Child Care Director

Nancy L. Handley

**** ***** ** ****: 352-***-****

Cell: 352-***-****

Winter Haven, Fl 33880 **********@*****.***

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Accomplished Center Manager / Lead Teacher with a strong combination of hands-on and educational experience. Extensive experience working with children aged 6 wks-5 years old, also experience with children ages K-12 yrs. old. Proven ability to lead and manage a center of 157 families and 20 employees smoothly and effectively. Key strengths include:

• Classroom Management

• Family Social Services Assistance

• Personnel Oversight / Management

• Staff & Parent Training and Development

• Overall Safety and Health

• Center Operations Management and Licensing

• Customer Service and Quality Assurance

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Professional Experience

Child Care Director - Lake Wales Family YMCA 1001 Burns Ave. Lake Wales, FL 09/2008 - present

• Current employer

• Responsible for overseeing and management of the daily functions of a child care program consisting of 185 children, ages 6 wks - 12 yrs old, and 20 staff members.

• Responsible for maintaining all licensing requirements.

• Enrollment of children, recruitment of children, establishing a waiting list for eligible families.

• Provide outside community referrals for families.

• Provide family trainings and ECE educational opportunities.

• Data Entry

• Processing and input of weekly monetary payments.

• Scheduling of Staff / monitoring of time system.

• Establish and maintain a budget of program expenditures and profits.

• Staff educational development & training.

• Supervision of a staff of 20 employees.

• Community partnerships

• Establish and maintain files on all children and staff.

• Classroom substitute when necessary.

• Daily monitoring of classrooms / quality assurance of programs & curriculum implemented by Teaching staff.

Center Manager - Child Parent Centers, Inc. (Head Start) Tucson, Az. 2004 through 2007

• Responsible for overseeing and managing the daily functions of a preschool program consisting of 57 children and families and 10 staff members.

• Provided direct, first level supervision of staff and volunteers. Customer service to interested applicants and community.

• Computerized applications to include the Galileo program, Child-Plus, Microsoft programs and statistical monitoring software.

• Primary contact / representative for Head Start in the outlying county. Initiated partnerships with community agencies for referral resources for families.

• Recruitment and enrollment of eligible families.

• Initiated files for all employees and families in attendance of the program.

• Conduct development and health assessments on children - vision & hearing screenings, developmental delays, health and nutritional assessments.

• Created and maintained a Waiting list database for future families.

• Work closely with families to insure family/parental involvement occurred through various activities/programs.

• Assist families in IEP meetings as a Head Start Representative.

• Responsible for ordering food and supplies for the center.

• Presented staff and parent training sessions monthly or more frequently based upon needs.

• Planned and conducted monthly parent and staff meetings.

• Participated in ongoing developmental trainings.

• Monitored lesson plans and developed family oriented curriculum for lesson planning.

• Knowledgeable of licensing requirements and responsibilities to ensure licensing requirements are in compliance.

• Regularly substituted in classrooms when needed.

Lead Teacher - Child Parent Centers, Inc. (Head Start) Tucson, Az. 1994 through 2004

• Responsible for creating and implementing age and developmentally appropriate curriculum for children ages 3-5 years old in a part day / part year classroom setting.

• Create functioning & conductive learning environment for children to include children with Special Needs.

• Effectively serve children with disabilities and their families by meeting the goals and objectives in IEP.

• Second in Command of Center Operations.

• Direct Supervisor and trainer of co-teacher and classroom volunteers.

• Establish and maintain a formal educational file on all enrolled children.

• Incorporate developmental screenings and assessments into curriculum.

• Conference with parents in regards to children’s progress and needs of the family.

• Initiate enrollment application process with families, qualify families for the program, review immunization records for needed updates, verify income.

• Participate and help plan employee and parent trainings and meetings.

• Use computer programs to monitor and track children’s progress in 8 domain areas including health updates.

Customer Service Representative - Dillard’s, Sierra Vista, Az. 2002 through 2003

• Opening and closing of store, verifying cash drawer, payments and receipts.

• Maintained customer accounts and updates to accounts.

• Prepared daily deposits

• Managed computer readouts of store / department totals.

• Assisted customers with inquiries related to billing or accounts.

• Gift Wrapping and Shipping.

Billing / Medical Records Clerk - AFCA, Sierra Vista, Az. 1992-1993

• Prepared, printed, sorted and mailed bills to patients.

• Completed adjustments or corrections to accounts.

• Copied and mailed requests for medical records.

• Managed medical record office area - filing, sorting, organization of records and files.

• Pulled charts and prepared them for physician offices.

Professional Nanny - Julia & Kerry Cauthen, Ocala, Fl. 34474 December 2007 - March 2008

• Provided all levels of care for an infant child ( from 2-5 months of age) daily.

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Education:

Central Arizona Community College, Coolidge Az.

CDA in Early Childhood Education, 1998

Major: Early Childhood Development

( In process of completing AAS in ECE, Fall 2009 - 59 completed ECE credits )

Certifications:

SUCCEEDS - 2003 through present

NAEYC - 1999 through present

AYP - 2008 through present

First Aid & CPR Certified, Infant through Adult, through 10/2010

State of Arizona DPS Class 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card

State of Arizona Directors Credential

State of Florida, DCF, Staff Credential Verification - VPK

State of Florida, DCF, 45 hour mandated training certification

State of Florida, DCF, Directors Credential, Advanced, VPK Endorsed

CNA - certified 1994

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Computer Skills:

Experienced in Microsoft Word, Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Internet, Galileo and Child-Plus,

Daxko and Daxko Accounting Systems

References and Transcripts:

Available upon request.

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