Rasheemah Ward
Newark,NJ
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.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher
University Heights Charter School
Newark , NJ
2018.09 - Current
- Planning, preparing, and delivering lessons to students in the class
- Assigning work, correcting and marking work carried out by the students
- Teaching according to the educational needs, abilities and achievement of the individual students and groups of students
- Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
Certified Substitute Teacher
West Orange Board of Education
West Orange , NJ
2018.03 - 2021.12
- Fulfilled short-term and long-term substitute teaching requirements for all subjects in K-12 age groups
- Received 96% positive feedback from teachers
- Consistently singled out as substitute with best classroom management skills
- Received commendation from principal for repeated ability to arrive with very short notice, presentable, prepared, and ready to engage the students.
- Took over class for regular classroom teacher, managing assignments, student needs and recordkeeping.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
Medical Records Technician (Assistant)
Rutgers University
Newark , NJ
2001.08 - 2017.03
- Duties included typing, filing, sorting,
- Auditing, payroll and scanning documents
- Release of patient information to physicians, insurance companies, and others who have a legitimate interest in case histories
- Establishes health record indexes/cross-indexes and periodically reviews data requirements
- Evaluates medical record procedures to identify more efficient methods of maintaining medical records
- Organize and manage patients' health information data
- Ensure paperwork is properly filled out
- Verify accuracy and accessibility of files
- Ensure all files are secure
- Communicate with physicians and other healthcare professionals to clarify diagnoses or to obtain additional information
- Maintain electronic health records (EHR) databases
- Analyze electronic data
- Maintain data on patient safety, patterns of disease, and disease treatment and outcome
- Improve upon EHR software usability
- Develop and maintain health information networks
- Codify patients' medical information for reimbursement purposes
- Assign a code to each diagnosis and procedure by using classification systems software
- Cash handling
- Kept accurate log of requests for medical information and records.
- Processed medical records requests from outside providers according to facility, state and federal law.
Education
Associates - Social Science
Essex County College
Skills
- Summary of job Skills:
- Proficient in use of
- Windows 10, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft
- Excel, PowerPoint, Peoplesoft, Microsoft Access as well as obtaining excellent oral and written
- Skills.
- Interdisciplinary Teaching
- Online Teaching
- Instructional Materials Creation
Certification
NJ Certified Substitute Teacher Credential
Affiliations
Phi Beta Sigma Sweetheat
Timeline
Teacher
University Heights Charter School
2018.09 - Current
Certified Substitute Teacher
West Orange Board of Education
2018.03 - 2021.12
Medical Records Technician (Assistant)
Rutgers University
2001.08 - 2017.03
Associates - Social Science
Essex County College
NJ Certified Substitute Teacher Credential
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