Bookkeeper/Admin. Asst.          2013– present

·     PC Nation          Northfield, Illinois

Work with Quickbooks, Ecometry, Multiview and Microsoft Excel in the areas of accounts payable, accounts receivable, invoicing, reporting on CAM fees, bank deposits, file maintenance and property management. 

Website Developer – Maintenance                2014– present

·     Free Lance Highland Park, Illinois

Developed a website for a private social group of 60 members. Provide ongoing maintenance and regular postings.

Computer Teacher              2010- present

·     Arie Crown Hebrew Day School              Skokie, Illinois

Currently run the computer lab, scheduling and teaching computer projects for 800 students ranging in age between kindergarten and 8th grade. Teach projects using software such as Microsoft Access, Powerpoint, Excel/VBA, Word, Paint, Windows Movie Maker, and other educational software. Also worked on several prototypes for our school website.                                                                     

5^th grade teacher                  2007- 2010

·     Arie Crown Hebrew Day School              Skokie, Illinois

Taught a full curriculum of math, science, language arts and social studies. Good planning, organization, teaching and classroom management skills. Have a creative flair for making up games and projects to provide students with hands-on opportunities for learning. Have experience using and programming the latest Smartboard technology.

Bookkeeper/Customer Service      2001-2003

·     Music Center of Deerfield                                                                                        Deerfield, IL

Worked primarily in accounts receivable maintaining the customer accounts. Lots of phone and in-store contact with customers concerning overdue accounts, instrument contracts, instrument repairs and monthly statements.                                             

Education

HTML/CSS Certification       Sept. 2012

w3schools.com               Online 

Teacher Certification                                                                                     Nov., 2006

National-Louis University        Wheeling, Illinois

Computer Programming Certification                                                                    Dec, 1985

DePaul University          Chicago, Illinois

BA – French                                                                                      May, 1982

University of Illinois     Champaign, Illinois

Skills

·     Computer Languages  - Java, HTML/CSS, SQL, C++, Lisp

·     Quickbooks / Quicken

·     Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel / VBA, Access, Powerpoint and Paint

·     Windows Movie Maker, Pinnacle Studio video editing software

·     Inspiration educational software

·     Moderate fluency in French and Spanish

Activities

·     Teacher sponsor for the school yearbook at Arie Crown School. Advise the students on using online yearbook software and page layout. Teach the students about time management and organization of a large project.

·     Wrote and coordinated a grant from SWANCC to Arie Crown sponsoring a reusable water bottle sale in the interest of cutting back on disposable water bottles.

·     Organized and currently manage the ‘Green Team’ at Arie Crown school which collects recyclables (plastic, paper and aluminum) on a weekly basis throughout the school. Planned a field trip to the recycle plant / landfill in Grayslake as well as organized a fashion show for clothes made out of recycled plastics.

·     Volunteer for the city of Highland Park in the area of environmental sustainability.

·     Robotics Coach – Organized and coached a team of 18 students who participated in a regional robotics competition in April, 2013 sponsored by NASA, IROBOT and other companies.