Renee Carlson
Albion,MI
Summary
Experienced in organizing and supervising programs for children and teens at Albion District Library. Effectively engages with attendees and successfully assigns duties to and supervises Work Study students from Albion College. Dedicated Child Care teacher providing supervision and care for up to 24 children simultaneously while ensuring cleanliness of classrooms. Approximately 3.5 years of experience working with children ranging from 3 months old to teenagers, well-equipped to handle various age groups.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher Aide/Assistant
Early Impressions
06.2022 - 07.2023
- Teacher Aide who teaches in the Infant Room, Toddler Room, Young Preschool and Pre-K classes
- Duties include; opening and closing the classroom, maintaining classroom cleanliness, diapering children, and teaching children
Youth Services Programming Assistant
Albion District Library
03.2017 - 03.2019
- Assistant to the Youth Services Head
- I planned and hosted a great majority of our In House and Out Reach Programming such as; storytime hours, movie viewings, and Teen Programming
- Additionally I can perform circulation desk, and supervisory tasks
- In the absence of the Children's Librarian, I opened and closed the Children's Room
Preschool Teacher
ABC Academy
09.2015 - 05.2016
- Supervised children, taught and created lesson plans for them using the Highscope curriculum
- Additionally I maintained my classrooms cleanliness and the organization of it
Education
Associate's degree - Child Development
Penn Foster Career School
High School -
Springport High School
Skills
- Early Childhood
- Teacher Assistant
- Youth Programming
- Lead Preschool Teacher
- Experience with Children
- Classroom Management
- Toddler Care
- Classroom management
- Relationship building
- Critical thinking
- Lesson planning
- Motivating students
- Student engagement
Accomplishments
- Supervised groups of up to 12 children from 3 months to 2.5 years of age.
- Trained 3 of Early Impressions employees.
- Managed classroom of 24 children ages 4 to 5, maintaining a safe, nurturing environment.
- Targeted Development - Met with parents and guardians to discuss children's progress and to determine priorities and resource needs.
- Curriculum Development - Tailored educational curriculum to students with range of learning styles, disabilities, strengths and weaknesses.
- Lesson Implementation - Met all assigned learning goals through the implementation of High Scope Curriculum.
Certification
Child Development Associate
Languages
English
Interests
- Video Gaming
- Music
- Reading children books to my son
- Journaling
- Coloring
- Crafting with my daughter
Timeline
Teacher Aide/Assistant
Early Impressions
06.2022 - 07.2023
Youth Services Programming Assistant
Albion District Library
03.2017 - 03.2019
Preschool Teacher
ABC Academy
09.2015 - 05.2016
High School -
Springport High School
Associate's degree - Child Development
Penn Foster Career School
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