Catherine Biggins
Brighton,MA
Summary
Compassionate Child Care Provider, recognized for the ability to complete tasks efficiently and productively. Skilled in creating engaging activities, providing educational support, and managing group dynamics. Experience includes planning and implementing age-appropriate activities, maintaining safe environments, and fostering intellectual growth. Strengths include strong communication skills, empathy, patience, adaptability to different family needs, and commitment to promoting children's physical, mental, and emotional development. Past roles have resulted in enhanced childhood learning experiences, improved behavior management strategies, and high satisfaction rates among parents.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Part Time Child Care
Private Family Client
Concord, MA
01.2025 - Current
- Maintained open communication with parents to discuss progress, challenges, and goals for their children.
- Provided transportation to and from activities, assuring proper car safety measures prior to every ride.
- Organized household tasks related to child care, maintaining a tidy living space.
- Managed meal preparation, focusing on nutrition and dietary requirements of children.
- Boosted language development through reading aloud, storytelling, and engaging conversations with the children.
- Fostered and implemented various social engagements by bringing kids to playdates, activities, playgrounds, libraries, etc.
- Established consistent routines to enhance children's emotional well-being and security.
Special Education Tutor
Concord Public Schools
Concord, MA
08.2022 - Current
- Modified general education curriculum for the special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Social emotional instruction, conflict resolution, and behavior management for students in a therapeutic program for students with emotional disabilities.
- Facilitated social skills development through structured activities and peer interactions.
- Provided one-on-one support for students struggling in specific areas, resulting in a marked improvement in their understanding of the subject matter.
- I taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
Live-Out Nanny
Private Family Client
Burlington, VT
06.2020 - 05.2022
- Supervised daily activities, ensuring the safety and well-being of the child.
- Provided in-home educational instruction to the client during the pandemic, assuring the child met learning goals and benchmarks outside of their school's virtual instruction.
- Provided daily transportation from school and to extracurricular activities.
- Promoted socialization by hosting playdates.
- Daily lunch and dinner meal prep, animal care, and occasional errands for the family.
Camp Counselor and Swim Instructor
Camp Calumet
Freedom, NH
06.2015 - 08.2019
- I supervised and lived with eight pre-teen and teenage girls for 1 to 2-week periods at a time.
- Worked with children of varying ages, interests, skills, and developmental levels.
- Led group discussions, fostering communication and teamwork among diverse age groups.
- Kept accurate records of each camper's medical information, dietary restrictions, and emergency contacts, as part of maintaining a safe environment for all campers.
- Attended to camper needs by providing care, conflict resolution, emotional management techniques, and proper nurturing.
- I taught swim lessons and provided waterfront lifeguard safety.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT05-2022
Skills
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Flexible and adaptable
- Organized
- Trustworthy
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem solving
- Multitasking abilities
- Strong empathy skills
- Professionally handles confidential information
Languages
Spanish
Limited
Timeline
Part Time Child Care
Private Family Client
01.2025 - Current
Special Education Tutor
Concord Public Schools
08.2022 - Current
Live-Out Nanny
Private Family Client
06.2020 - 05.2022
Camp Counselor and Swim Instructor
Camp Calumet
06.2015 - 08.2019
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
University of Vermont
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