I am a Mom to two amazing children I love working with kids I grew up with three younger siblings that I helped care for I also worked in church nursery’s, babysat, and have worked in daycares since being old enough to work I love what I do!
Kaitlyn Gray
Troy,IL
Summary
Dedicated daycare assistant with experience at Kool Kids Daycare, adept in behavior management and promoting social development. Skilled in sanitization techniques and fostering positive relationships with families. Proven ability to create engaging learning environments while ensuring safety and compliance with regulations. Committed to enhancing children's emotional growth through structured activities.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Daycare Assistant Teacher
Kool Kids Daycare
05.2021 - Current
- Enforced rules and managed behavior through developmentally appropriate discipline.
- Documented and reported behavior issues or accidents to parents, minimizing future problems.
- Applied positive behavior management techniques to enhance social interactions and emotional development.
- Observed play activities to identify positive behaviors and areas in need of improvement, implementing behavior redirection where appropriate.
- Served as positive role model, promoting healthy interpersonal behaviors.
- Complied with strict safety and organizational regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Sanitized dishes, tabletops, toys, and frequently touched surfaces to prevent spreading of germs.
- Assisted children with regular handwashing and wiped down hard surfaces often to minimize germ spread.
- Encouraged curiosity, exploration and problem-solving appropriate to children's development levels.
- Kept notes of behavior issues, food served, and medications administered to children.
- Incorporated music and play into developmentally appropriate activities.
- Arrived at assigned areas on time, prepared, and ready to work.
- Promoted learning and social development through structured and unstructured playtime.
- Taught children to organize toys, wash hands, and share by leading by example.
- Restocked supplies and personal hygiene products for use by students.
- Maintained clean, neat and hazard-free areas to protect kids, personnel and families.
- Used patience, skill and various behavior modification techniques to maintain order and safety.
- Provided lunchtime assistance to monitor children, assist with eating and serve food.
- Kept children between ages of Number and Number safe and secure with vigilant oversight.
- Built constructive and open relationships with families with forthright yet friendly communication.
Daycare Assistant
PALS Program
08.2019 - 04.2021
- Enforced rules and managed behavior through developmentally appropriate discipline.
- Promoted learning and social development through structured and unstructured playtime.
- Sanitized dishes, tabletops, toys, and frequently touched surfaces to prevent spreading of germs.
- Observed play activities to identify positive behaviors and areas in need of improvement, implementing behavior redirection where appropriate.
Laundry Attendant
Liberty Village of Maryville
- Operated traditional and computer-operated washers and dryers while observing all safety protocols.
- Collected soiled linens and clothing and pretreated stains.
- Assisted with cleaning and maintenance of laundry equipment to keep machines in proper working order.
- Set up wash and dry cycles with appropriate settings such as spin speed, temperature, and cleaning agents.
- Operated laundry equipment and loaded machines, paying careful attention to capacity restrictions.
- Examined dried clothes to identify stains, tears and issues.
- Maintained safety practices at all times to protect personnel and laundry loads.
- Assisted with unloading and loading customer laundry items.
- Followed environmental regulations when handling hazardous materials for laundromat safety.
- Operated machines correctly by following machine instructions and safety regulations.
- Kept track of customer laundry items by properly sorting, identifying and storing clothing.
- Monitored customer laundry loads to reach proper wash cycle times.
- Delivered superior customer service by responding to inquiries and complaints.
Daycare Assistant
St Paul Lutheran Troy IL
- Observed play activities to identify positive behaviors and areas in need of improvement, implementing behavior redirection where appropriate.
- Sanitized dishes, tabletops, toys, and frequently touched surfaces to prevent spreading of germs.
- Promoted learning and social development through structured and unstructured playtime.
- Enforced rules and managed behavior through developmentally appropriate discipline.
- Kept children between ages of Number and Number safe and secure with vigilant oversight.
- Used patience, skill and various behavior modification techniques to maintain order and safety.
- Built constructive and open relationships with families with forthright yet friendly communication.
- Prepared group activities to enhance socialization, communication and problem-solving skills for children.
- Implemented daily routines and activities to stimulate and engage children.
- Encouraged children's emotional and social development.
- Responded to inquiries from parents and guardians.
- Maintained group discipline through positive reinforcement, behavior modeling, and collaboration with parents.
- Created safe and engaging learning environment for groups of diverse children with various learning styles.
Education
Diploma -
Triad High School
Troy, IL2017
Skills
- Early education
- Pupil supervision
- Social and academic development
- Activities leadership
- Safety and supervision
- Classroom organization
- Social development
- Recreational supervision
- Child assessment
- Creative lesson planning
- Records management
- Cleaning and sanitizing
- Care planning
- Language development
- Activity planning
- Curriculum planning
- Lesson planning
- Educational concept explanations
- Health and safety
- Activities planning
- Structured activity planning
- Early childhood development
- Nutrition planning
- Classroom instruction
- Early childhood education
- Infant care
- Child development
Certification
I have been working with Illinois Gateways to receive multiple certificates for my current job. I have also been working towards getting my CDA
Interests
Timeline
Daycare Assistant Teacher
Kool Kids Daycare
05.2021 - Current
Daycare Assistant
PALS Program
08.2019 - 04.2021
Laundry Attendant
Liberty Village of Maryville
Daycare Assistant
St Paul Lutheran Troy IL
Diploma -
Triad High School
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