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CORONA, CA. *****

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MAUREEN HARRIGAN

EXPERIENCE

Aug.2012-present Adjunct staff Canada College Redwood City, Ca

Adjunct staff for Early Childhood Education Dept

I was able to teach in various settings for a variety of students. I taught middle college, high school students. I have taught all day Saturday classes as well as 3 hour evening classes, six week summer classes and the traditional 1.5 hr. day classes. I have taught people that have been working with young children for ages, the new student that has never been in a classroom as well as people who were having a career change. Each one of these students come with their own set of needs and I believe that I structured my classes to the benefit of all students. I have taught Principles, Curriculum, Teaching in a Diverse Society, Family Child and Community, Observation and Assessment, Health, Safety and Nutrition. I was responsible for creating the curriculum for the class, creating quizzes, midterm and final, lecturing,, giving final grade and inserting it into the system as well as giving SLOs to the head of the department.

Aug.2013-present Adjunct staff Foothill college

Adjunct staff for Early Child Development Dept.

This position was an adjunct position also. Everything that I mentioned in the above statement for Canada College is applies here also. The only difference is in the classes I taught her which were Principles, and Family,Child, and Community.

Aug. 2014-Present

Teacher at Omni Montessori Pre-school

I am the teacher and there is a Master teacher in the classroom also. I had not experienced Montessori Method of teaching before so this became a learning experience for me too. I also believe that if I am going to teach adults in the college level it is important to stay abreast of all the child development issues and philosophies. I found this experience to very eye opening to me and showed me other ways children can learn.

Jan 2007 – May 2014 Granny’s House Redwood City, CA 94061

Owner/ educator

This is a small family childcare and I am responsible for all the care and development of the children in my care. My curriculum for this center is child driven. I specialized in outdoor classroom and we make a point of doing much of our day outside. We garden, we walk in our neighborhood and meet all the people around us, we use the public parks. I am a family childcare center and much of the learning goes on within a family structure. The older children look out for the younger children and the younger children strive to do what the older children do. I emphasis learning the social skills that will carry children on to a successful school life. We learn how to conflict/resolve, to be respective of each person’s learning style and how to get work in a group setting. I have children from many different ethnicities and many different parenting styles to accommodate. I find this part of my work very exciting as I believe the parent is their child’s first teacher and knows their child best so it is my job to help 8m to 5 years.

Sept 2001 - Jan 2007 Child Development Resources of Ventura County Oxnard, CA

Educational Supervisor/ Supervisor for Early Head Start/ Site supervisor/ Lead Teacher

I the years I worked for CDR they re-organized each year and I held a new position each year. I was always in a supervisor position responsible for the staff, the physical property, making sure that all Head Start policies and procedures were being followed and for the development of each child in the centers.

June 1995- Sept 2001 Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County Hollister CA

Itinerant Teacher

I was the itinerant teacher for the North County covering Santa Maria, Guadalupe and Cuyama. In this position I had the responsibilities of whatever teacher or supervisor I was replacing. While in this position I opened and went through the process of licensing a regular Head Start 3-5 year old center and an infant/toddler center. I remained the site supervisor for the infant/toddler center for 1 year until moving to CDR in Ventura. I was responsible for hire staff, training staff, ordering supplies, registering families and making families feel comfortable with our centers in both centers I opened.

June 1994-June 1995 Teachers on Reserve Woodland Hills, Ca

Substitute teacher

I substituted in pre-schools throughout the San Fernando Valley. I worked with all age groups. I also worked in an after school program. I was responsible to bring my own curriculum and to be attentive to each school’s

philosophy pertaining to their educational goals, discipline techniques, and mission statements. While working for Teachers on Reserve I substituted in Orthodox Jewish pre-schools, Head Start programs, and private pre-schools.

EDUCATION

Sept 1968- June 1971 Glendale Community College Glendale,CA

AA/ Early Child Development

Sept 1987 UCLA Extention Los Angeles, CA

Supervision, Admin Early Child Centers

Fall 1993 Glendale Community College Glendale, Ca

Infant/Toddler class

1995-2001 Hancock College Santa Maria, CA

Various classes to transfer to Pacific Oaks for Master’s

2002-2004 Pierce College Woodland Hills, CA

Various transferable classes to go to Pacific Oaks

2005-2010 Pacific Oaks College Pasadena Ca

Master’s Degree / Human Development

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

1.I am the president of the San Mateo County Family Child Care Association

2. I am a graduate of Louise Derman-Sparks “Leadership in Diversity” course

3. I have completed “Skills Training for Facilitating” from The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ)

4. I was involved in Brotherhood/ Sisterhood camp for three years with NCCJ

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

I am a certified trainer for The Program for Infant /Toddler Caregivers . I have been certified for Learning and Development and Culture, Family and Caregivers modules.

I did workshops on Early Literacy, Diversity, and other early childhood subjects for Ventura County School, Child Development Resources of Ventura County, Inc. and The San Mateo Family Childcare Association

I have been Professional Growth Advisor since 1998

I have a Program Director Permit from the State of California

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