Sarah Johnson
Leawood,KS
Summary
Dedicated, organized Lead Teacher for two-year-old classroom, known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Specializes in developmental milestone tracking, classroom management, and creative curriculum. Attentive to children's needs and experienced in working with different ages. Dependable in following good safety practices, facility requirements, and parent wishes. Cares about student wellbeing and growth.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Teacher, Two-Year-Olds Classroom
The J KC - Jewish Community Center
Overland Park, KS
04.2023 - Current
- Form and implement developmentally appropriate weekly lesson plans.
- Use daily observational skills to complete assessments for social-emotional, fine motor, gross motor, and cognitive development.
- Analyze assessment data for each child and use this information to form new lesson plans and classroom routines to achieve developmental milestones.
- Facilitate parent teacher conferences
- Make yearly portfolios for each student.
- Provide daily communication with parents, administration, and teaching team through E-mail, Tadpoles, Teaching Strategies, and In-Person.
- Form positive relationships and connections with children through Conscious Discipline.
- Follow KDHE licensing protocols for child-provider ratio, handwashing and diapering procedures, emergency preparedness drills, medications, cleaning procedures, storing items, naptime, and meals.
- Complete the necessary training, certifications, health exams, and background checks to stay in compliance with KDHE requirements, and gain additional professional development.
Co-Teacher 1
Project Eagle - KU Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
07.2020 - 03.2022
- Formed positive relationships with children, their families, and co-workers.
- Formed lesson plans that targeted developmental milestones for different age groups, from 6 months old to 4 years old.
- Completed a variety of assessments targeting language, fine motor, gross motor, social-emotional, and cognitive domains.
- Analyzed data from these assessments to form new classroom procedures and lesson plans.
- Used Microsoft Word, Excel, Child Plus, tablets, computers, laptops, and made phone calls daily.
- Entered data into Child Plus for assessments, parent communication, immunization, medical, and dental records.
- Communicated with children and families from multiple backgrounds in different languages: English, Spanish, and Hebrew.
Early Head Start Home Visitor
Community Action Partnership of St. Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
10.2018 - 06.2020
- Identified appropriate community resources and provided referrals for services.
- Educated families on community resources available for additional support services.
- Formed weekly activities for children and families in the home to promote child development.
- Monitored parent participation at meetings and events hosted by the program in order to ensure that they are actively engaged in their child's development.
- Built trust and rapport with victims of violent crimes by remaining calm and compassionate in variety of situations.
- Advocated for victims during difficult situations by filing police reports and connecting to needed services.
- Investigated reports or indications of abuse, neglect or exploitation of at-risk adults, adolescents and children.
- Established behavioral modification goals and assessed progress toward goals.
- Assessed each family's level of functioning using appropriate assessment tools such as the Family Assessment Form.
- Maintained ongoing communication with parents via- phone calls or emails regarding upcoming events or changes within the program.
- Supported parents in making key educational plans and decisions for children.
- Gathered signed releases from families in order to obtain immunizations, medical, and dental records for child's file.
- Scanned and faxed documents to and from doctors, dentists, and childcare facilities.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Major: Psychology Minor: Family Childhood Studies
Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO12-2016
High School Diploma -
Central High School
Saint Joseph, MO05-2010
Skills
- Meeting facilitation
- Case management
- Knowledge of HIPAA
- Coordination
- Developmental disability experience
- Microsoft Office, Word, Excel
- Key decision making
- Childcare requirements
- Teacher training
- Curricula development
- Parent-teacher communication
- IEP support
- Childcare needs
- Student records management
Certification
- Adult and Pediatric CPR Certified
- AED Certified
Languages
Spanish
Limited
Hebrew
Limited
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Lead Teacher, Two-Year-Olds Classroom
The J KC - Jewish Community Center
04.2023 - Current
Co-Teacher 1
Project Eagle - KU Medical Center
07.2020 - 03.2022
Early Head Start Home Visitor
Community Action Partnership of St. Joseph
10.2018 - 06.2020
Bachelor of Science - Major: Psychology Minor: Family Childhood Studies
Northwest Missouri State University
High School Diploma -
Central High School
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