Jessica Fox
Fairbanks,Alaska
Summary
Empathetic Home Visitor known for high productivity and efficiency in task completion. Possess specialized skills in family engagement, developmental screening, and resource coordination. Excel in communication, active listening, and problem-solving to support families effectively. Committed to fostering positive outcomes through compassionate service and tailored support strategies.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Home Visitor
Fairbanks Native Association Early Head Start
Fairbanks, Alaska
08.2017 - Current
- Maintain an average caseload of between 10 and 12 families, providing each child enrolled in home visitation services with one home visit per week lasting for a minimum of 90 minutes, and two group socialization activities per month, with a minimum of 32 home visits completed and 16 socialization activities offered each year. Provide each child enrolled in the combination option with two (2) classroom experiences lasting a minimum of 3.5 hours weekly, and one home visit lasting a minimum of 90 minutes monthly, from September through May; from June through August, each child receives one home visit per week lasting a minimum of 90 minutes, and two group socialization activities per month.
- Identify and use approved curriculum to deliver educational services in the context of home, social, and classroom experiences, which reflect the specific cultural and ethnic backgrounds of the children and their families.
- Promote and maintain safe and healthy learning environments, and provide age-appropriate materials for home visits, socials, and classroom experiences.
- Integrate all of the Early Childhood Development components into each home visit, social, and classroom experience to include education, health, and family services.
- Develop consistent, stable, and supportive relationships with families served, while maintaining professional boundaries.
- Integrate all of the ECD components into each home visit, social, and classroom experience to include education, health, and family services.
- Develop consistent, stable, and supportive relationships with families served, while maintaining professional boundaries.
- Work in partnership with parents to enhance their role as their child’s primary educator, and emphasize the home as a primary learning environment, with the social and classroom environments as secondary learning environments.
- In partnership with parents and primary caregivers, conduct screenings and ongoing assessments of young children's development.
- Collaborate with families to develop child and family goals, outlining the goals and steps taken to accomplish them on established forms.
- Assist families in identifying and accessing community resources that will help in promoting child development or strengthening the family unit, processing referrals and acting as a liaison and advocate between community resources and Early Childhood Development families as needed.
- Promote parental involvement in curriculum and activity planning, program governance, and the overall Early Head Start/Head Start program.
- Monitor and inform parents about their child’s development and health status, including medical follow-up, physical health, dental health, mental health, and nutritional intake.
- Advise the appropriate coordinator of health, family services, and educational concerns, working together to provide quality services, crisis intervention, and resource referrals.
- Complete and maintain accurate records and documentation of all services provided, maintaining a working binder and child files in an organized manner. Enter data into the established database systems, and provide complete and accurate reports, following established program guidelines and schedules.
- Follow policies and procedures regarding concerns about, or reporting of, child abuse and neglect.
- Maintain the confidentiality of family records and information.
- Attend staff meetings, family reviews, trainings, and other scheduled activities.
- Recruit new families and shared program details with local agencies.
- May be required to fill in and work in other capacities when needed, such as: teacher aide, reception, and data entry.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Warehouse Packer
Staples Distribution Center
Terre Haute, IN
04.2011 - 12.2025
- Packed products into designated boxes, taking care to protect items from damage or shifting during transport.
- Collaborated with team members to achieve daily production goals.
- Marked and labeled containers with accurate shipping information to prevent delays.
- Provided support in receiving large shipments by breaking down bulk cases into smaller quantities.
- Kept work areas clean, neat and organized for optimal productivity and worker safety.
- Reported any damages or discrepancies observed during operations to supervisor.
- Assembled cartons, crates, and containers to prepare for shipping.
- Received and counted stock items, recording data manually or on computer for inventory purposes.
- Utilized proper techniques for lifting, packing and handling heavy objects.
Primary Teacher
Nikki's Little Angels
Fairbanks, AK
09.2014 - 07.2017
- Plans a schedule of daily activities through lesson planning; integrating child health and safety, early childhood development, child mental health, and family and community partnerships into the creative curriculum.
- Uses a team approach to develop activities individualized to meet the child's needs.
- Develops classroom activities that reflect the specific cultural and ethnic backgrounds of the children, as well as individualizes them based on needs.
- Maintains a safe, healthy, and positive learning environment.
- Involves parents in educational activities to enhance their role as the primary educators of their children.
- Update emergency contact forms.
- Advises an appropriate supervisor of social service issues, health, and educational concerns.
- Attends staff meetings, family staffing, training, and other scheduled activities.
- Adheres to all state childcare licensing regulations, including the Head Start Act of 2007.
- Participates in monthly fire drills, ensuring that children, volunteers, and all classroom staff know the appropriate drill procedures.
- Assists health specialists and family advocates with gathering pertinent information, such as dental and medical follow-ups.
- Communicates with families, both in writing and orally, providing periodic informational flyers to parents.
- Cleans the classroom every day, including putting supplies in proper places, and cleaning and sanitizing surfaces and toys.
- Acts as a positive role model for children, especially regarding respecting the feelings and rights of others.
- Follows program procedures for reporting child abuse and neglect.
- Participates in the recruitment of families to encourage the enrollment of their child(ren) into the program(s).
- Develop consistent, stable, and supportive relationships with families served, while maintaining professional boundaries.
- Maintain the confidentiality of family records and information.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Assistant Teacher
Fairbanks Native Association Early Head Start
Fairbanks, AK
07.2012 - 12.2014
- Maintains a safe, healthy, and positive learning environment, which enhances children's developmental learning.
- Assists with providing an environment that respects the gender, culture, ethnicity, family composition, and special emotional, cognitive, and developmental needs of the individual child.
- Assists with lesson plans, developing materials, and implementing activities.
- Cleans the classroom daily: puts away supplies, and cleans and sanitizes all toys and surfaces.
- Attends staff meetings, family staffing, and other scheduled meetings, and required training.
- Adheres to all state licensing regulations.
- Acts as a positive role model for children, especially regarding respecting the feelings and rights of others.
- Follows program procedures for reporting child abuse and neglect.
- Maintain confidentiality of family records and information.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Crew Member
Carl's Jr
Fairbanks, AK
04.2009 - 12.2009
- Hospitality crew members work at the counter and drive-thru window, take customer orders, operate cash registers, process various forms of payment, and distribute completed orders to customers. Other responsibilities include responding to customer inquiries, and cleaning the dining area.
- Restocked kitchen supplies including food products and utensils.
- Served food quickly for positive guest experiences.
- Organized dining room tables with condiments, napkins and other necessities prior to seating guests.
- Wiped down tables and removed trash and dirty plates to provide clean, welcoming dining environment.
- Maintained safe food handling practices to prevent germ spread.
- Chopped ingredients and prepped food items ahead of lunchtime and dinner rush periods.
- Drove team success by quickly completing assigned tasks.
- Welcomed and thanked guests to demonstrate appreciation for patronage.
Education
GED -
Chauncey Rose
Terre Haute, IN06-2009
Some College (No Degree) - Early Childhood Education
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AKSkills
- Family dynamics
- Resource advocacy
- Calendar preparation
- Child development
- Home visits
- Boundary setting
- Community networking
- Family and child assessments
- Document processing
- Cultural sensitivity
- Document management
- Assessment skills
- Microsoft Access
- Heartsaver CPR AED
- Multitasking Abilities
- Community resource navigation
- Team building
- Relationship building
- Team collaboration
- Heartsaver first aid (first aid)
- Reliability
- Microsoft office
- Behavioral management
- Substance Abuse Understanding
- Time management
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Written communication
- Active listening
Certification
- Family Services Credential
- Infant and Toddler CDA
- Car Seat Technician
Timeline
Home Visitor
Fairbanks Native Association Early Head Start
08.2017 - Current
Primary Teacher
Nikki's Little Angels
09.2014 - 07.2017
Assistant Teacher
Fairbanks Native Association Early Head Start
07.2012 - 12.2014
Warehouse Packer
Staples Distribution Center
04.2011 - 12.2025
Crew Member
Carl's Jr
04.2009 - 12.2009
- Family Services Credential
- Infant and Toddler CDA
- Car Seat Technician
GED -
Chauncey Rose
Some College (No Degree) - Early Childhood Education
University of Alaska Fairbanks
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