dominica malloy

Early HeadStart Teacher. • Assume responsibility for the care, safety, and welfare of the children through active supervision; abide by the Program Standards of Conduct. • Plan and facilitate comprehensive and culturally sensitive early childhood experiences using the Creative Curriculum and State standards; implement developmentally appropriate practices which meet the needs and interests of the children. • Apply age-appropriate teaching techniques and positive behavior management skills while working with preschool age children. Provide children a safe, nurturing, stimulating, and enjoyable learning environment through positive behavior management techniques and constant ("Active") supervision during all activities including instructional, playground, combined staff and child mealtimes, hand washing, and teeth brushing. • Evaluate and report student progress while working with the Family Development Team and Program Specialists to ensure screenings and delivery of services to the children and families. • Apply Coaches' reflections to enhance and improve the overall teaching experience. • Understand and adhere to all WACOG and applicable external regulations, policies and procedures, and safety standards to include Head Start Performance Standards, Arizona Child Care Licensing, CACFP, and all Mandated Reporting requirements regarding suspected child abuse and/or neglect. • Develop and maintain respectful partnerships with families, including communicating with parents professionally on a daily basis, that support family well-being, strong relationships between parents and their children, and ongoing learning and development for both parents and children. • Develop weekly lesson plans that include individualized activities for each child in a timely manner and that aligns with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework and WACOG's School Readiness Goals to ensure children's daily experiences provide multi-cultural and dual language opportunities that lead to improvements in cognitive, social/emotional, and physical growth. Follow up on goals on a monthly basis. • Prepare and maintain accurate records including ongoing observations to evaluate each child's growth and development while maintaining the confidentiality of child, family and program information. • Conduct Developmental screenings and ensure each child's ongoing assessment is linked to curriculum goals. Use screening results to develop written referrals for children with suspected disabilities. (ASQ3 & ASQ SE 2) • Attend parent/teacher conferences, drive to family homes for home visits and screenings on a regular basis. • Attend IEP reviews and apply goals to meet children's needs. Write needed IEP referrals in a timely manner. • Feed children and change diapers; maintain communication logs. • Care for the children that requires regular lifting, bending, and reaching. • Remain prepared and organized with necessary forms for meetings and everyday classroom needs. Take responsibility for the completion and accuracy of sections five and six of the family files. • Perform data entry into assigned electronic systems and paper files to include My Teaching Strategy and Child Plus. • Actively participate to build and maintain a professional and collaborative instructional team that includes Assistant Teachers, Classroom Engagement Aids, parents, and volunteers; mentor and lead other classroom staff. • Clean and disinfect assigned areas on a regular basis and as needed. • Develop professionally by taking education training or workshops as required. • Travel within WACOG service area, including overnight stays as needed; additional travel maybe required. • Maintain regular and punctual attendance; work outside of standard business hours as needed. • Utilize tact and discretion to maintain confidentiality; project a positive and professional image of WACOG at all times. • Trained thoroughly in ECERS, Fidelity, CLASS, QCIT, TIPTOS, The Pyramid Model. • Other duties as assigned or required of the position.

I check patients into the emergency room. I collect any copays or deductibles due at time of service. I certify with the insurance company that the patient is on active coverage, and the services will be covered. I am also the whole hospital phone operator (PBX) on graveyard shift. When ER is done with patient charts. It is my responsibility to ensure all the paperwork gets broke down and sent to the appropriate department. I make sure all the patients are signing all the required consents, and they are aware of what each document means. Any patients being admitted from the ER I go in the room and have to get more paperwork signed from the patient. I also require paperwork from the ER Doctor. Meet ambulances in the ER bay to get patients in system as soon as possible. Direct all phone calls, and all the visitors and patients coming through the door. When the day shift people leave at 3 or 4 pm, I register patients that walk into our lab to have blood drawn and register patients for Radiology when they walk in with an order for an x-ray, CT, MRI. When a doctor wants to direct admit a patient, I get all the paperwork together and take them up to the unit.

I do all the front office responsibilities: open/close the office, verify insurance, make sure the insurance is in network and we are contracted with the patients insurance provider and collect any copays or deductibles at time of service. Schedule appointments, check voicemails left at the office and return calls within 24 hours, work with other doctors offices to refer patients to them.( basically get all the information together that the new physician will need) that way when the patient goes to the new doctor they will walk in there with a folder full of any/all the records that doctor may need. I take that stress away from the patient. I also do back office duties: this would be where my nursing assistant training comes into play. I check patients vitals and write the information in their charts, then put that patient in a room to wait for the physician. Anything I write in their charts then needs to be put into our electronic system ( Medgen ) I also assist with any procedures the doctor preforms in office, call pharmacies to call in medications for patients, file and pull all charts necessary for the day ahead. I am in charge of referrals and getting prior authorization for the procedures and surgeries that are coming up on our schedule. I am the liaison between the hospital and the doctors office, making sure the hospital has everything they need from us to schedule and get paid for the procedure or surgery. I am the sole person responsible for ordering all supplies needed for the office, front and back supples. So half is just basic office supplies and the other half is medical supplies. I have trained employees, been in charge of making their schedules. I work very closely with the doctor to figure out his schedule and making sure he is able to accommodate the amount of patients. I send any files needed by the state health dept, the coroner, and the DMV.

I mix and pour alcoholic beverages. Serve a handful of snack food items. Cleaning is also a big part of the job. I am responsible to pick the specials for the day or night. I used a cash register and am responsible for doing the end of night paperwork and counting the drawer down. I also have to be responsible and make sure there is no fighting going on in the bar. We do not have security and I am the only one there. I hold keys to the place and am trusted to lock it up when I leave and have all the codes for the alarm. I order the liquor and beer from the vendors. Check everything is correct upon delivery write a check.

Registered patients for the ER, Surgery, Radiology, Ultrasound, and OB. I would inform the patients of their rights and responsibilities, and make sure they understood what they were signing. I would go through each page with them. I put all of their information into the computer, including demographics, insurance information, and emergency contact. I would collect any co-pays that were due. And any deductibles that applied to the procedure they were having done that day. I would need to contact doctors offices and make sure that we have the script or order from the doctor so the procedure could be done. I also had to look up the diagnosis codes and put those in so that insurance could be billed correctly and not be kicked back. I would also audit charts to make sure that all the information was in the computer the correct way. I would take any payment that patients brought into the hospital. I also assisted the nurses and doctors with any information they may need. I would go in the ER and collect all the info from any person that came in by ambulance.

• Checking people into the emergency room. I had to inform the patients of the rights and responsibilities, and make sure they understood what they were signing. I put all of their demographics and insurance information into the computer system. I collected patient co-pays and any deductibles that applied to their current services. I also registered patients into inpatient status. And again any money that applied I collected. I assisted the nurses and doctors with any information they requested. . I would also audit charts to make sure that all the information was in the computer the correct way. I would take any payment that patients brought into the hospital. I also assisted the nurses and doctors with any information they may need. I would go in the ER and collect all the info from any person that came in by ambulance. • I left this position because I moved out of state to Ohio.

• I worked in multiple class's ages 0-5 years old. Organized activities, played learning games, supervised outside free time play. I changed diapers, dressed the infants, bottle feed them. In the toddler class I assisted in toilet training. In all classes I prepared food and helped feed the children. I walked the older children from the elementary school to new day to attend the after school program. • I left this job to work full time with benefits at the local hospital.

Substitute Teaching Certification

Arizona Department of Education

CDA- Child Development Associate

Council for Professional Recognition