Elida Castillo-Benitez
Chicago,IL
Summary
Organized childcare professional adept at staying organized and managing hectic schedules. Adheres to kind and compassionate approach when dealing with discipline issues. Career history serving individual families with multiple children in both live-in and live-out scenarios.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Teacher
Everbrook Academy
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Oversaw students in the classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules, and support the lead teacher.
- Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.
- Worked with teachers to design lesson plans and coordinate activities for classes.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
Assistant Infant Teacher
Spring Education Group
10.2021 - 06.2022
- Followed infant's daily routines
- Created weekly lesson plans for Infant classroom
- Provided infants with nurturing, safe environment to promote emotional, social, and intellectual growth
- Sparked creativity and imagination by helping children discover new things each day
- Developed friendly relationships with children's parents and communicated with them regarding daily activities, milestones, and behaviors
Server
Pappadeux Seafood Kitchen
10.2020 - 10.2021
- Served food and beverages promptly with focused attention to customer needs.
- Worked with POS system to place orders, manage bills, and handle complimentary items.
- Cultivated warm relationships with regular customers.
- Maintained clean and organized dining areas to uphold restaurant hygiene standards.
Private Nanny
TAYEBA SHAIKH & KINAN ALHOCH
11.2019 - 03.2020
- Cleaned and tidied living room and kitchen after activities to maintain safe spaces
- Prepared nutritious meals, cleaned laundry, and sanitized play areas
- Engaged with children to create nurturing, safe environments to promote emotional, social and intellectual growth
- Aided with bathing, dressing, teeth brushing and diapering to promote healthy personal hygiene and good oral health
- Bathed and dressed babies, changed diapers and prepared bottles and feeding equipment.
Professional Nanny
WAHEEDA SAMADY
06.2016 - 09.2019
- Prepared healthy and well-balanced meals and snacks for children
- Maintained accurate daily records of children's individual activities, behaviors, meals and naps to regulate children's schedules to balance rest, learning and play
- Cleaned and tidied house, including doing laundry, vacuuming, loading and unloading dishwasher etc
- Provided children with nurturing, safe environments to promote emotional, social and intellectual growth and modeled appropriate social behaviors and encouraged concern for others
- Promoted good behaviors by using positive reinforcement methods
- Planned fun excursions to enhance physical abilities and expose children to stimulating, educational activities
- Administered medication and minor first aid to sick and injured children
- Including a daily dose of peanut powder and other nuts to child with allergies to help him with his "peanut challenge" recommended by his Doctor.
Nanny Share
MEHREEN GAFFAR & DAWN DIRXK
03.2015 - 06.2016
- Prepared healthy and well-balanced meals and snacks for children
- Packed snacks to go for walk, or different classes
- Cleaned and tidied living room, kitchen, and children's bedrooms after activities
- Provided children with nurturing, safe environments to promote emotional, social, and intellectual growth
- Sparked creativity and imagination by helping children discover new things each day
- Researched food allergies to better understand and provide a higher level of care and oversight for individuals with such conditions
- Calculated the amount owed for services and collected payment from parents
- Promoted good behaviors by using positive reinforcement methods
- Maintained accurate daily records of children's activities, behaviors, meals, and naps to regulate children's schedules to balance rest, learning, and play
- Maintained a child-friendly environment with engaging activities, safe spaces, and access to educational materials and games
- Planned fun excursions to enhance physical abilities and expose children to stimulating educational activities
- Helped with bathing, dressing, teeth brushing, and diapering to promote healthy personal hygiene and good oral health
- Developed lasting, professional relationships with families by encouraging open communication and delivering positive feedback.
Education
BBA - Business Administration
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL05.2025
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Malcolm X College
Chicago, IL12.2020
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Roberto Clemente High School
Chicago, IL06.2013
Skills
- Superior communication skills
- Cultural sensitivity
- First aid and CPR certified
- Active listener
- Light housekeeping
- Fluent in Spanish
- Strong computer skills
- Emotionally supportive
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Punctual
- Reliable
- Behavior management techniques
- Excellent communication skills operations
- Calm under pressure
- Relationship management
- Childcare
- Microsoft Office
- Experience with children
- Social Integration
- Educational Support
- Activities Planning
- Behavior Modeling
Certification
- First Aid Certification
- CPR Certification
- Food Handler Certification
Languages
Spanish - Fluent
Personal Information
Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Timeline
Assistant Teacher
Everbrook Academy
06.2022 - 12.2022
Assistant Infant Teacher
Spring Education Group
10.2021 - 06.2022
Server
Pappadeux Seafood Kitchen
10.2020 - 10.2021
Private Nanny
TAYEBA SHAIKH & KINAN ALHOCH
11.2019 - 03.2020
Professional Nanny
WAHEEDA SAMADY
06.2016 - 09.2019
Nanny Share
MEHREEN GAFFAR & DAWN DIRXK
03.2015 - 06.2016
BBA - Business Administration
University of Illinois Chicago
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Malcolm X College
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Roberto Clemente High School
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