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Marlene Sharp

Chicago

Summary

Patient, compassionate nanny with 8+years of experience caring for children ages newborns to 10 years. Motivated to help children become happy, healthy and well-behaved. Highly skilled in infant care with extensive knowledge in safety precautions; feeding techniques, and educational activities to stimulate physical, social and cognitive development. Skilled in creating schedules, following commitments and maintaining routines. Passion for encouraging a love of exploration and learning in every child. Deeply adore children and desire a long term position.

Seasoned Nanny polished in creating schedules, following commitments and maintaining routines. Offering details-first approach to listening and engaging children during play and work time. Focused on engaging with children on individual basis to build positive relationships.

Seasoned Nanny with rich background in child care and development. Possess strong skills in creating fun, engaging, and educational activities, while demonstrating priority in children's safety and well-being. Trusted by parents, with mutual loving affection for all cared children. Previously managed daily schedules including school drop-off/pick-up, meal times and recreational activities which led to smooth family operations.

Work History

Nanny

THE MILLER FAMILY
Forest Park
  • Dressed children and changed diapers as well as worked on potty training.
  • Physically and verbally interacted with the children throughout the day.
  • Help prepare and serve nutritionally balanced meals and snacks for children.
  • Managed and organized kids play and extracurricular schedule and transported them to and from activities.
  • Performed light housekeeping duties regarding the children such as cleaning common areas, loading and unloading dishwasher to help, and helped with house dog and cat as well to help family out.
  • Cared for two boys aged 5 months and 2 yrs old.

Professional Nanny Home Management

THE KOCH FAMILY
Forest Park
  • Meet regularly with parents to discuss child’s activities and development.
  • Perform housekeeping tasks, including cooking healthful meals for the whole family, doing the child's laundry, cleaning common areas and play spaces and helping with walking of two dogs as a nice surprise token to help have more family time.
  • Maintained the child's schedule and transported her to and from play dates and extracurricular activities.
  • Watched child and 2 dogs overnight in home for long weekend for family to go on vacation.

Professional Nanny

Yager Family
Oak Park
  • Maintained a safe environment for the children at all times.
  • Created a positive atmosphere that encouraged growth, exploration, creativity and independence in the child.
  • Cleaned up after meals and organized toys and play areas when finished playing.
  • Supervised outdoor playtime ensuring safety at all times.

Family Nanny Home Management

Kowal Family
Park Ridge
  • Managed household tasks such as laundry, light cleaning duties and grocery shopping when necessary.
  • Assisted with homework assignments in all subject areas on an as needed basis.
  • Created nurturing, safe environments to promote emotional, social, and intellectual growth.
  • Assisted children with completing homework and special assignments to improve academic performance.
  • Managed daily schedules for multiple children, ensuring timely attendance at school and extracurricular activities.

Professional Nanny

Billmeyer Family
Chicago
  • Created a positive atmosphere that encouraged growth, exploration, creativity and independence in the child.
  • Kept detailed records of daily activities including meals served, naps taken, outings attended.
  • Encouraged good behavior through positive reinforcement techniques.
  • Took initiative to plan fun outings such as trips to the park or library visits.
  • Developed and implemented age-appropriate educational activities to stimulate learning and development.
  • Assisted with potty training, dressing, personal care of the children.

Education

AA - Child Development

TRUMAN COLLEGE
Chicago, IL

Skills

  • Fluency in Spanish
  • Superior Communication Skills
  • Animal Friendly
  • Cooking
  • Meal Planning
  • Creativity
  • Lifeguarding
  • Swimming
  • Dancing
  • Teaching
  • Arts and Dramatics
  • Storytelling
  • Child development
  • Nutritional meal planning
  • Conflict resolution
  • Household management
  • Relationship building
  • Activity planning
  • Emotional support

Timeline

Nanny

THE MILLER FAMILY

Professional Nanny Home Management

THE KOCH FAMILY

Professional Nanny

Yager Family

Family Nanny Home Management

Kowal Family

Professional Nanny

Billmeyer Family

AA - Child Development

TRUMAN COLLEGE
Marlene Sharp