NURY BALMACEDA
Pico Rivera,CA
Summary
- Early Childhood educator of 25 years seeking a position with Catalyst Family Inc. as a Center Manager to leverage my experience and abilities to supervise team functions,
- Resourceful individual with 22 years of active experience managing efforts within deadline-driven environments.
- Diplomatic individual with strong leaderships and decision making skills and continue to develop team leadership skills in order to increase productivity and boost performance
- Bilingual site supervisor with successful years of experience.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Site Supervisor
Catalyst Kids-Sycamore
Tustin, Ca.
07.2017 - Current
- Improved communication efficiency as primary liaison between personnel, parent's and the community.
- Represents the agency during all site visits to Community Care Licensing, Health, Food Program and other's entities.
- Observe staff interactions with children, effectiveness of planned activities, maintenance and development of the learning environment and give staff immediate and useful feedback.
- Develop and implement a profitable budget for the center by following budget guidelines.
- Ensure full enrollment and attendance at the center; earn all ADE if applicable.
- Set and communicate clear job expectations. Ensure that individual and team goals are aligned with company goals and hold people accountable to these goals and high-performance expectations.
- Developed work schedules for team members to maximize shift coverage.
- Collaborated with management and fellow supervisors to organize operations and achieve demanding schedule targets.
- Initiated onsite safety program and properly trained team members to decrease injuries upon students and staff.
- Evaluated team member strengths and assigned tasks based upon expertise and background.
- Coordinated site investigations, documented issues and escalated to executive teams.
- Created weekly and monthly reports and presentations for management team.
- Communicated daily with staff and parents to keep project fully operational.
- Attended monthly meetings with center staff, managers and principals from Elementary and Middle School to discuss students concerns, safety procedures, compliance issues and facility concerns.
- Develops strategies, plans and programs in line with mission and values.
- Leads by example, personally role models positive values, behaviors and work practices.
- Provides regular coaching, feedback and reviews to enhance performances.
- Identifies talents and strengths in the team and provides opportunities based on strengths.
Site Supervisor
Coalicion De Latino Americanos Inc.
Marlow Ave,, Bell Garderns
12.1994 - 06.2016
- Facilitates the assessments and counseling of children, and families as needed.
- Ability to nurture respectful relationship with parent's children and personnel.
- Assist in developing goals for program and individual classrooms.
- Communicates problems directly to the Program Director and Managers as needed.
- Responsible for reporting any symptoms of Child Abuse and neglect, abnormal behavior, injuries and /or illness to the Director of Children Services.
- Develop strategies, plans and programs in line with mission and values.
- Actively promoted the vision and values to internal and external parties.
- Implements effective orientation/integration's programs for new hires.
- Sets clear standards and expectations.
- Provides clear coaching regular coaching, feedback and reviews to enhance performance.
- Sets clear performance goals and targets for the team.
- Addresses and followed through on performance issues.
- Uses appropriate visual diagrams to help clarify information.
- Role models open, honest, constructive and positive communication behaviors.
- Developed behavioral management plans for children.
- Developed effective solutions on new situation/problems.
- Identify ways to improve the financial performance of the center and take proactive actions to grow the business.
- Supported solutions or decisions with logic and reasoning.
- In partnership with center manager and master teacher, co-creates Behavior Action Plans with family members and provides tools and resources to supports implementation of agreed upon strategies
- In partnership with Center Manager, supports regularly scheduled PAC meetings recruited and hired top-quality staff to fill important positions.
- Facilitated effective communication between internal and external stakeholders.
- Performed continuous evaluations of all areas for successes and failures, and implemented improvement plans.
- Networked among the community to improve financial backing, operational planning and achievement performance.
Preschool Teacher/Site Supervisor Assistant
Giant Steps Daycare/Preschool/Kindergarten School
Bellflower, Ca.
09.1991 - 06.1994
- Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
- Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers and letters.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Sanitized toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Monitored students' academic, social and emotional progress and recorded in individual files.
- Assisted and supervised 24 children through entire school day.
- Addressed behavioral and learning issues with parents and daycare management.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Promoted sensory development by providing access to different textures.
- Worked with teaching staff to evaluate individual progress and recommend appropriate learning plans.
- Identified signs of emotional and developmental problems in children and reported to parents.
- Allowed for ample outdoor discovery time in schedule each day.
- Supervised students and enforced discipline during all Preschool activities.
- Organized and facilitated monthly parent support group meetings.
- Organized activities to teach preschool children foundational learning skills such as letters and numbers.
- Helped new preschool children get used to classes by giving one-on-one support.
- Protected children in-class, at recess and off-site with observational skills and positive reinforcement for good behavior.
- Enhance 4 to 5-year-old students understanding of rules, safety and behavioral guidelines and disciplinary protocols by redesigning and simplifying them.
- Used Desired Results to document milestones, emotional, academic and social growth of over 24 students per session.
- Funded student trips to many locations without sacrificing safety or trip quality.
Education
Associate of Arts - AA in Human Development Preschool Child
Cerritos Community College
Norwalk06.2018
High School Diploma -
Bell Gardens High School
Bell Gardens, Ca06.1994
Skills
- Excellent communication skills
- 25 years of experience in early childhood and school age
- 22 years of experience in providing administrative support
- Reliable/Ability to work in a high pace environment
- Planning and Coordinating
- Team Player
- Energetic/organized
- Open minded
Affiliations
National Association of Early Childhood Education
scrapbooking
Love to scrapbook any family outgoings/gathering/milestone of my children.
Languages
Spanish
Full Professional
English
Full Professional
Sign Language
Timeline
Site Supervisor
Catalyst Kids-Sycamore
07.2017 - Current
Site Supervisor
Coalicion De Latino Americanos Inc.
12.1994 - 06.2016
Preschool Teacher/Site Supervisor Assistant
Giant Steps Daycare/Preschool/Kindergarten School
09.1991 - 06.1994
Associate of Arts - AA in Human Development Preschool Child
Cerritos Community College
High School Diploma -
Bell Gardens High School
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