Assistant Director

• Aug 2018 - Present

Director of Curriculum and Staff Development

• May 2015 - Aug 2018

Oversee curriculum and staff development for a progressive school serving children aged three months through fifth grade in the city of San Francisco.

Child Development Specialist

• Jun 2013 - May 2015

Provide developmental insight and parenting consulting to parents of fifty-one children aged three months to four years. Contribute to leadership team for staff of infant/toddler and preschool programs. Lead staff meetings, provide professional development, mentorship, and coaching. Work with teachers to provide the highest standard of care in a full day childcare setting.

Administrative Coordinator

• Mar 2012 - May 2013

Responsible for conducting administrative tasks including data entry, form management, extensive phone and email contact with parents, and other tasks as they arose. Member of the Leadership Team, helping to manage and direct a staff of fifty young adults who supervised two hundred children aged seven to fifteen in a private residential camp setting. Responsible for conducting administrative tasks including data entry, form management, extensive phone and email contact with parents, and other tasks as they arose. Member of the Leadership Team, helping to manage and direct a staff of fifty young adults who supervised two hundred children aged seven to fifteen in a private residential camp setting.

Infant/Toddler Teacher

• 2012 - 2013

Head teacher providing primary care for nine infants, aged 3-12 months, who attend University-based childcare five days per week. Supervised assistants and substitutes, maintained communication with parents and co-workers, produced weekly newsletter for the classroom, led parent-teacher conferences. Kept records and provided developmental assessment (DRDP) for children. Head teacher providing primary care for nine infants, aged 3-12 months, who attend University-based childcare five days per week. Supervised assistants and substitutes, maintained communication with parents and co-workers, produced weekly newsletter for the classroom, led parent-teacher conferences. Kept records and provided developmental assessment (DRDP) for children.

Volunteer Coordinator/Camp Manager

• Jul 2011 - Feb 2012

Responsible for managing up to fourteen international volunteers as they implemented a program for eight to ten high-school aged children at a non-profit organization in rural South Africa. Ensured the program ran smoothly twenty-four hours per day. Administrative tasks included updating and overseeing the volunteer handbook and teaching program, as well as managing social media presence for the organization. Responsible for managing up to fourteen international volunteers as they implemented a program for eight to ten high-school aged children at a non-profit organization in rural South Africa. Ensured the program ran smoothly twenty-four hours per day. Administrative tasks included updating and overseeing the volunteer handbook and teaching program, as well as managing social media presence for the organization.

Contributing Member/Trainer

• Mar 2011 - Feb 2012

DFP is a community-based research and learning model of education and training for the care, support and education of vulnerable children birth-to-3 and their caregivers, guardians, and families in rural, and peri-urban townships. Contributing member of a team that developed the GROE (Global Ratings of Environment) scale for use in evaluating early childhood care settings in the developing world. Conducted first pilot in 22 local childcare centers, scored and provided feedback regarding administration of the instrument. Contributing member of the DFP team that conducted a five-day training on working with infants, toddlers, and families to directors, parents, and teachers in infant and toddler centers in Mangaung. Show less

Assistant Teacher, IIs (2009-2010) and IIIs (2010-2011)

• Sep 2009 - Jun 2011

Engaged in continuous collaboration as one of two teachers in a preschool classroom of two-three and three-four year-olds. Moved up with the same group of children for two years. Kept detailed observation records, wrote end of year reports for parents, and conducted parent-teacher conferences twice per year. Engaged in continuous collaboration as one of two teachers in a preschool classroom of two-three and three-four year-olds. Moved up with the same group of children for two years. Kept detailed observation records, wrote end of year reports for parents, and conducted parent-teacher conferences twice per year.

Student Teacher

• Sep 2008 - Jun 2009

Assistant Teacher

• Sep 2007 - Jun 2009

As a student teacher, attended a twice-weekly seminar on toddler development. Course requirements included active participation in seminar, a weekly observation journal, weekly readings, participation in the Toddler Center classroom, research projects, and papers. As an assistant teacher, supervised children aged 19-35 months three afternoons per week, as well as facilitated classroom activities and separation from parents. Participated in hour-long debriefing and planning sessions after each teaching session. Show less

Front Desk Administrator

• Jan 2005 - Jan 2008