Tina Alvarez

Summary

Daycare Center Director for 18 years serving 85 children in diverse community. Oversaw curriculum, staff, budgeting and administration. Consistently under budget and exceeded expectations for child development. Childcare professional skilled at remaining calm under pressure while keeping the daycare setting light and playful. Works hard to identify and address behavioral and educational issues. Creative preschool teacher focused on supporting all learning styles. Able to implement the latest trends in the early childhood curriculum. Extensive knowledge of developmental and behavior problems. Childcare provider committed to offering safe and loving environment for children and toddlers to flourish. Skills

Care planning

Early education

Early childhood knowledge

Creative arts talent

Behavior management techniques

Staff training

Calm under pressure

Training in food handling preparation

Excellent communication skills

Positive and cheerful

Operations management

Approachable

Sound judgment

Activities leadership

Social development

Lesson plan development

Age-appropriate activities

Complex problem solving

Complex problem-solver

Reliable

Emergency procedures

Staff development

Accurate record keeping

Daycare management professional

Classroom management

Experience

Buisness Owner

October 2002 to March 2019

TenderTimes Preschool / Childcare - Phoenix, AZ

Provided outstanding [childcare] service to new and long-standing customers by attending closely to concerns and developing solutions

Delivered an exceptional level of service to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions

Set and communicated ground rules for classroom based on respect and personal responsibility Identified early signs of emotional, developmental and health problems in students and followed up with parents

Created and enforced child-based hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning Created lesson plans in accordance with state curriculum and school-wide curriculum standards Strengthened parent-teacher and parent-child communication by holding regular parent-teacher conferences

Business Owner

TenderTimes Preshool / Childcare

*Billed DES Handled all paper work for DES childcare *First Thing First Program Handled all paper work through this program and met with the coaches *CACFP Handled all the paper work for the Food Care Program and made sure teachers were doing their job on it *Comply with all the rules for Department of Health Services in the school setting *Payroll *Billing and payments of the school Education and Training

Some College (No Degree) : Child Development

Maricopa Community Colleges - Phoenix College - Phoenix, AZ 4728 West Brown Street, Glendale AZ 85302

Home: 623-***-**** - ac9lsh@r.postjobfree.com

High School Diploma : 1984

Moon Valley High School - Phoenix, AZ

Additional Information

I have been in the childcare business for 35 years. I have owned my own childcare centers for 18 years I love what I do. I will support my teachers and use my knowledge and skills with them . experience

I have been in childcare for 35 years, owned my own centers for 18 years . I love what I have chosen as a career which is teaching children and teachers to become better person.

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