Heather Schmitt Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

1. Project Documentation and Coordination:• Assist in creating, organizing, and maintaining project documents.• Coordinate project meetings, prepare agendas, and take minutes.• Prepare and distribute project-related communications and reports.• Track project milestones, deliverables, and action items.2. Financial and Cost Management:• Support project team in managing budgets and expenses.• Prepare accurate project invoices in line with contractual obligations.• Monitor project-related costs, report discrepancies.• Collaborate with the finance department for billing and invoicing.3. Project Scheduling and Coordination:• Develop and update project schedules, communicate with stakeholders.• Coordinate with teams, subcontractors, and vendors for scheduling.• Monitor project progress and identify scheduling issues.• Communicate schedule updates to project management and stakeholders.4. Procurement and Supply Chain Support:• Assist in procuring materials, equipment, and services.• Coordinate with suppliers and vendors, place orders, and track deliveries.• Maintain accurate procurement records.• Support supply chain management for timely material availability.5. Communication and Stakeholder Management:• Act as a point of contact for project-related inquiries.• Respond to and redirect communications as needed.• Maintain strong relationships with clients, subcontractors, and vendors.• Collaborate with project management to address stakeholder concerns.6. Safety and Quality Compliance:• Promote a safety-conscious work environment, adhering to industrystandards.• Enforce quality control measures for project deliverables.• Coordinate site visits and inspections for safety and quality compliance.• Document and report safety incidents, assist in their resolution.

Extensively proofreading and copy-editing papers, letters, grant proposals, websites, novels, short stories and articles for proper spelling, grammar, terminology, and punctuation with some fact-checking.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

Coordinate rental listings, house showings and construction projects at rental properties. Conduct background and credit checks on potential tenants. Organize and file company paperwork.

Virtual

• Full-time English/Language Arts instructor overseeing approximately 90 students and 10 courses in grades 6 through 12; using data-driven and student-centered instructional practices to provide individualized and engaging instruction for students; incorporates instructor-family partnerships to manage course goals, curriculum, and materials in order to benefit the individual needs of each student; ensure student success and course completion, as measured by assessment data and satisfaction surveys. Focuses on building a virtual classroom for each individual course that is conducive to student learning with general and specific course resources and announcements to supplement curriculum. Trained in Google Suite and the Pearson Connexus and Odysseyware platforms.

Virtual

• Full-time Mentor teacher overseeing 90-150 students from grades 6-12. Welcoming new students, checking in daily, tracking truancy and attempting to retain students, collecting work samples for state reporting, attend bi-weekly meetings to discuss best mentor practices, send bi-weekly academic health emails to inform students and learning coaches/caretakers of student’s academic status in each course, collect master agreements for the following school year, complete graduation requirement checks upon request, submit withdrawal status for students upon request and complete the exit process, conduct academic integrity meetings with students as needed, order laptops for students upon request, conduct i-Ready and state testing for California, Oklahoma, and Michigan students, served as first line of defense for any and all student questions unrelated to course content.

Virtual

Regularly training 2+ new instructors on course setup, the use of training resources and websites, the use of Sharepoint and O365 for progress monitoring, and teacher performance monitoring.Training instructors on the use of all student learning platforms, student/learning coach/mentor communications, and daily and monthly procedural tasks.

FuelEd Instructional English/Language Arts teacher, certified and highly qualified in Michigan, encourage dynamic student achievement in an online environmentProvide real-time support to students and focus on individual student needs using data-driven strategiesCommunicate student progress weekly with appropriate contactsHold live synchronous sessionsParticipate in monthly data analysis meetingsLearn and instruct on the curriculum of individual assigned course/sAdhere to state and client-specific prescribed policies and procedures using appropriate asynchronous and synchronous toolsWelcome students to course, communicate requirements, encourage participation, maintain synchronous office hours, monitor student pacing/progress through courseTake ownership for student academic progress and show an active interest in student achievementGrade student work offering constructive, rich, and targeted feedback and maintain grade bookProficient in MS Excel, Word, and OutlookExperienced in customer service environmentStrong written/verbal communication skills

Greater Chicago Area

Business/Technology Teacher at Lubavitch Girls High School. Department Lead. Development of curriculum for grades 9 through 11. Teaching students Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook), Photoshop, Web Design and Windows MovieMaker through the use of hands-on activities and presentations with the use of SmartBoard Technology.

Greater Chicago Area

Hanna Sacks Bais Yakaav High School English & Graphic Arts Teacher. Development of curriculum for Writing class and Graphic Arts class. Teaching students grammar, structure, and the writing process with the execution of original lesson plans. Teaching students Photoshop, Web Design and Windows MovieMaker through the use of hands-on activities and presentations with the use of SmartBoard Technology.

Greater Chicago Area

Served as student teacher in a 9th grade English class and a 9th grade Honors English class. Promoted both cooperative and individual through the exploration of primary documents, computer lab activities, and the writing of practice essays for state standardized testing. Lesson preparation and implementation. Classroom management development and application. Creation of an engaging and student-centered classroom. Plan, facilitate and chaperon field trips and service-learning activities. Tutor struggling students individually and through the AVID Program.

Greater Chicago Area

Customer Quality Assurance and Inside Sales for World’s Finest Chocolate. Resolving customer issues to provide quality service. Assist customer service team-leader as needed. Outbound customer service and satisfaction calls. Assist potential customers with questions and phone-orders. Customer relationship management using SAP Database and Excel spreadsheet. Over $50k in sales.

Melrose Park, Il

Temporary Project Coordinator for JESA Nationwide Services . Acquire contractors nationwide to complete site surveys and project scope of work. Acquire contractors to bid on installation projects. Coordinate collection of daily status updates from contractors at 100+ locations. Generate reports and track project milestones in Excel spreadsheets for stakeholders. Collect and track project completion documents and photos. Maintain shipping costs for projects in an Excel spreadsheet to ensure budgets are met. Manage a multi-line phone system, filing, invoicing and other secretarial duties. Assist Project Manager and Office Manager as needed.

Greater Chicago Area

Prepare projects for print by editing, indexing, typesetting and paginating. Manage Customer Accounts, Inventory, Accounts Payable/Receivable in QuickBooks. Marketing all titles published by Urban Research Press. Coordinate ordering, shipping and receiving of books.

Prepared printing project for press. Project layouts. Purchasing of specific materials for each individual printing project.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

Supervise and assist volunteers in the call-center and at 22 food pantry locations. Problem solve issues with clients, employees and volunteers. Track, coordinate and organize details of pantry capacity and prepare reports. Copy-editing and proofing of grant proposals, press releases and letters for the organization. General office experience and multi-line phone capabilities. Provide emergency food assistance to community members in need through the local non-profit agency.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Secondary Education And Teaching

Graduated with cumulative GPA of 4.0. Thesis titled "The Effectiveness of Service-Learning on Students' Reading Skills." Emphasis.

Bachelor'S, English

Activities and Societies: 2006-2007 - Began and led Students for Barack Obama group. Graduated with BA in Liberal Arts. Minored.