- Camping
- Live music
- Photography
- Cooking
- Singing
- Reading
- Crafts
Jennifer Stroup
Arvada,CO
Summary
Proactive Family Assistant with extensive experience in daily household tasks, meal planning, and providing transportation for children. Skilled in maintaining a clean environment, managing schedules, and ensuring family privacy. Strong organizational abilities and emotional support, excellent driver, organizing family routines and contributing to a seamless household operation.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Family Assistant
Private Family
10.2022 - Current
- Assist with daily household tasks for a smoother family routine, including meal planning, meal preparation, and all laundry duties.
- Provide timely transportation assistance for children to and from school, appointments, or special events, ensuring punctuality and safety.
- Ensure a clean living environment through regular housekeeping duties like resetting the house, checking and stocking family pantry and household inventory.
- Maintain family privacy and security by handling sensitive information discreetly and respecting confidentiality boundaries.
- Support busy parents with personal errands such as grocery shopping, dry cleaning pick-ups, or appointment scheduling.
- Enhance family organization by implementing efficient scheduling systems and maintaining calendars.
- Provide timely transportation assistance for children to and from school, appointments, or special events, ensuring punctuality and safety.
Lead Preschool Teacher
Jitterbugs Home Preschool
01.2001 - 05.2021
- Assisted and supervised 12 children through entire school day.
- Established strong relationships with parents through regular communication regarding their child''s progress, fostering increased parental involvement in the educational process.
- Conducted regular parent-teacher conferences to discuss student progress and areas of improvement, encouraging a collaborative approach to education.
- Incorporated play-based learning opportunities and curriculum into daily routines, allowing students to explore new concepts while developing critical thinking skills through hands-on experiences.
- Utilized positive reinforcement techniques when addressing behavioral issues, maintaining a respectful and orderly classroom environment conducive to learning.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Utilized books, songs and games to engage students.
- Enhanced preschoolers'' learning experiences by incorporating creative and interactive teaching methods in daily lessons.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Incorporated meal planning and preparation, grocery shopping, inventory control, scheduling appointments, insuring the areas stayed clean and sanitized, organization of all supplies.
Office Mgr., Project Mgr., Executive Asst.
Various
01.1993 - 01.2013
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
- Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
- Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
- Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Handled sensitive information with discretion, maintaining confidentiality of company documents and personnel records.
- Provided exceptional customer service when addressing client inquiries or concerns via phone calls or email correspondence.
- Maintained accurate financial records by reconciling accounts payable/receivable transactions regularly to ensure balanced budgets.
- Oversaw office inventory activities by ordering and requisitions and stocking and shipment receiving.
- Conducted regular inventory assessments of office supplies, ordering necessary items proactively to prevent stock shortages.
- Oversaw facility maintenance requests, coordinating with building management to address repairs or improvements efficiently.
- Handled sensitive employee and client information with utmost confidentiality, maintaining trust and integrity.
- Enhanced office operational efficiency by streamlining filing systems, resulting in easier access to critical documents.
- Implemented comprehensive training program for new hires, improving their integration into team and productivity.
- Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
- Maintained professional demeanor by staying calm when addressing unhappy or angry customers.
- Used industry expertise, customer service skills and analytical nature to resolve customer concerns and promote loyalty.
- Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.
Education
Early Childhood Care And Education
Red Rocks Community College
Denver, COSkills
- Home maintenance
- Organizational abilities
- Emotional Support
- Meal Preparation
- Scheduling Coordination
- Grocery shopping
- Laundry proficiency
- Arts and crafts
- Homework Assistance
- Calendar Management
- Vender Management
Certification
- Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED – American Red Cross.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association.
- Drivers License with a clean driving record – Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles.
Interests
Timeline
Family Assistant
Private Family
10.2022 - Current
Lead Preschool Teacher
Jitterbugs Home Preschool
01.2001 - 05.2021
Office Mgr., Project Mgr., Executive Asst.
Various
01.1993 - 01.2013
Early Childhood Care And Education
Red Rocks Community College