JENNIFER LUNDIN MAED

• Empowered and engaged early childhood educators across Indiana by facilitating active, culturally responsive trainings focused on mental health, compliance, and best practices.
• Designed content, provided technical assistance, and delivered training to groups of between 1 and 150 participants both in person and online.
• Ensured unwavering compliance with state quality standards, principles of adult learning theory, and commitment to continuous quality improvement through collaborative learning.
• Presented at INAYCE Statewide Conference, Illinois HeadStart Region V Conference, Indiana Afterschool Network Statewide Conference, and local events.
• Participant reviews highlighted dynamic, engaging, knowledgeable, and compassionate delivery.
• Audited organizational content for equity, inclusivity, and accessibility in language.
• Utilized LMS tools to maintain records, generate reports, and analyze data to inform decision-making and program improvement.
• Collaborated with early childhood program directors to assess staff needs and select appropriate training content with follow-up.

• Guided teachers to provide research-based, developmentally appropriate pedagogical and socio-emotional services for children ages birth to 5.
• Directed partnership with Geminus Early Head Start, including providing developmental screenings, overseeing curriculum individualization, and collaborating with family advocates to build relationships with student families.
• Built relationships with volunteers, all levels of employees, and other internal/external stakeholders, including representatives from contracting companies.
• Strengthened instruction and day-to-day operations within classrooms by providing curriculum and behavior coaching.
• Built community by implementing Family Engagement Nights, which offered collective meals, crafts, and learning experiences for students and families.
• Ensured organization could meet the needs of each enrolled student by designing a system for enrollment of students with exceptional needs.
• Achieved compliance by creating employee handbook and teacher onboarding system using state guidelines, Tradewinds employee expectations, and the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
• Strengthened teacher performance by designing professional development training covering language development and classroom behavior management, while coaching teachers in the implementation of Creative Curriculum, Teaching Strategies Gold, and Conscious Discipline in Early Head Start Classrooms.
• Established ongoing support in Pre-K classrooms by developing a partnership with Innovations in Learning to provide training and classroom support within the Pre-K program.
• Expanded nature-based learning opportunities by collaborating to win a grant for installing a children’s garden, designing a garden, researching plants, building budgets, and creating curricula.
• Maintained Level 3 Paths to Quality rating for 2 years by creating a system for record-keeping and navigating accreditation systems.
• Drove inclusivity by designing and purchasing materials for development of sensory room.

• Supported children ages 24 to 36 months by developing lesson plans, creating and implementing age and developmentally appropriate curriculum, and providing hands-on teaching.
• Enhanced knowledge by regularly attending professional development programs.
• Demonstrated flexibility by serving as a substitute teacher for infant and preschool programs.
• Achieve compliance with Creative Curriculum and early HeadStart standards by completing alignment with requirements.
• Sparked student performance by assessing development and creating aligned goals.

• Leveraged background in communication, theater, and education to design and implement curriculum for the LimeLights Educational Theater Program.
• Hired qualified educators, produced performances, and project-managed programs.
• Designed and project-managed camps and workshops in acting, vocal performance, movement, and stagecraft for children ages 3 to 18.

• Co-founded preschool program serving 200+ families, including creating and implementing lesson plans for ages 3-6.
• Harnessed flexibility to substitute and support diverse classrooms.
• Ensured kindergarten readiness by aligning curriculum with state requirements.

Completed 24 credit hours, included Language and Literacy Development and Art, Music and Movement