Chelsea Curro
Ladson ,SC
Summary
Exceptional Nanny with experience supporting daily success and health of children of varying needs and interests. Versatile and adaptable in conducting errands, cooking, changing diapers and entertaining children according to parental specifications. Reliable and supportive member of house operations, assisting family as extenuating circumstances arise. Skilled individual with passion for helping students reach academic goals. Creates engaging learning experiences tailored to meet individual student needs. Smart candidate develops strategies to help students bolster academic performance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Professional Nanny
Self Employed
04.2022 - Current
- Present programs that furthered language and social skills
- Provide a structured environment for preschool children and teach them basic skills such as dressing and toileting
- Teach children through play and nature
- Help children reach their personal goals
- Provide children an environment where they can excel.
- Planned youth activities to foster intellectual and emotional development.
- Monitored children's play activities to verify safety.
- Established and maintained safe play environment for children.
- Taught children basic life skills, manners and personal hygiene.
- Encouraged children to be understanding and patient with others.
- Assisted with light housekeeping duties as well as running errands.
- Engaged with children on individual basis to build positive relationships.
- Supervised children engaged in physical activity, learning and social skills with peers.
- Developed games and activities using arts and crafts to support learning and verbal skills.
- Promoted language development skills through reading and storytelling.
- Provided developmentally appropriate activities for children.
- Organized activities that enhanced children's physical, emotional and social well-being.
- Worked with parents to develop and implement discipline programs to promote positive behavior.
- Transported children to and from activities using personal or family vehicle.
- Transported children to and from school, medical appointments and extra-curricular activities.
- Coordinated playdates and outings to meet children's physical and social needs.
- Identified warning signs of emotional and developmental problems in children.
- Performed cleaning and organization duties.
- Scheduled appointments for medical, dental and self-care needs.
- Wash, fold, put away laundry
- Upkeep and improve organization around the home
- Keep track of shopping list
- Place orders as needed
- Help family prepare/pack for upcoming trips
- Keep track of families schedules and events coming up
- Take initiative to make improvements when/where needed
- Help teach the parents new tools for successful results
- Coordinated daily activities and scheduling
- Fully responsible for pick up and drop off
- Available for travel with the family
- Provided the family with weekly age appropriate lesson plans
- Sleep trained multiple infants
- Responsible for potty training which I start introducing around one year of age
- Remote teaching for school age children
- Help children develop habits of caring for hygiene and cleanliness
- Actively work on fine and gross motor skills
- Observe play activities
- Prepare nourishing meals and snacks
Professional Nanny/Household Manager
Self employed
01.2021 - 04.2022
- Scheduled play activities
- Prepare nourishing meals and snacks
- Present programs that furthered language and social skills
- Formed and implemented a custom daily schedule for infants
- Provided a fun and safe environment for children to learn, play, and grow
- Sterilize bottles and other equipment used for feeding infants
- Daily 'Circle time' starting at 4 months where we worked on days of the week, months of the year, abc's, counting etc
- Helped them meet milestones.
- Scheduled appointments for medical, dental and self-care needs.
- Performed cleaning and organization duties.
- Planned youth activities to foster intellectual and emotional development.
- Supervised residents preparing meals and handling chores and provided constructive feedback.
- Monitored children's play activities to verify safety.
- Established and maintained safe play environment for children.
- Engaged with children on individual basis to build positive relationships.
- Taught children basic life skills, manners and personal hygiene.
- Encouraged children to be understanding and patient with others.
- Helped children complete homework assignments and school projects.
- Assisted with light housekeeping duties as well as running errands.
- Supervised children engaged in physical activity, learning and social skills with peers.
- Developed games and activities using arts and crafts to support learning and verbal skills.
- Promoted language development skills through reading and storytelling.
- Supervised children on playground to help develop physical and social skills.
- Provided developmentally appropriate activities for children.
- Organized activities that enhanced children's physical, emotional and social well-being.
- Worked with parents to develop and implement discipline programs to promote positive behavior.
- Transported children to and from activities using personal or family vehicle.
- Transported children to and from school, medical appointments and extra-curricular activities.
- Coordinated playdates and outings to meet children's physical and social needs.
Professional Nanny
Self-employeed
02.2019 - 10.2020
- Built relationships and communicated with parents to provide best learning environment for children.
- Monitored student progress and adjusted instruction to meet individual needs.
- Utilized innovative teaching strategies to effectively engage students in learning.
- Developed and implemented engaging lesson plans to keep learner attention.
- Developed student confidence through positive reinforcement strategies.
- Communicated with parents and teachers on child’s ' progress.
- Played games, worked on puzzles, and read books to young children.
- Prepared meals and snacks for children based on dietary guidelines.
- Organized and cleaned home after activities by picking up toys and straightening up play room.
- Built positive and nurturing environments to support child social and emotional growth.
- Monitored schedules to maintain sleeping, eating, and school schedules for children.
- Bathed, dressed, and helped with teeth brushing as part of bedtime preparation.
- Supported children in play activities, meals, and snacks, hygiene and socialization.
- Balanced playtime and limited screen time to support development of fine motor, gross motor, and cognitive skills.
- Engaged with children on age-appropriate level.
- Assisted with light housekeeping duties as well as running errands.
- Assisted children with homework assignments and special projects across different subjects.
- Developed and implemented behavior management strategies to minimize indiscipline and guide children in attaining positive behavior.
- Organized extracurricular schedules for sports and classes and provided safe transportation to different events.
- Monitored children's play activities to verify safety.
- Taught children basic life skills, manners and personal hygiene.
- Encouraged children to be understanding and patient with others.
- Helped children complete homework assignments and school projects.
- Supervised children engaged in physical activity, learning and social skills with peers.
- Promoted language development skills through reading and storytelling.
- Provided developmentally appropriate activities for children.
- Organized activities that enhanced children's physical, emotional and social well-being.
- Transported children to and from activities using personal or family vehicle.
- Transported children to and from school, medical appointments and extra-curricular activities.
- Provided custom weekly lesson plans based on child’s needs.
- Worked on building a strong and healthy relationship with learning.
- Found unique ways to promote education.
- Set up a structured schedule to introduce classroom expectations.
- Used life skills as an opportunity to have teachable moments.
- Provided family with a custom discipline plan for individual children.
- Acted as a resource to help achieve goals within the house.
- Responsible for most meals and meal prep.
- Responsible for packing and providing detailed lists for trips.
- Was available for travel with family
Short Term Nanny
Self Employed
09.2018 - 02.2019
- Acted as a short term nanny for the family as they went through a professional transition.
- Potty trained two children
- Helped get the family resources for early intervention
- Taught children everyday skills and language.
- Monitored schedules to maintain sleeping, eating, and school schedules for children.
- Engaged with children on age-appropriate level.
- Prepared meals and snacks for children based on dietary guidelines.
- 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.
- Built positive and nurturing environments to support child social and emotional growth.
- Bathed, dressed, and helped with teeth brushing as part of bedtime preparation.
- Supported children in play activities, meals, and snacks, hygiene and socialization.
- Balanced playtime and limited screen time to support development of fine motor, gross motor, and cognitive skills.
Professional Nanny
Self-employeed
01.2014 - 09.2018
- Acted as main educator until children started pre school.
- Tutored children to continue challenging them.
- Traveled internationally with family
- Traveled often domestically with family
- Assisted with light housekeeping duties as well as running errands.
- Built positive and nurturing environments to support child social and emotional growth.
- Monitored schedules to maintain sleeping, eating, and school schedules for children.
- Established lasting, professional connections with families and children by encouraging open communication and delivering positive feedback.
- Communicated with children at age-appropriate levels to encourage understanding and foster relationships.
- Balanced playtime and limited screen time to support development of fine motor, gross motor, and cognitive skills.
- Developed and implemented behavior management strategies to minimize indiscipline and guide children in attaining positive behavior.
- Assisted children with homework assignments and special projects across different subjects.
- Engaged with children on age-appropriate level.
- Taught children basic life skills, manners and personal hygiene.
- Developed weekly lesson plans and activities to engage children and promote learning.
- Created safe and nurturing learning environment for preschoolers.
- Utilized creative teaching strategies to engage students in classroom.
- Developed and implemented behavior management plans.
- Kept detailed track of household and maintenance inventory and schedules.
- Completed household tasks by assisting with laundry, light housekeeping and grocery shopping.
Manager/Sales
Boca Tanning Club - Middletown, NJ
05.2014 - 12.2014
- Oversee staff training and educating as well as tracking and forecasting product sales
- Playing an active role as human resources including the hiring, inventory, and payroll processes
- Rated highest in per customer average among employees
- Encourage and motivate all staff to maximum potential, both technical and professionally for their individual benefit and future growth of the company
- Head of marketing and promoting services to local businesses and corporations
- Identified sales opportunities and acted on leads
- Consistently met or surpassed quotas of 50 sales per quarter.
- Handled customer relations issues, enabling quick resolution, and client satisfaction.
- Maintained relationships with customers and found new ones by identifying needs and offering appropriate services.
- Conducted team meetings to reinforce goals and objectives and set clear expectations about policies and procedures.
- Coached and counseled sales personnel, assisting with individual selling efforts and helping sales representatives reach targets.
- Coached employees in successful selling methods and encouraged cross-selling to drive revenue.
- Grew sales and boosted profits, applying proactive management strategies and enhancing sales training.
- Built relationships with customers and community to establish long-term business growth.
- Resolved problems with high-profile customers to maintain relationships and increase return customer base.
- Implemented systems and procedures to increase sales.
- Organized promotional events and interacted with community to increase sales volume.
Teacher Assistant
Goddard School for Early Childhood Development
11.2011 - 04.2013
- Maintained class records and provided academic feedback and recommendations
- Assisted lead teacher in teaching environment
- Enforced classroom management techniques and promoted team
- Coordinated activities and lesson plans
- Participated in parent-teacher communication and involvement
- Implemented technology in core content areas
- Taught individualized, small group and whole group lessons
- Acted as lead teacher during various points in the school year.
- Worked with teachers to design lesson plans and coordinate activities for classes.
- Exercised good classroom management focused on positive behavior support by clearly articulating fair and consistent expectations along with appropriate natural consequences.
- Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor, and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
- Promoted learning through play with engaging activities, games and lessons.
- Created, managed, and participated in variety of learning environments and activities to support opportunities for students to develop full potential and achieve learning objectives.
- Identified characteristics, needs, abilities, and problems of each child through personal interaction and progress reports to optimize approaches.
- Maintained stimulating learning environments through original, interactive classroom layouts and displays.
- Played games with students to increase understanding of subjects.
- Helped struggling students by motivating and encouraging kids to reach full potential.
- Kept accurate documents about student progress for school and parent records.
- Observed and assessed student performance and charted progress.
- Rewarded student success by utilizing praise and positive reinforcement techniques.
- Assisted students by serving as advocate for children in school and community.
Manager
Cellairis
04.2009 - 07.2012
- Coached associates in building relationships with customers and understanding their needs
- Trained store associates in using store systems to support the Customer Experience, including the Point of Sale and Customer Account
- Hired and developed a team of effective Sales Associates
- Maintained a neat clean organized store environment at all times
- Responsible for the overall productivity results in the store
- Ensured that sales associates were up to speed on new products and offerings and knew the sales techniques necessary to sell them
- Exceeded sales goals for the store.
Education
Special Education
Post University
Waterbury, CTEducation
Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, NJSkills
- Classroom Management (4 years)
- Childcare
- Nannying (10 years)
- Toddler Care
- Special Education
- Meal Preparation
- Infant care (10 years)
- Autism experience
- Babysitting
- Early childhood education
- Curriculum development
- Store management
- Direct sales (5 years)
- Training & Development
- Retail Management
- Behavior Management
- Special Needs
- Teaching
- Organizational Skills
- Budgeting
- Conflict Management
- Behavior Management Techniques
Timeline
Professional Nanny
Self Employed
04.2022 - Current
Professional Nanny/Household Manager
Self employed
01.2021 - 04.2022
Professional Nanny
Self-employeed
02.2019 - 10.2020
Short Term Nanny
Self Employed
09.2018 - 02.2019
Manager/Sales
Boca Tanning Club - Middletown, NJ
05.2014 - 12.2014
Professional Nanny
Self-employeed
01.2014 - 09.2018
Teacher Assistant
Goddard School for Early Childhood Development
11.2011 - 04.2013
Manager
Cellairis
04.2009 - 07.2012
Special Education
Post University
Education
Brookdale Community College