Andrea Cotter

• Daily care of 1-3 year olds in home; develop age appropriate activities
• Prepared healthy foods and beverages for children
• Manage paper work, invoicing. Regular communication
• Maintained effective schedule balance between rest periods, active play and instruction.
• Applied positive behavior management techniques to enhance social interactions and emotional development.

• Private studio teaching elementary piano lessons to multi age students; prepare or exams and concerts
• Introduced students to various concepts to start learning and progress through curriculum
• Communicated with parents regularly
• Developed lesson plans with student input, selected course materials and prepared assignments.

• Provide ultimate care for animal welfare; strategic leadership and planning; work with other leaders to execute programs; project management
• Managed all paper and digital documentation
• Accomplished multitasker; budgeting and payroll
• Onboarded new employees; Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
• Employee feedback and evaluation regularly

• Same tasks as previous role,
• Coordinated and established new programs
• Improve public snake program and educational reach

• Primary caregiver for reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals of many different species
• Supervisor of volunteers and part-time employees; organize volunteer schedule
• Coordinate with other departments on projects public programs; develop and coordinate snake program

• Followed specific food and water schedules for different animal species.
• Handled specimens and conducted tests according to established protocols, keeping efficient records on all experiments.
• Assisted primary biologists in various tasks and projects

• First point of contact for visitors, general admission processing with cash, debit, visa, etc., membership, group and special program processing, general customer service

• Primary caregiver to boarding animals and other patients, including feeding, cleaning and administering medications; general cleaning of hospital and helping veterinarians and technicians with various tasks

• Responsible for visitor services, school groups, day cares, day camps and general public educational program delivery
• Identification of over 200 bird species

Started as receptionist, answering phone calls and doing general animal care, then offered raptor specialist position and worked specifically with birds of prey (feeding, cleaning, administering medication and bandages, flight training, and releases)