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Karen Stackhouse

Summary

Responsible individual with strong work ethic and love for meeting people with diverse personalities. Likable Crossing Guard with exceptional knowledge of traffic monitoring and assessing road hazards. Over 41 years of experience working in busy school zones.

Overview

47
47
years of professional experience

Work History

Front Gate Security Officer

Four Lakes Golf Community
01.2023 - Current
  • Greeted guests professionally and courteously to cultivate welcoming atmosphere while making safety top priority.
  • Responded quickly to emergency situations to assess and deflect issues.
  • Secured premises and personnel by patrolling property and monitoring surveillance equipment.
  • Communicated with security team and building supervisors using two-way radios, mobile phones and other technological devices.

Family Caregiver

Self
03.2021 - 12.2023
  • Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
  • Assisted with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
  • Assisted with self-administered medications.

Co-Owner & Office Supervisor

Kens Plumbing N Htg.
01.1978 - 12.2022

⦁ Secretarial duties such as scheduling, answering phones, fielding sudden customer emergencies with on-call staff, and paperwork as needed
⦁ Oversaw billing department such as creating and delivering invoices, accounting and payroll
⦁ Oversaw all aspect of day to day office work and on-call staff

School Bus Driver

Polk County Board Of Education
11.2016 - 07.2017
  • Developed positive relationships with students, faculty and parents to support continuous rapport and communication.
  • Completed pre-trip and post-trip bus inspections and documented info in vehicle logs.
  • Transported passengers safely along prescribed routes according to tight schedules.
  • Assisted in maintaining bus cleanliness with regular sanitizing and disinfecting.
  • Inspected emergency equipment and verified safe working order for student and driver use.
  • Assisted passengers with disabilities and other physical issues in boarding and exiting bus to promote passenger safety.
  • Enforced student behavior policies and responded to student emergencies.

Supervisor

T & L Transportation
09.2003 - 09.2015
  • interviewed and hired employees, answering phones working on schedules, trip, transporting student to and from school. Creating bus routes. all aspects of student safety
  • Drove school children to and from school each day. Created my own route schedule for the quickest and safest direct way to school. Worked in office as needed answering phones and helping concerned parents and their questions

School Crossing Guard

Cherry Hill Police Department
09.1976 - 07.1988
  • Interrupted traffic to allow students, parents and other pedestrians to safely cross streets.
  • Developed key relationships with both adults and children through effective communication and purposeful engagement.
  • Instructed children to safely cross streets using crosswalk and watching traffic lights.
  • Withstood adverse environmental conditions.
  • Used signs, hand signals and flags to control car and foot traffic conditions.
  • Protected safety of students by identifying potential conflicts and working collaboratively with community resource networks to diffuse situations.
  • Contacted school principals to report children not adhering to safe crossing protocols or refusing to follow directions.
  • Discouraged children from behaving unsafely near traffic to reduce injuries and accidents.

Education

High School Diploma -

Cherry Hill High School East
Cherry Hill, NJ
06.1970

Skills

  • Planning and Prioritization
  • Clerical Support
  • Policy Management
  • Customer Care
  • Administrative Duties
  • Client Correspondence
  • Meeting Support
  • Call Forwarding
  • Office Organization
  • Office Supplies and Inventory
  • Organizational Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Child Safety
  • Traffic Laws
  • First Aid Knowledge
  • Effective Communication
  • Patience and Tolerance
  • Dependability
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Safety Monitoring
  • Customer Service
  • Rule Enforcement
  • Conflict Resolution

Timeline

Front Gate Security Officer

Four Lakes Golf Community
01.2023 - Current

Family Caregiver

Self
03.2021 - 12.2023

School Bus Driver

Polk County Board Of Education
11.2016 - 07.2017

Supervisor

T & L Transportation
09.2003 - 09.2015

Co-Owner & Office Supervisor

Kens Plumbing N Htg.
01.1978 - 12.2022

School Crossing Guard

Cherry Hill Police Department
09.1976 - 07.1988

High School Diploma -

Cherry Hill High School East
Karen Stackhouse