Jessica Dawson
Summary
Dynamic and versatile individual with a background as an early childhood educator & in office administration. Excelled in creating engaging curriculum and fostering a nurturing environment. Achieved significant improvements in students' social and academic development through innovative teaching methods. Proven to be capable of wearing many hats and can also thrive in an office environment assisting high level executives maintaining their schedules and meeting deadlines.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Teacher of 3 yr old classroom
Our Saviors Church & School
09.2021 - 06.2024
- Monitored students' academic, social, and emotional progress and recorded in individual files
- Developed weekly lesson plans and activities to engage children and promote learning
- Established positive relationships with students and families
- Implemented age-appropriate curriculum to meet needs of young learners
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning
- Created safe and nurturing learning environment for preschoolers.
Admin Assistant/ Executive Assistant
Vensure Employer Services
01.2020 - 10.2020
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors
- Maintained inventory of office supplies and placed orders
- Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity
- Interacted with vendors, contractors and professional services personnel to receive orders, direct activities, and communicate instructions
- Managed phone and email correspondence and handled incoming and outgoing mail and faxes
- Supported company leaders by managing budgets, scheduling appointments and organizing itinerary.
Executive Assistant
Shiftpixy
12.2016 - 01.2020
- Organized and coordinated conferences and monthly meetings
- Processed travel expenses and reimbursements for executive team and senior management group
- Managed executive calendars, scheduling meetings and appointments and coordinating travel arrangements to optimize time
- Worked with senior management to initiate new projects and assist in various processes
- Answered high volume of phone calls and email inquiries
- Supported Chief Marketing Officer in advertising efforts by creating marketing materials
- Compiled materials for reports and/or presentations for Executives
- Managed and coordinated interviews of new hires for Operations Manager
- Coordinated customer-facing webinars, including developing relationships with prospects and brokers, tracking customer attendance and post-webinar follow-up
- Worked closely with marketing team to come up with content for social media platforms
- Responsible for posting content on social media platforms daily.
Lead Pre-k teacher
Pacific Preschool
07.2006 - 10.2011
- Planned and implemented monthly lesson plans
- Created Individual portfolios to document children's growth through samples of their work
- Made assessments and developmental goals for each individual child
- Held conferences with parents and maintained and open line of communication regarding their child
- Established basic rules for the classroom and maintained order
- Provided a safe,clean and positive learning environment
- Prepared classroom materials each morning
- Supervised children's play, making sure of their safety at all times
- Guided children's behavior and social development
- Organized group activities, games, music, projects, etc.
Education
Early childhood development -
Saddleback College
Skills
- Early childhood education
- Classroom Management
- Lesson Planning
- Scheduling
- Creative Teaching Strategies
- Office Administration
- Project Management
- Excel spreadsheets
- Project management
- Customer service
- Executive Support
Timeline
Lead Teacher of 3 yr old classroom
Our Saviors Church & School
09.2021 - 06.2024
Admin Assistant/ Executive Assistant
Vensure Employer Services
01.2020 - 10.2020
Executive Assistant
Shiftpixy
12.2016 - 01.2020
Lead Pre-k teacher
Pacific Preschool
07.2006 - 10.2011
Early childhood development -
Saddleback College
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