Alyssa Vastano
Brentwood,NY
Summary
Responsible and hard working. Passionate and motivated, with a drive for excellence. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Daycare Assistant Teacher
Daycare
Brooklyn, NY
03.2018 - Current
- Instructing children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
- Creating developmentally appropriate lesson plans.
- Being very aware and identifying signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention.
- Supporting children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
- Communicating with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
- Always observing and monitoring children's play activities.
- Reading to children and teaching them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.
- Disciplining children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books.
- Promoted learning and social development through structured and unstructured playtime.
- Planned and implemented crafts and other activities to spark interest and enhance development.
- Taught children to organize toys, wash hands and share by leading by example.
- Prepared healthy foods and beverages for children based on optimal dietary guidelines and individual restrictions.
- Sanitized dishes, tabletops, toys and frequently touched surfaces to prevent spreading of germs.
- Created and implemented diverse educational strategies to boost development.
- Built constructive and open relationships with families with forthright yet friendly communication.
- Used patience, skill and various behavior modification techniques to maintain order and safety.
Babysitter/Nanny
Care.com
Brooklyn, NY
02.2017 - 08.2020
- Monitored children's play activities to verify safety.
- Engaged with children on individual basis to build positive relationships.
- Established and maintained safe play environment for children.
- Worked with parents to develop and implement discipline programs to promote positive behavior.
- Encouraged children to be understanding and patient with others.
- Assisted with light housekeeping duties as well as running errands.
- Played games, worked on puzzles and read books to young children.
- Organized and cleaned home after activities by picking up toys and straightening up play room.
- Communicated positively with children and guardians.
- Balanced playtime and limited screen time to support development of fine motor, gross motor and cognitive skills.
- Bathed, dressed and helped with teeth brushing as part of bedtime preparation.
- Prepared healthy, age-appropriate snacks and meals.
Group Leader
YWCA
Brooklyn, NY
09.2016 - 01.2018
- Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips
- Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills
- Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health
- Read books to entire classes or to small groups
- Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
- Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to children.
- Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.
- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
- Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
- Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula
- Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
Florist Assistant
Flowers By Boragi
Kings, NY
01.2013 - 06.2014
- Water plants, and cut, condition, and clean flowers and foliage for storage
- Perform office and retail service duties such as keeping financial records, serving customers, answering telephones, selling giftware items and receiving payment.
- Inform customers about the care, maintenance, and handling of various flowers and foliage, indoor plants, and other items.
- Decorate or supervise the decoration of buildings, halls, churches, or other facilities for parties, weddings and other occasions.
- Perform general cleaning duties in the store to ensure the shop is clean and tidy.
- Unpack stock as it comes into the shop.
- Create and change in-store and window displays, designs, and looks to enhance a shop's image.
- Assisted customers with floral product design and selection by imparting knowledge of flowers and plants.
- Placed floral arrangements in refrigerated cases and arranged other merchandise on display fixtures.
Skills
Early childhood development
Social and academic development
Activities planning
Child development
Group leadership
Dietary requirements
Safety awareness
Dependable and Responsible
Flexible and Adaptable
Problem-Solving
Timeline
Daycare Assistant Teacher
Daycare
03.2018 - Current
Babysitter/Nanny
Care.com
02.2017 - 08.2020
Group Leader
YWCA
09.2016 - 01.2018
Florist Assistant
Flowers By Boragi
01.2013 - 06.2014