Early Childhood Educator in Toronto, Ontario

Working Experience: 1. Full-time RECE Curious Caterpillars - Petman June 13, 2015 – present RECE in Infant North Lead RECE (Team leader) in the classroom and an excellent team member. Great daily meeting and communicating with families. Recognizing individual needs of each child on a daily basis. Lead daily routine and guarantee quality of programming with other two teachers. Predicting and foreseeing potential needs of each child to further help parents. Maintaining licensing standards of the classroom and the center. Assisting coworkers and supervisor whenever possible. Report to supervisor concerns of all aspects of work. Modeling best practices, solving problems and making decisions in my day-to-day work. 2. Supply RECE St. Stephen’s Waterfront Child Care Center, Toronto, Ontario April 22 – July 10 2014  Supplied in both Preschool room and Infant room  Led daily routines, set up and implemented programs  Worked both independently (i.e. separated group time) and cooperatively with children and all the other staffs, and got along well with each other  Supervised children’s safety all the time in indoor and outdoor play, field trips, fire drills, sleep time and etc.  Provided behavior guidance and solved problems whenever needed  Set up lunch tables and provided supervision  Good daily meeting and communicating with families  Shared and communicated information of children with other staffs  Documented in teachers’ notebook, and filled in children’s daily record chart, toilet-disinfect chart, classroom-cleaning chart, shift-changing chart and etc.  Decorated classroom environment with co-workers 3. Maple International Academy, Beijing, China Full time English Instructor October 26 2014- April 28 2015:  Using play-based curriculum to teach 7 grades (0~3 years old) of parent-child classes as a team  Optimized curriculum as a team to better help development of children in gross motor and fine motor skills, emotion, language, cognitive and social skills  Communicated with parents about raising issues and concerns about some classes  Passed profession development courses given by a professor of Early Childhood Education Department of Simon Fraser University  Attended weekly sharing and lectures from professionals  Set up class rooms to better support curriculum implementation and offer safe environment  Decorated the whole center based on holiday themes and events from time to time  Planed and carried out various children and family parties such as "Thanksgiving party", "Boys and Girls party", "Spring Festival party", "Modern Mothers" and etc. with all staffs  Taught Art classes  Designed Kitchen curriculum and implemented  Helped Montessori Day Care set in the same building from time to time PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE Student ECE-Infant Life-bridge Child Care Center, Toronto, ON Jan. 6- Feb. 21, 2014  Designed and implemented daily programs and field trips  Led daily routines, supervised children’s safety and provided behavior guidance  Shared and communicated information of children with other staffs and their own parents  Gained trust and respect from family and built up attachment with children soon  Helped children with self-regulation and communicated with them both verbally and non-verbally  Communicated in different ways with parents to help with their concerns Student ECE-Preschool St. Stephen’s Waterfront Child Care Centre, Toronto, ON Jun. 24- Aug. 9, 2013  Cooperatively worked with other staffs in all aspects of work  Led daily routine and group time independently during last 2 weeks  Planned and implemented creative curriculum  Used pedagogical methods to assist children’s play  Joined in children’s play but also built up a role as an ECE instead of a student ECE  Assisted in field trips and collected materials during field trip to extend later exploration  Had daily and good communication with families  Visited after finishing this placement and assisted in their Graduation Ceremony Student ECE-Kindergarten Richmond Adelaide Child Care Centre, Toronto, ON Mar. 4- Apr. 19, 2013  Daily curriculum plan and implementation  Assisted in daily routine and tried to lead routine independently  Led group time and taught children Chinese songs  Worked cooperatively with cooperating ECE (CECE) and other staffs in the room  Communicate with family on a daily bases Student ECE-Children with Special Needs Beverley School, Toronto, ON Sep. 2- Oct. 18, 2013  Being treated as a valuable team member  Planned daily curriculum based on children’s individual needs and interests  Planned and implemented together with teachers in Special Event  Effectively helped children self-regulated and overcame hard time with other teachers  Used many ways to communicate with parents including offered them useful resources  Independently led routines and circle time in last 2 weeks  Attended Curriculum Event