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Work History
Education
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Susan Blake

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Susan Blake

Summary

Highly creative, flexible self-starter with more than 20 years work experience in various fields including early childhood education, social work, type-setting and print, and office manager. I am also a free-lance artist and photographer.

I am currently in search of new opportunities to grow and to renew my passions. I am not interested in merely a job search. I am seeking a place to invest my heart and hard-working energies.

Overview

14
years of professional experience

Work History

Oak Early Learning Child Development Center

Office Assistant
07.2021 - 06.2023

Job overview

  • Interim center director during absence of director/owner due to illness for six months
  • Completed clerical tasks such as filing, copying and distributing mail.
  • Interacted with customers by phone, email or in-person to provide information.
  • Welcomed office visitors and alerted staff to arrivals of scheduled appointments.
  • Delivered clerical support by handling range of routine and special requirements.
  • Maintained childcare voucher system, including filing monthly attendance
  • Maintained childcare center food program records

Oak Early Learning Child Development Center

Lead Preschool Teacher
07.2017 - 06.2023

Job overview

  • Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers and letters
  • Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors
  • Consulted with parents to build and maintain positive support networks and support continuing education strategies
  • Applied play-based strategies, including crafts and games, to provide diverse approaches to learning
  • Promoted sensory development by providing access to different textures
  • Submitted weekly lesson plans
  • Consulted with parents to build and maintain positive support networks and support continuing education strategies.
  • Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
  • Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers and letters.
  • Planned educational opportunities based on children's interests.
  • Utilized books, songs and games to engage students.
  • Sanitized toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness.
  • Monitored students' academic, social and emotional progress and recorded in individual files.
  • Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
  • Promoted physical, academic and social development by implementing diverse classroom and outside activities.

Bright Horizons

Preschool Teacher
10.2011 - 06.2016

Job overview

  • Created and plan developmentally appropriate lesson plans
  • Classroom management
  • Maintained supervision and care of children
  • Evaluated progress of children so that their developmental needs were met
  • Practiced positive discipline techniques in guiding children’s behavior
  • School Age Camp Counselor Substitute
  • Emergent Curriculum based classroom
    Merged with Occupational Therapist to partner with parents and child
  • Fostered reasoning and problem solving through active exploration games and activities
  • Sanitized toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness
  • Used classroom observations to create written assessments of student performance
  • Coordinated parent-teacher conferences two times during school year

Wilson County Schools

Afterschool Care Enrichment Program Assistant
08.2010 - 06.2011

Job overview

  • Created lessons plans and daily activities for elementary enrichment
  • Tutoring
  • Worked with children: homework, crafts, learning centers (Kindergarten through 5th grades included)
  • Provided healthy snack and hour of exercise daily
  • Helped director with paperwork

Life Enrichment Resources

Administrative Assistant
03.2009 - 06.2010

Job overview

  • Helped create workshops, tele-seminars, speaking engagements
  • Ghost writer for blogs, articles, and other educational pieces
  • Helped establish systems for future business ventures
  • Follow-up with clients and establish new need bases for practice
  • Organized tax and financial information
  • Co-created websites, brochures, worksheets
  • Co-created and maintained social media and email blasts

Education

Alamance Community College
Graham, NC

Certification from Early Childhood Education
2015

University Overview

  • Continuing education in Early Childhood Education in order to obtain Credentials

East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

Bachelor of Science from Social Work
12.1996

University Overview

  • REAL Crisis Intervention, Inc. Internship which included crisis counseling, Rape Victims' advocacy, and facilitating support groups
  • Certification of Concentration in Children and Family Studies

Skills

  • Proficient computer skills
  • Excellent organizer
  • Fundraiser experience
  • Quick learner
  • Good with all ages and types of people
  • Ready and willing to work
  • Proficient online communication skills via social media platforms
  • Background in education
  • Learning assessment skills
  • Parent communication
  • Curriculum development
  • First Aid and CPR certified
  • Basic clerical knowledge
  • Customer/Client relations
  • Customer-service oriented
  • Skill building
  • Creative questioning

Timeline

Office Assistant
Oak Early Learning Child Development Center
07.2021 - 06.2023
Lead Preschool Teacher
Oak Early Learning Child Development Center
07.2017 - 06.2023
Preschool Teacher
Bright Horizons
10.2011 - 06.2016
Afterschool Care Enrichment Program Assistant
Wilson County Schools
08.2010 - 06.2011
Administrative Assistant
Life Enrichment Resources
03.2009 - 06.2010
Alamance Community College
Certification from Early Childhood Education
East Carolina University
Bachelor of Science from Social Work

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