2022 - 2017 - The Children's Center, Santa Rosa, California.

The Children's Center is located on the Santa Rosa Junior College campus in Santa Rosa, California, and is a learning facility for children as well as for Student Teachers. It is a state licensed Title V childcare provider with the capacity for up to 112 children. Its play-oriented approach, in a safe and nurturing environment, serves learners ages six months old to five years old—pre-pandemic and two years old to five years old—post-pandemic. Student Teachers are a part of every childcare/preschool classroom while they learn and study under the supervision of Master Teachers.

As a part of The Children's Center team, and as an Educator, I was expected to model best practices while adult students observed, studied, and participated in classrooms. The Center has a parent resource room, several curriculum work spaces, a commercial kitchen, three student classrooms, a student library, multiple offices, and seven children's classrooms each with their own spacious outdoor play space. The Children's Center is the foundation for the education and training of adult students majoring in Early Childhood Studies.

Positions held:

Educator.
Intern.
Office Assistant.
Student Assistant.
Substitute Educator.

Contributions:

Create/provide a positive "yes" environment in which children and families feel supported, welcomed, and cared for.
Help parents/students navigate the center while establishing meaningful relationships.
Assess children's development using Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) measures and the California Preschool Curriculum Frameworks as per the California Department of Education.
Identify, implement, and comply with all procedures, guidelines, pedagogy, safety, and policies.
Maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
Exert developmentally appropriate practices.
Encourage children to identify their personal responsibility in daily tasks such as cleaning up toys, lunch dishes, washing hands, and sharing materials/toys with other children.
Arrange/move furniture, toys, and materials for learning, transitions, aesthetics, and safety.
Prepare, clean, and/or maintain the facility—inside and out, as well as classroom materials, and educational toys.
Know/implement state health requirements such as portion size, safety, cleanliness, and medical/allergy needs.
Evaluate and report issues of safety and/or health concerns.
Serve seven classrooms by leading children in developmentally appropriate activities, fieldtrips, and beyond.
Create and implement developmentally appropriate activities/learning.
Establish and maintain classroom routines such as breakfast, lunch, snack, circle, clean up, story, nap, physical fitness, activities, children's conduct, and interpersonal relationships.
Interact with/direct children during indoor/outdoor activities while encouraging growth and development.
Evaluate/adjust classroom environments as interests change.
Foster and develop skills such as social emotional learning, fine/gross motor, humanities, environmental, science, literacy, visual and creative arts, etc.
Front office filing, mailing, and making appointments as well as phoning parents and/or caretakers.
Attend/participate in multiple weekly classroom/staff meetings.
Train Student Assistants pertaining to job duties, protocols, pedagogy, and overall safety.
Plan and implement online/remote learning and create content for families at home.
Present/record readings of books for remote learning.

Educator 2022-2017.