Rebeca Harcharik

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• Keep a caseload of 9 to 11 low-income pregnant clients whom I visit on a regular basis to support them during their pregnancies
• Support them by looking up resources that they need, and by making necessary referrals for them.
• Participate in citywide events to recruit new clients.
• Prepare lesson plans for home visits using the 'Parents As Teachers' curriculum.
• Assist in the transfer of services for the client from prenatal to Early Head Start home-based visiting, or to one of Catholic Charities Early Head Start child care centers.
• Maintain client information up to date on Child Plus, according to Early Head Start and Denver Great Kids Head Start requirements.
• Serve as a person who attentively listens to their needs, and encourages them to apply their strengths.

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• I import coffee from El Salvador from my father, and get it roasted locally.
• Package it, and sell it to local customers.
• Advertise the business.
• Manage requirements from the Colorado Department of Revenue, the Colorado State Department, and the Town of Castle Rock regarding the registration of the LLC and paying taxes.

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• I initiated the preschool, including fulfilling all licensing requirements for running a childcare center in the state of Colorado.
• Kept current on all state and licensing requirements.
• Supervised and trained all preschool staff, including the second teacher, the other foreign language teachers, and the teacher aides.
• Developed curriculum for both the regular classroom and for foreign language instruction.
• Assessed children's progress in the preschool.
• Fostered relationships with parents to ensure that their children receive the best preschool education possible.
• Fostered relationships with parent volunteers, and oversee their activities.
• Oversaw the preschool budget and expenses.
• Grant writing to secure additional funds for the preschool.
• Managed enrollments, withdrawals, and lottery expectations of the preschool

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• Taught full immersion Spanish and French classes to children ages 1 to 10.
• Followed up with parents concerning their children’s progress.
• Remained up to date with instructional techniques through training.

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• Participated in inter-departmental teams to plan for the CSP’s growth and automation of processes.
• Weigh marketing needs for the CSP against program implementation needs.
• Represented the voice of field and area staff at inter-departmental planning and evaluation meetings at headquarters in Colorado Springs.
• Served as a spokesperson for the CSP to external constituents.
• Cast the vision of the CSP to area and field staff, and assisted in creating plans for the expansion of the CSP.
• Oversaw the development of beneficiary assessment forms.
• Provided support to country and area staff in the implementation of the CSP through quarterly written feedback, phone conversations, and field visits.
• Provided on-site training to staff in 12 countries when they opened the CSP.
• Provided day-to-day customer service to field and area staff by responding to questions by email.
• Provided training on child development knowledge and the CSP to Compassion staff.
• Oversaw the development of the CSP Global Resource Curriculum, including the creation of the scope and sequence, editing lesson plans, overseeing contract writers, and also writing lesson plans.
• Designed and implemented the Program Field Manual and Resource Guide for the CSP, which contains guidelines and stipulations for early interventions for infants and toddlers in low-income countries.
• Provided the content for a computer-based training module for the CSP Program Field Manual.
• I participated in the process of creating the computer-based training module, and I participated in its complementary, event-based training for field staff.
• Gathered CSP progress from field offices, analyzed results and communicated back to the marketing and development staff to report back to sponsors and donors
• Approved proposals for program enhancement initiatives from field offices.
• I supervised two interns.

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• Provided overall support to the Administrator and took over administrator responsibilities in her absence at a child care center with approximately 265 children, ages 1-12, with most children being ages 3-5.
• Oversaw the hiring and interviewing of new staff for the center.
• Drafted various proposals for grants for improvements and new programs for the child care center.
• Oversaw the completion and submission of monthly and quarterly reports to various funding entities, including Head Start, Child Development Services (a county funding entity), and headquarters—Catholic Charities.
• Provided supervision to the social worker, the janitor and maintenance staff, and the two cooks.
• Oversaw major improvements to the center by interviewing and contracting personnel for new playground equipment, classroom floor polishing, and other improvements.
• Was responsible for the safety of the children and staff, including filing unusual incident reports, overseeing audits from the Fire Department, carrying out fire drills, reporting cases of child abuse, and implementing recommendations from the nutritionist into the curriculum, etc.
• Was responsible for keeping Head Start beneficiaries' soft and hard copy files up to date and complete.
• Facilitated parental involvement requirements by Head Start, including monthly parental meetings, new school year orientation meetings, the inclusion of parents in staff interviews, and appointing parents to oversee certain decision-making aspects of the Head Start program, etc.
• Attended Head Start county-level planning meetings, networking meetings, and trainings on the Administrator’s behalf.

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• I answered the toll-free customer service number for Spanish speakers.
• Translated and recorded census information into the Census Bureau database.