Experience

Sammamish Presbyterian Church

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Glory Days Preschool Director

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  • Direct the vision, mission and development of Glory Days Preschool, enrolling kids from toddler to Pre-K classes. • Manage the recruitment, training, coaching, communication and supervision of preschool staff and substitute teachers. • Provide timely solutions and ongoing mentorship to teachers to ensure a smooth operation. • Establish and oversee curricula, while also managing teacher calendars and schedules. • Lead team meetings and hold 1:1’s with teachers. • Communicate with preschool families, managing tours, registration, enrollment and ongoing support. • Seek community events and other opportunities to advertise and promote preschool enrollment. • Oversee facility needs, including overall classroom direction and organization. • Make an effort to arrange team lunches and other fun events to develop team relationships and keep morale high. • Participate in weekly devotions with the teaching staff to foster healthy, faith formation. • Stand in and help teach classes when we are unable to find substitute teachers in time. Show less



Bellevue College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Pre-School Teacher, Sammamish Toddlers I & II & Young Threes

  • Sep 2005 - Jul 2017

  • Designed, planned and implemented activities to nurture and stimulate the physical, emotional, intellectual and social development of children. Examples include, bean bag toss (physical), washing babies in the water table (emotional), building blocks (intellectual), circle time (social), etc. • Fostered reasoning and problem solving skills by providing a variety of activities for children to explore and discover. For example, putting salt, baking soda and vinegar on an ice block. • Collaborated with co-teachers in the development and implementation of the curriculum. • Maintained an atmosphere of open communication, designed to encourage parent involvement. • Employed creativity and resourcefulness to do more with limited budgets. • Utilized organization skills and planning while working with different co-teachers and parent instructors each day, to keep materials and resources available, orderly and handy, for the benefit of all my co-workers. • Made children and parents feel welcome by always greeting them with a warm smile, encouraging them to actively participate and enjoy the class. • Nurtured an environment promoting diversity and inclusion, ensuring that families from different ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds feel totally at home and comfortable. • Actively marketed Bellevue College’s Preschool program, educating families about program benefits, ensuring higher enrollment for upcoming academic years. Show less