Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline

Stacy Radtke

Apple of Your Eye Academy
St. Louis,MO
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Teacher: Toddler, Preschool, Infant

6 Years 7 Months
Planet Child Care | 03.2020 - Current

Lead Infant Teacher

  • Provide nurturing, individualized care for infants while ensuring a safe, clean, and developmentally appropriate classroom environment.
  • Maintain accurate daily records of bottle feedings, diaper changes, nap times, and other essential infant care routines.
  • Communicate with parents throughout the day using classroom technology and childcare apps to share updates, photos, feeding logs, diaper records, and developmental milestones.
  • Build strong, trusting relationships with families through consistent communication, compassion, and collaboration.
  • Monitor infants’ developmental progress, behaviors, and individual needs while supporting their physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth.
  • Plan and facilitate age-appropriate activities that encourage sensory exploration, movement, and early learning.
  • Maintain compliance with childcare licensing regulations, health and safety standards, and safe sleep practices.
  • Lead daily classroom routines and collaborate with team members to ensure consistent, high-quality care.
  • Provide families with reassurance, support, and meaningful updates to promote confidence and continuity of care between home and the classroom.

Lead Teacher – Daycare – Activities Coordinator

8 Years 6 Months
Apple of Your Eye Academy | 04.2018 - Current
  • Created and implemented weekly lesson plans for a classroom.
  • Experienced working with children with special needs in a daycare setting.
  • Established relationships with parents and students.
  • Created monthly activities and spirit weeks within the center.
  • Co-Taught with an assistant teacher and established a professional relationship that worked well.

Instructional Assistant – Practicum Student

3 Months
Fairview South Special Education School | 02.2011 - 05.2011
  • Facilitated and monitored the use of assistive technology within the classroom.
  • Supported the needs of students with autism, obsessive compulsive disorder, Asperger’s syndrome, and other various disabilities.
  • Experienced performing the rapid prompting education/communication method within the classroom.
  • Provided instruction to students based on their individualized education plans.

Instructional Assistant – Practicum Student

3 Months
Ben Franklin Elementary School | 09.2010 - 12.2010
  • Assisted cooperating teachers in an inclusion classroom and provided effective support and adaptations within this setting.
  • Supported the needs of students with English as a second language.
  • Administered formal and informal assessments to students in the classroom, under teacher direction.
  • Facilitated and monitored successful implementations of Everyday Math as well as Literature Circles.

Education

Associate Degree - Instructional Assistant

Waukesha County Technical College | Pewaukee, WI | 01.2011

Skills

Being culturally aware within a school.
Creates great relationships with parents and students.
Encourages creative expression with students.
Great at creating grade appropriate activities.
Experience in working in a school with inclusion.
Always looking for ways to help children learn to the best of their abilities.
Excellent communication skills and very understanding as well as patient.
Well versed in anticipating and aiding the needs of a child. Such as diaper changing
feeding
etc.
Childcare needs
Conflict resolution
Child development
Parent-teacher communication
Safety awareness

Timeline

Lead Teacher: Toddler, Preschool, Infant

Planet Child Care
03.2020 - CurrentRead More

Lead Teacher – Daycare – Activities Coordinator

Apple of Your Eye Academy
04.2018 - CurrentRead More

Instructional Assistant – Practicum Student

Fairview South Special Education School
02.2011 - 05.2011Read More

Instructional Assistant – Practicum Student

Ben Franklin Elementary School
09.2010 - 12.2010Read More

Waukesha County Technical College

Associate Degree from Instructional Assistant
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Stacy Radtke