch line, as they entered their lunch numbers
  • Balancing daily monetary transactions
  • Knowledge of Skyward/Citrix software through ESD 101
  • Printing daily reports
  • Filing and keeping accurate food service reports for auditing.

Substitute Secretary

Lind School District
Lind, WA
01.2008 - 01.2012
  • Substitute Secretary
  • Substitute Para-Educator; worked with kids as needed
  • Playground Supervisor
  • Lunchroom Supervisor
  • Updating the daily announcements
  • Sending out ineligibility notices
  • Working anywhere needed.

Office Assistant

Birth and Baby
Lind, WA
01.2008 - 10.2011
  • Answering phones and customer service
  • Processing orders and returns
  • Answering email
  • Data entry into computer databases
  • Updating website.

Claims Analyst

Regence Blue Shield of Idaho
Lewiston, ID
09.2006 - 12.2007
  • Entering claims
  • Processing claims
  • Paying and rejecting claims
  • Sending claims back to providers if needed for correspondence
  • Providing positive customer service
  • Ensuring claims accuracy and production.

Data Entry/Tagger

IAP World Services
Starbuck, WA
05.2006 - 07.2006
  • Collecting and releasing fish for tagging
  • Collecting detailed data from each specimen
  • Computer data entry into databases
  • Assisting project leaders with surgical tagging procedures
  • Medication preparation.

Secretary

Consolidated Grange Supply
Lind, WA
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • Maintaining accounts receivable
  • Greeting customers and completing necessary purchase orders
  • Loading customer purchases
  • Data entry into the computer system
  • Assisting co-workers.

NAC Certified Nurse Assistant

Beneficial In-Home Care
Moses Lake, WA
01.2003 - 01.2004
  • Performed in-home patient care services
  • Assisted patients with activities of daily living, including bathing, medications, and activity
  • Tended to patient’s feeding tubes
  • Had Hoyer Lift knowledge and application
  • Charting and documentation of patient care.

NAC Certified Nurse Assistance/EMT/Office Assistant

East Adams Rural Hospital & Medical Center
Ritzville, WA
01.2000 - 01.2003
  • Assisted patients with activities of daily living, including bathing, medications, and activity
  • Observed patients and reported physical symptoms to appropriate nursing personnel
  • Took and recorded the patient’s vital signs
  • Made routine entries in patient charts accurately
  • Performed selected nursing procedures
  • Practiced first aid
  • Knowledge and working application of insurance/medical billing software
  • Clerical duties and answering of phones.

Office Assistant

Norco Medical Supply
01.1997 - 01.2000
  • Performed billing and clerical duties and resolved issues as needed
  • Data entry for charges and payments
  • Greeted customers and answered telephones
  • Knowledge of durable medical equipment
  • On-call hours to assist patients with equipment after office hours.

Education

AAS – Early Childhood Education -

Big Bend Community College
Moses Lake, WA
06-2024

AAS – Administrative Secretary -

Lewis-Clark State College
Lewiston, ID
05-1996

Skills

  • Self-motivation and self-starter
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to problem solve
  • Being a team player
  • Quality organizational skills
  • Student Records Management
  • Classroom Organization
  • Lesson Planning
  • Classroom Management
  • Activity Planning
  • Child Development
  • Social Skills Development
  • Age-Appropriate Assessment
  • Positive Reinforcement
  • Child Safety Procedures
  • Effective listening
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Calm and patient
  • Creative lesson planning
  • Schedule creation and maintenance
  • Observational skills
  • Conflict resolution techniques
  • Parent-Teacher Communication
  • Basic clerical knowledge
  • Training in food handling preparation
  • Excellent classroom management
  • Play-Based Learning
  • Encouraging Participation and Inclusivity
  • Hands-on learning
  • Communication and Interpersonal Skills
  • Problem-solving aptitude
  • Documentation And Reporting
  • Self Motivation
  • Data Entry
  • Basic Skills Teaching
  • Strong Work Ethic and Dependable
  • Parent-Teacher Conferences
  • Rule Enforcement
  • Team Collaboration
  • School Policy and Rules Enforcement
  • Relationship Building
  • Caring and Empathetic Demeanor
  • Data Confidentiality
  • Professionalism
  • Active Listening
  • Time Management

Timeline

Preschool Teacher/ECEAP Family Service Advocate

Lind School District
01.2022 - Current

Preschool Assistant Teacher

Lind School District
01.2020 - 01.2022

Paraeducator

Lind School District
01.2013 - 06.2019

District Court Clerk

Adams County District Court
11.2012 - 11.2013

Paraeducator

Lind School District
10.2011 - 06.2012

Food Service Clerk

Lind School District
10.2011 - 06.2012

Seasonal Scale Operator

Union Elevator/Gavilon/CGI
07.2011 - Current

Substitute Secretary

Lind School District
01.2008 - 01.2012

Office Assistant

Birth and Baby
01.2008 - 10.2011

Claims Analyst

Regence Blue Shield of Idaho
09.2006 - 12.2007

Data Entry/Tagger

IAP World Services
05.2006 - 07.2006

Secretary

Consolidated Grange Supply
01.2004 - 01.2006

NAC Certified Nurse Assistant

Beneficial In-Home Care
01.2003 - 01.2004

NAC Certified Nurse Assistance/EMT/Office Assistant

East Adams Rural Hospital & Medical Center
01.2000 - 01.2003

Office Assistant

Norco Medical Supply
01.1997 - 01.2000

AAS – Early Childhood Education -

Big Bend Community College

AAS – Administrative Secretary -

Lewis-Clark State College

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