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Costa Mesa, CA 92627

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Objective To obtain a professional position that will best utilize my experience and education in

child development.

Summary Current

qualifications

Jan 2012- Sept 2012 Learning Care Group-La Petite

Diamond Bar Ca. 909-***-****

Title: Preschool Director

• Management preschool

• Oversee curriculum development

• Marketing and public relations

• Fiscal management of $550,000 annual budget

• Direct supervision of 12 teachers, aids & support staff

2007- 2012 - Trinity United Methodist School & Preschool

6151 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 702-***-****

Title: School Superintendent/Preschool Director

• Management of private elementary school and preschool

• Oversee curriculum development

• Marketing and public relations

• Fiscal management of $250,000 annual budget

• Direct supervision of 17 teachers, aids & support staff

• Sunday School Director

2009–Present - The Children’s Garden Learning Center

720 Rancho Del Norte, N Las Vegas, NV 702-***-****

Title: Owner

• Wrote and implemented business plan

• Designed and stocked all classrooms

• Hired 14 staff members including management and professional liaisons

• Designed and implemented accounting program & operating budget.

• Administration of private for profit preschool

• Wrote and implemented curriculum

• Marketing and public relations

• Fiscal management of $650,000 annual budget

Professional experience

2003-2007 – State Office of Early Care & Education

701 N. Rancho Dr, Las Vegas, NV 702-***-****

Title: Childcare Mentor/Apprenticeship Coordinator/ECE Trainer

• Management of Nev. State Early Childhood Mentor Program

• Supervise 56 mentors and ECE teacher/apprentice’s

• Developed and promoted program quality improvement in ECE programs

• ECE presenter at local and statewide ECE conferences

• ECE Trainer for the Office of Early Care & Education Child Development

• ECERS & ITERS trainer and evaluator

• Sat on the committee that developed Nevada State Pre-K Standards and ECE

Professional Development standards

2003-2007 – College of Southern Nevada

3200 East Cheyenne Avenue, North Las Vegas, NV 89030 702-***-****

Title: Early Childhood Education adjunct professor

• Taught undergraduate courses in early childhood education including,

professional development in ECE, preschool teaching essentials, and designing

preschool classrooms using ECERS & ITERS assessment scales.

2000–2003 - YMCA of Riverside City & County

4020 Jefferson St., Riverside, California 909-***-****

Title: Child Care & Youth Development Program Director

Directly responsible for the management of the Youth Development department,

overseeing child care programs such as preschools, after school child care,

Youth and Government, Leaders Club, Earth Service Corp., summer & weekend

camps, children’s theater and Youth-Achievers.

Primarily involved in the management, development and implementation of the

Work Force Development Initiative Act Youth Opportunity Grant. With over 150

Education

participants between the ages of 12 -18 at four county locations. With goals that

included: Basic learning skills, life skills, work readiness skills, leadership and

occupational skills.

Wrote and executed United Way Priority Venture Grant for Youth Development

Program “U.P.L.I.F.T.“ for special needs & high risk youth.

Directly responsible for the development and management of the “Challenges of

Youth Grant”

Participated in a variety of boards, advisory panels, and committees in the

community

Fiscal Management of 5 different budgets totaling $850,000

Direct supervision of 15 employees and volunteers

1997- 2000 - North Broward Family YMCA

7716 Wiles Rd., Ft. Lauderdale Florida 954-***-****

Title: Child Care Program Director

• Directly responsible for the management of Child Care Department, including 14

after school sites, 4 preschool child development centers, 5 programs for the

developmentally disabled children, and two summer camps

• Developed and participated in the Pompano Beach Community Development

Project and sat on the board of directors of the same

• Increased membership of preschool program from 125 participants to 223

participants

• Developed and implemented an enrichment program for Day Program for

developmentally disabled children and adults that included basic skills,

occupational skills, life skills, sports, health and fitness program, and a

performing and visual arts program.

• Fiscal management of a $1.3 million budget

• Direct supervision of 75 employees and volunteers

1993-1997 – Director -- The Learning Tree Child Development Center Las Vegas

1990-1993 - Pre-K teacher- KinderCare Learning Center- Temecula/Las Vegas

2010-20011 - UNLV college of Urban Affairs

Business course work

• Introduction to small business management

• Principals & Practices of management

• Introduction to Marketing Strategies

• Fiscal Management & Budgeting

• Non-Profit Program Management and Supervision

2005–20010 - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Masters/ Special Education W/ECE emphasis

With distinction

1995–1997 - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Bachelors/ Social Work

With distinction

1990 – 1993 - Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA

Associates/ Child Development

Deans Honor roll

2 yrs. Internship at Mt. San Jacinto Child Development Center

Served as a community representative by participation in various community

Community activities

committees and boards such as; Southern Nevada Association for the Education of

Young Children Board member, Committee member Nevada state core competency

committee, Committee member Nevada state Pre-K and infant toddler standards,

T.E.A.C. H. advisory board member, Pompano Beach Community Advisory Board,

Special Olympics, Autistic Society of America, Riverside Co. Hospital District Healthy

Communities Committee, ACCESS to the future Board of Directors, Moreno Valley

Unified School District Grant Advisory Board, The City of Moreno Valley Youth

Services Committee, WIA Youth Opportunity Partner Committee’s for Riverside,

Moreno Valley, Jurupa, and Parris Valley, and Moreno Valley Mayor’s Community of

Promise Board of Directors. Loaned Executive for United Way, YMCA Campaign

Chairman, Big Sister for BBBS, California Youth in Government, Sunday School

Teacher and coordinator since 1985

References Eileen Quinn, Assistant Director/Staff

The Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center

4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Box 453004 Las Vegas NV 89154-3004

702-***-****

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Kim Brewster-Preschool Teacher

3424 Kapalua Bay Las Vegas Nevada 89129

Home:702-***-**** work: 702-***-****

Mardene Wright, Assistant Director/Curriculum & Instruction

The Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center

4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Box 453004, Las Vegas, NV 89154-300

702-***-****

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