Stevie Mezzina

• Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
• Maintained tidy and clean classrooms consistent with safety and health standards.
• Encouraged children to interact with each other and participate in group activities.
• Engaged and entertained children through recreational and educational activities.
• Interacted with children one-on-one and in small groups to enhance and support learning activities.
• Supported children's social and emotional development by encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.

• Utilizes research tools to identify business owners and operators and present the compiled data to my upteam
• Identify and generate account leads using company and industry data tools.
• Provide regular progress updates
• Engages in self-directed research
• Uses CRM tools (FreshSales) to log activity and manage business and contact information

Holiday Bookseller

• Utilized point-of-sale systems to process transactions accurately and efficiently
• Processed book returns efficiently and accurately, adhering to company policies and procedures
• Developed strong product knowledge across various genres to answer customer inquiries effectively
• Created a welcoming environment for customers by engaging with them, sharing knowledge of books, and making relevant recommendations
• Recognize and offer to help both customers and employees with urgency and care
• Model expected behaviors to ensure compliance with all policies and procedures
• Support company goals and initiatives and is a team player
• Accept feedback from others openly

• Provide instruction to campers
• Check for faulty equipment and insure everything was up to code and met all safety requirements
• Lead and facilitate exciting, challenging outdoor activities like ropes courses, climbing, and zip-lining
• Developed personal knowledge of rope courses, ziplines, etc. to enhance quality programming on adventure education activities
• Offered physically and emotionally safe and supportive environment for education, cooperation and fun utilizing hands-on activities to foster individual growth.

• Encouraged child involvement in classroom experiences and group interaction and engaged with children individually to encourage physical activity and academic curiosity
• Supervised free play and other activities to keep children safe and observed play activities to identify positive behaviors and areas in need of improvement, implementing behavior redirection where appropriate
• Served as a positive role model, promoting healthy interpersonal behaviors
• Arrived at assigned areas on time, prepared, and ready to work, and set up playroom and childcare areas
• Sanitized dishes, tabletops, toys, and frequently touched surfaces to prevent the spreading of germs, as well as assisted children with regular handwashing and teaching good hygiene
• Established positive relationships with parents to collaboratively promote children's well-being and maintained daily records of children's individual activities, behaviors, meals, and naps
• Assisted with meal preparation and feeding to meet children's dietary needs (ages infant through 5yrs old)
• Helped teacher prepare instructional material and displays as well as planned and guided age-appropriate tasks like reading, writing, and crafts. Created age-appropriate activities to keep children positively engaged
• Assisted with nap time routines as well as feeding and changing children

● Participated as an AmeriCorps member in an award-winning network of volunteers who provide individualized attention and positive adult-child relationships to prepare children attending preschool in under-served communities for school success

● Implemented research-based early childhood curriculum, supported family involvement, promoted children’s oral language and social emotional skills through ongoing individualized relationships with children and increased adult support in the learning environment

● Collaborated with a team of four to five to plan and implement weekly in-classroom activities for a class of nine to fourteen preschool children

● Received intensive training and professional development in early childhood theory and practice, language and literacy and social-emotional skill development, and inclusive learning environments tailored to support children’s strengths