Glenda Durst

Professional Nanny, Nanny/Household Manager

507-***-****

adwzyd@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT

I’m a warm, passionate caring professional nanny with 37 years of experience. I enjoy reading to children, researching and organizing outings to parks, zoos, museums, and special events. I believe in fostering a child’s lifelong love of learning through play-based activities. I’m seeking a nanny or nanny/household manager position with parents who are looking for an independent take charge nanny.

EXPERIENCE

Doyle Family Highland Park, IL August 2010 - Current

Full Time Nanny Nanny/Household Manager Four Children: 2, 9, 14 years upon hire (newborn 2011)

●Cared for toddler and newborn, playing with, reading to, and driving them to activities, school, and appointments

●Provided transportation teens to school,activities and work

●Shopped weekly for dandelions, parsley and romaine lettuce for rabbits

●Transported the dog to groomer, boarding, vet, and dog park

●Purchased food for the dog and administered monthly meds

●Transported employer’s God daughter, who came to live with the family for 5 years, to the mall, school, and other activities,

●Shopped for groceries and all other family needs

●Asked to use scrapbook skills to create graduation and prom/graduation scrapbooks

●Extensive on-line ordering for pets and all family member

Bennet Family Highland Park, IL July 2015 - Current

Babysitter One Child: 9 months old upon hire

●Took the child to an art and painting store to make a gifts for parents

●Provided overnights when parents were out of town

●Took the family dog on walks with us

●Provided sick care

Sitzmann Family Highland Park, IL January 2008 - July 2010

Full Time Nanny Two Children: 4 months upon hire

●Tracked digestive issues and adjusted formula accordingly

●Accommodated twins different sleep schedules

●Researched many things to do outside the house as the dad worked from home ( was a small house)

●Traveled on airplanes with employer and twins

●Flew to Colorado to find new play places when the family relocated

North Shore Nannies Evanston, IL March 2007 - Jan 2008 Temporary Sitter

●Drove to various sitting jobs

●Provided overnight care for children while the mom was having a baby

Discovery Magical Moments DayCare Rochester,MN June 2006 - March 2007

Lead Toddler Teacher Group Care: 2 year olds

●Planned daily lessons for 14 2 yr olds

●Taught sign language to 2 and 3 yr olds

●Kept daily records of individual children’s progress for parents

●Supervised daily outside play for 2 yr olds

●Supervised meal and nap times

Wiest-Puchala Family Hawthorn Woods,IL March 2004 - June 2006

Full Time Nanny Two Children: 14 months, and 3 years upon hire

●Extensive weekly driving to and from Montessori school, Spanish, ballet and music lessons

●Mailed packages for family to Canada

●Supervised trips to the library, mall, doctor apps, birthday parties, and play dates

●Shopped for weekly groceries and other necessities

Eisner Family Glencoe, IL June 1996 - March 2004

Full Time Nanny One Child: upon hire, newborn 1996

●Drove 3 yr old to 4 therapy sessions per week

●Created and supervised home therapy games and lessons

●Shopped for family groceries and other necessities

●Drove children to activities, games, and appointments

●Worked with mom to store and use breast milk when she returned to work

●Led homeschool lessons for toddler and preschooler

●Took the 3 yr old on the train to Chicago to meet the mom

Care-4-Kids Inc. Highland Park,IL Feb 1996-June 1996 Temporary Sitter

●Drove to various sitting jobs

●Provided sick care for children while parents went to work

Rose-Easton Family Glencoe,IL Jan 1995 - Feb 1996

Full Time Nanny Two children: 18 months and 3 years upon hire

●Proved 24/7 care while parents went on vacation

●Traveled on vacation with employers and children

●Supervised children at libraries and parks

●Arranged play dates with other children in the neighborhood

McCraken Family Winnetka,IL April 1994 - Dec 1994

Full Time Nanny One child: 2 month premature infant upon hire

●Assisted with the child switching from full breast feeding to breast milk in a bottle, then to formula

●Vacationed with mom and baby so she could breastfeed

Stallmo Family Arlington Heights,IL April 1993 - April 1994

Part Time Nanny One1 Child: 5 months upon hire

●Provided care for the infant in a small apartment

●Assisted in transitioning the infant from baby food to table food

●Assisted with transitioning the toddler from an apartment to a house

Care-4-Kids,Inc. Highland Park October 1991-April 1994 Temporary Sitter

●Drove to various sitting jobs

●Provided weekend overnight sitting jobs for vacationing parents

●Provided hotel sitting jobs for out of town parents

Ingle Family Farmers Branch,TX Sept 1989 - Sept 1991

Full Time Nanny Two Children: 3 and 8 years upon hire

●Drove children to and from school daily and to summer ball games

●Shopped for the family

●Provided pet care to dogs, cats, and birds

●Created unique arts and craft projects

Ljungquist Family Cheshire, CT Sept 1986 - Sept 1989

Full Time Nanny/Housekeeper Three Children: 3, 5, and 6 years upon hire

●Provided care for family’s friend’s 3 yr old 2 days a week

●Transported children to school

●Performed full house cleaning daily

●Took night classes to finish my B.A. Degree

EDUCATION/TRAINING

College of St. Scholastica Duluth,MN May 1986

B.A. Social Work

Field of study included: Child and Family Dynamics, Interpersonal Communications, Sociology of The Modern Family, Child Psychology, and Nutrition

Cheshire Adult Education Cheshire,CT January - May 1989

Sign Language Certificate

Field of study: Simple sentence structure and conversational signing, Required project was signing as a group to deaf students at The Hartford School for the Deaf

Oakton Community College Des Plaines, IL Sept - Nov 1992

Infant Dev. Certificate

Field of study: Normal infant development from birth to 1 year

Oakton Community College Des Plaines, IL Jan - March 1993

Toddler Dev. Certificate

Field of study: How toddlers age and develop, milestones in dev. and normal age range for them

Stanford Career Institute Washington, DC (online) Sept-May 2006

Early Childhood Edu Diploma

Field of study: study and compare the beliefs of experts in early childhood, physical and cognitive development, and guiding social behaviors

Free to Play Summit Conference Online May 2022

NAEYC Conference Online November 2021

(National Association for the Education of Young Children)

NAEYC Conference Online November 2020

NAEYC Conference Nashville,TN November 2019

GOAEYC Des Plaines,IL April 2019

(Local Association for the Education of Young Children

Nannypalooza Conference Orlando, FL October 2015

Nannypalooza Conference CT October 2009

INA Conference (Annually) Multiple Locations 1988-2005

(International Nanny Association)

INA - 2 Annual Nanny Day Conference Evanston,IL March 1994

INA - Nanny Day Conference Evanston,IL March 1993

CAEYC Conference Chicago,IL March 1992

(Chicago Association for the Education of Young Children)

SKILLS and QUALIFICATIONS

●Provided homeschool lessons in; numbers, colors, math, reading, and money definitions for children

●Created and led home based Speech and Occupational Therapy sessions

●Assisted children in organized storytime groups at libraries, and bookstores

●Created unique crafts to teach parenting skills to older children

●Arranged for and supervised workmen for various home repair jobs

●Researched and arranged for someone to come to the house and repair an adult bicycle

●Provided care for Infants thru teens; assisting parents with transitions from breastfeeding to bottle feeding to solid foods, to potty training and choosing a preschool

●Swimmer, have participated in lessons in the pool with a child and driven them to the lessons

●Assisted children with homework

●Clear Driving Record (need to update)

●Clear background check (need to update)

●Fully Vaccinated including flu shot

●Infant, Child, and Adult CPR & AED and First Aid Expires 4/2025

●Real ID Driver's license Expires 5/2025

MEMBERSHIPS

●NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children

●GOAEYC - Local Association for the Education of Young Children

HOBBIES OR INTERESTS

●Bicycle enthusiast - I enjoy biking outdoors and have biked over 400 miles in a season, next goal is 600 miles

●Avid scrapbooker - I have been scrapbooking for over 10 years. I have made scrapbook gifts for employers of things the children do while they are at work. Family asked me to make scrapbooks of members graduation from college, prom and high school graduation

●I enjoy reading and listening to audiobooks

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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