Assistant Teacher / Dancer

YARA JUNE CURREY

PO Box #*** Port Townsend, ***** · 253-***-****

*******************@*****.*** · @orionandmotherearth

With over a decade of experience in mentoring young children with a focus on early childhood education, movement, music, and permaculture, I have created a process where all of these facets are highlighted in a play environment for children and their parents to enjoy.

EXPERIENCE

2008 – 2011

CHILDRENS GROUP GUIDE, Overcomer Covenent

At Overcomer I was tasked with the responsibility to create curriculum, art and play experiences focused on weekly themes for a group of 10-20 children ages 0-4 years old.

2013 – 2015

TEACHER, St. Marks Lutheran Church & Preschool

I became an assistant teacher with St. Marks in 2013 where I assisted the lead teacher with building curriculum for our class of 12 students - executing daily classes that included song circles, reading, art, plant identification & education, cleaning, and assisting with all other daily functions of the classroom. In my second year I was asked to become a lead teacher where I had my own classroom with an assistance teacher, becoming the main organizer for my program.

2016 – 2017

NANNY, private family

In this role I would tend the family’s newborn and my own newborn simultaneously while also preparing meals, cleaning and organizing the home, laundering, and going on daily walks. This was a 12 hour a day job that was just what I needed as a newly postpartum single mother.

2017– 2018

OM TOTS, OmCulture

My responsibilities included checking families into the program through the POS system, making and serving tea to the families, and maintaining a safe and fun play experience for all those involved. This included setting up equipment – trampolines, rigging silks, uneven bars, balance beams, mats, etc. and taking this equipment down when finished. We also held a drum and song circle during these classes.

2020–2021

EARTHEE, Outdoor school

In this program, my co-teacher and I created curriculum for our outdoor education experience including building brush shelters, exemplifying safe ways to climb and move around the natural landscape of the forest, make fires, sing, and share in play experiences with the children ranging in age from 3-11 years old.

EDUCATION

JUNE 2012

DANCER, British Dancing Academy

I received 15 years of formal dance experience in ballet, modern, lyrical, tap, and jazz through the British Dancing Academy. I had the honor of being a soloist in the 2011 performance of The Nut Cracker.

JUNE 2013

ASSOCIATES IN HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Tacoma Community College

Making the honor roll I graduated with a 3.6 GPA. The classes I most enjoyed were Communications, Anatomy and Physiology, Pathophysiology, & Organizational Management

SKILLS

I have a love and devotion to working with children in developing their innate physical strength

I am regularly testing my own boundaries and limitations and encourage those around me to strive for greatness

I have a drive to constantly improve myself – therefore, I utilize the environments I am a part of to help make myself better and more embodied in the me I want to be in the world

I am an organizational specialist and enjoy working to make systems more functional & spaces more esthetically pleasing

I am a team player, very outgoing, thoughtful, and compassionate to those I work with and share space with

Communication is my strength, which makes marketing fun and effortless

ACTIVITIES

I am a highly motivated individual that dedicates my time to passion projects that bring me joy. I am on the Board of the Kai Tai Overlook Food Forest that will soon be offering children’s education classes around the topics of permaculture, plant identification, and seasonal / perennial planting. I am devoted to my weekly dance practice Sunday mornings with a group of friends – dance church. I am a homeschooling mother of two boys, working to raise my children to be wild, embodied children of the Earth. We enjoy primitive skills, movement, dance, raising rabbits, reading, and nature explorations.

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