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Ann Durfee

Ann Durfee

Philadelphia, PA, US

 

About 

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Employment 

Community Education Alliance of West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, US, Pre-K Assistant Teacher

• Assist and support lead teacher in preschool classroom
• Complete daily filing, printing, copying, and material preparation duties
• Engage students in classroom activities
• Successfully manage behavioral issues within classroom
• Administer educational assessments
• Build positive relationships with students and their families; maintain open communication

Aug 2012 - current
 

Busybee Design, Philadelphia, PA, US, Interior Design Assistant Intern/Retail Merchandising and Marketing

• Assist designers with a variety of tasks including developing spec sheets and inspiration binders, as well as preparing client materials for interior services
• Assist in home installations and stagings
• Experience with AutoCAD
• Consult directly with clientele regarding material, furniture, and color selections
• Utilize Quickbooks and Outlook regularly; assist in purchase orders, and merchandise updates
• Maintain and access vendor library successfully
• Maintain organization and develop system for library of material samples
• Visual re-merchandising of home-store floor
• Maintain organization or home-store floor and achieve overall intended visual aesthetic
• Attend to customers and assist homestore manager as needed
• Prepare creative marketing advertisements for new merchandise available within home store to be posted on facebook page blog; prepare marketing materials within homestore

Aug 2012 - Feb 2013
 

University of Vermont/National Science Foundation, Burlington, Vermont/Zaragoza de Puebla, Mexico, Assistant Field Archaeologist

• Participation in an archaeological field study funded by the National Science Foundation, through the University of Vermont and located in Zaragoza de Puebla, Mexico
• Ability to speak Spanish and English interchangeably
• Successfully collaborated within a group of seven archaeologists

This was a stipend, 3-month long project.

Jan 2012 - Apr 2012
 

Shalom House Inc., Portland, Maine, Housing Specialist

This was a temporary position held before participating in an archaeological field survey in Mexico.

• Regularly schedule and conduct individual meetings with clients
• Build positive relationships with clientele; respond efficiently to questions and concerns
• On-call duties and manage multiple phone lines, as well as communicate with colleagues and clients through e-mail
• Prepare and send update letters and notifications to clients regularly; send and process mail
• Correspondence with clientele regularly through email, telephone, and individual meetings
• Manage personal calendar as well as collaborate in scheduling appointments in colleagues' calendars using Microsoft Outlook
• Clerical duties and utilize office equipment independently: printer, photocopier, scanner, fax machine, postage machine
• Data entry and filing of client records and information both electronically and within records room
• Update client information; maintain organization of client materials
• Assist supervisor with administrative duties
• Frequent use of Microsoft Excel and Outlook
• Attendance and participation in team meetings
• Adhere to all company procedures and policies; maintain confidentiality of client information.

Nov 2011 - Jan 2012
 

Northwestern Counseling and Support Services, St. Albans, Vermont, Senior Autism Behavioral Interventionist

• Build positive and professional relationships with a diverse population of clientele and associated persons
• Excellent written communication skills through production of daily progress notes; consistently meet deadlines and demonstrate punctuality
• Excellent oral communication through contact with clients, families, and associated persons
• Maintain organization within a frequently changing schedule and travel to various locations
• Leadership roles through providing training and support to co-workers and new hires; assisted and provided constructive feedback
• Utilize agency database (LWSI) and Microsoft Word for production of progress reports on a daily basis; Outlook and Powerpoint
• Data collection and entry into Excel daily; production of spreadsheets
• Collaboration in creation of materials for clientele and new ideas for programs
• Clerical duties and utilize office equipment to assist in creation of materials
• Assist with administrative tasks such as filing records electronically and within records room
• Maintain confidentiality of client information, and comply to all company policies
• Attendance and participation in team meetings
Achievements
Promoted to senior level position following two years of outstanding service and work ethic demonstrated as an Autism Behavioral Interventionist.

Jul 2008 - Sep 2011
 

Education 

Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA, US, Interior Design

Interior Design Certificate program (expected graduation, July 2013)
Continuing Education Program

-Principles of Interior Design
-Drafting for Interiors, Materials for Interior Design
-Lighting Techniques
-CAD for Drafting
-History of Furniture and Decorative Arts
-Color for Interior Design
-Interior Design Studies: Advanced Projects

Jul 2012 - current
 

University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, Bachelors, Psychology

Bachelors of Science in Psychology with a biobehavioral concentration

Aug 2005 - May 2008
 

University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, Bachelors, Anthropology

Bachelors of Art in Anthropology with a focus in Archaeological Studies

Aug 2005 - May 2008
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills