Nora Phillips

I have had a number positions as a nanny for multiple families and am currently working with one in Madison. I support children in all play activities, meals and snacks, hygiene and socialization. Assist with light housekeeping duties as well as running errands. I encourage good habits and work to build positive and nurturing environments to support child social and emotional growth.

I worked closely with children ages 8 - 18 to help them develop performance-ready circus skills. This included hula-hooping, aerial arts, stilt walking, juggling, clowning, and more. Kids received 8 hours of instruction each day. In addition to skills training, I provided supervision on the hour long bus ride to and from Mazomanie from Madison as well as general house keeping of the spaces we occupied.

Cleaned and placed books on proper shelves when returned to circulation. Handled check-in and check-out process of library books and materials at circulation desk. Answered questions from patrons and helped to find desired materials.

Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment. Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules and support lead teacher. Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.

I was taken on for the Christmas rush and quickly learned to prepare orders for shipment by systematically picking, packing, and labeling merchandise. When the new year hit I was offered a long term position with them and learned the ins and outs of VAS and started filling out wholesale orders.

In this position I bagged customer items efficiently using proper techniques to protect delicate items and separate different groups of merchandise. Returned unwanted items to correct store locations and restocked shelves. And addressed customer needs for price checks and merchandise retrieval from upper shelves or stockroom.