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Cassandra Kovacs

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Unit Rear

Fitchburg, MA 01420

315-***-****

addwhd@r.postjobfree.com

Work Experience

Bright Horizons / Technology Child Care Center at Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA (June 2017 - Present)

Toddler Lead Teacher (August 2019 - Present)

● Leading a teaching team of three

● Maintaining professional relationships with fellow teachers and staff members

● Maintaining strong partnerships with parents and caregivers

● Navigating parent meetings

● Filing and maintaining class allergy lists, medical forms, contact information, and other necessary paperwork

Preschool Teacher (June 2017 - August 2019)

● Working as part of a teaching team of three

● Communicating daily with parents and caregivers in a professional and friendly manner

● Maintaining and promoting good hygiene habits such as changing diapers, toilet training, hand washing, and brushing teeth

● Filing and maintaining class allergy lists, medical forms, contact information, and other necessary forms

● Helping to create age appropriate, emergent curriculum and designing activities for children aged 2 - 4 years

● Supervising and maintaining accurate counts of children in the group at all times

● Administering medication as needed

● Support and record physical and mental development of children

● Cleaning and maintaining a developmentally appropriate classroom for children aged 2 - 4 years

● Completing necessary forms like Incident reports Moppets Childcare (Formerly Turtlefuns), Woburn, MA (February 2013 - June 2017) Infant/Toddler Transition Co-Teacher (March 2017 - Present)

● Creating and following lesson plans for children aged 9 - 18 months

● Changing diapers, bottle feeding, and spoon feeding. 2

● Maintaining and promoting good hygiene habits such as changing diapers, and washing hands

● Maintaining a clean, organized, and developmentally appropriate classroom

● Designing fun, creative projects for children aged 9 - 18 months

● Administering medications as needed

● Completing necessary forms like Incident Reports, Daily Health Logs and Medication Logs

● Communicating daily with parents and caregivers in a professional and friendly manner

● Maintaining an accurate count of children in the group at all times

● Supporting physical and mental development of children while recording milestones Preschool Lead Teacher (September 2015 - March 2017)

● Creating and following daily curriculum and lesson plans, Planning engaging and informative activities for children from 2 to 4 years old

● Designing creative projects that allow the children to explore various forms of art media

● Helping children learn basic hygiene and “Healthy Habits”, including proper hand-washing, toilet-training, dressing, making healthy food choices, and the importance of brushing teeth,

● Maintaining a clean, organized and developmentally appropriate classroom

● Caring for each child, individually, based on his or her emotional or physical needs, Assuring the children’s safety at all times, Administering medications as needed,

● Maintaining an accurate count of the children in the group at all times Teaching Assistant (February 2013 - September 2015)

● Helping to maintain a clean, organized, and developmentally appropriate classroom

● Changing diapers, toilet training, helping children learn basic hygiene, and assisting the children with daily routines

● Assisting in the execution of curriculum and projects, Administering medications as needed, maintaining an accurate count of the children in the group

● Engaging the children in play

Learn As You Grow Childcare, North Syracuse, NY (July 2012 - February 2013) Infant Teaching Assistant

● Helping to maintain a clean, organized, and developmentally appropriate classroom

● Changing diapers, and assisting the children with daily routines

● Assisting in the execution of curriculum and projects, Administering medications as needed, maintaining an accurate count of the children in the group

● Engaging the children in developmentally appropriate play

● Feeding, holding, and nurturing infants

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Other Experience

Staples, North Syracuse, NY (April 2010 - August 2012)

● Copy center Associate, Easy Tech Associate, Cashier Syracuse Opera, Syracuse, NY (August 2011 - July 2012)

● Chorus soprano

East Syracuse Minoa High-School, East Syracuse, NY (2008-2009 School year)

● Student work study / job shadowing for music teaching

● Assistant teacher / director for women's choir

Mishawum Choral Society, Woburn, MA (September 2013 - September 2017)

● Vice President and Music Librarian

Skills

● Experience working with differently abled children

● Extensive musical training and experience

● Over 8 years experience working in a Childcare center

● Over 15 years experience caring for family and neighborhood children through babysitting

● Fluent in French, Basic knowledge in ASL and “Baby-Sign”

● Proficient in Microsoft word, excel, and google docs

● IT savvy

● Knowledge of medical terms and biological opperations Education

East Syracuse Minoa High-School (2005 - 2009)

● Regents diploma with advanced distinction

● Certificate of Merit

Attended SUNY Potsdam / The Crane School of Music (2009 - 2010) Northshore Community College (Summer 2013)

● Certification in Early Childhood Education

Other Education

● 20 hours of Professional Development (with 7 Hours Diverse Learner Focus) Completed Annually

● CPR and First-Aid Certified

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