Isabel Vargas

Child Development Supervisor

110*-****-** St NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A51

403-***-****

adbcul@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I have been a daycare director for 4 years and running my own business as a dayhome for over 20 years. I am currently taking my child studies Degree and available to work from 6 am to 2 pm .I can work as a teachers, or directors positions if the hours are suitable to your center. I have Level 3 Child Development Supervisor Certification, minimum 4 years’ experience in a leadership position in daycare setting and knowledge to provide a curriculum development for any classroom and program implementation. ExperienceD In working with all age groups and have experience in the director;s role and knowledge about licencing regulations, Health and Safety Child Care, and Alberta Child Care Accreditation. Have a Valid First Aid Certificate and a recent criminal record check with clear vulnerable sector search.

EXPERIENCE

Montgomery Daycare - Daycare Director

September 1999 - 2002

●Manageming 20 staff with 150 children

●Interviewed and recruited staff to ensure all requirements are in place

●Enrolled children into the center to ensure maximum enrollment

●Maintaining collaborative relationships with co-workers through providing support

●Meeting parents and discussing their children’s learning needs and progress

●Planned curriculum program to focus on the cognitive,social, emotional, physical and cultural development of children

●Ensuring a high quality environment that maintained the health and security of workers and children

TLC 24 Hour Day Home, 168 Covepark Close NE - Dayhome Owner

September 2002 - October 2016

●Providing a safe, caring, and stimulating environment to support children’s cognitive, social, emotional, physical, creative development

●Providing a positive relationship with children and parents

●Providing communication with families to talk about children;s learning growth and development

●Inform families about the daily routines, expectations and volunteer opportunities.

●Help families, if they have any concerns and resolve issues or concerns

●Ensure that parents sign children in and out and sign all forms as required such as update emergency contact, permission slips, or incident reports

●Engage in play and observation to ensure that children’s individual needs, interests, learning styles, and abilities are being met

●Ensure that portfolios are accurate and up-to date about the child’s learning, growth, and development.

● Continuously monitor children to ensure their safety

●Providing positive guidance techniques by modelling appropriate behaviour, redirecting, and setting clear limits

●Participate with children when they are eating to be a role model

●Prepared meals, snacks, and rooms for lunch and rest periods

●Developing, implementing and overseeing programs for a variety of ages

●Book-keeping to maintain daily expenses and financial reports

●Setting up meetings with parents to discuss the child’s development

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Day- care Teacher

Family First Creative Learning Centre

Jan 2018- November 2018

●Recognizes and responds to the needs of each child by using developmentally appropriate teaching and child behaviour management techniques

●Shares in the responsibility for planning, preparing and implementing stimulating, age-appropriate activities that encourage children’s creativity and learning and promote each child’s social, emotional, cognitive and physical development

●Participates fully and consistently as a conscientious team member in caring for the children and in the overall operation of the program and daycare

●; maintains regular and open communication with program team members and all other co-workers

●Establishes and maintains regular communication with parents

●Ensures the daycare operates at all times in compliance with all child care licensing standards

●Must know and implement routines and practices;

●Observes and records relevant information on each child's progress as required/as per daycare practices

●Attends and participates actively in all program/daycare parental or other meetings as required

●Shares responsibility for maintaining program equipment in good repair; assists with toy/equipment disinfecting

●Shares responsibility for maintaining the play environments and storage areas in an organized and clutter-free condition

●Participates in regular fire drills and other emergency procedures

● Early childhood educators of the centre in coordinating the effective use of equipment, facilities and personnel

●Participates in ongoing professional development and attends/maintains all mandatory training

● supervision at all times, when working with children

●Assists the program Director in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment by promptly reporting any existing and/or potential workplace hazards

Daycare Director

Creative Learning

November, 2018- Sept 2019

●Manageming 10 staff and 70 children in the center.

●Assists in all areas of implementing of program in accordance in developmentally practice and program philosophy.

●Assist children in activities in all areas of development growth and provide opportunities for creative expression

●Work with the team in the classroom to provide excellent supervision and interaction with children

●Promote open communication and work cooperatively.

●Ensure team members are meeting the children’s emotional, Social, Physical and cognitive in each classroom

●Follow all regulations of center policies, licensing regulations, health and safety regulations and accreditation

●Ensure all documents are updated including children”s files, Medicine forms, attendance sheet, fire drill, and staff records updated.

●Maintain open, positive, friendly and cooperative relationships with each child’s family

●Ensure all room have a communication log book, classroom observation book, and maintain confidentiality.

●Have staff to attend staff meetings

●Respond to parents complaints and concerns in a professional manner

●Maintaining financial control to buy stocks for the center

●Recruiting and hiring staff to meet the needs of parents and children

●Train new staff and encourage continuing education and training.

●Gathering evidence and doing report for accreditation process

● following up with any compliances of licencing regulation and if so do an action plan to support the non-compliances and self-report.

Director

Hopscotch before and after school program

September 2019- present

●Plan and implements enriched programs in accordance with curriculum objectives, developmentally appropriate practice and Philosophy

●Lead children in activities to enhance their development needs are meet with activities

● leadership, role in the classroom and provide excellent supervision and interaction with children at all times

●Observe children in their surroundings and assess individual and group needs

●Have open communication with parents and staff and build a strong foundation of trust and work as a team.

●Making sure as the director that teachers Follow the policies, procedures, licensing regulations, health and safety regulations and accreditation procedures.

●Making sure to do all the accreditation standards of self- evaluation and collect evidence to support we are following all standards.

●Make sure checklist is always signed as in toys, equipment, cleaning list, to ensure safety and duties

●Ensure any dietary, allergies are posted and updated.

●Ensure all children files are complete and updated every 6 months

●Ensure all teachers are updated in first aid, police clearance and have their certifications in file and other documents.

●Ensure all teachers sign in and out the children to ensure ratio is accordingly

●Ensure fire drills and staff meeting is documented each month

●Ensure we communicate with emails with parents of any concerns.

●Maintain open, positive, friendly and cooperative relationships with each child’s family

●Perform all administrative tasks as in log books, emergency and incidents reporting in a timely manner

●Making sure that teachers are being supportive as the director helping and guiding when needed

●Maintain confidentiality

●Have staff attend development workshops

EDUCATION

Bow Valley College - Before and After School Certification

September 2006 - June 2007

Mount Royal University - Early Childhood Education Diploma

September 2008 - June 2010

Athabasca University - Bachelor of Professional Arts- Human Services

May 2018 - Present

SKILLS

●Leadership skills

●Time management

●Patient

●Ability to relate to others

●Empathetic

●Multilingual

●Management skills

●supportive

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