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Jakima Yarbrough

Stockbridge

Summary

Early childhood education professional with extensive experience in developing and implementing classroom activities. Proven track record in creating supportive and engaging learning environments. Known for strong collaboration with colleagues and flexibility to adapt to changing classroom needs, emphasizing creativity and patience.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Pre-K Teacher

Stepping Stones Academy
08.2024 - 05.2025
  • Curriculum Development and Implementation:
  • Plan and implement daily lessons and activities that align with early childhood education standards and the needs of Pre-K students.
  • Create a stimulating and engaging learning environment that fosters creativity and exploration.
  • Utilize various teaching methods, including hands-on activities, storytelling, and play-based learning.
  • Adapt lesson plans to meet the diverse learning styles and needs of individual children.
  • Classroom Management and Supervision:
  • Maintain a safe, clean, and organized classroom environment.
  • Supervise children during activities, transitions, and breaks.
  • Manage student behavior and promote positive social interactions.
  • Ensure the safety and well-being of all children in the classroom.
  • Assessment and Communication:
  • Observe and assess children's development and progress.
  • Communicate regularly with parents about their child's progress, needs, and interests to ensure ongoing support and engagement.
  • Prepare and maintain accurate records of student progress and development.
  • Participate in parent-teacher conferences and other parent involvement activities

Lead Preschool Teacher/Assistant

PREMIER ACADEMY
03.2024 - 07.2024
  • Assist in the implementation of curriculum activities.
  • Encourage self-help and good hygiene through behavior modeling.
  • Help ensure smooth, daily transition from home to child care center.
  • Follow all center policies and state regulations.
  • Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.
  • Assisting the staff in implementing a quality educational program.
  • Helps provide positive relationships with the children and their parents.
  • Observes and documents children's interest and progress, and relays that information back to parents and staff.
  • Assistance with a small group

Lead Pre-K Teacher

A+ Preparatory Learning Academy
07.2023 - 01.2024
  • Leading a classroom of young children 4 to 5 years of age in a variety of educational activities
  • Following and implementing lesson plans.
  • Doing assessments on the children and implementing WSO input.
  • Attend mandatory training (in person & online).
  • Communicating with parents via ClassDojo.
  • Classroom cleanliness and maintenance.
  • Engaging in small groups.
  • Preparing parent-teacher conference when needed.
  • Plan and implement activities that promote the acquisition of number concepts.
  • Plan and implement experiences that promote language and literacy development.
  • Consider the outdoors as a part of the learning environment.
  • Assess children’s needs and developmental progress on an ongoing basis.
  • Use the results of assessments to plan activities for children based on their developmental levels.

Lead Pre-K Teacher

KinderCare
03.2023 - 07.2023
  • Leading a classroom of young children 4 to 5 years of age in a variety of educational activities
  • Following and implementing lesson plans.
  • Doing assessments on the children and implementing WSO input.
  • Attend mandatory training (in person & online).
  • Communicating with parents in-person or Class Dojo.
  • Classroom cleanliness and maintenance.
  • Engaging in Small Group
  • Preparing for parent-teacher conferences when needed
  • Plan and implement activities that promote the acquisition of number concepts.
  • Plan and implement experiences that promote language and literacy development.
  • Consider outdoors as a part of learning environment.
  • Assess children’s needs and developmental progress on an ongoing basis.
  • Use the results of assessments to plan activities for children based on their developmental levels.

Lead Pre-K Teacher

Bright Minds Afterschool Program
10.2022 - 02.2023
  • 1. Leading a classroom of young children 4 to 5 years of age in a variety of educational activities, including arts and crafts, free play, storytelling, and class outings and instructional activities.
  • 2. Following and implementing lesson plans.
  • 3. Doing assessments on the children and implementing WSO input.
  • 4. Attend mandatory training (in person & online).
  • 5. Communicating with parents in-person or class dojo.
  • 6. Classroom cleanliness and maintenance.
  • 7. Engaging in Small Group
  • 8. Preparing for parent-teacher conferences when needed.

Assistant Director

Little Angels Christian Academy
06.2022 - 10.2022
  • Supervising a daycare facility and watch over children on behalf of their parents.
  • Provide early childhood education, and otherwise ensure a safe and healthy environment
  • Managing paperwork, creating reports for parents, collecting payment, and providing customer service.
  • Supervise other staff members and help to ensure the childcare center's compliance with both corporate and legal regulations.
  • Provides staff training as needed.
  • Maintaining Pro-care updates
  • Staying on top of the children enrolled shot records.
  • Creating weekly menus
  • Preparing breakfast, lunch and snack for the children.
  • Maintaining a sanitize and germ free facility by daily cleaning routines.

Lead Pre-K Teacher

Little Creations Learning Center
07.2019 - 05.2022
  • 1. Guiding a classroom of young children 4 to 5 years of age in a variety of educational activities, including arts and crafts, free play, storytelling, and class outings and instructional activities. 2. Following and implementing lesson plans.
  • 3. Doing assessments on the children and implementing WSO input.
  • 4. Attend mandatory training (in person & online).
  • 5. Communicating with parents in-person or class dojo.
  • 6. Classroom cleanliness and maintenance.
  • 7. Engaging in Small Group
  • 8. Preparing for parent-teacher conferences when needed.

Phlebotomist

Alpha Lab Inc.
04.2019 - 11.2021
  • Developing and determining the best collection methods for specific patients, such as young or elderly patients.
  • Preparing areas where blood will be drawn and ensuring the area is safe and clean after blood is drawn.
  • Collecting blood samples and labeling the vials with the patients' names and the dates.
  • Transporting blood samples to the laboratory for testing.
  • Ensuring proper packaging and storage for the preservation of blood for donations.
  • Checking patients for health issues like diseases, bacteria, and cholesterol, monitoring vital signs, and checking blood pressure and heart rate.
  • Keeping your phlebotomy cart or station well-organized and following infection control and sanitation standards.
  • Answering patients' questions on collection techniques and providing additional resources if requested.
  • Remaining friendly, courteous, and sympathetic and keeping patients calm during blood collections.
  • Preparing and cleaning the laboratory area, maintaining inventory, preparing blood samples for various tests and procedures, and possibly centrifuging blood samples.

Assistant Director/ Front Office Coordinator

Future Leaders Christian Academy
03.2019 - 06.2019
  • Create monthly and daily sign in and out sheets in Procare for parents
  • Batch kids in and out of Minute Menu for food program
  • Make sure students and employee are batch in and out of Procare
  • Maintain daily employee slacker points to ensure their in uniform
  • Document daily classroom, playground and employee compliance
  • Create Monthly Menu in Minute Minute
  • Ensures the facility is a safe and fun place for children to learn
  • Managing staff, interacting with parents, and marketing and financial duties.
  • Hiring new staff, providing training, and constantly monitoring staff members to ensure they’re accurately performing assigned duties and responsibilities.
  • Stay in touch with parents about their accounts and listen to their comments and concerns, and keeping them informed on new developments.
  • Responsible for supervising children and developing activities that they will both enjoy and learn from.
  • Staff scheduling, human resources, employee evaluations, and employee discipline.
  • Ensure that the child care center is clean, free of hazards and risks of injury, and compliant with licensing and accreditation requirements, health codes, and applicable laws.
  • Creating schedules within the classroom; they may also be in charge of developing an early learning curriculum.

Pre-K Teacher Assistant

Future Leaders Christian Academy
08.2016 - 10.2018
  • Working with small groups of children to reinforce lessons, providing one-on-one instruction to students and supervising students in the classroom.
  • Assisting with preparing hand washing, bathroom monitoring, and preparing lunch and snack.
  • Taking attendance and work with students who have disabilities or other special needs, such as inability to speak English.
  • Help lead teacher with WSO inputs as well

CI Stocker

American Woodmark Corporation
07.2015 - 06.2016
  • Responsibilities
  • Cut down pallets of wood and put them in there correct location to be pulled for building the cabinets.
  • Making sure the housekeeping, meeting the production every hour, scanning the pallet paper work to be turned in, and filling out the production board.
  • Accomplishments maintaining a steady work environment to do my job the way it needs to be done to meet production
  • Skills Used pallet jack operator and putting the material in the correct spot and plus knowing more than one area.

Floater/Assistant Teacher

Little House Academy
03.2015 - 07.2015
  • Assisting lead teachers with the daily function from classroom to classroom throughout the day.
  • Assist with cleaning daycare facility and gave teacher lunch breaks at nap time
  • Assist with circle time, daily activities, diapering or toileting handwashing, and lunch plus snacks.

Lead Teacher Toddler Room

Kidzazzle Childcare
10.2014 - 12.2014
  • Responsibilities
  • Lesson planning, hand washing, arts and craft, assist with potty training, teach family style dining, read books, teaching basic skills, outdoor activities and play with the kids, and communicate with parents and staff members
  • Skills Used
  • Controlling that biting and assisting with potty training

Lead Teacher

Childcare Network
01.2012 - 08.2014
  • Keep records on individuals children, including daily observations and information about activities.
  • Instruct children in health and personal habits such as eating, toilet manners, and hand-washing
  • Organize and participate in outdoor activities
  • Read to children and teach simple painting, handcrafts, drawing, and tracing
  • Plan activities that would stimulate growth in language, social and motor skills.
  • Provided children with individual attention.
  • Communicated with parents on a regular basis.
  • Clean and sanitize toys
  • Clean and manage a classroom setting
  • Assessing children in preparing food and family style dining skills

Lead Teacher

Kidz Are Us Daycare
06.2009 - 09.2011
  • Worked with a group of 10 two year old kids
  • Created lesson plans
  • Communicated with parents about their child progression with the class and informed on classroom changes.
  • Assisted with potty training or diapering, hand-washing, and preparing lunch
  • Participate indoor and outside activities
  • Record daily observations
  • Read and sing songs to at small group time
  • Cleaned and sanitize toys plus classroom for healthy environment

Education

Master's in Science - Healthcare Management

Colorado Technical University
Colorado Springs, CO
05.2018

Bachelor's in Science - Healthcare Management

Colorado Technical University
Colorado Springs, CO
05.2016

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Southern Crescent Technical College
Griffin, GA
12.2010

Master of Arts - Elementary Education

Mercer University
Macon, GA
11-2026

Skills

  • Classroom Management
  • Teaching
  • Tutoring
  • Healthcare Management
  • Training
  • Experience Working With Students
  • Child Care
  • Office Administration
  • Experience with Children
  • Phlebotomy
  • Organizational Skills
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Filing
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Laboratory Experience
  • Management
  • Microsoft Office
  • Babysitting
  • Curriculum Development
  • Toddler Care
  • English
  • Organizational skills
  • Experience working with students
  • Special education
  • Behavior management
  • Administrative experience
  • Computer skills
  • Time management
  • Preschool experience
  • Childhood development
  • Customer service
  • Medical terminology

Certification

  • Driver's License
  • TCC in Early Childhood
  • Teaching Certification
  • Child Development Associate Certification

Timeline

Lead Pre-K Teacher

Stepping Stones Academy
08.2024 - 05.2025

Lead Preschool Teacher/Assistant

PREMIER ACADEMY
03.2024 - 07.2024

Lead Pre-K Teacher

A+ Preparatory Learning Academy
07.2023 - 01.2024

Lead Pre-K Teacher

KinderCare
03.2023 - 07.2023

Lead Pre-K Teacher

Bright Minds Afterschool Program
10.2022 - 02.2023

Assistant Director

Little Angels Christian Academy
06.2022 - 10.2022

Lead Pre-K Teacher

Little Creations Learning Center
07.2019 - 05.2022

Phlebotomist

Alpha Lab Inc.
04.2019 - 11.2021

Assistant Director/ Front Office Coordinator

Future Leaders Christian Academy
03.2019 - 06.2019

Pre-K Teacher Assistant

Future Leaders Christian Academy
08.2016 - 10.2018

CI Stocker

American Woodmark Corporation
07.2015 - 06.2016

Floater/Assistant Teacher

Little House Academy
03.2015 - 07.2015

Lead Teacher Toddler Room

Kidzazzle Childcare
10.2014 - 12.2014

Lead Teacher

Childcare Network
01.2012 - 08.2014

Lead Teacher

Kidz Are Us Daycare
06.2009 - 09.2011

Bachelor's in Science - Healthcare Management

Colorado Technical University

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Southern Crescent Technical College

Master's in Science - Healthcare Management

Colorado Technical University

Master of Arts - Elementary Education

Mercer University

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