Samantha Padilla
Albuquerque
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Association Childcare Director
YMCA of Central NM
02.2023 - Current
- Engaged with parents and families to build positive relationships for children to thrive.
- Recruited, selected, and retained high-quality staff to reduce turnover and foster stability.
- Supervised and managed team of childcare professionals to guarantee highest standards of care.
- Communicated with local and state government agencies to maintain compliance with all regulations.
- Operated under licensing guidelines to protect health, safety and well-being of children.
- Resolved conflicts and administered corrective action to foster positive experience for children and staff.
- Established strong relationships with parents through open communication and regular updates on child progress.
- Ensured compliance with all relevant licensing requirements by maintaining detailed documentation and submitting timely reports as necessary.
- Planned and monitored curriculum and program activities and liaised with teachers to create fun and engaging learning experiences.
- Analyzed enrollment data to identify trends, optimize staffing levels, and inform future program development.
- Managed program paperwork and child records to comply with state requirements.
Registered Behavior Technician
Behavior Change Institute
01.2019 - Current
- Collaborated with treatment teams in designing and executing effective treatment plans for client-related behavioral abnormalities
- Identified ways to improve treatment plans through data analysis and relay observations and recommendations to Clinical Supervisors
- Worked actively with clients collected data and analyzing client progress toward treatment goals to ensure efficient operation of appropriate clinical interventions
Admitting Registrar
12.2015 - Current
- Highly skilled in facilitating patient preregistration, registration and admission procedures
- In depth knowledge of collecting demographic data and verifying insurance information pertaining to patients
- Proficient in utilizing available and appropriate resources to complete financial information in prescribed systems
- Gather and record patient data pertinent to admission procedures
- Verify eligibility for receiving benefits and acquire insurance authorization
- Perform data entry services
- Complete admission papers by obtaining and recording information and signatures
- Coordinate admissions and discharges
- Maintain patient charts in order to provide supplementary information to medical records
- Always provided the utmost quality of service to the patient
- Dealt with patients’ complaints and requests quickly and effectively
- Collected guest co pays
- Checked patients in and out in a friendly manner
Itty Bitty Sports Coordinator
YMCA of Central New Mexico Sports Department
01.2014 - Current
- Oversee activities directly related to making products or providing services
- Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with the production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products
- Review financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement
- Manage staff, preparing work schedules and assigning specific duties
- Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with board members, organization officials, and staff members as necessary
- Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new employees, or oversee those personnel processes
- Develop or implement product-marketing strategies
Prek Teacher
YMCA of Central New Mexico
05.2013 - Current
- 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.
- Promoted social-emotional development with interactive lessons on empathy, conflict resolution, and self-regulation techniques.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Consulted with parents to build and maintain positive support networks and support continuing education strategies.
- Fostered a love of learning among students by maintaining an energetic teaching style and incorporating creative, interactive elements into lessons.
- Participated in ongoing professional learning opportunities to remain current on best practices in early childhood education.
Preschool Lead Teacher
YMCA - Albuquerque
01.2013 - Current
- Write curriculum
- Ensure students are released to identified guardians
- Clean sanitize classroom
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and procedures for maintaining order
- Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips
- Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills
- Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health
- Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play
- Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them
- Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to children
- Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development
- Helped center go from 2 star focus to 4 Star Focus
- Familiar with Focus observation portfolios and curriculum
Education
Associate of Arts - Early Childhood Multicultural Education
CNM
Albuquerque, NM06-2018
Skills
- Safety regulations compliance
- Staff hiring
- Administrative functions
- Staff management
Timeline
Association Childcare Director
YMCA of Central NM
02.2023 - Current
Registered Behavior Technician
Behavior Change Institute
01.2019 - Current
Admitting Registrar
12.2015 - Current
Itty Bitty Sports Coordinator
YMCA of Central New Mexico Sports Department
01.2014 - Current
Prek Teacher
YMCA of Central New Mexico
05.2013 - Current
Preschool Lead Teacher
YMCA - Albuquerque
01.2013 - Current
Associate of Arts - Early Childhood Multicultural Education
CNM
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