EMILY LEWIS
Bloomington,IL
Summary
. Energetic childcare professional with history of entertaining, teaching and protecting children. Follows parents' wishes with care and looks for opportunities to engage children in fun and learning-focused opportunities.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Family Ministry Associate
St. John's Lutheran Church
Bloomington, IL
08.2022 - Current
- Implement curriculum, providing interactive and creative experiences for children and youth
- Lead weekly small groups of children, creating relationships to build trust and openness
- Develop and maintain relationships with parents and guardians to ensure partnership in the care of children while attending programming
- Utilize data collection and tracking tools to monitor Family Ministry progress and effectiveness
- Recruited and trained volunteers to run high quality programming for children and families
- Perform additional duties as assigned by the Director of Children and Youth Ministry
- Managed social media accounts to promote upcoming events within the congregation and community
- Generated monthly newsletters which highlighted recent successes within the ministry
- Researched best practices in religious education and provided recommendations for program improvement
- Developed and maintained effective relationships with church members, volunteers and staff to ensure ministry goals were met
- Utilized Microsoft Office Suite to prepare documents and track data related to ministry operations
- Conducted training sessions for volunteers on various topics such as communication techniques, problem solving strategies and conflict resolution skills.
After-School Fellow
Project Transformation Tennessee
Nashville, TN
07.2021 - 04.2022
- Managed and coordinated the daily operations at Matthew's Memorial, ensuring that After School programming was implemented
- Worked alongside Director of Programming to create engaging high quality curriculum
- Created and maintained effective relationships with the host church, partner church and volunteers to fulfill successful programming
- Supervised site assistant and volunteers as they completed their assigned daily tasks
- Maintained accurate records of daily attendance and food program data
- Created monthly newsletters to keep families updated on all events
- Ensured that all safety protocols were followed according to Project Transformations protocols
- Worked alongside the Director of Young Adults to recruit summer interns to meet the full staff requirement.
Site Coordinator - Longstreet United Methodist
Project Transformation Tennessee
Memphis, TN
05.2017 - 07.2017
- Managed and coordinated the daily operations at Longstreet United Methodist, ensuring that Summer programming was implemented
- Monitored safety protocols and ensured compliance with Project Transformation's standards
- Maintained accurate records, including daily attendance, food program orders and behavioral covenants
- Supervised summer interns to ensure proper execution of curriculum
- Developed and enforced quality control standards to guarantee high quality programming for children and families
- Worked directly with partner church liaisons to effectively run summer reading programming.
Preschool Teacher's Assistant
Heartland Headstart
Bloomington, IL
08.2015 - 05.2017
- Assisted preschool teachers with classroom activities, such as arts and crafts projects, storytelling time, and outdoor play.
- Supervised children during lunchtime and snack time.
- Supported lead teacher with daily classroom activities.
- Maintained a clean and orderly classroom environment throughout the day.
- Helped to implement positive behavior management strategies in the classroom.
- Greeted parents and students at the start of each day and assisted them in getting settled into the classroom environment.
- Assisted preschoolers with personal care needs.
- Monitored playground activities outdoors to ensure safety of all participants.
- Encouraged social interactions between children through cooperative play activities.
- Monitored students to observe behavior, enforce rules and maintain safety.
- Kept accurate records of attendance, daily notes on student progress and behavior.
- Worked one-on-one with students to reinforce concepts taught by the teacher.
- Arranged classroom furniture and learning materials to keep areas neat.
- Made and distributed nutritious snacks by preparing and dividing into portions.
Part Time Nanny
Private Family Care
Bloomington , IL
08.2012 - 12.2016
- Performed light housekeeping duties related to childcare such as laundry or meal preparation.
- Created an atmosphere of trust between myself and both the family and the kids I cared for.
- Assisted children with daily activities, such as dressing, bathing, and feeding.
- Bathed and dressed babies, changed diapers and prepared bottles and feeding equipment.
- Tended to children's general needs while providing supervision for safety in day-to-day activities.
- Helped prepare meals for the children according to dietary guidelines set forth by parents or guardians.
- Followed routines to foster stability and structure in children's lives during parental absences.
- Engaged children in age-appropriate activities to encourage intellectual and motor skills development.
- Communicated regularly with families regarding daily events and any concerns that may arise.
- Aided with bathing, dressing, teeth brushing and diapering to promote healthy personal hygiene and good oral health.
- Provided safe transportation to and from activities and events.
- Created nurturing, safe environments to promote emotional, social and intellectual growth.
- Monitored the children's playtime to ensure safety and wellbeing.
Education
Associate in Arts (A.A.) in Social Work -
Heartland Community College
Normal, ILSkills
- Records Filing
- Volunteer Management
- Community Outreach Programs
- Ministry Experience
- Planning Worship Programs
- Microsoft Office
- Media Programming
- Youth Advocacy
- Program Operations
- Servant Leadership
- Fluent in Salesforce Programming
- Schedule Management
- Educational Support
- Behavior Modeling
- Activities Planning
- Academic Support
- Childhood Development
- Special Needs Experience
- Early Childhood Development
- Housekeeping
- Household Management
Certification
CPR and First Aid
References
References available upon request
Timeline
Family Ministry Associate
St. John's Lutheran Church
08.2022 - Current
After-School Fellow
Project Transformation Tennessee
07.2021 - 04.2022
Site Coordinator - Longstreet United Methodist
Project Transformation Tennessee
05.2017 - 07.2017
Preschool Teacher's Assistant
Heartland Headstart
08.2015 - 05.2017
Part Time Nanny
Private Family Care
08.2012 - 12.2016
Associate in Arts (A.A.) in Social Work -
Heartland Community College
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