Patrice Love
HR Payroll Specialist
Homestead,FL
Summary
Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher
Avant Schools Of Excellence
2020.01 - Current
- Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
- Increased student literacy rates by implementing targeted reading strategies in individualized instruction plans.
- Enhanced classroom engagement through the use of interactive teaching methods, such as group projects and hands-on activities.
- Collaborated with other teachers to plan interdisciplinary units that connected subjects and promoted deeper understanding among students.
- Identified struggling students early on and provided additional support through tutoring sessions and modified lesson plans.
- Mentored new teachers, sharing best practices and providing guidance to help them adapt to their new roles successfully.
- Differentiated instruction to accommodate diverse learning needs, ensuring each student had an equal opportunity for success.
- Integrated cultural awareness into lessons by incorporating diverse perspectives and materials into the curriculum.
- Assessed student performance regularly using both formative and summative assessments to inform future lesson planning.
Human Resources Specialist
RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE
2009.10 - 2019.01
- Enhanced employee satisfaction by implementing streamlined HR policies and procedures.
- Reduced turnover rates by conducting thorough exit interviews and addressing employees'' concerns.
- Managed benefits administration for company-wide staff, ensuring timely processing and accurate recordkeeping.
- Streamlined recruitment processes, expediting the hiring of qualified candidates.
- Ensured compliance with federal, state, and local labor laws through regular audits and policy updates.
- Coordinated employee training programs to boost skills development and improve overall performance.
- Facilitated smooth onboarding processes for new hires, leading to faster integration into the workplace culture.
- Improved communication between management and staff by organizing regular town hall meetings and feedback sessions.
- Developed performance management systems that allowed for accurate tracking of employee progress and goal achievement.
- Collaborated with department managers to identify staffing needs and create strategic recruiting plans.
Administrative assistant
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
2006.05 - 2008.08
- Operate communication systems, such as telephone, switchboard, intercom, two-way radio, or public address
- Answer incoming calls, greeting callers, providing information, transferring calls or taking messages as necessary
- Route emergency calls appropriately
- Page individuals to inform them of telephone calls, using paging or interoffice communication equipment
- Relay or route written or verbal messages
- Place telephone calls or arrange conference calls as instructed
- Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software
- Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages
- Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees and boards of directors
- Attend meetings to record minutes
- Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to specific individuals
- Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution
- Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management database systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work
- File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports
- Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email
- Provide clerical support to other departments
- Manage and maintain executives' schedules
- Process payroll information.
Clerical Representative
KELLY SERVICES
2001.01 - 2007.03
- Stamp messages with time and date and file them appropriately
- Answer simple questions about clients' businesses, using reference files
- Record messages, suggesting rewording for clarity or conciseness
- Negotiate claim settlements and recommend litigation when settlement cannot be negotiated
- Review police reports, medical treatment records, medical bills, or physical property damage to determine the extent of liability
- Examine claims forms and other records to determine insurance coverage
- Investigate and assess damage to property and create or review property damage estimates
- Prepare report of findings of investigation
- Interview or correspond with agents and claimants to correct errors or omissions and to investigate questionable claims
- Appoint nominees to leadership posts, or approve such appointments
- Analyze and understand the local and national implications of proposed legislation
- Confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues
- Debate the merits of proposals and bill amendments during floor sessions, following the appropriate rules of procedure
- Maintain knowledge of relevant national and international current events
- Keep abreast of the issues affecting constituents by making personal visits and phone calls, reading local newspapers, and viewing or listening to local broadcasts
- Make decisions that balance the perspectives of private citizens, public officials, and party leaders
- Negotiate with colleagues or members of other political parties in order to reconcile differing interests, and to create policies and agreements
- Read and review concerns of constituents or the general public and determine if governmental action is necessary
- Review bills in committee, and make recommendations about their future
- Seek federal funding for local projects and programs
- Promote the industries and products of their electoral districts.
Education
Bachelors of Education -
Atlantic Union College
Lancaster, MA05.2008
Skills
- Windows 10
- Java
- Small Group Instruction
- Student Engagement
- Curriculum Implementation
- Classroom Instruction
- SMART Board Aptitude
- Calm Under Pressure
- Customer Relations
- Public Speaking
- Multitasking Abilities
- Verbal Communication
- Organizational Skills
- Payroll Software Proficiency
- Customer Service
- Labor Laws Knowledge
- Tax Compliance
- Data Analysis
- Time Management
- Decision Making
- Employee Relations
- Performance Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Multi-state Payroll
- Financial Reporting
- Garnishments Handling
- Payroll Processing
- Problem Solving
- Time Sheet Review
- Processing Garnishments
- Data Auditing Assistance
- Behavioral Skills Development
- Parent and Student Communication
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Every problem is a gift—without problems we would not grow.
Tony Robbins
Timeline
Teacher
Avant Schools Of Excellence
2020.01 - Current
Human Resources Specialist
RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE
2009.10 - 2019.01
Administrative assistant
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
2006.05 - 2008.08
Clerical Representative
KELLY SERVICES
2001.01 - 2007.03
Bachelors of Education -
Atlantic Union College
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