Carolina Chamorro-Sanchez
The Little School
Vallejo,CA
1
Language
28
years of professional experience
Passionate, loving, and committed early childhood educator with 24 years of experience in Early Childhood Education and 14 years of experience in Montessori Education. Dedicated to creating warm, nurturing, inclusive, and respectful environments where children feel safe, valued, and empowered to explore, discover, and develop their individual potential.
Believes in educating the whole child by recognizing and respecting each child’s individuality, personality, interests, developmental stage, and unique way of learning. While thoughtfully planning curriculum and establishing meaningful developmental goals, I believe the most effective teaching begins with truly knowing each child, understanding what inspires and motivates them, observing how they engage with their environment, and responding to their emotional, social, physical, and cognitive needs.
Builds strong interpersonal connections with children and uses these relationships as a foundation for learning, independence, confidence, and a strong sense of self.
Values respectful guidance, positive discipline, hands-on learning, and opportunities for children to follow their curiosity while receiving intentional support and encouragement.
Committed to building collaborative relationships with colleagues and families through open, honest, and respectful communication. Values parent participation and recognizes families as essential partners in understanding and supporting each child’s growth and development.
A creative, innovative, flexible, and lifelong learner with a strong work ethic and a genuine desire to contribute to a school community. Seeking an opportunity to bring my experience, passion, creativity, and child-centered approach to a collaborative educational environment while continuing to grow professionally and guide young children as they develop knowledge, confidence, independence, and a lifelong love of learning.
Work History
Toddler Co-Teacher
1 Year 11 Months- Collaborated with co-teacher to develop and implement engaging lesson plans.
- Supported classroom management strategies to foster a positive learning environment.
- Introduced tools and strategies that were helpful for emotional and social support.
- Assisted in assessing student progress through regular observations and feedback.
- Facilitated small and large group activities, promoting student interaction and collaboration.
- Implemented innovative teaching techniques to improve student engagement and retention.
- Led parent-teacher conferences, effectively communicating student achievements and areas for improvement.
- Built strong, collaborative partnerships with families by encouraging parent participation and maintaining open, respectful communication, recognizing families as essential partners in supporting each child’s growth, development, and classroom experience.
- Implemented differentiated instruction techniques to accommodate diverse learning styles and abilities within the classroom.
- Increased student participation through group projects, theme curriculum, presentations, and interactive learning activities.
- Promoted a positive learning environment by establishing clear expectations and encouraging respectful behavior among students.
- Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities.
- Fostered student curiosity and interest through creative hands-on activities.
- Improved overall classroom performance by supporting children’s individual needs, learning approaches, and emotional, social, and physical development through intentional tools and strategies that fostered their growth and independence.
- Facilitated meaningful Montessori birthday celebrations through the “Walk Around the Sun” tradition, creating opportunities for children to honor their growth and development while fostering a sense of belonging and classroom community. Encouraged parent participation to make each celebration a special and collaborative experience for the child and their family.
- Fostered an inclusive and culturally responsive classroom environment by introducing children to diverse cultural traditions, celebrations, and perspectives through meaningful, age-appropriate experiences, including Día de los Muertos, Lunar New Year, Beltane/Maypole, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, Black History Month, and Latinx.
- Prepared monthly newsletter outlining children’s activities, classroom performance( social, emotional, academic, etc), school celebrations and events.
- Uploaded pictures via Brightwheel of the classroom environment, children’s activities, birthday celebrations and special events.
Montessori Primary Teacher
10 Months- Develop lesson plans according to Montessori philosophy and standards.
- Maintain a safe classroom environment through consistent monitoring of students' behaviors.
- Prepare environment where furnishings and materials correspond to class needs and pay careful attention to maintaining clean, orderly and attractive Montessori learning areas.
- Deliver Montessori lessons with aim of promoting coordination, concentration, independence and order in safe and positive learning environment.
- Use Montessori philosophy, curriculum and techniques to develop student's full potential and treat each child with dignity and respect.
- Develop lesson plans, independent learning exercises, curricula and methods to cater to needs of individual children and facilitate student-led discussions.
- Guide teachers when working through challenges with individual students and assist with creating solutions to better support the child.
- Support children’s social skills through large and small group instruction
- Foster problem -solving skills through active exploration of activities .
- Schedule parent-teacher conferences to keep parents up-to-date on children's academic performance.
- Maintain open communication channels with parents by responding promptly to inquiries or complaints.
- Collaborate with parents to develop and maintain strong support networks and build rapport to foster seamless communication.
- Demonstrated knowledge of child development principles while working with students of various ages.
- Facilitated cooperative learning experiences among students using team building activities.
- Collaborated with other staff members on special projects or initiatives within the school.
- Integrated multicultural perspectives into all aspects of the curriculum whenever possible.
- Offered hands-on learning opportunities to develop student self-esteem and life skills.
- Managed student behavior by establishing classroom ground rules for positive group interactions.
- Prepared monthly newsletter outlining children’s activities, classroom performances and school events.
- Planned holiday events and birthday celebrations.
Co- Teacher
1 Year 1 Month- Collaborated with Co-Teacher to create a positive learning environment for students.
- Monitored student behavior in the classroom and provided guidance when needed.
- Communicated regularly with parents regarding their child's academic progress.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching team.
- Prepared and maintained classroom environments appropriate for student learning and physical, social and emotional development.
- Managed student behavior by establishing classroom ground rules for positive group interactions.
- Supervised students throughout day, both in classroom and outside playtime.
- Facilitated cooperative learning activities between students during class time.
- Developed strong, creative and diverse lesson plans to give students numerous and wide-ranging learning opportunities.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
- Scheduled and held parent-teacher conferences to keep parents up-to-date on children's academic performance.
- Helped develop behavior management plans for individual students.
- Maintained open communication channels with parents by responding promptly to inquiries or complaints.
- Collaborated with parents to develop and maintain strong support networks and build rapport to foster seamless communication.
- Identified children in need of extra support for emotional, social and developmental concerns and conceived improvement strategies.
- Helped develop behavior management plans for individual students when necessary.
- Assisted in developing and implementing lesson plans to meet the needs of all students.
- Conducted small group instruction on specific topics as needed.
- Created and enforced child-based, hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning.
- Created lesson plans and chose supporting materials to promote positive learning experiences.
- Guided teachers when working through challenges with individual students and assist with creating solutions to better support the child.
- Planned holiday events and birthday celebrations.
Montessori Primary Teacher
1 Year 10 Months- Assisted in the planning and preparation of Montessori materials to ensure an engaging learning environment.
- Provided individual instruction to students on a one-on-one basis, as well as small group instruction.
- Developed lesson plans according to Montessori philosophy and standards.
- Formed deep relationships with parents and students by engaging groups through conferences, emails and phone calls.
- Maintained a safe classroom environment through consistent monitoring of students' behaviors.
- Participated in parent and teacher conferences to discuss student progress or address any issues or concerns.
- Prepared environment where furnishings and materials corresponded to class needs and paid careful attention to maintaining clean, orderly and attractive Montessori learning area.
- Delivered Montessori lessons with aim of promoting coordination, concentration, independence and order in safe and positive learning environment.
- Used Montessori philosophy, curriculum and techniques to develop student's full potential and treated each child with dignity and respect.
- Developed lesson plans, independent learning exercises, curricula and methods to cater to needs of individual children and facilitated student-led discussions.
- Led distance learning lessons with a small group of students during COVID.
- Lead teacher to 12 students in a cohort
- Organized classroom teacher meetings
- Responsible of maintaining a safe and enriching work environment for the students
- Led circle time and story time
- Maintained positive communication with parent community
- Guided teachers when working through challenges with individual students and assist with creating solutions to better support the child.
- Developed children’s social skills through group interactions
- Communicated with parents to address children’s behavior, social and academic progress
- Encouraged children to communicate in Spanish
- Planned holiday events and birthday celebrations
- Supervised children during park play
- Overview of children during indoor and outdoor play time
- Monitored children during nap time
- Fostered problem solving skills through active exploration of activities and games.
- Managed student behavior by establishing classroom ground rules for positive group interactions.
- Planned holiday events and birthday celebrations.
Montessori Primary Teacher
1 Year 2 Months- Assisted in the planning and preparation of Montessori materials to ensure an engaging learning environment.
- Developed lesson plans according to Montessori philosophy.
- Prepared environment where furnishings and materials corresponded to class needs and paid careful attention to maintaining clean, orderly and attractive Montessori learning area.
- Delivered Montessori lessons with aim of promoting coordination, concentration, independence and order in safe and positive learning environment.
- Used Montessori philosophy, curriculum and techniques to develop student's full potential and treated each child with dignity and respect.
- Developed lesson plans, independent learning exercises, curricula and methods to cater to needs of individual children and facilitated student-led discussions.
- skills.
- Managed student behavior by establishing classroom ground rules for positive group interactions.
- Prepared children’s evaluations and assessments.
- Created lesson plans for small and large group presentations.
- Organized classroom teacher meetings.
- Responsible of maintaining a safe and enriching work environment for the students.
- Schedule parent-teacher conferences to keep parents up-to-date on children's academic performance.
- Maintain open communication channels with parents by responding promptly to inquiries or complaints.
- Collaborate with parents to develop and maintain strong support networks and build rapport to foster seamless communication.
- Led circle time and story time.
- Supervised children during nap time.
- Overview of children during indoor and outdoor play time.
- Fostered problem solving skills through active exploration of activities
- Guide teachers when working through challenges with individual students and assist with creating solutions to better support the child.
- Developed children’s social skills through group interactions.
- Communicated with parents to address children’s behavior, social and academic progress.
- Encouraged children to communicate in Spanish.
- Planned holiday events and birthday celebrations.
- Supervised children during field trips.
Assistant Montessori Teacher
3 Years 6 Months- Assisted Lead Teacher in developing and implementing Montessori-based curriculum for children aged 3 to 6.
- Observed student behavior and progress, providing feedback to Lead Teacher when necessary.
- Prepared environment where furnishings and materials corresponded to class needs and paid careful attention to maintaining clean, orderly and attractive Montessori learning area.
- Organized classroom activities and materials according to Montessori principles.
- Guided children during the Montessori work period.
- Overview of children during indoor and outdoor play.
- Maintained a clean working environment
- Supported the Lead Teacher and worked in a collaborative manner.
- Led circle and story-time in Spanish.
- Formed positive adult-child connections with the children.
- Gave one-on- one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on the entire group.
- Set up daily activities for outdoor time.
- Created daily snack menu and prepared snack.
- Set up and cleaned up the lunch environment.
- Monitored children during nap time
- Fostered problem solving skills through active exploration of activities and games.
- Maintained positive communication with parent community.
- Communicated with parents to address children’s behavior, social and academic progress.
- Encouraged children to speak Spanish
- Assistant Teacher for 24 students
- Used Montessori philosophy, curriculum and techniques to develop student's full potential and treated each child with dignity and respect.
- skills.
- Managed student behavior by establishing classroom ground rules for positive group interactions.
Assistant Montessori Teacher
5 Years- Guided children during the Montessori work period.
- Overview of the classroom during indoor and outdoor play.
- Observed and documented children’s academic progress and social behavior.
- Maintained a clean working environment.
- Supported the Head Teacher and worked in a collaborative manner.
- Led circle and story-time twice a week.
- Introduced sensory-motor integration activities through music.
- Formed positive adult-child connections with the children.
- Gave one-on- one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on the entire group.
- Incorporated Spanish through music.
- Introduced folklore story-telling.
- Set up daily activities for outdoor time.
- Created daily snack menu and prepared snack.
- Set up and cleaned up the lunch environment.
- Monitored children during park-play.
- Supervised children during nap time.
- Fostered reasoning and problem solving skills through active exploration of activities and games.
- Maintained positive communication with parent community.
Teacher
3 Years 2 Months- Developed and implemented lesson plans based on curriculum objectives.
- Established positive relationships with parents to ensure effective communication regarding student progress and well-being.
- Organized parent conferences throughout the year to discuss student progress.
- Organized children’s assessments and portfolios.
- Monitored children's individual progress with individual charts and lesson plans.
- Responsible of completing ECERS evaluations.
- Led circle and story-time.
- Incorporated Spanish through music.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
- Created and enforced child-based, hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning.
- Prepared and maintained classroom environments appropriate for student learning and physical, social and emotional development.
- Supervised students throughout day, both in classroom and outdoor activities.
- Led Dance and tumbling classes.
Paraprofessional Prevention Intervention Program
1 Year 2 Months- Assisted at risk children to explore a classroom environment that was designed to stimulate and meet their needs.
- Prepared the environment daily with materials that stimulated sensory motor, fine motor and gross motor development.
- Formed positive adult- child relationships
- Supported and guided children one-on-one.
- Met with mental health consultant and social worker weekly to review and discuss observations and concerns.
- Responsible for organizing children’s evaluations and assessments.
- Collaborated with special education staff to develop individualized education plans.
- Assisted in the implementation of educational programs for special needs children.
- Developed creative learning activities that engage all types of learners.
- Offered students personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support.
- Observed students to help teachers identify potential learning blocks and opportunities for support.
- Planned and led activities to develop students' physical, emotional and social growth.
- Communicated confidential details about student behavior and performance with authorized parties.
Education
Montessori Education (Primary 3-6) Certificate - Montessori Education
Early Childhood Education Certificate - Early Childhood Education
Skills
Child Development & Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Montessori Education — Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
Respectful
Child-Centered Practice
Positive Discipline & Behavior Guidance
Classroom Management
Curriculum Development & Lesson Planning
Student Assessment & Portfolio Development
ECERS Knowledge & Classroom Environment Assessment
Individualized Learning Plans & Differentiated Support
Hands-On & Experiential Learning
Small- and Large-Group Instruction
Cultural Awareness & Inclusive Practices
Conflict Resolution & Problem Solving
Interpersonal Communication & Relationship Building
Parent-Family Collaboration & Open Communication
Creating Warm
Inviting & Inclusive Learning Environments
Multitasking
Organization & Time Management
Innovative
Flexible & Reliable
Strong Work Ethic
Warm
Loving & Compassionate Demeanor
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Toddler Co-Teacher
The Little School
07.2024 - 06.2026Read More
Montessori Primary Teacher
Corte Madera Montessori
08.2023 - 06.2024Read More
Co- Teacher
The Grove Preschool
07.2022 - 08.2023Read More
Montessori Primary Teacher
Cielito Lindo Montessori School
08.2019 - 06.2021Read More
Montessori Primary Teacher
Leport Schools/Mission Montessori
06.2018 - 08.2019Read More
Assistant Montessori Teacher
Leport Schools
12.2014 - 06.2018Read More
Assistant Montessori Teacher
Montessori Children’s House of the Westcoast
08.2008 - 08.2013Read More
Teacher
Solano Community College Children’s Program
04.2004 - 06.2007Read More
Paraprofessional Prevention Intervention Program
SFUSD Raphael Weill Children Center
10.1998 - 12.1999Read More
Solano Community College
Early Childhood Education Certificate from Early Childhood Education
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Montessori Northwest
Montessori Education (Primary 3-6) Certificate from Montessori Education
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