1. SHARON FORSTER
210 Tonell Ave 815-274-6273
New Lenox, IL 60451 sharonforster9@gmail.com
ANALYST, EDUCATOR & FINA NCE PROFESSIONAL
Strategic Skill & Program Planning / Team Leadership / Account Manger
Analyst, educator and finance professional consistently successful in acquiring new, leading teams,
creating plans, developing strategies, and managing key relationships to generate revenue growth for
self owned business. Combines expert strategic planning, analytical, technology, and problem solvi ng
competencies with a proven track-record of delivering strong financial results and profitable growth
amidst fast-paced, deadline-oriented environments.
 Excellentverbal and
communicationskills
 TeamBuilding
 Financial Analysis
 BudgetDevelopment
 Debt/Equity
 ProjectManagement  Researcher
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FORSTER ACADEMY, New Lenox, IL 2013 to present
Owner/Tutor Jupiter, FL 2011 to 2013
Successfully started and operated a highly profitable tutoring business in Jupiter, FL. Maintained
monthly financials, acquired business by creating and maintaining relationships with local schools.
Created a 40 percent improvement in client overall test scores. Successfully moved business to New
Lenox, IL in 2013.
 Built collaborative external relationships to provide the best in client advice and service.
Developed the business to ensure a seamless experience for the client who had multiple
needs.
 Used expert knowledge of educational institutions, business, and finance to identify,
recommend and promote products and solutions that best served the client.
THE BENJAMIN SCHOOL, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 2011 to 2013
Brain Training Instructor
Contracted Tutor (All Subject Areas)
Successfully negotiated a contract to serve high profile students at an elite school in Palm Beach
Florida. Managed a portfolio of clients and created curriculum to meet needs. Improved clients
overall test scores by 40 percent. Successfully managed and implemented a self-
designed educational program which drove institutional profitability by fulfilling a gap in
curriculum.
 Created and implemented a Brain Training Program; Achieved operational objectives by
contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; prepared and
completed action plans; implemented production, productivity, quality, and customer-service
standards; resolved problems; completed audits; identified trends; determined system
improvements; implemented change.

2. SS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS SCHOOL, Lemont, IL 2010 to 2011
RTI Program Specialist / Third Grade Teacher
Created and implemented a Reading Response to Intervention program based on State
Standards and Guidelines. Mentored and led RTI team.
 Instructed 52 academically diverse students in Reading, Spelling, and Language Arts
following Archdiocesan curriculum standards, and Blooms Taxonomy
ST. CHRISTINA SCHOOL, Chicago, IL 2009 to 2010
Junior High Literature Teacher
Developed and implemented a Smart Board Program designed to educate students using
technology, specifically a student response system or “texters” to monitor student progress. Wrote
and awarded grant to cover cost associated with smart boards, making St. Christina the
only school in Chicago Archdiocese to use this kind of technology.
 Instructed 130 academically diverse students in Literature following curriculum guidelines,
state standards, Marzano's Strategies and Blooms Taxonomy.
EQUITY OFFICE, Chicago, Illinois 1997 to 2001
Property Accountant
 Prepared consolidated internal and external financial statements by gathering and analyzing
information from the general ledger system and from departments.
 Maintained and balanced an automated consolidation system by inputting data; scheduling
required jobs; verifying data.
 Analyzed information and options by developing spreadsheet reports; verifying information.
 Prepared payments by accruing expenses; assigning account numbers; requesting
disbursements; reconciling accounts.
 Developed and implemented accounting procedures by analyzing current procedures;
recommending changes.
 Provided accounting support for mergers and acquisitions by reviewing financial information;
converting data to general ledger system; obtaining supplementary information for preparing
financial statements.
EDUCATION / TECHNOLOGY
ST. XAVIER UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL
Master Of Arts 4.0/4.0 (2009)
Certificate of Accounting (1997)
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Arts (1995)
Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Pages, Key Note, and Numbers