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Dedicated, resourceful, creative and goal-driven professional educator with a solid commitment to the social and academic growth and development of every student.Able to be successful in either a self-contained classroom or as part of a departmentalized teaching team.Proficient in MS Office – specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook – as well as various other software and hardware related to the field (grading SW, web page maintenance, media projector, document camera, Mimio board).Served as Reading Committee Chair, Yearbook Advisor, PTA representative, and after-school remediation teacher.Served on the RTI committee and helped establish the RTI process at our school.Completed “Patriot Project” training administered by PAEC, under the direction of Mona Ramirez. This was a three-year continual training, focused on American History, from the 16th century forward. The program included online study, face-to-face workshops and field trips to Boston, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Washington D.C.Completed “Differentiated Instruction” workshop administered by Florida Inclusion Network.Completed “ESOL Cross-Cultural Communication and Understanding” administered by PAEC, under the direction of Joanna Angles.

Acquired by HP, Aug. 2003) Accounts Payable Manager – Solely responsible for processing all accounts payable as well as employee expense accounts for a Microsoft Partner of the Year software sales and services company. Specific duties included: verifying invoices from vendors and reconciling vendor accounts, auditing and processing an average of 60-70 employee expense accounts weekly and administering payment of the same, consolidating records and invoices from three separate LLC entities to a single incorporated entity in preparation for the company’s IPO, cross-trained in receivables for invoicing related to training services, and extensive use of Excel spreadsheets.

Accounts payable, payroll, benefits administration, daily cash reconciliation, and various other clerical tasks for a software sales and services company. Experienced in recording fixed assets and maintaining amortization schedules, processing and auditing employee expense accounts, researching and establishing sales tax billing procedures as related to the field for locations nationwide and billing of professional services.

Invoicing accounts receivable, posting cash receipts, processing vendor invoices and issuing checks for Accounts Payable. Duties also including researching customer complaints and resolving issues.