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Kari Wright

Summerville,South Carolina

Summary

South Carolina certified Special Education Teacher, with 1 year of experience. Highly skilled in working with students with special needs. Equipped to provide appropriate learning techniques and behavioral redirection for children with learning, intellectual, and emotional disabilities as well as hearing impairments.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Preschool Special Education Teacher

Moncks Corner Elem. (Contract until May 2024)
Moncks Corner, SC
02.2024 - Current
  • Developed and implemented Individual Education Plans for students with special needs.
  • Conducted assessments of student's academic levels and monitored their progress.
  • Organized learning activities that promoted physical, mental and social development of special needs children.
  • Attended regular meetings with school administrators to discuss individual student progress.
  • Established strong relationships with families to ensure successful home-school communication.
  • Implemented behavior management strategies designed to promote positive behavior among students.

Special Education Teacher

Berkeley Prep. Academy
Summerville , SC
03.2023 - 02.2024
  • Developed IEP to leverage developmental practices and educational theories to achieve educational objectives.
  • Conducted small group and individual classroom activities with students based on differentiated learning needs.
  • Collaborated with general education teachers to include students in classroom activities.
  • Advocated for needs of the students with disabilities.
  • Developed and maintained individualized skill-appropriate lesson plans to promote and build student confidence.

Cypress River Property Manager

PEM Real Estate Group
Ladson, SC
11.2021 - 02.2023
  • Oversaw apartment community of 280 units.
  • Managed a team of 7 employees.
  • Completed monthly reports.
  • Hosted resident events.
  • Handled resident complaints and expedited maintenance requests.
  • Inspected properties regularly to identify deficiencies and schedule repairs.
  • Collected monthly assessments, rental fees, deposits and payments.
  • Facilitated tenant paperwork processing and verification.
  • Issued non-payment notices to delinquent tenants in accordance with lease, county and state regulations.
  • Conducted new employee training and annual performance reviews.
  • Completed annual budgets.

Edgewater Plantation Property Manager

Carroll Management
Mount Pleasant , SC
03.2021 - 11.2021
  • Oversaw apartment community of 360 units.
  • Managed a team of 7 employees.
  • Collected monthly assessments, rental fees, deposits and payments.
  • Conducted apartment tours for potential tenants and answered any questions.
  • Solicited and analyzed bids for repairs, renovation and general maintenance.
  • Planned and conducted meetings to enable residents to voice concerns and provide forum for issues to be addressed.
  • Updated tenant and unit information to keep current in housing database.
  • Maintained in-depth knowledge of competition through consistent evaluation of market conditions and trends.
  • Coordinated general maintenance and repairs to keep facilities operational and attractive.
  • Inspected properties regularly to identify deficiencies and schedule repairs.
  • Oversaw budgeting process for assigned properties.
  • Created and updated marketing materials for department programs and properties.
  • Reviewed completed applications and assessed household information against file history and program regulations.

***Left due to sale of property

Ardmore at Rice Hope Property Manager

Ardmore Residential
Port Wentworth, GA
08.2020 - 02.2021
  • Oversaw a brand new lease up community of 300 apartment homes.
  • Conducted property inspections to ensure construction was being completed correctly and in a timely manner.
  • Worked diligently to obtain leases to increase occupancy.
  • Handled all outreach marketing.
  • Completed all required reporting.
  • Responsible for entering all payables.
  • Worked with owners directly to identify, develop and achieve community goals and objectives.
  • Handled customer complaints personally for proper management.
  • Created staff schedules in response to community needs.
  • Collected and maintained careful records of rental payments.
  • Executed leases with new and returning tenants, collecting all pertinent information, including background screening.

Magnolia Villas Property Manager

TradeMark Residential
Savannah, Georgia
02.2020 - 08.2020
  • Worked with owners directly to identify, develop and achieve community goals and objectives.
  • Handled customer complaints personally for proper management.
  • Created staff schedules in response to community needs.
  • Collected and maintained careful records of rental payments.
  • Executed leases with new and returning tenants, collecting all pertinent information including background investigations and credit checks.
  • Approved all time cards in the Savannah Region.
  • Trained all new hires in the Savannah Region.
  • Conducted interviews to fill any open positions.

Magnolia Villas Property Manager/Area Director

Arcan Capital
Savannah, Georgia
11.2017 - 01.2020
  • Managed 2 properties directly and oversaw and additional 2 properties as Area Director (total of 644 units).
  • Approved all time cards in region.
  • Worked with owners directly to identify, develop and achieve community goals and objectives.
  • Handled customer complaints personally for proper management.
  • Created staff schedules in response to community needs.
  • Collected and maintained careful records of rental payments.
  • Executed leases with new and returning tenants, collecting all pertinent information including background investigations and credit checks.
  • Oversaw 15 employees within region.

Assistant Property Manager

North Bluff Apartments
North Charleston, SC
06.2016 - 10.2017
  • Draft daily reports using Excel to update owners of all activity on a daily basis.
  • Answer the phones, assisting prospects and residents to the best of my ability.
  • Use One Site to keep residents and Prospects information in order.
  • Give tours to future residents.
  • Handle all marketing for the complex (off site).
  • Over all social media pages for apartment community.
  • Handle rent pay payments.
  • Drafted service requests and stayed on top of things to make sure they were completed.

Assistant Property Manager

Oasis at West Ashley
Charleston, SC
01.2016 - 06.2016
  • Draft daily reports using Excel to update owners of all activity on a daily basis.
  • Answer the phones, assisting prospects and residents to the best of my ability.
  • Use One Site to keep residents and Prospects information in order.
  • Gave tours to future residents.
  • Handle all marketing for the complex (off site).
  • Over all social media pages for apartment complex.

Lead Admin

United States Navy
Dubai, UAE
04.2015 - 12.2015
  • Scanned and filed documents.
  • Drafted daily reports needed to calculate the numbers needed for missions.
  • Loaded personal and cargo on planes.
  • Maintained business relationships with foreign nationals.

Administration Assistant

R And B Property Management
Summerville, SC
10.2014 - 04.2015
  • Scheduled showing appointments for properties.
  • Took forms of payments by the tenants for rent each month.
  • Answered the phones and responded to emails assisting as much as possible.
  • Worked with the tenant database keeping all information up to date.
  • Kept all electric filing in order for each property.
  • Made sure all bills were in the system to guarantee payment each month.

Administrative Assistant

United States Navy
Yokosuka, Japan, Japan
05.2013 - 06.2014
  • To keep track of individuals coming and leaving base.
  • Generated 5 different types of passes and issued them to civilian and military personnel.
  • Volunteered over 30 hours in different countries picking up trash, helping the elderly, and playing Conducted database training to new personnel to qualify them.
  • Answered all incoming calls.
  • Basic filing and scanning.
  • Created and drafted documents.

Inventory Supervisor

United States Navy
Yokosuka, Japan, Japan
12.2010 - 04.2013
  • Conducted inventory.
  • Stocked and issued materials to personnel.
  • Prepared reports and price lists.
  • Tracked over 200 government owned tools worth $50,000.
  • Supervised and trained personnel on jobs.
  • Participated in over 80 ship evolutions.

Education

Special Education

Teachers of Tomorrow
South Carolina
01-2024

BBA - Business Administration

Strayer University
Washington, DC
06.2018

High School Diploma -

Timberland High School
Saint Stephen, SC
06.2010

Certifications

  • South Carolina Certified Special Education Teacher

Timeline

Preschool Special Education Teacher

Moncks Corner Elem. (Contract until May 2024)
02.2024 - Current

Special Education Teacher

Berkeley Prep. Academy
03.2023 - 02.2024

Cypress River Property Manager

PEM Real Estate Group
11.2021 - 02.2023

Edgewater Plantation Property Manager

Carroll Management
03.2021 - 11.2021

Ardmore at Rice Hope Property Manager

Ardmore Residential
08.2020 - 02.2021

Magnolia Villas Property Manager

TradeMark Residential
02.2020 - 08.2020

Magnolia Villas Property Manager/Area Director

Arcan Capital
11.2017 - 01.2020

Assistant Property Manager

North Bluff Apartments
06.2016 - 10.2017

Assistant Property Manager

Oasis at West Ashley
01.2016 - 06.2016

Lead Admin

United States Navy
04.2015 - 12.2015

Administration Assistant

R And B Property Management
10.2014 - 04.2015

Administrative Assistant

United States Navy
05.2013 - 06.2014

Inventory Supervisor

United States Navy
12.2010 - 04.2013

Special Education

Teachers of Tomorrow

BBA - Business Administration

Strayer University

High School Diploma -

Timberland High School
Kari Wright