Laurie Hammette

• Worked in a bilingual setting for 20 years, supporting students from a variety of cultural backgrounds and collaborated with co-teachers of different nationalities.
• Supported children by creating hands-on, theme-based lessons to accommodate various abilities and differentiated needs.
• Boosted children's social and emotional skills and resilience through a Social and Emotional curriculum and by implementing a Mindfulness curriculum.
• Fostered creativity in the classroom through art and stem projects, dramatic play, reader's theater, and storytelling activities.
• Cultivated a safe and inclusive classroom environment that fostered respect and empathy among students.
• Maintained and fostered positive and constructive interactions with children, families, and colleagues.
• Implemented a developmentally appropriate curriculum for children, creating an enriching classroom environment.
• Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
• Established ongoing professional development goals, participating in workshops in order to stay current on emerging trends in early childhood education.
• Collaborated with colleagues on curriculum development, sharing best practices to improve overall instruction quality across the school.

Assisted Early Childhood teachers in classrooms, working with children ranging in age from three months to 5 years of age.