Dani Kempfer

As the Program Director at BBBS WashCo, I supervise all program staff, assist in training and guidance, conduct Quality Assurance, match support, and provide guidance, insight, and resources with difficult situations pertaining to matches and enrollment. Some other duties may include, but are not limited to, overseeing social media, keeping the website current, assist in hiring, staff reviews, creating newsletters, and developing and maintaining standards and SOPs, along with ensuring they are current and upheld.

As the Activities Director, I plan, coordinate, and develop all aspects to do with match events, activities, and programs. Making sure that all staff and matches are aware of what is available to them through both our agency and within the community.

Other duties may include helping organize and market fundraising events, attending marketing, fundraising, and match events, program marketing, and being an asset to others wherever needed.

As the Coordinator at St. Dominic, I oversaw the before and after school care program, the full day preschool program, and the summer program at the school. While the before and after school care program was already present when beginning the position, I was able to create the full day K3 and K4 program, as well as, the summer program. With this position, I created lesson plans, prep activities, plan field trips, coordinate scheduling for staff and families, marketing, billing, policies, and more.

• Facilitated communication between different departments in order to resolve issues quickly.
• Ensured compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Created and maintained accurate records of departmental activities, including budgets, personnel documents and project timelines.
• Managed day-to-day operations of the department including scheduling tasks and assigning duties.
• Resolved customer complaints in a timely manner while upholding company standards.

Hired as the Program Coordinator, I became the lead teacher for the school age children during the summer and the 4 year olds during the school year. Part of this position included planning and implementing multiple activities for the children to engage in. Some other duties included ensuring that all staff was current on their continuing education hours and all staff and families were up to date on all forms required.

Another position where I began my time here as a student for Practicum in the Early Childhood Education associates degree program. I was the lead teacher for both the school age children and the 4 year olds. I was tasked with planning and implementing multiple activities for the children to engage in throughout each day of the week.

Working with Tiny Tots Treehouse on three different occasions, provided the opportunity to grow in many areas of working with various ages of children, learning Wisconsin licensing rules and regulations, and meeting requirements for a program called Young Star.

October 2007-July 2009 was the first beginning of Tiny Tots Treehouse. As a student, I began training for a high school child development class and was asked to stay on as the two year old lead teacher. The main duties included following the daily schedule and routine of the room and ensuring the safety of all the children.

January 2012-May 2014 was my return to Tiny Tots Treehouse. I began back as the two year old lead teacher and was moved to the 4 year old lead teacher position as my knowledge in education grew. My duties increased from just following the schedule and routine of the room to also creating and implementing lesson plans in both rooms and seeing them through.

December 2016-September 2017 was when they asked me to return for a third time. Tiny Tots was looking for something new and wanted assistance in helping to get their ratings up using the Young Star guidance and meeting compliance with Wisconsin state licensing. I took this on while being the lead teacher in the 3-4 year old room. Some other duties were implementing a proper tracking system for the children, creating lesson plans for the whole center, creating reference binders for the families, and developing monthly newsletters.