Sandy Morales
Alexandria,VA
Summary
Knowledgeable Bus Driver with solid background in safely transporting students to and from school. Proven track record of maintaining punctual routes and ensuring safety protocols are followed. Demonstrated excellent communication skills and reliability in fostering secure environment for students.
Hardworking employee enthusiastic about learning about the transportation management field inside and out. Pursues opportunities to learn new skills and contribute to group success. Offers strong administrative, relationship-building and problem-solving abilities.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
School Bus Driver
Fairfax County Public Schools
08.2021 - Current
- Safely transports students on an assigned/unassigned route according to a definite time schedule, which may entail driving a different route from day today
- Provides transportation for field trips, other sanctioned outings, athletic contests, and extracurricular events
- Perform pre-trip inspection in accordance with both Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and commercial driver's license (CDL), which includes but is not limited to fuel, oil, water, lights, brakes, and steering
- Regulates heating and ventilating equipment provided on the bus for the comfort of passengers
- Takes appropriate safety precautions when students are boarding and departing
- Maintains a safe environment within the bus by enforcing rules of conduct, ensuring bus patrols follow proper procedures, responding to emergencies, and reporting cases of misbehavior to appropriate administrators and/or Office of Transportation Services officials
- Operates vehicle in compliance with all traffic and safety laws and regulations, exhibits defensive driving skills, and observes posted speed limits and other traffic laws
- Supervises the loading and unloading of students
- Prepares for and implements emergency evacuations to include assisting students to evacuate the bus and providing safe transport
- May require familiarity with and ability to use emergency and medical equipment
- Immediately reports all crashes to the school system
- Attends periodic safety meetings
- Keeps records of bus mileage, and the number of passengers transported
- Keeps bus clean and orderly
- Installs snow chains if required
- Identifies needs and arranges necessary bus repairs and maintenance
- Performs related duties as required or assigned
Manager
Rinconcito VIP Restaurant
10.2018 - Current
- Recruiting, training and supervising staff
- Agreeing and managing budgets
- Planning menus
- Ensuring compliance with licensing, hygiene and health and safety legislation/guidelines
- Promoting and marketing the business
- Overseeing stock levels
- Ordering supplies (kitchen and bar)
- Producing staff rotas
- Handling customer inquiries and complaints
- Taking reservations/Catering orders
- Greeting and advising customers
- Problem solving
- Preparing and presenting staffing/sales reports
- Keeping statistical and financial records
- Assessing and improving profitability
- Setting targets
- Handling administration and paperwork
- Liaising with customers, employees, suppliers, licensing authorities and sales representatives
- Making improvements to the running of the business and developing the restaurant
Practice Manager
Vein Clinics of America
01.2016 - 10.2018
- Prepared and maintained charts for new and existing patients, verifies information is correct and up to date
- Greeted patients and escort them to the exam rooms
- Answered phones according to company policies
- Verified and updated insurance benefits and assisted manager with obtaining authorizations
- Closed and opened the clinic each day
- Scanned all paperwork and consent forms signed by the patient into the electronic medical records or EMR
- Entered cpts codes into the EMR so that claims can be processed
Receptionist
Capital Dermatology
09.2008 - 10.2015
- Enter and update patient medical and personal information on confidential medical records
- Schedule appointments, verify insurance coverage, submit insurance claims, and process payments/co-payments
- Transcribe physician notes
- Maintain efficient work and communication flow among all personnel
Manager/Bartender
Las Vegas Restaurant and Night Club
09.2006 - 05.2009
- Monitored and managed inventory of supplies
- Processed credit and cash transactions and managed cash flow
- Resolved employee conflicts and customer complaints
- Scheduled employees for work shifts and supervised their performance
Education
High school or equivalent - General studies
West Potomac High School
Alexandria, VABusiness Administration And Management
Everest College
ArlingtonSkills
- Dependable and reliable
- Effective communication skills
- Safety-focused
- Safe driving practices
- Incident reporting
- Commercial driving
- Passenger management
- Safety equipment usage
- Punctuality
- Route planning
- Vehicle inspections
- Defensive driving
- Transporting students
- Pre-trip inspections
- Route logs
- Student supervision
- Passenger safety management
- Traffic laws adherence
- Child safety awareness
- Wheelchair lift operation
- Map reading expert
- Clean DMV record
- Confidentiality
- Commercial drivers license CDL
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- First aid certification
- Dispatcher communication
- Two-way radio operation
Certification
CDL, School Bus Endorsement
Military Service
US Army, United States, E-4
Assessments
- Customer service, Proficient, 06/01/24
- Administrative support professional fit, Proficient, 06/01/24
- Administrative support professional fit, Proficient, 07/01/24
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
School Bus Driver
Fairfax County Public Schools
08.2021 - Current
Manager
Rinconcito VIP Restaurant
10.2018 - Current
Practice Manager
Vein Clinics of America
01.2016 - 10.2018
Receptionist
Capital Dermatology
09.2008 - 10.2015
Manager/Bartender
Las Vegas Restaurant and Night Club
09.2006 - 05.2009
High school or equivalent - General studies
West Potomac High School
Business Administration And Management
Everest College
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