Brittany Powers
Willits
Summary
Speech pathologist with an excellent history of collaboration with students and families. Experience working with severely disabled students as well as hospital experience with people effected by different medical needs and situations. Experience and familiarity in fast paced and high stress environments. Adaptable to many environments. Skilled in implementing individualized treatment plans and tracking and documentation of clients progressions. Strong focus on team collaboration and positive interactions with all team members, client, and client family.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Administrative Assistant
Mendocino Community College
08.2024 - Current
- Help enforce policy and procedures within the child development center.
- Assist families and staff with varying questions and support.
- Staff training.
- Assist with ordering and receiving of supplies and materials.
- Tracking and enforcement of late fees for families.
- Mail delivery to staff and families.
- Review of accident reports.
- Provide feedback on policy concerns.
- Thorough note taking for meetings.
- Promoting a positive work culture and environment through building positive relationships with families and staff as well as effective communication.
- Assist director with office events such as staff training and meetings as well as parent club meetings and presentations.
- Assist coworkers and other staff with special tasks on a daily basis.
- Develop and complete varying projects and forms online.
- Identify and recommend changes to current processes and practices to improve efficiency and quality care.
- Familiarize new staff to classrooms.
Associate Preschool Teacher
Mendocino Community College
01.2023 - 08.2024
- Developed strong relationships with parents and families through positive communication.
- Conducted ongoing assessments of student progress utilizing DRDP standards of rating.
- Supported children''s social-emotional growth by implementing age-appropriate conflict resolution strategies.
- Implemented effective classroom management strategies by ensuring staff engaged with students and followed a schedule.
- Assist lead teacher with projects and activities.
- Utilize positive reinforcement with the children
- Assist lead with daily lesson plans
- Supervision of children and assistant staff at all times.
- Provide guidance in small group activities.
- Sanitization of toys and classroom surfaces
- call to parents for developmentally inappropriate classroom behavior
- Follow second step activities to build social-emotional skills
- Basic care of children from changing diapers, changing clothes, assistance with shoes and coats, and hygiene guidance.
Pharmacy Technician
Adventist Health
10.2015 - 06.2023
- Assist pharmacist
- Answered incoming phone calls and addressed questions or directed to the pharmacist on duty.
- Stocked, labeled, and inventoried medication to keep accurate records.
- Enhanced pharmacy workflow by assisting pharmacists with medication dispensing, labeling, and packaging.
- Calculated dosage of I.V's and packaged bulk medication into syringes.
- Compounded I.V. medications following sterile process.
- Build and maintenance of varying rescue kits for all departments.
- Monthly inspections of all departments within hospital and the medications in their possession.
- Tracking of scheduled medications through omnicell data to ensure medications are delivered to patient or returned appropriately.
- investigation of unaccounted for medications
- Patient billing
Pharmacy Technician
Wal-Mart Pharmacy
06.2014 - 10.2015
- Ordering, receiving, and stocking of medications for adequate inventory.
- Typing of prescriptions for accuracy.
- Billing of insurance including TARS
- Patient confidentiality through HIPAA
- Filling and labeling of prescriptions.
- Log documentation when filling scheduled drugs.
- Compounding of medications.
- Proper storage and disposal of medications.
- Answer incoming phone calls from customers, doctors, and others.
- Assist customers at drop off and pickup windows.
- Transfer of prescriptions to other pharmacies.
- Assist pharmacist.
- Effective communication with pharmacists and other staff.
Paraprofessional SD
Ukiah Unified School District
08.2012 - 06.2014
- Modify work for individual students
- Help individual students acclimate to main stream class
- individualized instruction separate from main stream class
- behavioral support for individual students
- implantation and use of PROACT training
- communication with families
- supervision of students
- Supported Special Education teacher with accommodation and modification implantation
- collaborative work with teachers and other staff to provide best support for students
- attend IEP meetings and provide feedback
Team Member
Papa Murphys Take N Bake Pizza
09.2008 - 07.2011
- Maintaining clean work environment.
- Preparation of needed materials.
- sanitation and stocking of foods and drinks areas.
- Customer service.
- Answering phones.
- Addressing customer complaints and concerns.
- Cash register operation.
- Distribution of tips.
- Opening and closing of store.
- Collaboration with team members for fast and effective work flow.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA12-2025
Associate of Arts - Liberal Studies
Mendocino Community College
Ukiah, CA05-2023
Associate of Science - Administration of Justice
Mendocino Community College
Ukiah, CA05-2023
High School Diploma -
Ukiah High School
Ukiah, CA06-2010
Skills
- Customer service
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Confidentiality and HIPAA
- Helping students with special needs
- Leadership qualities
- collaboration and teamwork
- Integrity
- Dependable
- Detail oriented
- Goal oriented
- Disciplined
- Hardworking
Certification
CPR/AED certified
Early Education Teaching Certificate
Timeline
Administrative Assistant
Mendocino Community College
08.2024 - Current
Associate Preschool Teacher
Mendocino Community College
01.2023 - 08.2024
Pharmacy Technician
Adventist Health
10.2015 - 06.2023
Pharmacy Technician
Wal-Mart Pharmacy
06.2014 - 10.2015
Paraprofessional SD
Ukiah Unified School District
08.2012 - 06.2014
Team Member
Papa Murphys Take N Bake Pizza
09.2008 - 07.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies
Sonoma State University
Associate of Arts - Liberal Studies
Mendocino Community College
Associate of Science - Administration of Justice
Mendocino Community College
High School Diploma -
Ukiah High School
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