Keiarra Turney

Operate home-based childcare program serving children ages 6 weeks to 12 years.

• Provide attentive care supporting physical, cognitive, language, and social-emotional growth.
• Plan play-based learning activities in early literacy, math, science, creative arts, music, and movement.
• Teach preschool readiness skills, including letter and number recognition, colors, shapes, counting, tracing, and beginner writing.
• Set up learning stations and activity centers that support curiosity, creativity, independence, and problem-solving.
• Modified activities and routines for children’s ages, developmental needs, interests, and abilities.
• Guide positive behavior through consistent routines, gentle direction, emotional check-ins, and age-appropriate conflict resolution.
• Provide infant care, including feeding, diapering, soothing, and safe sleep routine.
• Supervise indoor and outdoor play, rest periods, and daily transitions.
• Managed daily operations, enrollment, scheduling, attendance records, payments, and parent communication to ensure smooth program functioning.
• Monitored children's progress through daily care logs, developmental notes, and learning portfolios to tailor activities for individual growth.
• Keep childcare spaces, toys, supplies, and equipment clean and organized.
• Follow childcare licensing requirements and maintain required records, policies, and emergency plans.
• Cultivated supportive relationships with families, providing regular updates on routines, developmental milestones, behavior, and program activities.
• Create newsletters, parent notices, classroom materials, and activity schedules.
• Coordinate approved transportation and field trip arrangements.
• Manage program expenses, purchase supplies, and maintain payment records.
• Complete professional development and CDA coursework to strengthen teaching practices and program quality.

Skills: Childcare Program Management • Infant and Toddler Care • Preschool Readiness • Activity Planning • Positive Behavior Guidance • Parent Communication • Developmental Observation • Recordkeeping • Health and Safety • Meal Preparation • Scheduling • Organization

• Supported UC hospital nurses with bedside care and patient comfort
• Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting needs
• Transferred patients safely using lifts, wheelchairs, and gait belts
• Monitored patient conditions and relayed changes to nursing team
• Followed UC hospital infection control and safety procedures
• Delivered compassionate care to individuals requiring support in a hospital setting.
• Documented patient intake and dietary requirements and aided with feeding and monitoring.
• Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to the interdisciplinary care team.