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STEPHANIE CHICAS

Manassas Park,VA

Summary

High-energy Teacher with solid background educating students in Early Childhood Education. Maintains organized and disciplined classroom environments devoted to student learning. Caring and compassionate in addressing individual student needs and promoting positive educational experiences. Attentive and adaptable Teacher skilled in management of classroom operations. Effective in leveraging student feedback to create dynamic lesson plans that address individual strengths and weaknesses. Dedicated and motivated to encourage student growth through carefully monitored academic progress. Ambitious Teacher with 3 years of experience in education. Skilled in delivering scheduled lectures and collecting educational information for use in presentations.

Customer Service Representative 2022-2023

Dedicated Customer Service Specialist providing skills to prioritize and multi-task in fast-paced working environment. Successfully works as part of team to reach personal and business goals. Known for successfully handling escalated customer support issues. Experienced Patient Care Coordinator proficient in directing patient care programs that are both high-quality and efficient. Knowledgeable patient representative offers demonstrated skills in case management and service coordination. Expertly handles complaints, inquiries and service questions to meet patients' access needs and correct problems related to care. Well-versed in policies, procedures and standards. Responsible and motivated student ready to apply education in the workplace. Offers excellent technical abilities with software and applications, ability to handle challenging work, and excellent time management skills. I enjoy helping out the patients and making sure they feel great and wanting to come back to our services.

Front Desk Optician Assistant 2023 Dedicated student interested in applying excellent communication and interpersonal skills to a Front desk Optician Assistant role. Experienced in data entry and handling money. Can quickly memorize product details and build customer relationships.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Teacher's Assistant

Karter School Of Gainesville
08.2023 - 12.2023
  • Kept classrooms clean, neat, and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
  • Handed out classroom materials, like pencils, paper, and crayons.
  • Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules, and support lead teacher.

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Customer Service Representative

Prima Medicine
05.2023 - 08.2023
  • Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
  • Answered incoming calls and emails, providing frontline customer support or assistance with product and service transactions.
  • Remained calm and professional in stressful circumstances and effectively diffused tense situations.
  • De-escalated problematic customer concerns, maintaining calm, friendly demeanor.
  • Consulted with customers to resolve service and billing issues.
  • Set up and activated customer accounts.
  • Escalated customer concerns, issues and requirements to supervisors for immediate rectification.
  • Informed customers about billing procedures, processed payments and provided payment option setup assistance.
  • Assisted customers with making payments or establishing payment plans to bring accounts current.
  • Upheld quality control policies and procedures to increase customer satisfaction.
  • Made outbound calls to obtain account information.
  • Used proven techniques to de-escalate angry customers during telephone interactions.

Customer Service Representative

New Era Eye Care
05.2022 - 05.2023
  • Confirmed with customers about appointments and rescheduled missed appointments.
  • Scheduled appointments for customers in person or by telephone.
  • Sent appointment reminder cards for following week's schedule.
  • Called no shows and cancellations to reschedule.
  • Maintained daily calendars, set appointments with clients and planned daily office events.
  • Provided information regarding services and policies.
  • Overcame objections with persuasive approach, highlighting benefits and deflecting concerns.
  • Qualified customers' interest levels by building trust through conversation and utilizing provided scripts.
  • Maintained clean, organized and well-stocked examination rooms by resetting spaces between appointments.
  • Improved fit of patients' glasses and completed basic repairs covered by office warranty.
  • Read new patient glasses prescriptions with lensometer and noted results for treating physician.
  • Assisted patients in finding correct medications, eyeglasses and contact lenses.
  • Assisted with lens and glasses creation and packaging.
  • Led patients to exam rooms, collected medical histories and asked questions regarding health and current medications to provide physicians with optimal initial data.
  • Maintained smooth patient flow throughout facility, promoting efficient overall operations.
  • Sent patient prescriptions to pharmacies and scheduled future appointments.
  • Promoted healthy vision by counseling and educating patients.
  • Pulled patient files and verified insurance before patient's appointment.
  • Coordinated care for patients, oversaw admission processes and managed patient flows.
  • Collected patient data and documented records of health condition, hospitalizations and lifestyle patterns.

Teacher

Goddard School
02.2021 - 08.2021
  • Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff
  • Monitored student progress using exams and assignments to check for thorough understanding
  • Engaged students and boosted understanding of material using focused instructional strategies and hands-on activities
  • Scheduled and held parent-teacher conferences to keep parents up-to-date on children's academic performance
  • Developed interesting course plans with multimedia learning tools to meet academic, intellectual and social needs of students
  • Maintained positive classroom environments by reinforcing rules for behavior and relationship-building actions
  • Adapted teaching methods and instructional strategies to promote learning in students of differing skill levels
  • Encouraged positive self-esteem and mutual respect for others while instilling joy of learning and discovery
  • Met with parents and guardians to discuss student progress and areas for improvement
  • Managed consistent, learning-focused classroom environments by establishing and communicating clear objectives for all students
  • Supervised visits between children and parents at various sites by setting up age-appropriate activities and maintaining safety of all participants
  • Used Microsoft and Apple products to create and show presentation slides
  • Created lesson plans corresponding to yearly curriculum, incorporating broad variety of activities, hands-on experiences, basic academic skills and opportunities for creativity
  • Designed curriculum, lesson plans and instructional materials for classroom teaching
  • Helped students learn to persevere with challenging tasks and build resilience for later educational efforts
  • Explored foundational learning concepts with students through hands-on activities, videos and class discussions
  • Chose optimal curriculum and developed individual lesson plans
  • Utilized Calm Techniques and to maintain classroom behavior
  • Organized supplies, including art and musical resources, to foster creative and welcoming classroom environment.

Teacher

Primrose Schools
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff
  • Differentiated instruction according to student ability and skill level
  • Monitored student progress using exams and assignments to check for thorough understanding
  • Engaged students and boosted understanding of material using focused instructional strategies and hands-on activities
  • Documented evidence of attempted theft and recovered merchandise for use in loss prevention report generation
  • Responded calmly and effectively to emergency conditions, including safety hazards and threats to life or property
  • Monitored and supervised customer's activities in store to detect signs of attempted theft
  • Identified client needs and worked closely with risk management personnel to ascertain appropriate solutions
  • Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services
  • Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals
  • Demonstrated self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs
  • Demonstrated leadership by making improvements to work processes and helping to train others
  • Motivated and encouraged team members to communicate more openly and constructively with each other.

Education

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA

Some College

High School Diploma -

Osbourn Park High School
Manassas, VA
05.2018

Skills

  • Differentiated learning techniques
  • Interdisciplinary teaching
  • Behavioral/cognitive skills development
  • Standardized testing techniques
  • Teaching, tutoring and counseling
  • Differentiated instruction
  • Parent and student communication
  • Tutoring and after school help
  • Effective listening
  • Excellent classroom management
  • Special needs students
  • Classroom management
  • Parent/teacher conferences
  • Behavior modification
  • Learning style assessment
  • Positive atmosphere promotion
  • Curriculum development
  • Calm under pressure
  • Effectively work with parents
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Spreadsheets
  • Documentation

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Teacher's Assistant

Karter School Of Gainesville
08.2023 - 12.2023

Customer Service Representative

Prima Medicine
05.2023 - 08.2023

Customer Service Representative

New Era Eye Care
05.2022 - 05.2023

Teacher

Goddard School
02.2021 - 08.2021

Teacher

Primrose Schools
01.2020 - 01.2021

Northern Virginia Community College

Some College

High School Diploma -

Osbourn Park High School
STEPHANIE CHICAS