Felicia Lewis
Chicago,IL
Summary
Proactive and caring worker with 12 years of experience combined with communication strengths and good observational skills. Skillfully handles day-to-day activities while looking for opportunities to make a difference. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Lead/Director position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Young Preschool Teacher
Bright Horizons
01.2019 - Current
- Maintain an open, friendly, and cooperative relationship with each child and family
- Guide a teaching team to develop classroom plans, goals, and lead hands-on activities based on my observations on the children’s interest and needs
- Document and share the important milestones in their child’s day
- Keep the classroom safe and clean by following important procedures and guidelines
- Planning and delivering lesson designed to facilitate students’ social, emotional and cognitive development.
Infant/Older Infant/Two’s Teacher
American Kidz Academy/Sonnet’s Academy
12.2012 - 06.2018
- Maintain an open, friendly, and cooperative relationship with each child and family
- Promote feelings of security and trust in children
- Talk, sing, and read to children frequently
- Provide a learning environment for the children, teach them how to interact with others and help them with their daily needs
- Tend to children's personal hygiene needs, especially attentive to during routines such as cleaning, feeding, diaper changing, hand washing, potty training
- Plan each day's activities to provide children with a variety of experiences and opportunities
- Instruct them in basic educational programs, teach them to be creative and provide them with a safe and caring environment to learn and grow
- Prepare weekly lesson plans to teach necessary tools to get them ready for Pre-school, send home weekly lesson plans
- Document screenings, assessments, individualized plans, attendance, daily health checklist, daily activity logs
- Provide for the physical safety of each child from arrival time until departure time, prepare outdoor activities and games for the students
- Assists the family advocate in teaching and modeling developmentally appropriate practices for parents in caring for their young children
- Encourage children’s development in the areas of building self-confidence, problem-solving, and taking responsibility for their actions
- Interact with each child on a daily basis through circle time, centers, snacks, lunchtime, playground, free play
- Be consistent, but lovingly enforce classroom discipline plan and reward system.
Parent Volunteer
Kennedy King College Child Laboratory
06.2008 - 06.2010
- Help children organize
- Read stories, teach alphabet, as well as shapes and colors
- Organize and supervise playtime activities
- Attend parent meetings
- Participate in bake sale fundraising for field trips and special events for children.
Education
Bachelors Degree - Early Childhood Education Leadership
Rasmussen University
Bloomington, MN06.2024
Associates in Applied Science -
Kennedy King College
Chicago, IL05.2012
High School Diploma -
Fenger Academy High School
Chicago, IL06.2000
Skills
- Classroom Organization
- Activity Planning
- Time Management
- Parent-Teacher Communication
- Problem Solving
- Interpersonal Skills
- Organizational Skills
- Observational Skills
Certification
Advance Child Development
Personal Information
Title: Early Childhood Educator
Timeline
Young Preschool Teacher
Bright Horizons
01.2019 - Current
Infant/Older Infant/Two’s Teacher
American Kidz Academy/Sonnet’s Academy
12.2012 - 06.2018
Parent Volunteer
Kennedy King College Child Laboratory
06.2008 - 06.2010
Bachelors Degree - Early Childhood Education Leadership
Rasmussen University
Associates in Applied Science -
Kennedy King College
High School Diploma -
Fenger Academy High School
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