Early Childhood Educator in Georgina, Ontario

Full Day Kindergarten Experience: \r\n Planned and implemented activities that both met the curriculum and were based on \r\nchildren\'s interests to ensure participation and learning.\r\n Supported children in peer problem-solving to encourage language and social development \r\nas well as self-help skills.\r\n Promoted language and literacy in all free choice activities to develop communication skills \r\nsuch as reading and writing.\r\n Followed behaviour guidance policy and addressed problem behavior without labeling \r\nchildren to ensure the dignity of all children at all times.\r\n Advocated outdoor education to foster a love of nature and knowledge of the importance of \r\nsustaining natural resources and the overall planet.\r\nChildcare Experience:\r\n Utilized a variety of teaching techniques including modelling, observing, questioning, \r\ndemonstrating and reinforcing to promote diversity and acceptance in interactions and \r\nattitudes.\r\n Studied and communicated the importance of process oriented creative arts activities versus \r\nproduct oriented activities to management and helped to initiate the change from a theme-\r\nbased center to play based.\r\n Planned and implemented developmentally appropriate activities based on children\'s \r\ninterests by observing how the children used materials and interacted with each other and \r\nadults.\r\n Maintained confidentiality of all information relating to children, parents and staff to ensure \r\nsafety, privacy and equality in the center.