CAROLE CATHER
San Francisco,CA
Summary
French Preschool Teacher and Family Daycare director with 12+ years of experience working with young children. Teaching methods developed from assessing children to create and develop curriculums responding to every child developmental level and needs. Play-based approach through positive guidance providing meaningful experiences in a nurturing environment, to provide social and emotional learning. Experienced in working with cultural diversity and working closely with families to benefit children's development and provide high quality education. Highly adaptive, energetic, passionate with a deep understanding of the importance of team work when working with young children.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Petite Journey French Daycare
Petite Journey French Daycare
08.2023 - Current
- Provide care for children aged from 18 months to 3 years old
- Nurturing environment
- French Immersion
- Development of a curriculum and a daily routine that matches the children's age and developmental level
- Maintain an open and respectful communication with parents
- Manage the administrative work
- Licensed
Teacher
Color Me French Preschool
10.2022 - 09.2023
- Work cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
- Communicate frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Keep students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Incorporate multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
- Create a curriculum that responds to each child's needs, targeting all developmental areas.
- Provide a nurturing environment to support emotional social development.
- Supervise children at all time
Teacher's Assistant
Au Beau Sejour French Preschool
07.2021 - 10.2022
- Introduced French to children
- Provided daily teaching in French language (90% French / 10% English)
- Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
- Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers and letters.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Assisted and supervised 13 children through entire school day.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Promoted sensory development by providing access to different textures.
- Worked with teaching staff to evaluate individual progress and recommend appropriate learning plans.
- Identified signs of emotional and developmental problems in children and reported to parents.
- Allowed for ample outdoor discovery time in schedule each day.
- Organized and facilitated monthly parent support group meetings.
- Organized activities to teach preschool children foundational learning skills such as letters and numbers.
- Helped new preschool children get used to classes by giving one-on-one support.
- Worked closely with parents to meet their children's needs
- Developed age-appropriate curriculums targeting all areas of children development
French Nanny
The Ortega Family
01.2019 - 06.2021
- Care for two boys, aged 2 and 2 months old
- Prepare and serve meals with balanced nutrition
- Organize fun and educational games, read storybooks that increased children interest in story time, and plan outdoor activities such as walking to local playgrounds / parks
- Meet with parents on weekly basis to discuss plans for following week, as well as other issues
- Introduce French language through games, music, and books
Education
Early Childhood Education - Early Childhood Education
Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, CASkills
- Nurturing Environment
- Positive Guidance
- Potty Training
- Lunch supervision
- Toddler and Preschool Curricula
- Enrichment Activities
- Play-based approach
- Creating Good Habits
- Parent Interaction
- Age-Appropriate Activities
- Playground Supervision
- Classroom Management
- Student assessments
Languages
French
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Director of Petite Journey French Daycare
Petite Journey French Daycare
08.2023 - Current
Teacher
Color Me French Preschool
10.2022 - 09.2023
Teacher's Assistant
Au Beau Sejour French Preschool
07.2021 - 10.2022
French Nanny
The Ortega Family
01.2019 - 06.2021
Early Childhood Education - Early Childhood Education
Saddleback College
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