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Kelly Joanne Cannon

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{757] 851-1355 {home phone no.}/ {757} 325-0081 {cell phone no.}

Hampton, Virginia, 23664

Position Applied : Freelance writer

Education: Bethel High School, 1067 Big Bethel Road,

Hampton, Virginia, {757} 825-4400. I attended there

and received my regular high school diploma in June

of 1993. My majors were english and early child

development.

Thomas Nelson Community College, 99 Thomas Nelson

Drive, Hampton,Virginia, {757} 825-2700, {1993-2003}.

I attended there and my major was early childhood

education.

Special skills/Achievements/Attended Workshops:

I completed a 60-hr. internship {through an early childhood education course} as a voluntary teacher’s assistant in which I supervised entertained and did

creative art projects with the three-yr-old’s class from, February to March of 1997 at First United Methodist Preschool {a NAEYCE accredited school}. I also, received an award for an abundance of voluntary hours completed at Fort Monroe Child Development Center in May of 2000 as an aide of two’s, three’s, and four-yr-old’s

teachers.

In October of 2000 I completed a TAEYCE workshop and in March of 2001, I

completed a VAEYCE workshop while working at First United Methodist Preschool. From April to May of 2003 I completed another 60-hr. internship {through, another, Early Childhood Education course} as a voluntary teacher’s

aide observing, entertaining toddlers, three’s, and four-yr-old’s, at the Richard M. Bagley Childcare Center. Due to a completed training session in October of 2004 at Orcutt Baptist School I’m also certified {until October of 2006} through the American Red Cross in First Aid, and Infant/ Child CPR. In addition, I completed two other teacher’s training workshops in December of 2004 and in January of 2005 also through Orcutt Baptist School. I’m also a kind, creative, enthusiastic, and diligent person with excellent organization skills. I practice preschool arts and crafts in my spare time, and frequently research Early Childhood Education methods on the Internet. I’m also a writer and have had a few poems published through “Po- etry Com.” and “Voices Network”. I wrote a book from 2007 to 2021, which I never plan publishing. I’m now working on a book about I and my best special needs friend. I plan publishing it someday. I love writing. Expressing myself through it’s fun. I also love working with words and sentences. I’m always willing learning more about writing. I’m hardworking, self-confident, and responsible.

Work Experience:

September 2004-December 2005 Orcutt Baptist School 653 Baxter Lane Newport

News, Virginia, Penny Merrit {Principal}, Laura Smith {Extended

Care Advisor},and Kim Sykes {three-yr-old’s teacher}: I worked full-time as an

Extended Care teacher supervising three and four-yr-olds. My duties included

observing, entertaining, {reading and doing creative activities with them} serving

lunch and snacks to them. Then from June until August, I worked full-time in

the summer Camp Funtime program, supervising the same age group. My duties

included observing, entertaining {doing, creative activities with them}, serving

lunch and snacks, and supervising on field trips. Then from September to Dec-

ember, I worked as a part-time teacher’s aide to a teacher of three-yr-

olds, of which my duties included completing daily errands for her, enter-

taining {reading to and doing creative activities with the kids}, and super-

vising them.

August, 2001-Present, Bethany United Methodist Church, 1509 Todds Lane,

Hampton, Virginia, Esther Agbosu {Pastor} {757} 826-2493 {work

no.}and {757} 826-3617 {home no.}: I work every Sunday for

four hours from September to May and two hours from June to

August caring for the infants in the nursery. My duties include enter-

taining, feeding, strolling, changing diapers, rocking them to sleep, and assisting

other Sunday School teachers with their class, whenever there are no

babies. I also supervise the nursery during occasional church events

and assist during various Children’s Ministries events, doing crafts

with the young children.

October, 2000-June, 2001, First United Methodist Preschool, 10246 Warwick Blvd.,

Newport News, Virginia, Kim Webster {Three-yr-cold’s teacher, and Preschool Dir-

ector} {757} 595-4652 {school no.} I worked as a teacher’s aide,

to a teacher of three-yr-old’s and a teacher of four-yr-old’s full-time. My dut-

ies included supervising entertaining the kids {doing creative activities with

them}, and completing daily errands for the teachers.

August, 1999, August, 2000, Cecelia Short {Bible School Director and Principal,

of Accreditation at Denbigh Christian Academy}, 835 Thames Drive, Hampton,

Virginia {757} 826-3009{home no.}/ {757}874-8661 {work no.}:

I worked full-time in Bible School as a voluntary aide to a

teacher of three and four-yr-olds. My duties included entertaining the kids

{doing creative activities with them} and completing daily errands for the

teacher.

February, 1999-May, 2000, Susanne Elsass {Preschool Director}, Fort Monroe

Child Development Center, Bldg. 245, Fenwick Road, Hampton, Virginia, {757}

788-5960 {phone no.}: I worked flexibly as a voluntary teacher’s aide

to teachers of two’s, three’s, and four-yr-olds. My duties included entertaining

{reading and doing creative activities with, them}, serving snacks, and lunch,

cleaning, assisting, supervising on field trips, and completing daily errands

for the teachers.

November, 2001-July, 2004, Joyce Ellingsworth, 461 Whealton Road, Hampton,

Virginia, {757} 826-7261 {home no.}: I worked part and full-time,

assisting an elderly woman, by caring for her twin granddaughters from infancy

up until three-yrs-old. My duties included changing diapers, feeding, rocking,

entertaining, assisting on outings, and light housekeeping.

November, 1995-April, 1997, June-August, 2000, Penny Eure, 1 East Commodore

Drive, Newport News, Virginia, {757} 595-3955 {home no.}: From November of

1995 to April of 1997, full and part-time, I babysat a one-yr-old and a seven-yr-

old. My duties included entertaining, changing diapers, fixing meals, light

housekeeping, and assisting with homework. Then in April of 1997, I left to

pursue a 60-hr. Early Childhood Education internship at First United Methodist

Preschool. When I babysat full-time again in the summer of 2000, the youngest

child was five-yrs-old. My duties included entertaining, fixing meals, and light

housekeeping.

Business References:

Penny Merritt, 403 Lakeland Crescent, Yorktown, Virginia, {757} 865-6733 {home

no.}.

Arthur Rajanayakam, 1508 Todds Lane, Hampton, Virginia, {757} 826-3617 {home

no.}. {757} 826-2493 {church work no.}.

Carey Lee, 7304 Roanoke Avenue, Newport News, Virginia, {757} 838-3435

{home no 757} 876-1922 {cell no.}.

Kim Sykes, Seaford, Virginia, {757} 532-1823 {cell no.}.

Personal References:

Melissa Coleman-White, 22 Westover Drive, Newport News, Virginia, {757}

825-3658 {work no 757} 223-0560 {home no.}.

Mary Peele, 107 Fielding Lewis Drive, Yorktown, Virginia, {757} 876-5937

{cell no 757} 898-0973 {home no.}.

Joyce Ellingsworth, 461 Whealton Road, Hampton, Virginia, {757} 826-7261

{home no.}.

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