Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Organizations And Community Works
Organizations And Community Works
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Laurie Russell

Morinville,AB

Summary

Talented Administrator and Teacher highly successful at motivating teams and streamlining operations with excellent customer relations aptitude and relationship building skills. Analytical problem solver and persuasive communicator with talent for thinking outside the box for creative solutions.

Experienced in using independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Dedicated to applying training, monitoring and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and boost performance.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

ESL TEACHER

iLearning, Acorn Education, Excellent Institute, CNK, Tutoring TPet
06.2021 - Current
  • Develop and taught ESL curriculum to improve students' conversational and academic abilities
  • Provide positive interactions and utilize classroom management skills with children in a variety of ratios
  • Present a calm, professional demeanor in a challenging environment
  • Role mod clear, concise language that is easy to understand
  • Overcome language barriers to ensure comprehension of lesson
  • Use of props, TPR and realia to add meaning and context to language
  • Provide accurate, clear feedback to parents, students and learning partners
  • Increase ESL students' reading levels by integrating online word games and altering lesson plans for students needing extra guidance
  • Use positive reinforcement and provide clear feedback to help students succeed
  • Assess work of adult students to evaluate progress and identify areas for improvement

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CHILDCARE EDUCATOR

YMCA Citadel
St. Albert, AB
09.2016 - 09.2021
  • Responsible for providing quality early years programming and childcare as a representative of YMCA Northern Alberta
  • Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones
  • Responsible for creating and implementing stimulating and age appropriate programming
  • Responsible for health, safety and well-being of children and staff in centre
  • Role modeling appropriate behavior through positive interactions with children, staff, and families
  • Created and updated records and files to maintain document compliance
  • Used industry expertise, customer service skills and analytical nature to resolve customer concerns and promote loyalty
  • Scheduling, editing documents, supervising staff, creating partnerships with community members, hiring, interviewing, onboarding, coaching, training, orientation of new staff, health and safety checklists, inspections and drills, staff meeting minutes, assuming full responsibility for centre in absence of Director, assisting with budget and fundraising, organizing field trips and community events, accreditation, and any other assigned administrative and operational duties
  • Opening and closing centre and all duties associated with that responsibility
  • Supporting and caring for special needs children with challenging behaviors.

ADMIN/FRONT END SPECIALIST

Overwaitea Foods
St. Albert, AB
03.2014 - 09.2016
  • Responsible for managing frontline services to maintain quality customer service
  • Address customer queries and concerns, respond to multi-line phone calls and direct them to appropriate staff
  • Determine and monitor in-store prices of products and update pricing tags
  • Prepare and design product price labels and tags
  • Provide administrative support functions to finance and accounting units
  • Preparation of payroll, bank deposits, vault counts, personnel work schedules, hiring employees and other HR activities
  • Accomplish data encoding tasks and filing of documents/records
  • Use of PeopleSoft, Retailix and Microsoft Office programs
  • Supervision and mentoring of co-workers.

CASEWORKER

Big Brothers Big Sisters
St. Albert, AB
03.2009 - 12.2011
  • Responsible for management of casework assignments for Morinville/Legal area
  • Determined eligibility and suitability for programs by performing client intake interviews and bio-psycho-social assessments
  • Developed and maintained strong relationships with community resources for successful referrals
  • Identified appropriate needs of individual cases and assigned or matched them with mentors
  • Performed assessment and evaluation on progress of various cases
  • Undertook regular visits to various community schools for information advocacy, and to determine appropriate social interventions
  • Presented status reports of casework to Advisory Committee, Morinville Chamber of Commerce and Core Lyncs
  • Coordinated and worked with school officials in maintaining and enhancing office services
  • Maintained office reports and documentations, updated data files and records
  • Planned and scheduled counseling sessions for students

CLASSROOM TEACHER

Pembina Hills Regional Division No 7
Clyde
01.1997 - 01.2005
  • Managed teaching programs and lessons for grades 2, 5 and 6 students
  • Served as substitute Teacher for grades K-12, and Educational Assistant for various students and lead teachers in grades K-7
  • Designed and implemented lesson plans for students with special needs
  • Served as Early Literacy Intervention Specialist and worked with psychologists, counselors, and social workers to provide counseling services and support to families in crisis
  • Planned and scheduled regular meetings with students’ parents to provide feedback on learning progress of school children and determine needs and expectations of parents and teachers on academic development of their children
  • Supervised, planned, and coordinated goal-setting activities and crafted IPPs together with school program assistants
  • Directed and guided educational assistants on assigned tasks and responsibilities
  • Served as Coach for Junior High sports events and activities in volleyball, basketball, and soccer
  • Coordinated classroom visits and activities with seniors center in Westlock
  • Acted as School Representative for various school committees.

Education

Bachelor of Education - Education

University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB

Skills

  • Client Support and Relations
  • Customer Service
  • Administrative Support
  • Office Management
  • Fiscal Management
  • Team Management
  • Training and Development
  • Employee Supervision
  • Human Resources and Payroll
  • Interviewing, Onboarding, Training of Staff
  • Computer Skills (People Soft, Retailix, Microsoft, Skype, Zoom, Google, ClassIn, WeChat)
  • Scheduling
  • Online Teaching
  • Early Child Development and Education
  • Classroom Teaching and Management
  • Early Literacy Reading Intervention
  • Effective Instructional Learning Methods
  • Curriculum Development
  • Lesson Planning

Timeline

ESL TEACHER

iLearning, Acorn Education, Excellent Institute, CNK, Tutoring TPet
06.2021 - Current

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CHILDCARE EDUCATOR

YMCA Citadel
09.2016 - 09.2021

ADMIN/FRONT END SPECIALIST

Overwaitea Foods
03.2014 - 09.2016

CASEWORKER

Big Brothers Big Sisters
03.2009 - 12.2011

CLASSROOM TEACHER

Pembina Hills Regional Division No 7
01.1997 - 01.2005

Bachelor of Education - Education

University of Alberta

Organizations And Community Works

  • Foster Parent, 07/2011, 10/2013
  • Secretary, Notre Dame Parents Council, 2007, 2012
  • Treasurer, Perfect Storm Parents Council, 2011, 2012

Organizations And Community Works

  • Foster Parent, 07/2011, 10/2013
  • Secretary, Notre Dame Parents Council, 2007, 2012
  • Treasurer, Perfect Storm Parents Council, 2011, 2012

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