Claudine Flynn
Lauderhill,USA
Summary
Experienced early childhood educator with strong focus on creating engaging, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate learning environments. Skilled in curriculum design, classroom management, and fostering positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues. Known for adaptability, teamwork, and achieving desired educational outcomes. Consistently reliable and responsive to changing classroom needs. Capable Office Administrator with outstanding knowledge of effective office coordination with commitment to effective collaboration. Skilled at reorganizing offices for superior functionality.
Overview
1
1
Certification
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Preschool Teacher - Lead VPK Teacher/Office Administrative Assistant
Greater Horizons Academy
Lauderhill, FL
03.2020 - Current
- Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
- Developed engaging lesson plans that fostered creativity and critical thinking in preschoolers.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
- Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
- Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
- Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.
- 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.
- Evaluated student progress through regular assessments, adjusting teaching strategies as needed for improvement.
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Coordinated communications, financial processing, registration, recordkeeping, and other administrative functions.
- Increased customer satisfaction through professional handling of inquiries and prompt resolution of issues.
- Enhanced customer service by developing feedback system that addressed client concerns promptly.
Preschool Teacher - 2 Year Olds
Achiever's Preschool
Florida
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
- Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
- Sanitized toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
Infant and One Year Old Teacher
Children's Village
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
- Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
- Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
- Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.
- Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
Education
Child Care Center Operations - Early Childhood Education
Sheridan Technical College
Hollywood, FL05-2025
Child Development Associate (CDA) - Early Childhood Care And Education
Family Central
Fort Lauderdale, FL10-2022
High School Diploma -
Tarrant High School
Kingston, Jamaica, W.I.07-1993
Skills
- Classroom Management
- Curriculum Planning
- Student Assessments
- Cooperative Learning
- Interactive Learning
- Whole Group
- Communications
- Positive reinforcement
- Social skills development
- Calm and patient
- Empathy and compassion
- Strong work ethic and dependable
Certification
- First Aid and CPR
- DCF Childcare Training
- FL FCCPC Birth-Five Years Old
- FL Staff Credential
Timeline
Preschool Teacher - Lead VPK Teacher/Office Administrative Assistant
Greater Horizons Academy
03.2020 - Current
Preschool Teacher - 2 Year Olds
Achiever's Preschool
01.2020 - 03.2020
Infant and One Year Old Teacher
Children's Village
01.2012 - 01.2015
Child Care Center Operations - Early Childhood Education
Sheridan Technical College
Child Development Associate (CDA) - Early Childhood Care And Education
Family Central
High School Diploma -
Tarrant High School