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Kesha Burroughs
Wichita,KS
Summary
Childcare professional with solid background in nurturing and educating children in home settings. Highly skilled in creating engaging activities and maintaining safe environment. Displays strong commitment to collaboration and adaptability to meet changing family needs. Known for patience, reliability, and exceptional communication skills.
Overview
17
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Self-employeed
In-Home Childcare Provider
08.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Developed strong relationships with families, resulting in high levels of trust and confidence in childcare services provided.
- Promoted healthy lifestyles through the preparation of nutritious meals and engaging in regular physical activities with children.
- Maintained safe environment by keeping watchful eye on children.
- Encouraged children to transition from diapers and assisted in development of good restroom habits.
- Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills when addressing conflicts or disagreements among children, resulting in peaceful resolutions that maintain harmony within the home.
- Created safe, inviting in-home environment conducive to structured activity and unstructured play.
- Enhanced children''s cognitive development by conducting age-appropriate educational activities and games.
- Implemented positive discipline techniques to guide children''s behavior, fostering a respectful atmosphere within the home.
- Planned fun, educational activities for children aged from birth to 10 years old.
Heartspring
Group Home Supervisor
06.2012 - 08.2023
Job overview
- Responsible for participation at Individual Education Plan Meetings, Student Support Plan Meetings, Student Reviews, Home Management, All-staffs, Home Team Meetings, Committees, and other student related meetings.
- Monitor implementation of student schedules, instructional programs, and Student Support plans to ensure consistency and quality of programs and conduct necessary follow-up with staff.
- Monitor and assign staff for student coverage, maintaining staff rotations, and ensuring that students are safe and well cared for.
- Assist with direct care of students when team shortages occur.
- Reviews and completes then communicates with families when there are emergent safety concerns. This could include special incident reports, student to student contact reports, emergency safety interventions, health concerns,
- Following all Heartspring accounting procedures, secure money from incidental accounts to meet students’ weekly needs, and/or purchases for student programs.
- Ensure compliance with grocery purchase guidelines and meal program standards. Review and approve any changes in student activity plan for the home.
- Create a positive professional development atmosphere, mutual support, and teamwork in the homes and across departments.
- Organized entertaining recreational activities for home while staying within a $140 weekly budget.
Heartspring
Paraeducator, Special Education
04.2008 - 08.2023
Job overview
- Provide a safe, clean, and nurturing environment that meets and/or exceeds all requirements set forth by Heartspring.
- Provide a structured environment for students by following the schedule of activities that promotes the student’s learning opportunities and their independent living skills.
- Implement and document the students’ training programs as prescribed in the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or informal training programs
- Implement, document, and provide input into the Student Support Plan (SSP), as outlined by the psychology department.
- Implement and document student-specific training in specialized areas, as prescribed by the students’ teams (i.e., Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech Therapy).
- Document and/or report any health concerns, whether ongoing (i.e. diabetes, seizures) or emergent (i.e., lacerations, bruises).
- Communicate effectively with students, parents, team members, supervisors, and all persons involved in the students’ programs.
Heartspring
School Lead Paraeducator
03.2010 - 05.2012
Job overview
- Assisted students in achieving academic goals by providing one-on-one tutoring and small group instruction in various subjects.
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules, and support lead teacher.
- Assisted teachers in managing classrooms effectively by maintaining clear expectations, enforcing rules consistently, and reinforcing positive behavior choices.
- Monitored student classroom and outdoors activities to promote student safety.
- Actively participated in regular team meetings to discuss student progress, share ideas, and collaborate on strategies for continued success.
- Maintained a safe and inclusive learning environment by addressing behavioral issues promptly and following established protocols.
- Collaborated with teachers to help with classroom and workload management.
Education
Bryant Stratton CollegeOnline, New York
Associate from Early Childhood Education
10-2025
North Clayton-College ParkCollege Park, GA
High School Diploma
05.2000
Skills
- Progress Monitoring
- Behavioral management
- Meal planning
- Budgeting and finance
- Nutrition
- First aid and CPR
- Effective communication
- Professional relationships
- Adaptation of curriculum for diverse learners
- Crisis intervention strategies
- Staff training and development
- Team management
Certification
- Keeping Children Safe: Environment and Transportation Safety
- Wrestling with Safe Sleep
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Head Trauma
- Basic Child Development and Supervision
- Adult, Child, and Infant CPR/AED/Choking
- Adult and Pediatric First/Aid Safety
Timeline
In-Home Childcare Provider
Self-employeed
08.2023 - Current
Group Home Supervisor
Heartspring
06.2012 - 08.2023
School Lead Paraeducator
Heartspring
03.2010 - 05.2012
Paraeducator, Special Education
Heartspring
04.2008 - 08.2023
Bryant Stratton College
Associate from Early Childhood Education
North Clayton-College Park
High School Diploma
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