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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

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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

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