Early Childhood Educator in Newmarket, Ontario

Created and Instructed an inclusive, measurable curriculum based program for children under 5 with various disabilities including early literacy skills, art, music, and physical education activities adhering to the Day Nurseries Act, which resulted in Trillium Grant Funding\r\nMaintained daily logs of children’s activities, behaviours and success, and discussed daily events to caregivers daily, offering resources to relevant community support agencies\r\nSupervised young children in a variety of settings; indoor play space, dinning areas, sleep areas, playgrounds, field trips - school buses, library, museum, recreation facility, pools, sports venues, theatres...\r\nAs an ECE in the infants and toddler room, provided care including feeding, changing, soothing and providing age-appropriate sensory and development opportunities \r\nAs an ECE in the Preschool room provided emergent learning opportunities as well as experiential/play based learning programs for in depth learning\r\nArranged special guest speakers (police dogs, therapy animals, musical guests) and special outings (Toronto Island, Toronto Zoo, Grocery Store, Library...) in a safe and engage manner\r\nProvided workshops to ECE’s and Child Care/Program facilities on inclusion, program adaptations, accessibility, talking to parents \r\nCreated Facility First Aid and Safety Policy Manual - delivered training to senior staff for dissemination\r\nEnsured room cleanliness and disinfection as per the cleaning schedule\r\nContinually examining room for safety compliance and immediately addressing any concerns\r\nMaintaining a detailed record of accident/incident reports\r\nChecked and rechecked forms and records to ensure they are updated as changes occur - child ages up to the next room, change of address or parent’s \r\nProvided bilingual morning circle (French and English) for preschoolers\r\nCreated and taught music & sensory programs for parents and tots 6 - 18 months\r\nTaught safety programs within the school board for JK-Grade 1, dressing up as the “Safety Clown” and delivering the safety program through a series of games and activities, including songs with instruments, puppets, and a variety of props\r\nTaught Babysitting programs to youth covering basic first aid, child development, age appropriate activities, and basic infant and child care\r\nTaught water safety to young children, including individuals with special needs (CP, Down Syndrome, Sensory Integration, ASD)\r\nInstructed yoga & meditation to children 2-6 years old including fun and energetic poses and activities finishing with guided visualizations to calm the group down at the end of class\r\nProvided consultation to preschool, camps and community organizations on integration and inclusion, developmental/neurological disability and program adaptation as well as behavior management techniques\r\nDeveloped CE programs for Humber College ECE program specializing in Experiential and play based learning\r\nTeach and certify ECE’s in Standard First Aid and CPR through Red Cross and Humber College As an ECE in infant, toddler and preschool rooms provided care and assessment of appropriate developmental stage progressions (monitoring for signs of ASD, DD, LD, CD and level of health)\r\nMonitoring individual child growth and challenges and recording to develop individual integration/inclusion plans\r\nProvided ABA and IBI services to preschoolers with ASD, DD and ESL\r\nTaught Inclusive Program Guidelines to ECE’s at Ontario Years Centres and Private Day Care facilities demonstrating how to focus on children strengths, and how to provide progressive learning steps for children to ‘catch-up’ to peers\r\nCreated and delivered Red Flag Programs, as well as how to talk to parents of children who demonstrate red flags\r\nProvided ASD inclusion programs within day care settings