RAS Information Adminstrator

• Mar 2018 - Present

Monthly Enrollment Reporting to National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) which reports to National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)Residential Scheduling/revisions and faculty loading for 16 divisions; 1700 sections per semester involving communication with Deans, Division Chairs and Administrative Assistants; some use of 25LiveEllucian Colleague Degree Audit Academic Requirement Coding for residential course catalog including updates to student programs and GPAs working closely with the Registrar and gleaning from Academic Affairs Council minutesIPEDS reporting working with Institutional Research and RegistrarRegistration & Academic reporting needs using Microsoft: Access, Excel, Word, One-Note, Outlook; WinMerge; Close contact with IWU IT Colleague analystsColleague: registration, priority and chapel registration, exceptions & overrides, user group rules and regulations or permissions, student programs, evaluations, transcripts, test account, graduate lists, incoming/current student lists, academic requirements, section scheduling, NSC reporting; Ellucian hubGeneral office technical assistance regarding reports, Colleague or Student Planning Self-ServiceCertifying graduates 3 times per year; creating graduation program student list using Excel and Adobe InDesign with degrees and honors for over 500 spring graduatesUIDC-Executive Committee; IDSC; Data Steering Committee

RAS Graduation Support Administrator

• Aug 2017 - Mar 2018

Writing and maintaining degree audits.Creating helpful tools for students and academic advisors to ensure degree requirements are fulfilled.Certify that graduates have fulfilled all requirements prior to receiving certificates or degrees, and make recommendations for alternative methods of meeting degree requirements when appropriate.Evaluate graduation applications and assess students' plans to complete graduation requirements.Collaborate with Registrar's Office on commencement activities; Publish commencement student program pages; Organize distribution of commencement tickets.Maintains procedural manual for related areas of responsibilities.Collaborates with Division Chairs when applying substitutions in individual student major requirements.Approve course registrations for summer residential students taking IWU-National & Global online courses.Assist with large Saturday events - graduations and New Students Registrations.Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office, Colleague and Image Now.

Elementary Classroom Teacher

• Aug 1999 - Jul 2017

Indiana License #1176059 (renewed Fall 2015); Taught Grades K, 1 & 6“Highly Effective” Teacher RankingConsistently producing a median 88% of growth in student reading performance scores in one school year for past 2 yearsProficient in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets and Gmail; Multiple years experience in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, Outlook, as well as SDS and Skyward student data systems; Used daily in classroom: Macbook, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, projector, and classroom set of iPads; Introduced Symbaloo to our district and maintained my own page until iPads came along and Flash Player was no longer an option; Forerunner in choosing apps for our K iPadsCommunicates and connects with colleagues, current parents as well as incoming parents via weekly digital newsletters, emails, phone calls and shared documents or photosOrganizes, prepares and develops engaging curriculum, schedules, forms, flyers and lesson plans including differentiated instruction collaborating daily/weekly with colleaguesManages, schedules and supervises up to 4 college practicum students per semester, as well as high school cadet teachers, parents and grandparent volunteers throughout the entire yearTrains, advises, delegates and supports incoming Kindergarten teachers (as well as instructional assistants) - 11 different teachers in 18 years employedGathers, records and analyzes data for all students including compiling digital files and sharing with colleagues for meetingsCoordinates annual presentations, event space, and communication for specific events such as Parent Information Night, Completion Program and multiple field trips with an extended one to the Fort Wayne Zoo

Kindergarten Teacher

• Jan 1999 - May 1999

Paraprofessional

• Aug 1998 - Dec 1998

Head Teacher

• Jan 1996 - May 1998

Managed assistants and developed appropriate curriculum Communicated all schedules and events with parentsReported to Board of Directors monthly at minimum Planned annual graduation programming

Sales Associate

• Jun 1994 - Jul 1996

Assisted joint owners in sales of wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, special occasion dresses, invitations and tuxedo rentals

Supervised Internship

• Aug 1995 - Dec 1995

Parttime Sales Associate

• Jun 1995 - Aug 1995

Sales

• Sep 1993 - May 1994

Book Mending, Shelving

• Aug 1992 - May 1993

Sales

• Aug 1990 - Jun 1992

Assisted with sales, floral arrangements and deliveries